First, news… FYI, I’ve started archiving my Middle-grade and YA books over at the Children’s Book Reviews wiki. I guess it’s partially because after all these years, I finally want to actively expand my reader base. And it’s also partially because I can. Why not? It’s a resource people use, and I get tons of hits from Google and other search engines, so why not this. I don’t know why I feel like announcing it… perhaps because that’s the appropriate thing to do?
The other thing is a meme of sorts. I found this at Abby (the) Librarian who found this via a post on ShelfTalker. In it, ShelfTalker talks about her water bottle, which she got at Powell’s and which is kid-lit themed. On the lines marking the ounces, it gives a children’s author that would typically be appropriate for the corresponding age.
To quote:
“At the 4 ounce mark = Seuss
At the 6 ounce mark = Sendak
At the 8 ounce mark = Lobel
At the 10 ounce mark = Pilkey
At the 12 ounce mark = Cleary
At the 14 ounce mark = L’Engle
At the 16 ounce mark = Hinton”
Then she calls for our lists. What would be on YOUR water bottle? I enjoyed Abby’s lists… and it got to thinking about my own. Like her, I’d have several lists. My one from childhood would (probably) go like this:
At the 4 ounce mark = Scary
At the 6 ounce mark = Lobel
At the 8 ounce mark = Wilder
At the 10 ounce mark = Blume
At the 12 ounce mark = L’Engle
At the 14 ounce mark = Christie
At the 16 ounce mark = Anthony (Piers. Yes. I did read the Xanth books, I am ashamed to admit.)
See what I mean when I say I didn’t read YA books? I went from reading Wrinkle in Time to Agatha Christie. I jumped over a bunch of great authors. Ah, well. At least that means more for me to read now. As for books I read as an adult (and to my children), my list would have to be:
At the 4 ounce mark = Brown (as in Marc)
At the 6 ounce mark = diCamillo
At the 8 ounce mark = (M liked Dahl and Wilder, C likes Baum and Buckley)
At the 10 ounce mark = Dahl
At the 12 ounce mark = Riordan
At the 14 ounce mark = Hale
At the 16 ounce mark = Bray
I suppose I tend to lean toward the fantasy end of the book scale. I guess I just like a good escape book. 🙂 So, what would your list be?
The Book Nut 
It’s so interesting to see your list because my immediate reaction was “How could I have forgotten ___! I need them on MY list!” So, so hard to keep it to one author per line.
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That is very interesting, but it also hurts my brain a little bit. I can’t think chronologically right now. But still, those are fun!
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