Today marks the end of the first month of the Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge. January's focus was on award winners. If you reviewed or otherwise posted about an "Old School" award winner (or multiple winners) this month, please leave a comment below with a link so other participants can see what you read.
I read four books for the challenge this month:
- The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett (1938 Carnegie Medal winner)
- The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs (1922 Newbery Honor)
- The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (1969 Edgar Award Winner for Best Juvenile Mystery)
- The Night Swimmers by Betsy Byars (1981 National Book Award)
Tomorrow, I'll be introducing the February theme, Books You Loved in Childhood.
I reviewed Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey https://randomlyreading.blogspot.com/2017/01/make-way-for-ducklings-written-and.html
ReplyDeleteNext month isn't so hectic, so hopefully I will be able to read more Books I Loved in Childhood.
Thanks, Katie
For this challenge, I chose Earthfasts by William Maye, which was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1968, but I also read The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1924, Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1965, Journey from Peppermint Street by Meindert DeJong, winner of the National Book Award in 1969, and The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, a 1945 Newbery Honor book, and David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd, Silver Medalist for the California Book Award in 1957.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1857483091
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1843877599
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/826219207
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1834555659
Michael
I wrote about using a classic Newbery winner to reinforce fluency and public speaking in the upper elementary grades. http://www.thehousethatlallibuilt.com/newbery-award-winner
ReplyDeleteI read The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle and posted about it on my Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/BPVHOwUAP8C/
ReplyDeleteI read and loved (agian!) The Cay by Theodore Taylor:
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I read for the first time(and unfortunately, did not love as much popular as it is) 'A Wrinkle in Time'. Posted it on my blog here - http://myrandrspace.blogspot.com/2017/02/january-2017-reading-challenges-wrap-up.html
ReplyDeleteI hope to read more books for upcoming months, and will check out some of the books mentioned here as well..
Sorry took me so long to come over and link up my reviews. Only got two books read last month both picture books and caldecott winners.
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http://mommawantsherbooks.blogspot.com/2017/01/picture-book-review-girl-who-loved-wild.html