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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Ten Books I Can't Live Without

Thanks to Kelly over at Big A, little a for the link.
Michele at Scholar's Blog has come up with a World Book Day meme. The question is: What ten books can't you live without?
If I were stranded on a desert island and required to read the same books over and over, these would get me through.
  • Straight Man by Richard Russo
  • Howard's End by E. M. Forster
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  • The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein
  • All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
  • Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged edited by Edward Connery Lathem
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4 comments:

  1. Michele2/14/2007 12:24 AM

    I feel bad now that I didn't include any poetry on my list... I really think I might have to revisit this meme again!

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  2. Tricia2/14/2007 5:42 AM

    Hi Michele,
    When I was writing the list I found it hard to stop at 10, but after careful consideration, I realized I needed some poetry, and decided that Frost had to be the one.
    Thanks for the great meme!
    Regards,
    Tricia

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  3. Elaine Magliaro2/14/2007 9:21 AM

    I know I couldn't have lived without the following books when I was an elementary school teacher:

    -CHARLOTTE'S WEB

    -RAMONA THE PEST and other Ramona stories

    -WINNIE THE POOH and THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER

    -MY LITTLE SISTER ATE ONE HARE by Bill Grossman

    -Some books by William Steig, such as THE AMAZING BONE and DOCTOR DE SOTO

    -THE TAILYPO: A GHOST STORY, told by Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone. My students absolutely loved this book! It was a favorite that I was asked to read over and over again.

    -WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN, adapted from an American folktale and illustrated by Molly Bang

    -Randall Jarrell's translation of SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, which was illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert

    I know I'm leaving out hundreds of books--but these were some of the staples of my read-aloud library.

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  4. Elaine Magliaro2/14/2007 10:14 AM

    Tricia,

    I wanted to let you know I just left some book suggestions at your "Dreaming of China" post.

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