As I mentioned on Wednesday, it’s Book Week and I thought it would be a good time to post how Keira went this year in the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge. (Here’s last year’s list.)
Here is the official tally (in random order – as you’ll see!).
1 Rowling, J. K. ~ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
2 Rowling, J. K. ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3 Schwarz, Viviane ~ There are Cats in this Book
4 Bourgeois, Paulette ~ Franklin Wants a Pet
5 Jennings, Sharon ~ Franklin Wants a Badge
6 Falconer, Ian ~ Olivia Saves the Circus
7 Child, Lauren ~ We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog
8 Ross, Tony ~ I Want My Tent
9 Cassidy, Clara; Wilkin, Eloise (ill.) ~ We Like Kindergarten
10 Carnavas, Peter ~ Last Tree in the City
11 Hill, Eric ~ Spot at the Beach
12 Hill, Eric ~ Spot’s Halloween
13 Watt, Melanie ~ Chester’s Masterpiece
14 Germein, Katrina ~ My Dad Thinks He’s Funny
15 Daddo, Andrew; Bentley, Jonathon ~ I Do It
16 Watt, Melanie ~ Chester
17 O’Connor, Jane ~ Fancy Nancy, Aspiring Artist
18 Rosenthal, Amy ~It’s Not Fair!
19 Schwarz, Viviane ~ There are No Cats in this Book
20 French, Jackie; Whatley, Bruce (ill.) ~ Baby Wombat’s Week
21 Donaldson, Julia; Scheffler, Axel (ill.) ~ The Gruffalo
22 Graham, Bob April Underhill, ~ Tooth Fairy
23 Mcauley, Rowan ~ Know it All?
24 Mcauley, Rowan ~ Sleep Over
25 Kalkipsakis, Thalia ~ Dancing Queen
26 Dawe, Bruce ~ No Cat and That’s That!
27 Meadows, Daisy; Ripper, Georgie (ill.) ~ Sienna the Saturday Fairy
28 Meadows, Daisy; Ripper, Georgie (ill.) ~ Bella the Bunny Fairy
29 Marzollo, Jean; Wick, Walter (ill.) ~ I Spy Fun House: a Book of Picture Riddles
30 Meadows, Daisy; Ripper, Georgie (ill.) ~ Amy the Amethyst Fairy
Looking at this collection, I can note several things:
- Apart from the Harry Potter’s – which I read to her – Keira managed these solo. Her reading has come along in great leaps this year.
- She is at the point now where even she will admit that the Spot books are a bit easy, and were a list ‘filler’!
- She has become a great fan of the ‘Rainbow Magic Fairies’ and ‘Go Girls’ series of books, beginning back when we were given Sleep Over in the swag bag from the Aussie Bloggers Conference.
- I have my own personal favourites from among this group. I do admire Olivia’s precociousness, for example, and the playful inventiveness of the There are Cats in this Book.
Are your children doing this challenge or something similar, like the MS Readathon? Are they enjoying them? What are their favourite reads this year?
