2018-2019 Reading List

This year we have done a TON of reading! That is, my reading aloud. Some days till I was hoarse. 

I have to admit first, despite my background in psychology and as a preschool teacher, we haven't always read this much. In fact, we had years where reading aloud just didn't happen very often at all. The Torchlight curriculum turned that around for us this past year. I turned the tracking history on on my library account in October, and since then we've checked out almost 700 books! Mostly picture books.  But we've also completed 60 chapter books this year, and started more.  Many of these, but for sure not all, were inspired by Torchlight, and this list is not in chronological order.
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Here's the list of books we read over my daughter's first grade year. These are the books we read cover to cover, that took longer than an evening to complete.

Series

Fairy Ponies book 3, 4 (Usborne series)
Deckawoo Drive by Kate DiCamillo, 1-4
Greetings From Somewhere by Harper Paris 1-10
Zoey and Sassafras by Asia Citro, 1-6
Animal Inn by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender, books 1, 2, 3, 5
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale books 1-5 (6 is in our library hold list as we speak!)
Tum Tum and Nutmeg, Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall  by Emily Bearn books 1-3
The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd and Julia Sarda book 1
The Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton, book 1
Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson book 1 (book 2 was started last night)
Missy Piggle Wiggle by Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell books 1-2
Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke book 1

Fiction Singletons

(some of these are part of a series but we only read one and have no plans to read future ones at the moment)

The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
Unicorn Princesses by Emily Bliss book 1
Charlotte in Giverny by Joan MacPhail Knight
Sophie Mouse: Silver Lake Art Show by Poppy Green
Beyond the Paw Paw Trees by Palmer Brown
Critter Club book 2 by Callie Barkley
Ivy by Katherine Coville
Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
Magic Tree House #33 by Mary Pope
Miss Mallard Mystery: Texas Trail to Calamity by Robert Quackenbush
Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble by Nick Bruel
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House by David A Adler
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister

Non Fiction

Animal Atlas by Rachel Williams and Emily Hawkins

Poetry

Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein

Graphic Novels

Kit Feeny: On the Move and Kit Feeny and the Ugly Necklace by Michael Townsend
Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson

Audiobooks

The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker performed by Katherine Kellgren books 1-3 (we're waiting impatiently on the next one from the library)
Ramona Forever and Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary performed by Stockard Channing (currently have Ramona the Pest checked out from the library)


What books have you read and loved this school year?