(Crazy) Summer Goals
I have just decided that this summer will be an epic event, for the following reasons:
1. 100 Children's Books/Works: My goal is to finish 100 works in order to brush up on my classic and contemporary knowledge of children's stories. For a working list of my to-reads, or if you want to submit suggestions, take a look at the list under the cut
Summer 2012 100 Children’s Books List
(Includes only works that I have not read.)
1. 101 Dalmations Dodie Smith
2. The 500 Hats of Batholomew Cubbins Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
4. The Adventures of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi
5. Anne of the Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
7. Bambi Felix Salten
8. Black Beauty Anna Sewell
9. The Borrowers Mary Norton
10. Bridge to Terabithia Katharine Paterson
11. Call of the Wild Jack London
12. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
13. Coraline Neil Gaiman
14. Dave at Night Gail Carson Levine
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
16. Ella Enchanted (read) Gail Carson Levine
17. Fairest Gail Carson Levine
18. The Foot Book Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
19. Green Eggs and Ham Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
20. Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
21. The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster
22. The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde
23. Heidi Johanna Spyri
24. Hop on Pop Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
25. Horton Hatches the Egg Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
26. If I Ran the Zoo Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
27. James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
28. Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne
29. The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
30. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving
31. A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
32. The Lorax Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
33. Mary Poppins P.L. Travers
34. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle
35. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
36. Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene
37. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
38. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
39. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
40. Original Stories from Real Life Mary Wollstonecraft
41. “The Owl and the Pussycat” Edward Lear
42. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan
43. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
44. The Princess and the Goblin George Macdonald
45. The Railway Children E. Nesbit
46. Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving
47. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
48. “Rootagbaga Stories” Carl Sandburg
49. The Spiderwick Chronicles Holly Black
50. The Story of Babar Jean de Brunhoff
51. Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss
52. The Sword in the Stone T.H. White
53. The Time Machine H.G. Wells
54. Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
55. The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine
56. Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
57. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams
58. Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
59. The Wish Gail Carson Levine
60. Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
61. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle
62. Yertle the Turtle Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
63.
2. 100 Drabbles: This will be the summer I finish them!
3. Children's/YA Story/Novel: Did I mention that I will also be embarking on the arduous, possibly insane task of writing a children's/YA novel?
4. Triathalon Training: And I even have an interested partner in crime and training!
5. Road Trip/Vacation: Possibly to San Diego or Las Vegas. Most definitely happening, one way or another.
6. Children's Literature Criticism: At least 10 books of this.
7. Camping: Making it happen...hopefully?
8. Mystery Murder Night: Definitely making this happen!
9. Disneyland: Haunting it like a specter from Vernon Lee's ghost stories.
10. FUN, FLIRTING, AND SUMMER SUN: Enough said!
So...is anyone willing to hold me accountable?
1. 100 Children's Books/Works: My goal is to finish 100 works in order to brush up on my classic and contemporary knowledge of children's stories. For a working list of my to-reads, or if you want to submit suggestions, take a look at the list under the cut
Summer 2012 100 Children’s Books List
(Includes only works that I have not read.)
1. 101 Dalmations Dodie Smith
2. The 500 Hats of Batholomew Cubbins Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
4. The Adventures of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi
5. Anne of the Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
7. Bambi Felix Salten
8. Black Beauty Anna Sewell
9. The Borrowers Mary Norton
10. Bridge to Terabithia Katharine Paterson
11. Call of the Wild Jack London
12. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
13. Coraline Neil Gaiman
14. Dave at Night Gail Carson Levine
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
16. Ella Enchanted (read) Gail Carson Levine
17. Fairest Gail Carson Levine
18. The Foot Book Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
19. Green Eggs and Ham Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
20. Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
21. The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster
22. The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde
23. Heidi Johanna Spyri
24. Hop on Pop Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
25. Horton Hatches the Egg Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
26. If I Ran the Zoo Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
27. James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
28. Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne
29. The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
30. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving
31. A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
32. The Lorax Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
33. Mary Poppins P.L. Travers
34. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle
35. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
36. Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene
37. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
38. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
39. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
40. Original Stories from Real Life Mary Wollstonecraft
41. “The Owl and the Pussycat” Edward Lear
42. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan
43. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
44. The Princess and the Goblin George Macdonald
45. The Railway Children E. Nesbit
46. Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving
47. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
48. “Rootagbaga Stories” Carl Sandburg
49. The Spiderwick Chronicles Holly Black
50. The Story of Babar Jean de Brunhoff
51. Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss
52. The Sword in the Stone T.H. White
53. The Time Machine H.G. Wells
54. Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
55. The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine
56. Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
57. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams
58. Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
59. The Wish Gail Carson Levine
60. Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
61. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle
62. Yertle the Turtle Theodore Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
63.
2. 100 Drabbles: This will be the summer I finish them!
3. Children's/YA Story/Novel: Did I mention that I will also be embarking on the arduous, possibly insane task of writing a children's/YA novel?
4. Triathalon Training: And I even have an interested partner in crime and training!
5. Road Trip/Vacation: Possibly to San Diego or Las Vegas. Most definitely happening, one way or another.
6. Children's Literature Criticism: At least 10 books of this.
7. Camping: Making it happen...hopefully?
8. Mystery Murder Night: Definitely making this happen!
9. Disneyland: Haunting it like a specter from Vernon Lee's ghost stories.
10. FUN, FLIRTING, AND SUMMER SUN: Enough said!
So...is anyone willing to hold me accountable?