2009 Booklists

Books I Have Read in 2009

1. Think and Make It Happen by Dr. Augusto Cury
2. Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
3. Authentic Faith by Gary Thomas
4. For the Tough Times by Max Lucado
5. Heaven:  Your Real Home by Joni Eareckson Tada
6. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
7. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
9. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (re-read)
10. The First-Born Advantage by Dr. Kevin Leman
11. They Shall See God by Athol Dickson
12. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
13. Every Hidden Thing by Athol Dickson
14. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
15. The Suncatchers by Jamie Langston Turner
16. Change Your Heart, Change Your Life by Dr. Gary Smalley
17. Listening for Lions by  Gloria Whelan
18. The Wanigan by Gloria Whelan
19. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
20. Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas
21. God’s Harvard:  A Christian College on a Mission to Save America by Hanna Rosin
22. Dessert First by Hallie Durand
23. Feeding Your Soul:  A Quiet Time Handbook by Jean Fleming
24. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
25. The Chosen by Chaim Potok
26. In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth
27. Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck (audiobook)
28. The Pirate’s Son by Geraldine McCaughrean
29. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
30. Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner
31. River Rising by Athol Dickson
32. A Mother’s Heart by Jean Fleming
33. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (re-read)
34. Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver
35. Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier (re-read)
36. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
37. Hank the Cowdog:  The Case of the One-Eyed Killer Stud Horse by John R. Erickson
38. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society  by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
39. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation:  Volume 1, the Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
40. Grace Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel
41. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
42. Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
43. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
44. Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardener
45. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
46. She’s Gonna Blow! by Julie Barnhill
47. Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
48. Winter Birds by Jamie Langston Turner
49. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street  by Jeanne Birdsall
50. Some Wildflower in My Heart by Jamie Langston Turner
51. The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Books My Children and I Have Read Together in 2009

 

1. Homespun Sarah by Verla Kay
2. Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay
3. The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine
4. One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice
5. Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish
6. Lots of Ladybugs:  Counting by Fives by Michael Dahl *
7. Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley *
8. The Minister’s Cat ABC by Lynley Dodd
9. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jim Aylesworth
10. The Summer of Stanley by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
11. The Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back by Carl Sandburg
12. The Prairie Train by Antoine O Flatharta
13. One Small Place by the Sea by Barbara Brenner
14. One Monkey Too Many by Jackie French Koller
15. This Is the House That Was Tidy and Neat by Teri Sloat
16. Oddhopper Opera:  A Bug’s Garden of Verses by Kurt Cyrus
17. Max’s Words by Kate Banks
18. Adelita by Tomie DePaola
19. Franklin’s Thanksgiving by Paulette Bourgeois
20. Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett
21. Busy Fingers by C. W. Bowie
22. Elliot’s Bath by Andrea Beck
23. John Henry by Carol Ottolenghi
24. The Cabbage Soup Solution by Erika Oller
25. The Mixed-Up Rooster by Pamela Duncan Edwards
26. The Bossy Gallito by Lucia M. Gonzalez
27. Mooove Over by Karen Magnuson Beil
28. Apples by Gail Gibbons
29. Dahlia by Barbara McClintock
30. Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell
31. A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
32. Chameleons Are Cool by Martin Jenkins
33. Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers
34. The Perfect Clubhouse by Daniel J. Mahoney
35. Top Cat by Lois Ehlert
36. Don’t Forget the Bacon! by Pat Hutchins
37. Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
38. Mama Don’t Allow by Thacher Hurd
39. Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
40. Tumble Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky
41. The Painter by Peter Catalanotto
42. Franklin Forgives
43. At the Edge of the Forest by Jonathan London
44. Arthur Lost and Found by Marc Brown
45. Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan
46. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
47. Franklin’s Bad Day by Paulette Bourgeois
48. Ants at the Picnic:  Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl
49. The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
50. A Blue Butterfly:  A Story about Claude Monet by Bijou Le Tord
51. Footprints and Shadows by Anne Wescott Dodd
52. Water Dance by Thomas Locker
53. Out of the Ocean by Debra Frasier
54. The Animal Hedge by Paul Fleischman
55. From the Garden:  A Counting Book about Growing Food by Michael Dahl
56. Who Hops? by Katie Davis
57. Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London
58. I Need an Easter Egg! by Harriet Ziefert
59. Hope and New Life:  An Easter Story by Johnny Zucker
60. Best in Show! by Sonali Fry
61. Puddles by Jonathan London
62. Who Wants Arthur? by Amanda Graham
63. Horsefly by Alice Hoffman
64. A Present for Mom by Vivian French
65. Diego’s Safari Rescue by Ligiah Villalobos
66. Old Granny and the Bean Thief by Cynthia DeFelice
67. The Secret of the First One Up by Iris Hiskey Arno
68. Gregory’s Shadow by Don Freeman
69. Adopted by an Owl: The True Story of Jackson the Owl by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
70. Snow Day! by Patricia Lakin
71. Sing, Sophie! by Dayle Ann Dodds
72. I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
73. Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich
74. A Far-Fetched Story by Karin Cates
75. Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
76. Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
77. Louie’s Goose by H.M. Ehrlich
78. All the World’s a Stage by Rebecca Piatt Davidson
79. Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
80. Spring Thaw by Steven Schnur
81. Arthur Helps Out by Marc Brown*
82. Going to the Dentist (Usborne First Experiences) by Anne Civardi
83. Toby the Tortoise by Gerald Durrell
84. Winter:  An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur
85. Arthur Off to School by Marc Brown*
86. Downhill Fun:  A Counting Book about Winter by Michael Dahl
87. From the Garden:  A Counting Book about Growing Food by Michael Dahl
88. Speed, Speed, Centipede:  Counting by Tens by Michael Dahl
89. One Big Building:  A Counting Book about Construction by Michael Dahl
90. Footprints in the Snow:  Counting by Twos by Michael Dahl
91. Shoes from Grandpa by Mem Fox
92. Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards
93. Parents in the Pigpen, Pigs in the Tub by Amy Ehrlich
94. If You Were a Palindrome by Michael Dahl
95. Lizzy and Skunk by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
96. Arthur Babysits by Marc Brown
97. Country Fair (a My First Little House Book)
98. Mama Loves by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
99. Sink or Swim by Valerie Coulman
100. Just Like You by Jan Fearnley
101. Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
102. Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
103. In My World by Lois Ehlert
104. Eating the Alphabet:  Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert
105. Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert
106. Wag a Tail by Lois Ehlert
107. Market Day by Lois Ehlert

—-List closed some time mid February.  I couldn’t keep up.  :-)—-

*For the sake of honest disclosure and for my own record, I am marking these books as ones that were shared between Steady Eddie and the girls.  Mama had no part of them.

Chapter Books I Read Aloud to My Children in 2009 (Lulu 4-5 years; Louise 3-4 years)

1. The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
2. Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
4. Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
5. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Magic by Betty MacDonald
6. Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
7. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (re-read) [audiobook review here]
8. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
9. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
10. The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
11. The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett
12. The Story of Helen Keller by Lorena A. Hickok
13. Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
14. Tumtum and Nutmeg:  Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn
15. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
16. The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
17. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson