2013 Read Alouds

The 2013 Read Aloud Project Book List

1. “The Last Olympian” by Rick Riordan (finished January 2013)
2. “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly (finished February 2013)
3. “Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm” by Betty MacDonald (finished February 2013)
4. “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame (finished March 2013)
5. “Charlotte’s Web” by EB White (finished March 2013)
6. “The Trumpet of the Swan” by E.B. White (finished April 2013)
7. “The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan (finished May 2013)
8. “Stuart Little” by E.B. White (finished May 2013)
9. “Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi” by Phyllis Shalant (finished May 2013)
10. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket (begun and finished 5/17/2013)
11. “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” by E.L. Konigsburg (finished May 2013)
12. “The Son of Neptune” by Rick Riordan (finished June 2013)
13. “The Mark of Athena” by Rick Riordan (finished September 2013)
14. “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo (finished September 2013)
15. “The Moon Over High Street” by Natalie Babbitt (finished September 2013)
16. “Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic” by Betty MacDonald (finished September 2013)
17. “Misty’s Twilight” by Marguerite Henry (finished September 2013)
18. “King of the Wind” by Marguerite Henry (finished September 2013)
19. “The Cricket in Times Square” by George Selden (finished October 2013)
20. “The House of Hades” by Rick Riordan (finished November 2013)
21. “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster (finished November 2013)
22. “The Family Under the Bridge” by Natalie Savage Carlson (finished November 2013)
23. “Frindle” by Andrew Clements (finished November 2013)
24. “The Year of the Book” by Andrea Cheng (finished November 2013)
25. “Lulu Walks the Dogs” by Judith Viorst (finished November 2013)
26. “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” by Richard Atwater (finished December 2013)

Page count year to date: 6,328

By the Numbers

Total number of books read:  26
Total number of pages read:  6,328*
Average number of books finished each month:  2
Month with the most number of books finished: September and November – 6 each
Number of books finished the same day they were started:  2

*Note:  If we start a book in December, but don’t finish it until January, then the book counts in the year it was finished, not the year it was started.