2018 Picture Book Challenge

***Challenge complete. See my challenge wrap-up post HERE.***

Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews
Dates: January - December 2018

Click HERE for announcement/sign-up post.

Click HERE for my original post about the challenge.

Guidelines:

• Goal: To have adults read more picture books. 
• Minimum number of books = 6.

Choose an Option:

• Option 1: Read six picture books of your choice.
• Option 2: Choose one author to focus on. Perhaps read through an entire author's work. 
• Option 3: Read as few as six, or as many as you like, from the checklist below. (I'll probably be going with this option.)

Becky's Checklist:
_ 1. Title beginning with A
_ 2. Author beginning with A
_ 3. Title beginning with B
_ 4. Author beginning with B
_ 5. Title beginning with C
_ 6. Author beginning with C
_ 7. Title beginning with D
_ 8. Author beginning with D
_ 9. Title beginning with E
✓10. Author beginning with E: Feathers for Lunch, by Lois Ehlert (1996; illus. by author)
_ 11. Title beginning with F
_ 12. Author beginning with F
_ 13. Title beginning with G
_ 14. Author beginning with G
_ 15. Title beginning with H
_ 16. Author beginning with H
_ 17. Title beginning with I
_ 18. Author beginning with I
_ 19. Title beginning with J
_ 20. Author beginning with J
_ 21. Title beginning with K
_ 22. Author beginning with K
_ 23. Title beginning with L
_ 24. Author beginning with L
_ 25. Title beginning with M
_ 26. Author beginning with M
_ 27. Title beginning with N
_ 28. Author beginning with N
_ 29. Title beginning with O
_ 30. Author beginning with O
_ 31. Title beginning with P
_ 32. Author beginning with P
_ 33. Title or Author beginning with Q
✓34. Title beginning with R: The Rabbit and the Shadow, by Mélanie Rutten (2013; illus. by author)
_ 35. Author beginning with R
_ 36. Title beginning with S
_ 37. Author beginning with S
_ 38. Title beginning with T
_ 39. Author beginning with T
✓40. Title or Author beginning with U: Umbrella, by Taro Yashima (1958; illus. by author)
_ 41. Title or Author beginning with V or W
_ 42. Title or Author beginning with X or “Ex”
_ 43. Title beginning with Y
_ 44. Author beginning with Y
_ 45. Title or Author beginning with Z
_ 46. An alphabet book
_47. A counting book
_ 48. A color word in the title
_ 49. A number word in the title
_ 50. Concept book of your choice – picture book
_ 51. Concept book of your choice – board book
_ 52. bedtime book – board book
_ 53. bedtime book – picture book
_ 54. book that rhymes – picture book
_ 55. book that rhymes – early reader OR board book
_ 56. holiday of your choice – board book or early reader
_ 57. holiday of your choice – picture book
_ 58. wordless picture book
_ 59. new to you author
_ 60. new to you illustrator
_ 61. favorite author
_ 62. favorite illustrator
_ 63. free choice
_ 64. fairy or folk tale adaptation
_ 65. fairy or folk tale traditional
_ 66. a title with the word “first” in it
_ 67. a book set in the state you live
_ 68. a book set in a place you’d like to visit
_ 69. a book set in an imaginary place
✓70. a book set in the past – fiction or nonfiction: The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart; illus. by David Small (set in 1930s, during the Great Depression)
_ 71. a book set in the present
_ 72. picture book for older readers – fiction
_ 73. picture book for older readers – nonfiction
_ 74. early reader – fiction
_ 75. early reader – nonfiction
_ 76. picture book with photographs
✓77. one word title: Golem, by David Wisniewski (1996; illus. by author)
_ 78. long title (four or more words)
_ 79. oversized book
_ 80. tiny book
_ 81. a book about playing (hide and seek, tag, or peekaboo, etc.)
_ 82. a book about school
_ 83. a book about hobbies (art, dance, music, crafts, sports)
_ 84. a title that is a question
_ 85. a title that is an exclamation
_ 86. an award winner or an honor book
_ 87. a collection (of poems OR stories)
_ 88. a book with animals (fiction)
_ 89. a book with animals (nonfiction)
_ 90. a book about books or reading
_ 91. a book celebrating family
_ 92. first book in a series
_ 93. any book in a series
_ 94. book with an adventure or misadventure
_ 95. a book about a pet
_ 96. A title with the word “yes” or “no” in it
_ 97. A title with the word “big” or “little” in it
_ 98. a classic published before 1968
_ 99. a book you think should be considered a classic
_100. Out of print
_101. Library book
_102. Impulse Pick
_103. Board book published in 2018
✓104. Picture book published in 2018: Outside My Window, by Linda Ashman; illus. by Jamey Christoph