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Reading Matters' Book List for Christmas 2012
Though not as extensive as last year's list, here are some favorites we feel are worth purchasing. To learn more about these books, click on the titles.
Ages 2-7
The Biggest Bear, Lynd Ward
How Much Is That Doggy in the Window, Iza Trapani
Jenny's Hat, Ezra Jack Keats
Mike Mulligan and More, Virginia Burton
Song of the Camels, Elizabeth Coatsworth
That's What I'd Do, Jewel
Truckery Rhymes, Jon Scieszka
Ages 7-10
Anna Maria's Gift, Janice Shefelman
The Cat's Pajamas, Wallace Edwards
Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
Jennie Maizels' Things To Do Book, Jennie Maizels
Sadie and Ratz, Sonya Hartnett
Word After Word After Word, Patricia MacLachlan
Ages 9-12
Breaking Stalin's Nose, Eugene Yelchin
Crispin, Avi
Gone Away Lake, Elizabeth Enright
Horton's Miraculous Mechanisms, Lissa Evans
The Icarus Project, Laura Quimby
The Unforgotten Coat, Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Grace Lin
Ages 11-14
Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Janet Gray
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
Nick of Time, Ted Bell
The 100 Cupboards Trilogy, N. D. Wilson
Palace of Stone, Shannon Hale
Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls
Ages 13-16
The Airborn Series, Kenneth Oppel
Animal Farm, George Orwell
City Boy, Herman Wouk
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys, Jackie French
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
The Yearling, Marjorie Rawlings
Ages 17+
Amusing Ourselves To Death, Neil Postman
Birthmarked, Caragh M. O'Brien
Drums Along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds
Lorna Doone, Richard Blackmore
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization, Anthony Esolen
The Shadow of His Wings, Gereon Goldmann, OFM
Read Aloud Favorites
Every Thing On It, Shel Silverstein
Five Children and It, E. Nesbit
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
The Thirteen Clocks, James Thurber
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Interested in purchasing any of these books? The images in this blog are links to Amazon.com.
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