Finished!

Well im not quite finished junior year yet but I did finish my forty chilren's book project so here's the final list! Don't worry, next year I'll read 60 more, keep ya posted!

Dance

A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student by Valerie Galdstone
Marie: An Invitation to Dance, France 1775 by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic by Whoopi Goldberg
Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
Dance for Fun! by Balinda Craig-Quijada
Dance! by Elisha Cooper
Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts
Piggies in a Polka by Kathi Appelt and Leuyen Pham
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems (this is super cute! for preschoolers or kindergartners)
Feel the Beat! Dancing in Music Videos by Jenai Cutcher

I still want to read The Day We Danced in our Underpants by Sarah Wilson

Nonfiction

Magic Windows Ventanas Magicas by Carman Lomas Garza
See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House by Susan E. Goodman
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Safari by Robert Bateman
C.S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller by Beatrice Gormley (now I want to read Boxen)
Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope (very difficult subject matter, might break your heart but powerful) by Jenna Bush
The Coat of Many Colors by Jenny Koralek
You are Weird: Your Body's Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions by Diane Swanson

What can I say, I love biographies!

Newbery

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (great ending and fun characters and chapter titles)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (the movies is pretty accurate)
The Tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by kate Dicamillo (my favorite! a must read!)
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (silly and quirky with an unexpected ending, mystery!)
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (might make ya cry, great integration of art and worth a read!)
Holes by Louis Sachar (movie is also very accurate but you should still read the book!)
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (I heard there's a sequel, I want to try it!)
Sounder by William Armstrong (a classic but slightly depressing, hard times!)
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor (also very sad but good explanations about slavery)
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg (you've got to read this, it will take you back to the days of childhood, smart kids spend a week in a museum!)

Controversial

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Great Waldo Search by Martin Handford (can you find him?)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (boys will be boys, just don't eat while you read it...)
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (precious)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (the original people watcher)

Multicultrual-Indians
Beyond the Ridge by Paul Goble
My Song is Beautiful Poems and Pictures in Many Voices Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman (every teacher should have a copy of this!)
Eyewitness Books: Aztec, Inca and Maya by Elizabeth Baquedano (great resource but some unpleasant customs)
Beardream by Will Hobbs (beautiful illustrations)
Pocahontas Princess of the New World by Kathleen Krull (bright pics and interesting info, again I love bios)

Do you have any favorite kids books I should check out?!