Newbery Reading Challenge 2017

Newbery Reading Challenge 2017: Rules and Sign-ups

Dates:  January 1 - December 31, 2017
Hosted by:  Julie @ Smiling Shelves

Guidelines:

• Choose books from among Newbery Award winners and Honor Books; Caldecott Medal winners and Honor books.
• Rereads count.
• Audiobooks and e-books count.
• All books must be read between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017. Books begun before January 1 don’t count. 
• Books can overlap with other challenges
• You don’t have to have a blog to participate. You can link up reviews from Amazon, Goodreads, etc., or leave your remarks in the comments.
• Reviews are encouraged, but not necessary.
• There will be a headquarters page for linking up reviews if you write them.
• Choose your point level. You can always aim for a higher point level, but you can't move to a lower one.

Each book you read is worth points:

• 3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner
• 2 points for a Newbery Honor Book
• 1 point for a Caldecott Medal Winner or Honor Book

Choose a level to aim for.  "You can get to this level with any combination of points you want. You can read all Newbery Medal winners. You can throw in a few Honor Books. If you want, you can even read 75 Caldecott Medal winners! How you get to your point level is totally up to you."

1. L'Engle: 15 - 29 points
2. Spinelli: 30 - 44 points
3. Avi: 45 - 59 points
4. Lowry: 60 - 74 points
5. Konigsburg: 75+ points

✷ I'm signing up at the first level (L'Engle = 15-29 points)

See my original blog post about the challenge HERE.
See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.
See the review headquarters page HERE.
See the page for wrap-ups HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. Chris Van Allsburg; illus. by author (Caldecott Honor, 1980) / 1 point
2. Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. Joyce Sidman; illus. by Rick Allen (Newbery Honor 2011) / 2 points 
3. Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey; illus. by author (Caldecott Medal 1958) / 1 point
4. Million of Cats. Wanda Gág; illus. by author (Newbery Honor 1929) / 2 points
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POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Winners (3 points each)

• Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos (2012)
• The Door in the Wall. Marguerite De Angeli (1950)
• Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes (1952)
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schlitz (2008)
• The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron (2007) 
• Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Field (1930)
• Miracles on Maple Hill. Virginia Sorensen (1957) 
• Miss Hickory. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1947)
• Roller Skates. Ruth Sawyer (1937) 
• Strawberry Girl. Lois Lenski (1946)
• Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright (1939)
• The Trumpeter of Krakow.  Eric P. Kelly (1929) 
• The View from Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg (1997)
• The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin (1979) 
• The Wheel on the School. Meindert De Jong (1955) 
• When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead (2010)
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare (1959)
• Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Lewis (1933)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Honor Books (2 points each)

• Afternoon of the Elves. Janet Taylor Lisle (1990) 
• Black Fox of Lorne. Marguerite De Angeli (1957) 
• By the Shores of Silver Lake. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1940) 
• The Cricket in Times Square. George Selden (1961) 
• Doll Bones. Holly Black (2013; 2014 Honor)
• Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine (1997; 1998 Honor)
• Feathers. Jacqueline Woodson (2008)
• The Golden Name Day. Jennie Lindquist (1956)
• Gone-Away Lake. Elizabeth Enright (1958)
• The Headless Cupid. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1972)
• The Light at Tern Rock. Julia Sauer (1952)
• Little Town on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1942)
• The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1941)
• Millions of Cats. Wanda Gág (1929)
• The Moorchild. Eloise McGraw (1997)
• Penny from Heaven. Jennifer L. Holm (2007)
• Ramona and Her Father. Beverly Cleary (1978)
• Splendors and Glooms. Laura Amy Schlitz (2012; 2013 Honor)
• Surviving the Applewhites. Stephanie S. Tolan (2003)
• These Happy Golden Years. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1944)
• Three Times Lucky. Sheila Turnage (2013)
• The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1973)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Winners (1 point each)

• Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Marcia Brown (1954; 1955 winner)
• The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous (1950; 1951 winner) 
• The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel; illus. by Blair Lent (1972; 1973 winner)
• Golem. David Wisniewski (1996; 1997 winner)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick (2007; 2008 winner)
• Many Moons. James Thurber; illus. by Louis Slobodkin (1943; 1944 winner)
• Owl Moon. Jane Yolen; illus. by John Schoenherr (1987; 1988 winner)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig (1969; 1970 winner)
• This is Not My Hat. Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 winner) 
• Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey (1957; 1958 winner)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Honor Books (1 point each)

• Blueberries for Sal. Robert McCloskey (1949) 
• Extra Yarn. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 Honor)
• Flora and the Flamingo. Molly Idle (2013; 2014 Honor)
• In the Night Kitchen. Maurice Sendak (1971) 
• The Most Wonderful Doll in the World. Phyllis McGinley; illus. by Helen Stone (1950; 1951 Honor)
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2014; 2015 Honor)