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Newbery (Nerdbery) Reading Challenge
Here it is folks! An awesome challenge to join up with!
John over at Watch.Connect.Read is starting a reading challenge along with Colby at sharpread. We will be reading ALL Newbery Award winning books over the course of 2 years beginning with the 1st one to receive the award and reading them in order. Unless you want to deviate and read them any which way! 
This Newbery Reading Challenge will begin on January 1st, 2012! To follow it on twitter just use the hashtag #nerdbery-yes, we are book nerds and PROUD OF IT!!!!
This is bound to be a fun and exciting reading challenge for all!
Here is the list of Newbery winners that we will be reading that I have copied from John’s blog (thank you, John!):
- 90. Moon Over Manifest
- 89. When You Reach Me
- 88. The Graveyard Book
- 87. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
- 86. The Higher Power of Lucky
- 85. Criss-Cross
- 84. Kira-Kira
- 83. The Tale of Despereaux
- 82. Crispin
- 81. A Single Shard
- 80. A Year Down Yonder
- 79. Bud, Not Buddy
- 78. Holes
- 77. Out of the Dust
- 76. The View from Saturday
- 75. The Midwife’s Apprentice
- 74. Walk Two Moons
- 73. The Giver
- 72. Missing May
- 71. Shiloh
- 70. Maniac Magee
- 69. Number the Stars
- 68. Joyful Noise
- 67. Lincoln: A Photobiography
- 66. The Whipping Boy
- 65. Sarah, Plain and Tall
- 64. The Hero and the Crown
- 63. Dear Mr. Henshaw
- 62. Dicey’s Song
- 61. A Visit to William Blake’s Inn
- 60. Jacob I Have Loved
- 59. A Gathering of Days
- 58. The Westing Game
- 57. Bridge to Terabithia
- 56. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- 55. The Grey King
- 54. M.C. Higgins, The Great
- 53. The Slave Dancer
- 52. Julie of the Wolves
- 51. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- 50. Summer of the Swans
- 49. Sounder
- 48. The High King
- 47. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- 46. Up a Road Slowly
- 45. I, Juna de Pareja
- 44. Shadow of a Bull
- 43. It’s Like This, Cat
- 42. A Wrinkle in Time
- 41. The Bronze Bow
- 40. Island of the Blue Dolphins
- 39. Onion John
- 38. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- 37. Rifles for Watie
- 36. Miracles on Maple Hill
- 35. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- 34. The Wheel on the School
- 33. …And Now Miquel
- 32. Secret of the Andes
- 31. Ginger Pye
- 30. Amos Fortune, Free Man
- 29. The Door in the Wall
- 28. King of the Wind
- 27. The Twenty-One Balloons
- 26. Miss Hickory
- 25. Strawberry Girl
- 24. Rabbit Hill
- 23. Johnny Tremain
- 22. Adam of the Road
- 21. The Matchlock Gun
- 20. Call it Courage
- 19. Daniel Boone
- 18. Thimble Summer
- 17. The White Stag
- 16. Roller Skates
- 15. Caddie Woodlawn
- 14. Dobry
- 13. Invincible Louisa
- 12. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
- 11. Waterless Mountain
- 10. The Cat Who Went to Heaven
- 9. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
- 8. The Trumpeter of Krakow
- 7. Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
- 6. Smoky, the Cowhorse
- 5. Shen of the Sea
- 4. Tales from Silver Lands
- 3. The Dark Frigate
- 2. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
- 1. The Story of Mankind
