I’ve decided to join a few reading challenges this year. Because I love to read. And because I’ve been spending way too much time on the internet and have very little time left for reading. So my goal is to spend less time online and more time following other pursuits including reading books! The first challenge is 100+, which means I get to read 100 Books...or more. The second challenge I’m signing up for is the Winners Challenge, which involves reading 25 award-winning books for young people (find lists HERE). I should mention that because I live in the UK, I will also be including books which won awards in the UK. While I have a fair number of Newbery Award books (American) in my possession, there aren't many in the local library! Therefore, I will also include books which won the Carnegie Medal, Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread), the Guardian Award, the Blue Peter Book Award, and the Nestle Smarties Book Prize.
I first read about these challenges on My Blessings From Above, but you can find all the details at Home Girl’s Book Blog. The 25 award-winning books will also count toward my 100+. I’ll be keeping a list below of the books I have finished. I could very easily read more than 100 children’s picture books since we have at least 500 of them and I read to my kids daily, so my personal goal is for the 100 books to be chapter books, whether children’s or adult.
100+ Challenge:
1. Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
2. Amos Fortune: Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
3. The Wreck of the Zanzibar (Michael Morpurgo)
4. Waiting for Mama (Marietta Moskin)
5. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
6. Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
7. Fun for the Secret Seven (Enid Blyton)
8. Chúcaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa (Francis Kalnay)
9. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
10. Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
11. Tom's Midnight Garden (Philippa Pearce)
12. Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
13. Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
14. The Chesterfield Gold (Roger Pilkington)
15. The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (Enid Blyton)
16. Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
17. Rabbit Hill (Robert Lawson)
18. Ghost Town Treasure (Clyde Robert Bulla)
19. Miracles on Maple Hill (Virginia Sorenson)
20. Lady in the Tower (Marie-Louise Jensen)
21. The Silver Sword (Ian Serraillier)
22. Hitler's Canary (Sandi Toksvig)
23. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien)
24. In My Father's House (Corrie ten Boom)
25. Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
26. Five on Finniston Farm (Enid Blyton)
27. Five Run Away Together (Enid Blyton)
28. Five Have Plenty of Fun (Enid Blyton)
29. Five Go to Billycock Hill (Enid Blyton)
30. Five Go Down to the Sea (Enid Blyton)
31. Five Get Into Trouble (Enid Blyton)
32. The Whipping Boy (Sid Fleischman)
33. Five Go to Smuggler's Top (Enid Blyton)
34. Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone (British title) (J.K. Rowling)
35. My Story: Blitz (Vince Cross)
36. Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
37. Five on Kirrin Island Again (Enid Blyton)
38. My Story: Australia (Goldie Alexander)
39. Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
40. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
41. Love and Friendship (Jane Austen)
42. Five Go Off in a Caravan (Enid Blyton)
43. The Diary of Samuel Pepys's Clerk (Philip Wooderson)
44. Nim's Island (Wendy Orr)
45. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
46. Silver on the Tree (Susan Cooper)
47. Stuart Little (E.B. White)
48. The Door in the Wall (Marguerite de Angeli)
49. The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
50. Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
51. The Mozart Question (Michael Morpurgo)
52. The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk (Donald J. Sobol)
53. In Their Own Words: The Wright Brothers (George Sullivan)
54. Escape to Liechtenstein (Ed Dunlop)
55. Mandie and the Fiery Rescue (Lois Gladys Leppard)
56. Knights, Kings and Conquerors: 20 Stories from British History (Geraldine McCaughrean)
58. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
59. The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (Michael Morpurgo)
60. The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone (Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black)
61. The Pet Finders Club: Come Back Buddy! (Ben M. Baglio)
62. The Butterfly Lion (Michael Morpurgo)
63. Billy the Kid (Michael Morpurgo)
64. The Invisible Friend (Lois Walfrid Johnson)
65. Waiting for Anya (Michael Morpurgo)
66. The Lady Grace Mysteries: Assassin (Grace Cavendish aka Patricia Finney)
67. Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo)
68. The Magic World (E. Nesbit)
69. Bartlett and the Ice Voyage (Odo Hirsch)
70. Sanditon (Jane Austen and Another Lady)
71. Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims (Clyde Robert Bulla)
72. The Door in the Dragon's Throat (Frank Peretti)
73. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
74. Out of the Ashes (Michael Morpurgo)
75. Frederica (Georgette Heyer)
76. Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
77. Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
78. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
79. The Trumpeter of Krakow (Eric P. Kelly)
80. Strawberry Girl (Lois Lenski)
81. Sweet Home Alabama (Dooly, Griffin, Harris, Tracy)
82. My Dear Cassandra: The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen (Penelope Hughes-Hallett)
83. The Adventures of King Midas (Lynne Reid Banks)
84. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia MacLachlan)
85. Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz)
86. Alaska (Paul C. Johnson)
87. The Matchlock Gun (Walter D. Edmonds)
88. Finding Violet Park (Jenny Valentine)
89. The Bride's Farewell (Meg Rosoff)
90. The Magic Faraway Tree (Enid Blyton)
91. The Twenty-One Balloons (William Pène du Bois)
92. Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
93. The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
94. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
95. The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
96. Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
97. Pigeon Post (Arthur Ransome)
98. The Wheel on the School (Meindert DeJong)
99. The Borrowers (Mary Norton)
100. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
101. The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
102. The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
Winners Challenge:
1. Amos Fortune: Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)--Newbery Medal
2. The Wreck of the Zanzibar (Michael Morpurgo)--Costa Book Award
3. Tom's Midnight Garden (Philippa Pearce)--Carnegie Medal
4. Rabbit Hill (Robert Lawson)--Newbery Medal
5. Miracles on Maple Hill (Virginia Sorenson)--Newbery Medal
6. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien)--Newbery Medal
7. The Whipping Boy (Sid Fleischman)--Newbery Medal
8. Watership Down (Richard Adams)--Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award
9. The Door in the Wall (Marguerite de Angeli)--Newbery Medal
10. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)--Smarties Prize
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)--Smarties Prize
12. The Butterfly Lion (Michael Morpurgo)--Smarties Prize
13. Private Peaceful--Blue Peter Book Award
14. Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)--Newbery Medal
15. Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)--Newbery Medal
16. The Trumpeter of Krakow (Eric P. Kelly)--Newbery Medal
17. Strawberry Girl (Lois Lenski)--Newbery Medal
18. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia MacLachlan)--Newbery Medal
19. The Matchlock Gun (Walter D. Edmonds)--Newbery Medal
20. Finding Violet Park (Jenny Valentine)--Guardian Award
21. The Twenty-One Balloons (William Pène du Bois)--Newbery Medal
22. Pigeon Post (Arthur Ransome)--Carnegie Medal
23. The Wheel on the School (Meindert DeJong)--Newbery Medal
24. The Borrowers (Mary Norton)--Carnegie Medal
25. The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)--Carnegie Medal
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