The Choose to Read Ohio list for 2011-2012 looks great. I'm going to try to read several of these over the next couple of years.
Children's Titles
The Giant of Seville by Dan Andreasen
The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
Otis by Loren Long
B is for Buckeye by Marcia Schonberg
Tween Titles
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton
The Brother's War by J. Patrick Lewis
Sweethearts of Rhythm by Marilyn Nelson
Teen Titles
Sweet, Hereafter by Angela Johnson
Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein
Beneath My Mother's Feet by Amjed Qamar
Bone #1: Out of Boneville by Jeff Smith
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Adult Titles
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
Blood of the Prodigal by P. L. Gaus
All the Way Home by David Giffels
Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
To learn more about the books...
The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden, illustrated by Allan Drummond
(Suggested reading level: Grades 3-6)
I love Curious George, especially his new adventures and the PBS cartoon. We have two box sets that I'd read over and over with Amber when she was younger, but I never knew the story behind Curious George.
I mentioned the other day about author's own experiences showing up in their works of fiction. I didn't realize how soon the topic would come up again, but Hans Reyersbach, who eventually changed his name to H. A. Rey, left his home in Germany in his early twenties and headed to Brazil.
It was hot in Brazil—so Hans wore a broad hat, even in the shad of Rio's palm trees and cafés. When he traveled up and down the Amazon River, Hans watched the monkeys and made drawings of them. (pg. 12-13)
I can certainly see where the famous...
I wasn't aware of the Choose to Read Ohio program until I went to the Ohioana Book Festival last weekend, but it's a really cool idea. "Choose to Read Ohio spotlights Ohio authors and promotes reading across Ohio. The State Library of Ohio, in partnership with Ohioana Library Association and other Ohio partners, developed this initiative to encourage Ohioans of all ages to share literature by authors native to, residing in, or associated with Ohio." I don't have a local book group to discuss the selections with, but I'm going to participate here at my blog.
The '09 - '10 titles are:
Children's
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden
Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall
Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Young Adult
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline...