MORE THAN EXPECTED Great Books challenge
Children’s Challenge
__ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl __ The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame __Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein Read __ The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett any 10 of __ Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White __ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the 53 for __ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis a chance __ The Tale of Desperaux, Kate DiCamillo __ Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne on fame __ The Hobbit, J.R. Tolkien Caldecott Medal Challenge and fortune (Ages 10 and under)
This time of cautious interaction has leant __ Owl Moon, Jane Yolen __ The Hello, Goodbye Window, itself to more time for reading and writing. Norton Juster We covered writing with our first two challenges, __ Lon Po Po, Ed Young now we tackle reading--in a big way--and challenge __ Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathman you to read your way to fame and fortune. __ My Friend Rabbit, Eric Rohmann __ The Adventures of Beekle: During the Great Books Challenge until the end of 2020, read the unimaginary friend, Dan Santat 10 books from one or multiple selection categories. When finished, __ This is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen your name is entered into a drawing to win a gift certificate to Tryon Fine __ A Ball for Daisy, Christopher Raschka Books. Check your completed books below and submit at the circulation desk. __ A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Phillip Stead __ Kitten’s First Full Moon, Kevin Henkes 21st Century Pulitzer Prize Challenge Classics of Fiction Challenge Non-fiction Challenge __ 2020: The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead __ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens __ 2019: The Overstory, Richard Powers __ Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky __ Essays, Michel Montaigne __ 2018: Less, Andrew Sean Greer __ One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel __ The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha __ 2017: The Underground Railroad, Colson Garcia Marquez Mukherjee Whitehead __ The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander __ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, __ 2016: The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Ngyyen Dumas Maya Angelou __ 2015: All the Light We Cannot See, __ The Odyssey, Homer __ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Anthony Doerr __ Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf Rebecca Skloot __ 2014: The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt __ Catch-22, Joseph Heller __ The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson __ 2013: The Orphan Master’s Son, __ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, __ The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander Adam Johnson Mark Twain __ Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann __ 2011: A Visit From the Goon Squad, __ 1984, George Orwell __ Silent Spring, Rachel Carson Jennifer Eagan __ The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy __ Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari __ 2 012: No prize awarded. Earn bonus drawing ticket for finding and reading Your name Phon e the three finalists __ 2010: Tinkers, Paul Harding Finish your 10 before December 31, 2020 __ 2009: Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout New selection, new challenge in 2021
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