2016 I Love Picture Books Reading Challenge

Dates:  January 1 - December 31, 2016
Host:  Bea's Book Nook

Guidelines:

• Read picture books.
• Sign up through December 1, 2016.
• Set your own level -- read as many as you like.
• Library books and e-books count.
• Re-reads count.
• A blog isn't necessary -- link up through a public review site like GoodReads or Library Thing.
• Reviews are not required but encouraged. They only need to be a few lines. There will be a page for linking up reviews.

● See my original blog post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.
● See the review link pages: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December


✸ I'm setting myself a goal of 12 books, and (as usual) hope to read more than that.


MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):
1. Beanie and Tough Enough. Ruth and Latrobe Carroll
2. Walter the Lazy Mouse. Marjorie Flack (illus. by the author)
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I Love Picture Books Challenge 2015

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

Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2015
Hosted by: Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair

Guidelines (quoted from the announcement page):

• Read picture books.
• Pick a number and go for it. Twelve too easy? Go for 20. Piece of cake? Go for 40.
• Books you own and library check outs count. So do e-books and re-reads.
• Please post about the challenge and sign up with a direct link.
• A blog is not necessary, just link to where you talk about the challenge
• Reviews are not necessary but would be nice (so we know which ones to read ourselves!) A link for reviews will be posted in January.

✹ I'm going to set twelve books as my original goal, and hope to do a little better than that.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement page HERE.
● See the link for reviews HERE.
● See my wrap-up post HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read):

1. Corduroy. Don Freeman. 1948 / 32 pages
2. The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton. 1942 / 40 pages / 1943 Caldecott Medal
3. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Virginia Lee Burton. 1938 / 56 pages 
4. Katy and the Big Snow. Virginia Lee Burton. 1943 / 40 pages
5. A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee. Chris Van Dusen. 2003 / 36 pages
6. Stella and Charlie, Friends Forever. Bernadette Peters; illus. by Liz Murphy. 2015 / 40 pages
7. Little Bird, Be Quiet! Kirsten Hall; illus. by Sabina Gibson. 2015 / 36 pages
8. Anatole. Eve Titus; illus. by Paul Galdone. 1956 / 40 pages / 1957 Caldecott Honor Book
9. Harry the Dirty Dog. Gene Zion; illus. by Margaret Bloy Graham. 1956 / 32 pages
10. Harry and the Lady Next Door. Gene Zion; illus. by Margaret Bloy Graham. 1960 / 64 pages
11. One Morning in Maine. Robert McCloskey. 1952 / 62 pages / 1953 Caldecott Honor Book
12. The Bees (Down in the Garden #1). DC Swain; illus. by Anna Bonita. 2015 / 24 pages

My "HOPE-TO-READ" LIST:

• Anatole. Eve Titus; illus. by Paul Galdone. 1956 / 40 pages / 1957 Caldecott Honor Book
• Anatole and the Cat. Eve Titus; illus. by Paul Galdone. 1957 / 40 pages / 1958 Caldecott Honor Book
• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. Margaret Musgrove; illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. 1976 / 32 pages / 1977 Caldecott Medal
• Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Dr. Seuss. 1948 / 64 pages / 1949 Caldecott Honor Book
• Blueberries for Sal. Robert McCloskey. 1948 / 64 pages / 1949 Caldecott Honor Book
• Castle. David Macaulay. 1977 / 80 pages / 1978 Caldecott Honor Book
• Cathedral. David Macaulay. 1973 / 80 pages / 1974 Caldecott Honor Book
• Chanticleer and the Fox. Barbara Cooney, Geoffrey Chaucer. 1958 / 44 pages / 1959 Caldecott Medal
• Cinderella. Marcia Brown. 1954 / 32 pages / 1955 Caldecott Medal
• Drummer Hoff. Barbara Emberley; illus. by Ed Emberley. 1967 / 32 pages / 1968 Caldecott Medal
• The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous. 1950 / 32 pages / 1951 Caldecott Medal
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Arthur Ransome; illus. by Uri Shulevitz. 1968 / 48 pages / 1969 Caldecott Medal
• Frog and Toad Are Friends. Arnold Lobel. 1970 / 64 pages / 1971 Caldecott Honor Book
• Frog Went A-Courtin’. John Langstaff; illus. by Feodor Rojankovsky. 1955 / 32 pages/ 1956 Caldecott Medal
• The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel; illus. by Blair Lent. 1972 / 40 pages / 1973 Caldecott Medal
• The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. Chris Van Allsburg. 1979 / 32 pages / 1980 Caldecott Honor Book
• The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher. Molly Bang. 1980 / 48 pages / 1981 Caldecott Honor Book
• Hide and Seek Fog. Alvin Tresselt; illus. by Roger Duvoisin. 1965 / 40 pages / 1966 Caldecott Honor Book
• If I Ran the Zoo. Dr. Seuss. 1950 / 64 pages / 1951 Caldecott Honor Book
• Inch By Inch. Leo Lionni. 1960 / 32 pages / 1961 Caldecott Honor Book
• In the Night Kitchen. Maurice Sendak. 1970 / 34 pages / 1971 Caldecott Honor Book
• Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg. 1981 / 32 pages / 1982 Caldecott Medal
• The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton. 1942 / 42 pages / 1943 Caldecott Medal
• The Little Island. Golden MacDonald; illus. by Leonard Weisgard. 1946 / 48 pages / 1947 Caldecott Medal
• Madeline’s Rescue. Ludwig Bemelmans. 1953 / 56 pages / 1954 Caldecott Medal
• Many Moons. James Thurber; illus. by Louis Slobodkin. 1943 / 48 pages / 1944 Caldecott Medal Winner
• Marguerite De Angeli's Book of Nursery & Mother Goose Rhymes. Marguerite de Angeli. 1954 / 192 pages / 1955 Caldecott Honor Book
• May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice Schenk de Regniers; illus. by Beni Montresor. 1964 / 48 pages / 1965 Caldecott Medal
• McElligot’s Pool. Dr. Seuss. 1947 / 64 pages / 1948 Caldecott Honor Book
• Mei Li. Thomas Handforth. 1938 / 48 pages / 1939 Caldecott Medal
• Mice Twice. Joseph Low. 1980 / 32 pages / 1981 Caldecott Honor Book
• The Most Wonderful Doll in the World. Phyllis McGinley; illus. by Helen Stone. 1950 / 61 pages / 1951 Caldecott Honor Book
• One Morning in Maine. Robert McCloskey. 1952 / 62 pages / 1953 Caldecott Honor Book
• On Market Street. Arnold Lobel; illus. by Anita Lobel. 1981 / 40 pages / 1982 Honor Book
• Outside Over There. Maurice Sendak. 1981 / 40 pages / 1982 Caldecott Honor Book
• Owl Moon. Jane Yolen; illus. by John Schoenherr. 1987 / 32 pages / 1988 Caldecott Medal
• Ox-Cart Man. Donald Hall; illus. by Barbara Cooney. 1979 / 40 pages / 1980 Caldecott Medal
• Play With Me. Marie Hall Ets. 1955 / 32 pages / 1956 Caldecott Honor Book
• The Relatives Came. Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Stephen Gammell. 1985 / 32 pages / 1986 Caldecott Honor Book
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Wanda Gág. 1938 / 44 pages / 1939 Caldecott Honor Book
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig. 1969 / 32 pages / 1970 Caldecott Medal
• They Were Strong and Good. Robert Lawson. 1940 / 72 pages / 1941 Caldecott Medal
• Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey. 1957 / 64 pages / 1958 Caldecott Medal
• A Tree Is Nice. Janice May Udry; illus. by Marc Simont. 1956 / 32 pages / 1957 Caldecott Medal
• When I Was Young in the Mountains. Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Diane Goode. 1982 / 32 pages / 1983 Caldecott Honor Book
• White Snow, Bright Snow. Alvin Tresselt; illus. by Roger Duvoisin. 1947 / 32 pages / 1948 Caldecott Medal
• Yonie Wondernose. Marguerite de Angeli. 1944 / 45 pages / 1945 Caldecott Honor Book