Curling up with the DCF books!
One of my goals is to read all the nominated DCF books. What is the DCF Award?
First given in 1957, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award has honored quality literature for children for 50 years now. Each spring, a committee of eight carefully selects 30 books to comprise the DCF Master List. After reading at least 5 books from the list, students then vote for their favorite titles the following spring. The winning author is invited to visit Vermont to speak with children about the experience of writing such fine literature for such fine people. – from DCF
As a first grade teacher, I am up to date on reading the newest and latest in younger children’s lit, but I end up feeling out of the loop in young adult literature. I figured this is a good way to get to know some new books. I’m attempting to read all the books from the 2009-2010 nominated book list. I hope to have them all read by April 1, 2010.
| AUTHOR | TITLE | Date Read |
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| Abrahams, Peter | Into the Dark | ||
| Aguilar, David | 11 Planets | July 28 | |
| Balliett, Blue | The Calder Game | ||
| Bradbury, Jennifer | Shift | July 3 | |
| Broach, Elise | Masterpiece | ||
| Collins, Suzanne | The Hunger Games | June 14 | |
| Daley, Michael | Rat Trap | ||
| Dowell, Frances O’Roark | Shooting the Moon | ||
| Farr, Richard | Emperors of the Ice | ||
| Feldman, Jody | The Gollywhopper Games | ||
| Frost, Helen | Diamond Willow | July 11 | |
| Gaiman, Neil | The Graveyard Book | June 6 | |
| George, Jessica Day | Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow | ||
| Goodman, Allegra | The Other Side of the Island | ||
| Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan | Christo and Jeanne-Claude | ||
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Found | Aug 18 | |
| Hale, Shannon & Dean Hale | Rapunzel’s Revenge | July 27 | |
| Herlong, M.H. | The Great Wide Sea | ||
| Law, Ingrid | Savvy | Nov. 15 | |
| Napoli, Donna Jo | Mogo, the Third Warthog | ||
| Nuzum, K.A. | The Leanin’ Dog | July 26 | |
| O’Connor, Barbara | Greetings from Nowhere | ||
| Pearson, Ridley | Steel Trapp: The Challenge | ||
| Qamar, Amjed | Beneath My Mother’s Feet | Aug. 16 | |
| Rutkoski, Marie | The Cabinet of Wonders | ||
| Scieszka, Jon | Knucklehead | Aug. 14 | |
| Shusterman, Neal | Antsy Does Time | ||
| Soo, Kean | Jellaby | ||
| Spradlin, Michael P. | Keeper of the Grail | ||
| Vande Velde, Vivian | Stolen |
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This is a neat personal challenge! I haven’t even heard of most of those books. If I wasn’t about to start school again, and wasn’t already overloaded with challenges, I might follow your example. As it is, I’m going to have to resist the temptation!!