2018 Picture Book Reading Challenge

From Becky’s Book Reviews:

Duration: January - December 2018 Goal: To have adults read more picture books. To celebrate the fact that picture books are for everyone! Families are, of course, welcome to join in! # of books: minimum of 6

Option 1: Read six picture books of your choice. Option 2: Choose one author to focus on. Perhaps read through an entire author’s work.  Option 3: Read as few as six, or as many as you like, from the checklist below

Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books you read, that may help other people decide what to read.

_1. Title beginning with A _2. Author beginning with A _3. Title beginning with B _4. Author beginning with B _5. Title beginning with C _6. Author beginning with C _7. Title beginning with D _8. Author beginning with D _9. Title beginning with E _10. Author beginning with E _11. Title beginning with F _12. Author beginning with F _13. Title beginning with G _14. Author beginning with G _15. Title beginning with H _16. Author beginning with H _17. Title beginning with I _18. Author beginning with I _19. Title beginning with J _20. Author beginning with J _21. Title beginning with K _22. Author beginning with K _23. Title beginning with L _24. Author beginning with L _25. Title beginning with M _26. Author beginning with M _27. Title beginning with N _28. Author beginning with N _29. Title beginning with O _30. Author beginning with O _31. Title beginning with P _32. Author beginning with P _33. Title or Author beginning with Q _34. Title beginning with R _35. Author beginning with R _36. Title beginning with S _37. Author beginning with S _38. Title beginning with T _39. Author beginning with T _40. Title or Author beginning with U _41. Title or Author beginning with V or W _42. Title or Author beginning with X or “Ex” _43. Title beginning with Y _44. Author beginning with Y _45. Title or Author beginning with Z _46. An alphabet book _47. A counting book _48. A color word in the title _49. A number word in the title _50. Concept book of your choice— picture book _51. Concept book of your choice — board book _52. bedtime book —board book _53. bedtime book — picture book _54. book that rhymes —picture book _55. book that rhymes — early reader OR board book _56. holiday of your choice — board book or early reader _57. holiday of your choice — picture book _58. wordless picture book _59. new to you author _60. new to you illustrator _61. favorite author _62. favorite illustrator _63. free choice _64. fairy or folk tale adaptation _65. fairy or folk tale traditional _66. a title with the word “first” in it _67. a book set in the state you live _68. a book set in a place you’d like to visit _69. a book set in an imaginary place _70. a book set in the past — fiction or nonfiction _71. a book set in the present _72. one word title _73. long title (four or more words) _74. a book about playing (hide and seek, tag, or peekaboo, etc.) _75. a book about school _76. a book about hobbies (art, dance, music, crafts, sports) _77. a title that is a question _78. a title that is an exclamation _79. an award winner or an honor book _80. a collection (of poems OR stories) _81. a book with animals (fiction) _82. a book with animals (nonfiction) _83. a book about books or reading _84. a book celebrating family _85. book with an adventure or misadventure _86. a book about a pet _87. Impulse Pick _ 88. Picture book published in 2018

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Reviews are not a requirement. But if you do review, you can share links to your reviews. I’m thinking of having check-in posts on the 15th of every month.

I’m going to take the list of 104 categories and pair them down to the 88 categories that I will conceivably read. Arthur definitely enjoyed this challenge in 2017 so it shouldn’t be too hard to get moving in 2018.