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.
The titles are listed in the order in which I thought of them.
*Travis Jonker and I created a list of the Top 20 Books of 2011.
*A Dog is a Dog by Stephen Shaskam. [Chronicle Books | Grades PreK-1]
*Little Chicken's Big Day by Katie and Jerry Davis [Margaret K. McElderry Books | Grades PreK-1]
*You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown [Little, Brown & Company | Grades K-3]
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier [Amulet | Grades 4-7]
*Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes [Greenwillow Books |Grades PreK-1]
*Squish #1: Super Amoeba by Jennifer and Matthew Holm [Random House | Grades 2-6]
Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb, illustrated by David McPhail [Candlewick | Grades PreK-1]
* A Dog's Way Home by Bobbie Pyron [HarperCollins | Grades 4-7]
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt [Random House | Grades 6-9]
*Hound Dog True by Linda Urban [Harcourt | Grades 4-6]
Sparrow Road by Shelia O'Connor [Penguin | Grades 5-8]
*Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal [Chronicle Books | Grades 1-3]
* A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness [Candlewick | Grades 7-10]
*These Hands by Margaret Mason, illustrated by Floyd Cooper [Houghton Mifflin |Grades 1-4]
*The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson [Random House | Grades 4-6]
*Monday is One Day by Arthur Levine, illustrated by Julian Hector [Scholastic | Grades PreK-1]
*My Name is Elizabeth by Annika Dunklee, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe [Kids Can Press | Grades PreK-2]
*Lunch Lady and the Field Trip Fiasco by Jarrett J. Krosoczka [Random House | Grades 2-5]
*Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight [Simon and Schuster | Grades 1-4]
*Balloons over Broadway by Mellisa Sweet [Houghton Mifflin |Grades 1-3]
*Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan [Penguin | Grades PreK-1]
*Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists [First Second | Grades PreK-3]
*We Are Not Eaten by Yaks by C. Alexander London [Penguin | Grades 3-6]
* Bookspeak!: Poems About Books by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josee Bisaillon [Clarion Books | Grades 2-5]
* Addie on the Inside by James Howe [Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Grades 6-8]
* The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm [Simon and Schuster | Grades 5-8]
*Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Marla Frazee [Beach Lane Books | Grades 1-3]
*Monkey Boy to Lunch Lady by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
* Close to Famous by Joan Bauer [Viking | Grades 5-8]
* Peaceful Pieces: Poems About Quilts and Peace by Anna Grossnickle Hines [Henry Holt | Grades 2-5]
I'll post 51-100 tomorrow.
