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
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!
ReplyDeleteHi Michele,
ReplyDeleteWhen 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
I know I couldn't have lived without the following books when I was an elementary school teacher:
ReplyDelete-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.
Tricia,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know I just left some book suggestions at your "Dreaming of China" post.