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2019 Challenge Prompts
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A book from a previous Family Reading Crate you haven't read yet
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we got the dragon crate. My Daughter absolutely loves Duncan the Story Dragon, and still asks to read a few times a week.I think for this I'm going to get The Smell of Other People's Houses.
Heidi wrote: "I want to finally read Wintersong!"DO IT!!! It is an excellent book! :)
For this category I read Nightfall by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski. It was in the Oct '18 crate Books That Go Bump in the Night. I would recommend it - definitely not something I would have picked up on my own but I was very engrossed in it from the start - such an interesting concept....14 years of day followed by 14 years of night with the inhabitants having to move away for the night.
Jean wrote: "we got the dragon crate. My Daughter absolutely loves Duncan the Story Dragon, and still asks to read a few times a week.I think for this I'm going to get The Smell of Other People's Houses."
Great choice! I loved that book the first time I read it, but then was having a difficult time remembering exactly why so I re-read it and I still love it!
I just started The Smell of Other People's Houses - all the BYL folks keep raving about it! I'm excited for it.
Is there a complete list of all previous book crate books somewhere? I love watching the unboxing videos on YouTube but a full written list to take to the library would be helpful :)
Jennifer wrote: "Is there a complete list of all previous book crate books somewhere? I love watching the unboxing videos on YouTube but a full written list to take to the library would be helpful :)"You're in luck, I happen to enjoy obsessively cataloguing things and making lists, lol. Here is a list of all past crates up through this month, April 2019.
January 2018, Alaska, The Last Frontier
Sweet Home Alaska - Carole Estby Dagg
Ice Whale - Jean Craighead George
The Smell of Other People's Houses - Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
February 2018, The World Of Birds
The Desperate Adv. of Zeno and Alya - Jane Kelley
Arrowhawk - Lola M Schaefer
United Tweets of America - Hudson Talbott
Like Water on Stone - Dana Walrath
The Atomic Weight of Love - Elizabeth J. Church
March 2018, Goblins, Magic And Fantasy, Oh My!
The Goblin and the Empty Chair - Mem Fox
The Goblin's Puzzle - Andrew Chilton
Shadow Magic - Joshua Khan
Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones
April 2018, Bookception: Books Within Books!
Duncan the Story Dragon - Amanda Driscoll
Book Scavenger - Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
I Kill the Mockingbird - Paul Acampora
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
May 2018, Woof Woof, Yeah, Bark Bark
From Wolf to Woof - Hudson Talbott
Maxi's Secrets - Lynn Plourde
Paper Wishes - Lois Sepahban
Lily and the Octopus - Steven Rowley
June 2018, #OwnVoices
We Came to America - Faith Ringgold
The Gauntlet - Karuna Riazi
Challenger Deep - Neal Shusterman
When Dimple Met Rishi - Sandhya Menon
July 2018, We Are Family
My Family is a Zoo! - K.A. Gerrard
As Brave As You - Jason Reynolds
Just Fly Away - Andrew McCarthy
The Two Family House - Lynda Cohen Loigman
August 2018, Reader Player One
Tap the Magic Tree - Christie Matheson
Click Here to Start - Denis Markell
The Memory Wall - Lev AC Rosen
Cure for the Common Universe - Christian McKay Heidicker
September 2018, Journey To Other Worlds
Day Dreamers - Emily Winfield Martin
Furthermore - Tahereh Mafi
A Crack in the Sea - H.M. Bouwman
Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley
October 2018, Books That Go Bump In The Night
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything - Linda Williams
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street - Lindsay Currie
Nightfall - Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski
Black Mad Wheel - Josh Malerman
November 2018, The Gilded Age
Fiona's Lace - Patricia Polacco
The Art of the Swap - Kristine Asselin and Jen Malone
These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly
The Gilded Years - Karin Tanabe
December 2018, Happy Holidays!
Oscar and the Eight Blessings - Tanya Simon and Richard Simon
A Boy Called Christmas - Matt Haig
The Toymaker's Apprentice - Sherri L. Smith
Mr. Dickens and His Carol - Samantha Silva
January 2019, We Need A Shero!
The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can - Tererai Trent
Finding Serendipity - Angelica Banks
The Land of Forgotten Girls - Erin Entrada Kelly
Moxie - Jennifer Mathieu
The Fire by Night - Teresa Messineo
February 2019, Science Fictions Isn't Just Outer Space
Power Down Little Robot - Anna Staniszewski
Edge of Extinction: The Ark Plan - Laura Martin
Eye of the Storm - Kate Messner
This Mortal Coil - Emily Suvada
March 2019, Axis And Allies, WWII In Literature
Tucky Jo and Little Heart - Patricia Polacco
A Whale in Paris - Daniel Presley and Claire Polders
The Dollmaker of Krakow - R.M. Romero
The Good at Heart - Ursula Werner
April 2019, Books At Sea
The Blobfish Book - Jessica Olien
Argos: The Story of Odysseus... - Ralph Hardy
Beyond the Bright Sea - Lauren Wolk
The Midnight Watch - David Dyer
That list is super helpful! Thanks so much!
BYL Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Moxie (other topics)Eye of the Storm (other topics)
Nightfall (other topics)
A sampling of options:
Duncan the Story Dragon - Amanda Driscoll (children)
From Wolf to Woof - Hudson Talbott (children)
Sweet Home Alaska - Carole Etsby Dagg (middle grade)
The Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya - Jane Kelley (middle grade)
Furthermore - Tahereh Mafi (middle grade)
Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones (teen/adult)
The Gilded Years - Karin Tanabe (adult)