Awhile ago, I posted a list of books I want to read that came from the Cybils list - a list of outstanding books for young readers. I have completed a couple of the books from my list:
Cute rhyming easy reader about a group of dogs going to the groomers so they'll look nice for a group picture. Their grooming is disrupted by some cats sneaking into the shop which leads to a whole lot of chaos for the groomers.
Sherlock Holmes Baldwin - Sherry - is a tween on Spring Break in SanDiego. Not too unusual... except that she's trying to solve a mystery with her mother, who is a ghost, and her grandpa, whose spirit now inhabits a bird.
I liked this one, but didn't love it. I thought it was a great light-hearted paranormal story for kids - much better than the vampire-fare that is flooding the book market lately. The romantic subplot was sweet and fun. Sherry is a resourceful sleuth who adjusts well to the paranormal elements in her life. I would read the next book in the series, I So Don't Do Spooky
.
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Last week I posted about some reading challenges I wanted to do this year.
So far, I am keeping up pretty well on the Comment Challenge. I have read 20 books from the library for the Support Your Local Library challenge (including several picture books for review on this blog, so that helps my numbers considerably). I am a third or so into the first book from my TBR pile.
It has taken me awhile to choose my books for the Cybils challenge. There were so many to choose from! I decided to do at least 5 from certain categories, and I used the full nominees list instead of just the winners. Here they are:
Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books -
Alice's Shooting Star
by Tim Kennemore
Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) (Down Girl and Sit)
by Lucy Nolan
Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report (I Can Read Book 1)
by Jane O'Connor
Good Dog, Aggie
by Lori Ries
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
by Melissa Thompson
Shampoodle (Step into Reading)
by Joan Holub
I've already read the following from this list: Elephants Cannot Dance! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
(love Mo Willems), Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant and Piggie Book),
How Oliver Olson Changed the World
(this one was okay), Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin
(we love Roscoe at our house!), and Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
.
Middle Grade Fantasy and Science Fiction -
The Brotherhood of the Traveling Underpants (Melvin Beederman, Superhero)
by Greg Trine
I So Don't Do Mysteries
by Barrie Summy
Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman
The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories (Junior Library Guild Selection)
by Joan Aiken
Spellbinder
by Helen Stringer
I've already read: Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel
(good), and The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War (Bk. 7)
(great series).
Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
Academy 7
by Anne Osterlund
Candor
by Pam Bachorz
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
by Suzanne Collins (Which means I'll have to read the first one, too.)
Fire (Graceling)
by Kristin Cashore (which means I'll finally read Graceling)
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy (Hardback))
by James Dashner
I haven't read any books in this list before now, but had a few on a list of ones I wanted to read.
Picture Books
1000 Times No
by Tom Warburton
All the World
by Liz Garton Scanlon
The Book That Eats People
by John Perry
Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem
by Chris Monroe
Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli
by Barbara Jean Hicks
My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life
by Kate Feiffer
In this category, I have already read: Duck! Rabbit!
(Fabulous!), Family Huddle
(I didn't care for it), Let's Do Nothing!
(it was okay), Little Oink
(I love pretty much anything by Rosenthal), Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
(can't go wrong with Mo Willems), and The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town
(great illustrations).
Middle Grade Fiction
Alibi Junior High
by Greg Logsted (an author I like)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
by Jeff Kinney (have been waiting to read these for awhile)
Liberty Porter, First Daughter
by Julia DeVillers
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
by Trenton Lee Stewart (I read the first in this series and loved it but haven't gotten to read the others)
Operation Yes
by Sara Lewis Holmes
I've already read: Captain Nobody
(terrific!), Extra Credit (Junior Library Guild Selection)
(love Andrew Clements), NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One)
(Fabulous - love Michael Buckley, too), and Sisters Eight Book 1: Annie's Adventures
(fun series).
Young Adult Fiction
And Then Everything Unraveled
by Jennifer Sturman (who used to write mystery series I really liked)
The Cupcake Queen
by Heather Hepler
Den of Thieves (A Cat Royal Adventure)
by Julia Golding
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
The Homeschool Liberation League
by Lucy Frank
How to Buy a Love of Reading
by Tanya Egan Gibson
In the category, I have only read I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President
.
Middle Grade Graphic Novels
Babymouse #11: Dragonslayer
by Jennifer Holm
Cat Burglar Black
by Richard Sala
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
by Eric Wight
The 3-2-3 Detective Agency: The Disappearance of Dave Warthog
by Fiona Robinson
The Shadow Door (Elsewhere Chronicles)
by Nykko
In this category, I have read (and loved): Babymouse #10: The Musical
, Binky the Space Cat (Binky Adventure)
, Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
, Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
, and The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
.
The lists of books that were nominated are long and extensive. I will probably find even more books to read this year, but these are my goal for this particular challenge. Maybe you'll check some of them out, too!
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