Sunday, August 9, 2009

Liana's Top Picks

Liana (age 9) has made a list of her favorite books she read (or listened to) this past school year and summer:
  • Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
  • Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
  • Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm adapted by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
  • Shadows on Society Hill: An Addy Mystery by Evelyn Coleman
  • Hill of Fire byThomas P. Lewis
  • A Doll Named Dora Anne by Yona Zeldis McDonough
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
  • Treasure Island adapted by Lisa Norby
  • Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President by Shirley Raye Redmond
  • George Washington and the General's Dog by Frank Murphy
  • Breakout! Escape from Alcatraz by Lori Haskins
  • Julie Meyer: The Story of a Wagon Train Girl by Dorothy Hoobler
  • Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
  • Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells
  • Neela: Victory Song by Chitna Banerjee Divakaruni

Liana enjoys reading anything about India and she also likes the Magic Treehouse series.

Please let us know your children's favorites!

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