SCENARIO
Fast forward to 2021. I'm having a lively discussion about children's literature with a group of pre-service teachers and librarians. I mention that in 2011 I read 2,063 books. A gentleman in the front row raises his hand and asks,"Can you name 100 books you read in 2011?" I think about his question for a moment and then name these memorable titles.
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*Divergent by Veronica Roth [HarperCollins | Grades 8-12]
* The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill [Little, Brown & Company | Grades 5-8]
* The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner [Farrar Straus Giroux | Grades 7-9]
* Shine by Lauren Myracle [Amulet |Grades 9-12]
Pie by Sarah Weeks [Scholastic | Grades 4-6]Horton Halfpott, or, The fiendish mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, The loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset by Tom Angleberger [Amulet | Grades 4-7]
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers [Philomel | Grades 1-3]
Cloudette by Tom Lictenheld [Henry Holt | Grades K-2]
Binky Under Pressure by Ashley Spires [Kids Can Press | Grades 3-6]
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes [Houhgton Mifflin | Grades 1-3]
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery Laura, [G.P. Putnam's Sons | Grades K-2]* Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson [Balzer & Bray | Grades 4-7]
* The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Poly Bernatene [Walker | Grades K-2]
* A Very Babymouse Christmas by Jennifer and Matthew Holm [Random House | Grades 2-6]* Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke [First Second | Grades 3-6]
* Happy Pig Day! by Mo Willems [Hyperion | PreK-1]
* Warp Speed by Lisa Yee [Arthur A. Levine | Grades 5-8]
* Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman [Viking | Grades PreK-1]
* Hocus Pocus by Sylvie Desrosiers, illustrated by Remy Simard [Kids Can Press | Grades K-2]
* I'm Here by Peter Reynolds [Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Grades K-3]
Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan [Houghton Mifflin | Grades 1-3]
*Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage [Scholastic | Grades PreK-3]
* Jonathan and the Big Blue Boat by Philip Stead [Roaring Brook | Grades K-3]
* Babymouse: Mad Scientist by Jennifer and Matthew Holm [Random House | Grades 2-6]
* Do You Know Which Ones will Grow? by Susan A. Shea, illustrated by Tom Slaughter [Blue Apple | PreK-1]
The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood [Houghton Mifflin | Grades PreK-K]
Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson [Candlewick | Grades 5-8]
* The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha R. Vamos, illustrated by Rafael Lopez [Charlesbridge | Grades K-2]
* Owly & Wormy, Friends All Aflutter! by Andy Runton [Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Grades K-3]
* Cat Secrets by Jeff Czekaj [HarperCollins | Grades K-3]
* Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon [Schwartz & Wade Books | Grades 4-8]
*Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by II Sung Na [Alfred A. Knopf | Grades PreK-1]
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Kadir Nelson [Dial Books for Young Readers | Grades 3-5]
* I Am the Book: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins [Holiday House | Grades 2-5]
* Drawing from Memory by Allen Say [Scholastic | Grades 4-7]
* Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann [Roaring Brook | Grades K-2]
* Spring is Here by Will Hellenbrand [Holiday House | Grades PreK-K]
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr [Little, Brown & Company | Grades 8-12]
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Hakiu by Lee Wardlaw, illustrated by Eugen Yelchin [Henry Holt | Grades 2-5]
