Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. The feature was created because The Broke and Bookish are particularly fond of lists (as are we!). Each week a new Top Ten list topic is given and bloggers can participate.
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books We Wouldn’t Mind Santa Bringing Henry and Trent
Please, Santa, bring these books for us our boys.
Ricki
1. Last Stop on Market Street by by Matt de la Peña
It comes out on January 8. Does Santa do pre-orders?
2. Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
I took this out of the library, and I fell in love with it. I’d love to own a copy, so Henry and I can read it again and again!
3. Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom by Tim Tingle
I am trying to expose Henry to native tribes other than his own. I’ve heard this book is excellent.
4. Noodle by Munro Leaf
Henry and I loved this story, but we only borrowed a library copy.
5. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
As a child, I loved these books. Go big or go home, right? Santa, Henry is requesting the complete set for when he is old enough to understand them.
Kellee
These are books that Santa actually is bringing Trent this year. This is only a handful of the literal box of books he is getting.
There are hundreds of other books I hope Trent gets at one point or another, but I thought I’d share some of the books he IS getting this year.
P.S. I very much want Matt de la Pena’s picture book too!
1. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
This book is one of my favorite recently published picture books, and it was Ricki’s gift recommendation, so I listened to her and got it for Trent.
2. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
I love this book, and I am very excited to have it to share with my son and my students. It is a special book.
3. How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You by Jane Yolen
I was SO lucky to meet Jane Yolen at NCTE, and I knew I had to get a Dinosaur book signed me her. This is the one that Anderson’s had, so I picked it up. I cannot wait to read it to him.
4. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker (Sound Book)
I remember that Jen Vincent’s son loved this book, so when I saw the sound book of it at our Scholastic Warehouse Sale, I knew I had to pick it up.
5. Bob Dylan Picture Books
Every time I see a Bob Dylan picture book, I know I need to get it for our collection. Bob Dylan was a huge part of my childhood, and I want him to be part of Trent’s as well. We already have Blowin’ in the Wind, so we had to add these two.
Which books should Santa bring our boys?
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Beautiful books. I have such fun choosing books for my grandchildren. One that all of them have loved is Freight Train, by Donald Crews. One more: Provensen’s The Year At Maple Hill Farm! Happy Holidays!
I love Freight Train! I bought it after you recommended it! I will have to try the Maple Hill book!
Haven’t read either! Thank you for sharing Linda. Requesting them from the library now 🙂
I so want that Matt de la Pena PB! I’m sensing a pre-order in my very new future, LOL. I have never heard of Noodle–must stick that on the list! I give everyone books for Christmas, and it’s so much fun to pick out books for others!
I’d never heard of Noodle either!
I already have it saved in my Amazon cart 🙂
Noodle had a good, hearty lesson. It was a solid book that is just bound to be a favorite for most kids. I am so psyched about Matt’s new book. The cover is so enticing!
I haven’t heard of most of these, though my younger son loved the How Do Dinosaurs series (both of them went through major dino phases!). Hope Henry and Trent got lots of books from Santa!
Sue
Book By Book
I am working on collecting more and more of the Dino books. I want Trent to like dinosaurs 🙂