The 2022 Children's Books Reading Challenge -- for Adults

 Another I enjoyed doing last year.

Last year while browsing my TBR shelves to prepare for my 2021 reading challenges, I found something unexpected: I had a lot of children's books there. I began this challenge to motivate myself to read some of them and I actually did finish a few. I've still got some leftover and have added a few throughout the year, so I think it's a good idea to give this one a second run!

I know a lot of adults really enjoy reading youth or young adult fiction but, other than the occasional classic, I've never really been into it in my adulthood. Still, I must be somewhat interested or I wouldn't have 10-15 or so children's books hanging out on my TBR!

So, I've created the Children's Books Reading Challenge...for Adults! Sure, I read with my kids all the time---but this year I'm challenging myself to read more children's books by myself.

My Books:

1. The Twin Princes--Tedd Arnold
2. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach--Carmen Agra Deedy
3. Out of My Mind--Sharon M. Draper
4. Afternoon on the Amazon--Mary Pope Osborne
5. Mulan: The Legend of the Woman Warrior--Faye-Lyn Wu
6. Kamala: Feminist Folktales From Around the World--Ethel Johnston Phelps
7. Unicorn on a Roll--Dana Simpson
8. Flat Stanley and the Lost Treasure--Jeff Brown
9. Dogs in the Dead of Night--Mary Pope Osborne
10. Hour of the Olympics--Mary Pope Osborne
11. Twice Upon a Time: Rapunzel: The One With all the Hair--Wendy Mass
12. The Girl Who Drank the Moon--Kelly Barnhill
13. Poor Unfortunate Soul--Serena Valentino
14. Vacation Under the Volcano--Mary Pope Osborne
15. Book Fiesta!--Pat Mora
16. Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max--Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis
17. A Cat Story--Ursula Murray Husted
18. By the Shores of Silver Lake--Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
19. Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp--Philip Pullman
20. Journey Under the Sea--R.A. Montgomery
21. Anne of Avonlea--L.M. Montgomery
22. Pet--Akwaeke Emezi
23. Mom and Me, Me and Mom--Miguel Tanco
24. Hansel & Gretel--James Marshall
25. The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt--Megan McDonald
26. Seasons--Annabelle Lynch
27. Remember the Ladies--Cheryl Harness
28. Unicorn Princess--Shannon Gilligan
29. The Last Kids on Earth--Max Brallier
30. Thump, Quack, Moo--Doreen Cronin
31. Where To, Little Wombat?--Charles Fuge
32. Halloween Fraidy Cat--Abby Klein
33. Rumpelstiltskin--Paul Galdone
34. Coco: Miguel's Guitar--RJ. Cregg
35. Vivi Loves Science: Sink or Float--Kimberly Derting
36. What Was I Scared Of?--Dr,. Seuss
37. You're My Little Pumpkin Pie--Natalie Marshal
38. I Am a Witch's Cat--Harriet Muncaster
39. A Box Full of Love--Anne Sawan
40. Omar's Halloween--Maryann Kovalski
41. Drawing Lessons--Tracy Mack
42. Thanksgiving on Thursday--Mary Pope Osborne
43. The Story of Blue-Beard--Charles Perrault
44. Who Was Jane Austen?--Sarah Fabiny
45. Maccabee!--Tilda Balsley
46. Panda's Christmas Gifts--Tara Jaye Morrow
47. Christmas--Dorothy Goeller
48. The Nutcracker--Jan Brett
49. Kwanzaa--Martin Hints 
50. The Christmas Coat--Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
51. Miss Mary's Christmas Mittens--Trinka Hakes Noble
52. The Oxford Treasury of Christmas Poems--Michael Harrison
53. Dreidels on the Brain--Joel Ben Izzy
54. The Clay Marble--Mingfong Ho

Calling challenge completed on December 27