"When you open a book," the sentimental library posters said, "anything can happen." This was so. A book of fiction was a bomb. It was a land mine you wanted to go off. You wanted it to blow your whole day. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of books were duds. They had been rusting out of everyone's way for so long that they no longer worked. There was no way to distinguish the duds from the live mines except to throw yourself at them headlong, one by one. --Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

I would like to live to be a hunded because loving and being loved are so good and there are so many books; but were I to learn now that I had only a week left, I would finish today's spell of writing, have the cup of coffee that I crave and go on with the one book I'm reading. --John Tittensor, Year One: A Record

2010

DECEMBER 2010
Life As We Knew It, Susan Pfeffer
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
Secret Heart, David Almond
The Tales of Beadle the Bard, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling

NOVEMBER 2010
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Deborah L. Davis
A Broken Heart Still Beats, Anne McCracken & Mary Semel
The Ordinary Princess, M.M. Kaye
Anne's House of Dreams, L.M. Montgomery
Half Magic, Edward Eager
Magic By the Lake, Edward Eager
Tikki Tikki Tembo, Arlene Mosel
The Wild Swans, Ken Setterington
Swan Kingdom, Zoe Marriott
Gunn's Golden Rules, Tim Gunn
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman

OCTOBER 2010
The Remarkable and Very True Story of Lucy and Snowcap, Heather Bouwman
Peter Pan and Other Works, J.M. Barrie
The Runaway Princess, Kate Coombs
Heartbeat, Sharon Creech
Dangerous Games, Joan Aiken
Golden, Cameron Dokey
The Princess and the Snowbird, Mette Ivie Harrison
The Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker
Princess of the Midnight Ball, Jessica Day George
The Wide-Awake Princess, E.D. Baker

SEPTEMBER 2010
Caring for Your Grieving Child, Martha Warnshaw MA, LMHC
More Minds, Carol Matas & Perry Nodelman
Beatrice and Virgil, Yann Martel
Monday Hearts for Madalene, Page Hodel
Ginger Finds a Home, Charlotte Voake
Out of Their Minds, Carol Matas & Perry Nodelman
A Meeting of Minds, Carol Matas & Perry Nodelman
Ereth's Birthday, Avi
A Necklace of Raindrops, Joan Aiken
No Place Like Home, Brooke Berman
The Princess and the Bear, Mette Ivie Harrison
The Cuckoo Tree, Joan Aiken

AUGUST 2010
An American Childhood, Annie Dillard
Those Who Save Us, Jenna Blum
An Exact Replica of Figment of My Imagination, Elizabeth McCracken
The Various, Steve Augarde
The Lacemaker and the Princess, Kimberly Bradley
About What Was Lost, Jessica Berger Gross
Of Two Minds, Carol Matas & Perry Nodelman
Crictor, Tomi Ungerer
Snail, Where Are You, Tomi Ungerer
The Sea, The Sea, Iris Murdoch
Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry, Elizabeth McCracken
The Princess and the Hound, Mette Ivie Harrison
Mira, Mirror, Mette Ivie Harrison

JULY 2010
The Thirteenth Princess, Diane Zahler
Vogue Women, Georgina Howell
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
The Paperbag Princess, Robert Munsch
The Night is Singing, Jacqueline Davies
Naming The World, Bret Johnston
Gluten Free Girl, Shauna Ahern
One Wide Sky, Deborah Wiles

JUNE 2010
The Light Princess, George MacDonald
Tales of Protection, Erik Fosnes Hansen
My Beautiful Child, Lisa Desmini & Matt Mahurin
Starclimbing, Lou Francher
The Night Fairy, Laura Amy Schlitz
Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
Being True to Life, David Richo

MAY 2010
The Bedside Book of Birds, Graeme Gibson
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry
When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
House Rules, Rachel Sontag
Shrek, William Steig
Caps For Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo

APRIL 2010
The Ingenious Edgar Jones, Elizabeth Garner
The Invitation, Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The Gathering, Anne Enright
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, Mo Willems

MARCH 2010
Lord of the Far Island, Victoria Holt
Saphyre Snow, Marcia Lynn McClure

Where The Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Secrets of Film Writing, Tom Lazarus
Guide to Independent Filmmaking, Joseph Steiff
The Night Birds, Thomas Maltman
Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier
Many Moons, James Thurber

FEBRUARY 2010
Hug Time, Patrick McDonnell
The Magician's Elephant , Kate DiCamillo
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L'Engle
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Spoiled, Caitlin Macy

JANUARY 2010
Becoming Strong Again, Dr. Gregory Jantz
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse, Dr. Gregory Jantz
Boundaries, Dr. Cloud & Dr. Townsend
Happy for the Rest of Your Life, Dr. Gregory Jantz
Moving Beyond Depression, Dr. Gregory Jantz
The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale
Many Waters, Madeleine L'Engle
The Perilous Gard, Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Owl Babies, Martin Waddell
And If The Moon Could Talk, Kate Banks


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