Good Grief, Levi

Levi's birthday lands conveniently on the first day of the new year (6 minutes after midnight, to be exact).

In honor and celebration of my firstborn son, I thought I'd wrap up his reading list for 2009 and 7 years old.

As I was trying to find something to discomfort him with after an afternoon of less-than-desirable behavior the other day,

I settled on the torturous punishment of no reading.

He wailed, 'But I'm nothing without my books!'

Without further ado:

*Alexander, Lloyd. The Gawgon and the Boy
Time Cat
The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The High King

*Armstrong, Alan. Looking for Marco Polo

*Atwater, Richard and Florence. Mr. Popper’s Penguins

*Avi. The Barn

*Babbitt, Natalie. Kneeknock Rise

*Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer

*Banks, Lynne Reid. The Indian in the Cupboard
The Return of the Indian
The Mystery of the Cupboard
The Secret of the Indian

*Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan

*Barry, Dave & Pearson, Ridley. Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
Escape from the Carnivale
Cave of the Dark Wind

Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

*Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks

*Bishop, Claire Huchet and Pene du Bois, William. Twenty and Ten

*Blyton, Enid. The Mystery of the Missing Necklace
The Famous Five On a Treasure Island
The Famous Five on Finniston Farm
Five on Kirrin Island Again
Five Are Together Again
Five Go to Demon’s Rocks
Five Get Into a Fix
Five Have a Wonderful Time
Five Go to Billycock Hill
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top

*Bond, Michael. A Bear Called Paddington
Paddington Helps Out

*Brinley, Bertrand R. The Mad Scientists Club

*Brooks, Walter R. Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure
Freddy the Pilot

*Bruchac. The Girl Who Helped Thunder & Other Native American Folktales

*Bulla, Robert Clyde. Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims

*Carlson, Natalie Savage. The Family Under the Bridge

*Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Looking-Glass

*Cleary, Beverly. Mitch and Amy
The Mouse & the Motorcycle
Ralph S. Mouse
Runaway Ralph
Socks

*Clements, Andrew. Frindle

*Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Chapter Book: Electric Storm
Amazing Magnetism
The Wild Whale Watch
The Giant Germ
The Truth About Bats
Voyage to the Volcano

*Cooney, Barbara. The Kellyhorns

*Cory, David. The Magic Umbrella

*Cowles, Julia Darrow. The Robinson Crusoe Reader

*Dahl, Roald. George’s Marvelous Medicine
The Witches
Matilda

*Davies, Jaqueline. The Lemonade War

*de Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall

*de Saint-Exupery, Antoine. The Little Prince

*Dillon, Eilis. The Island of Horses

*Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Lost World

*Eager, Edward. Half Magic
The Time Garden
Seven-Day Magic
Magic by the Lake
Knight’s Castle
Magic or Not?
The Well-Wishers

*Edwards, Julie Andrews. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

*Ellsworth, Mary Ellen. Gertrude Chandler Warner and the Boxcar Children

*Enright, Elizabeth. The Four-Story Mistake
Then There Were Five
Spiderweb for Two
Thimble SummerGone-Away Lake

*Erickson, John R. The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

*Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye
The Moffat Museum
Rufus M.
The Moffats

*Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord

*Gannett, Ruth Stiles. Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland

*Gardiner, John Reynolds. Stone Fox

*George, J. Craighead. The Cats of Roxville Station

*Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road

*Harris, Joel Chandler. The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

*Haywood, Carolyn. Betsy and the Boys
Betsy and the Circus
Summer Fun
Eddie and the Fire Engine

*Hope, Laura Lee. The Bobbsey Twins
The Bobbsey Twins Adventure in the Country

*Jenkins, Martin. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver
Don Quixote

*Juster, Norman. The Phantom Tollbooth

*Kalnay, Francis. Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa

*King-Smith, Dick. The School Mouse
Harriet's Hare
Ace: The Very Important Pig
The Twin Giants
Clever Duck
The Mouse Family Robinson
Dinosaur Trouble
Lady Lollipop

*Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories
The Jungle Books, Vol. 2

*Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

*Lawrence, Caroline. The Pirates of Pompeii

*Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me
Rabbit Hill

*Lewis, C. S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle

*Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Goes on Board
Pippi on the Run

*Lofting, Hugh. The Story of Doctor Dolittle

*MacDonald, Betty. The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury

*MacDonald, George. The Light Princess
The Golden Key
The Princess and Curdie

*McAllister, Angela. Digory the Dragon Slayer
Digory and the Lost King

*McCaughrean, Geraldine. One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

*McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price
Centerburg Tales

*McMullan, Kate. Dragon Slayers’ Academy: 97 Ways to Train a Dragon
Knight for a Day

*Morey, Walt. Runaway Stallion
The Lemon Meringue Dog

*Morris, Gerald. Sir Givret the Short
The Quest of the Fair Unknown
The Lioness and Her Knight
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
Parsifal's Page
The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
The Squire's Tale

*Mowat, Farley. Owls in the Family

*Myers, Walter Dean. Three Swords for Granada

*Nesbit, Edith. The Book of Dragons
Five Children and It
The Magic City
The Enchanted Castle

*Norton, Mary. The Borrowers

*Osborne, Mary Pope. Favorite Norse Myths
Magic Tree House (countless)

*Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia
Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight

*Pene du Bois, William. The Twenty-One Balloons

*Philip, Neil. Odin’s Family: Myths of the Vikings

*Ransome, Arthur. Swallows and Amazons
Swallowdale
Winter Holiday

*Robertson, Keith. Henry Reed, Inc.
Henry Reed’s Babysitting Service

*Robinson, Barbara. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Best Halloween Ever

*Rupp, Rebecca. The Dragon of Lonely Island
The Return of the Dragon
The Waterstone

*Scieszka, Jon. The Time-Warp Trio: Gladiator
Tut Tut
Knights of the Kitchen Table
Me Oh Maya
Sam Samurai
The Good the Bad the Goofy
It's All Greek to Me
Viking It and Liking It
The Not-So-Jolly Roger

*George Selden. The Cricket in Times Square
Tucker’s Countryside
Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
The Old Meadow
Chester Cricket’s New Home

*Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

*Sobol, Donald. Secret Agents Four
Encyclopedia BrownEncyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander

*Sorensen, Virginia. Miracles on Maple Hill

*Smith, Alexander McCall. Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
Akimbo and the Lions
Akimbo and the Elephants

*Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage

*St. John, Patricia M. Star of Light
Treasures of the Snow

*Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society

*Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Comes Back

*Treffinger, Carolyn. Li Lun: Lad of Courage

*Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Boxcar Children
(#1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, S#18, & Winter Special #1, ++?)

*Watson, Jean. The Family Pilgrim’s Progress

*York, Carol Beach. The Good Day Mice

Hmmm. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 200. Makes my 52 look positively puny.

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY, BOOK BOY!!