A family reading list, 37 years in the making
By Al R. Young
In 1998, at the outset of our involvement with Victoria Magazine, an editor asked whether we had ever compiled a list of books we could recommend for reading as a family. The question sparked our first attempt to list titles we had enjoyed reading aloud as a family during the previous 19 years.
When we launched www.alyoung.com in the fall of that year, the list we had only just formulated was integral to the site's structure and content. We continued reading as a family, and in the summer and fall of 2000, prepared to launch The Storybook Home Journal . As www.alyoung.com became the sole commercial gallery for artwork produced by the Artists of Al Young Studios and The Storybook Home Journal continued its development, the list of recommended titles disappeared from our commercial web site for a while.
In December 2012, The Storybook Home Journal Blog became home to our suggested reading list, as well as reviews of books listed there, particularly those titles less well known and for which reviews and other material are often difficult to find.
As of August 2014, the list includes 180 titles by 71 authors, with links to 65 book reviews on our Journal Blog, along with links to 82 issues of The Storybook Home Journal.
In 1998, at the outset of our involvement with Victoria Magazine, an editor asked whether we had ever compiled a list of books we could recommend for reading as a family. The question sparked our first attempt to list titles we had enjoyed reading aloud as a family during the previous 19 years. When we launched www.alyoung.com in the fall of that year, the list we had only just formulated was integral to the site's structure and content. We continued reading as a family, and in the summer and fall of 2000, prepared to launch The Storybook Home Journal . As www.alyoung.com became the sole commercial gallery for artwork produced by the Artists of Al Young Studios and The Storybook Home Journal continued its development, the list of recommended titles disappeared from our commercial web site for a while.
In December 2012, The Storybook Home Journal Blog became home to our suggested reading list, as well as reviews of books listed there, particularly those titles less well known and for which reviews and other material are often difficult to find.
As of August 2014, the list includes 180 titles by 71 authors, with links to 65 book reviews on our Journal Blog, along with links to 82 issues of The Storybook Home Journal.
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