So I made this plan to read through the Newbery Medal winners from 1922-present. I was surprised to see I had read about a fifth of the list already:
2004: The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo
2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead- Avi
2000: Bud, Not Buddy- Curtis
1994: The Giver- Lowery
1992: Shiloh- Naylor
1987: The Whipping Boy- Fleischman
1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall- MacLachlan
1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw- Cleary
1983: Dicey's Song- Voigt
1979: The Westing Game- Raskin
1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH- O'Brien
1970: Sounder- Armstrong
1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler- Konigsburg
1965: Shadow of a Bull- Wojciechowska
1962: The Bronze Bow- Speare
1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins- O'Dell
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond- Speare
1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch- Latham
1949: King of the Wind- Henry
1946: Strawberry Girl- Lenski
1945: Rabbit Hill- Lawson
1944: Johnny Tremain- Forbes
1942: The Matchlock Gun- Edmonds
Here's what I've read this summer so far:
2001: A Year Down Yonder- Peck (my favorite so far)
1998: Out of the Dust- Hesse
1981: Jacob Have I Loved- Paterson
1978: Bridge to Terabithia- Paterson
1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry- Taylor
1975: M.C. Higgins, the Great- Hamilton
1957: Miracles on Maple Hill- Sorenson
I'm in the middle of these books:
1963: A Wrinkle in Time- L'Engle
1953: Secret of the Andes- Clark
1960: Onion John- Krumgold
The Penderwicks---not an award winner but one suggested by my daughter. Her description: " it's a modern Little Women".
1958: Rifle for Watie- Keith This is a book I checked out, but frankly couldn't get past the boring cover. It's a historical fiction set in the Civil War. Tera was looking for something to read so I said try this. She devoured it in less than a couple of days. Her review: "You can't judge a book by it's cover" Apparently, I wasn't the only one to take issue with the cover.
One observation concerning Newbery Medal winner---do they all have to be so darn depressing? Or have I just read all the funny ones?
