The Newbery Challenge: The Door in the Wall

Hey, Mr. Colby Sharp! We made it to 1950. We only have a gazillion books left to read. 

Borrow The Door in the Wall from your school or public library. Whenever possible, please support independent bookshops. 

Teacher-librarian Travis Jonker is "covering the Newbery." He designed the cover on the right. 

I'm guessing that at least one person who watches today's Newbery Challenge video will have difficulty identifying a few of the top-notch books spread out on my kitchen table, so I'm making that person's life easier by listing them below. 

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner. Interest level: grades 3-6. Publication date: 8/15/12. 

Drama by Raina Telgemeier. Interest level: grades 6 and up. Publication date: 9/1/12.

Prince of the Elves (Amulet #5). Interest level: grades 3-8. Publication date: 9/1/12.

 

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers by Dav Pilkey. Interest level: grades 3 and up. Publication date: 8/28/12.

 

Never Swipe a Bully's Bear by Katherine Applegate. Interest level: grades 1-3. 

Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood. Interest level: grades 5-7. 

Marty McGuire by Kate Messner. Interest level: grades 2-4.  

Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder. Interest level: grades 4-7.

We Dine with Cannibals by C. Alexander London. Interest level: grades 3-6. 

The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech. Interest level: grades 4-7. Publication date: 9/4/12.


 
 
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by JJK. Interest level: grades 2-6. 

Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight. Interest level: grades 1-4. 

 

Countdown by Deborah Wiles. Interest level: grades 4-8. 

Hound Dog True by Linda Urban. Interest level: grades 4-7. 

Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy. Interest level: grades 6-8. 

The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng. Interest level: grades 3-6. 

The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech. Interest level: grades 3-6. 

The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. Interest level: grades 5-8. 


 

May B by Caroline Rose. Interest level: grades 5-8. 

Wumbers by Amy Krause Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. Interest level: grades 1-3. 






A Home for Bird by Philip Stead. Interest level: grades K-1. 

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Interest level: EVERY HUMAN BEING. 

Oh, No! by Candice Fleming and Eric Rohmann.
Interest level: K-2. Publication date: 9/11/12. 

I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. and Kadir Nelson. Interest level: grades 2 - college. Publication date: 10/9/12. 

Bat and Rat by Patrick Jennings and Matthew Cordell. Interest level: grades 1-3. 

The Plant Hunters by Anita Silvey. Interest level: grades 5-8. 

The Chicken Problem by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson. Interest level: grades 1-3. Publication date: 9/25/12.

Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson and Raul Colon. Interest level: grades 2-5. Publication date: 9/11/12. 

Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills. Interest level: K-2. Publication date: 7/24/12. 

Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (or at Least My History Grade) by Mac Barnett and Dan Santat. Interest level: grades 2-5. 

Dog in Charge by K.L. Going and Dan Santat. Interest level: K-3. 

Kel Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show by Michael Buckley and Dan Santat. Interest level: grades K-2. Publication date: 9/1/12. 

 

I gave away my last copy of Boy + Bot  last week. Otherwise, it would have appeared in the video.