Last night, amidst the election excitement, I compiled a list of recommended books from the workshops I attended at Chautauqua. My list includes the title, in some cases the author, who recommended the book, and in some cases why they recommended the book. I don't know about your guys, but I am keeping a running record of all the books I have read since Chautauqua. I am up to 15...Remember I had a brain lapse when I moved. I wonder if our resident techno genius can give us each a spot on our blog to keep track of the number of books we each have read????
Happy Reading Wadettes!
Sharon
Recommended book list from Chautauqua
Bring Back the Deer (Neil)
Officer Buckle and Gloria (Kim—Johnny like story)
Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (Peter Jacobi)
The Flight of the Doves
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Patti)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Patti Gauch)
Tea Party Today by Eileen Spinelli
Hobbit (Patti Gauch)
The Writer’s Journey by Chris Vogler
The Great King by Susan Cooper (Patti Gauch)
Midwife’s Apprentice
A Letter in the Wind by Neil Waldman
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman (Tracy Gates edited)
The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer (“ “)
The Name Jar by Yangssook Choi (””)
Llama Llama Red Pajama books by Anna Dedney (“”)
Lissy’s Friends by Grace Lin (“”)
Thank You Bear & Don’t Worry Bear by Greg Foley (“”)
Only Emma books by Sally Warner (“”)
The winning Season by Rich Wallace (“”)
Mirror, Morro by Harrison (“”)
The Hero by Ron Woods (“”)
Wrestling Sturbridge by Rich Wallace (“”)(recommended by Kim Griswell-setting)
James town 1607 by Elisa Carbone (“”)
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson (“”)
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt (“”)
(NF) Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney (“”)
Up Close Series by Rachel Carson& Thurgood Marshall (“”)
The Wizard of Earth Sea by Ursula Leguin (Patti Gauch—best ever fantasy)
The Ancient One & The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron (Patti Gauch)
Highway Cats by Janet Lisle (Patti Gauch—didactic story)
Ringer by Spinelli (Patti Gauch)
Bread and Roses Too by Patterson (Kim Griswell—homelessness-setting)
Breath by Donna Jo Napoli (Kim Griswell-setting)
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (Kim Griswell-setting)
Lionboy by Zizou Corder (Kim Griswell-setting)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (Kim Griswell-setting)
Shabanu and Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Kim Griswell- setting)
There’s and Owl in the Shower by jean Craighead George (Kim Griswell–setting)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Kim Griswell–setting)
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerly (Kim Griswell-setting)
Now It Is Winter by Eileen Spinelli (Kim Griswell-setting)
Edna by Robert Burleigh (Kim Griswell –setting)
The Crystal heart: A Vietnamese Legend by Aaron Shepard (Kim Griswell-setting)
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan (Kim Griswell-setting)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Kim Griswell-setting)
Pokey Puppy (Clay Winters)
Tarzan (Clay Winters)
Tale of Two Cities (Clay Winters-this book caused Clay to love reading,)
The Craft of Interviewing by John Brady (Andy Boyles)
Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic NF by Jon Franklin (Andy Boyles)
On Writing Well by William Zinsser (Andy Boyles)
Picture Writing by Anastasia Suen (Andy Boyles)
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Since I set up your submittal charts already feel free to use that space to post whatever you'd like to post. I've seen writers post progress on their current novel (3,000 or 25,000 words done!) or lists of favorite books, what they read this month, misc. personal info (like a meme sort of thing). Please use that space for whatever you'd like the other Wadettes to know. Also--feel free to change the title to your real name or another alias. I didn't use real names, because if we're submitting to an editor, who stumbles across this blog, we may not want them to know we've submitted to them...for whatever reason.
-Amy
Also--if you would like to have a list of whatever posted on the blog--but not give up your submittal chart--I can make a new list for you. Just let me know.
-Amy
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