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As I broke my children's books out of boxes to prepare for my granddaughter's visit this past summer, I realized there are quite a few I have not really read. So I have decided to remedy that this year, plus make my probably once-in-a-lifetime attempt to reach Mount Olympus, as reading many shorter books is the only way I'm likely to make it. Some books will be extremely short children books, others a bit longer, and then I plan on transitioning into middle grade and some young adult. But I also plan to throw in some Rex Stout and Agatha Christie (relatively short/relatively fast reads, and I still have plenty on my TBR list).

Have fun wit all those children's books!

Good luck with it all!

I think one challenge this year is going to be keeping up with reporting. I plan to just list this year unless something particularly stands out, with an occasional one-line comment besides. The first two books are ones that I did not quite finish by 11:59 Dec. 31 (about 10% left in one and about 15% in the other), but if I understand the rules correctly I can count them for this year.
1. Walking with Bilbo Sarah Arthur
2. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien A re-read; not sure how many times I have read it, but several!
3. Little Sandy Sleighfoot June Unwin From my childhood; evidently a bit rare, although my copy is not in good condition. And there is a song that can be found on YouTube
4. Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne
5. The Hidden Staircase Carolyn Keene
6. THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER Katie Campbell Nicely illustrated, but one of the illustrations might be scary for some children, and it's a rather sad story.
7. The Knight at Dawn Mary Pope Osborne

8. Mummies in the Morning Mary Pope Osborne
9. Nancy Drew 07: The Clue in the Diary Carolyn Keene
10. Pirates Past Noon Mary Pope Osborne
11. Pirates Will Osborne Mary Pope Osborne I actually learned a few things, like the main difference between a sloop and a schooner.
12. Night of the Ninjas Mary Pope Osborne

13. Nancy's Mysterious Letter: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 8 Carolyn Keene
14. The Sign of the Twisted Candles Carolyn Keene My favorite Nancy Drew so far.
15. Password to Larkspur Lane Carolyn Keene
16. Afternoon on the Amazon Mary Pope Osborne
17. The Mystery of the Ivory Charm Carolyn Keene
18. Rain Forests Will OsborneMary Pope Osborne
19.Someday Heaven Larry Libby
20.Sunset of the Sabertooth Mary Pope Osborne
21.The Haunted Bridge Carolyn Keene
22.Midnight on the Moon Mary Pope Osborne

Quirkyreader wrote: "Have fun with all of the Nancy Drew’s.

Q"Thanks! I don't have the entire collection, but I still have several left to go.

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Good luck with it all!"Thanks!

23. The Quest of the Missing Map Carolyn Keene
24. The Bungalow Mystery Carolyn Keene
25. The Children's Book of Heroes William J. Bennett
26. Bear's Bargain Frank Asch
27. Skyfire Frank Asch
28. The Secret of Shadow Ranch Carolyn Keene

29. Moongame Frank Asch
30. Bear Shadow Frank Asch
31. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
32. The Secret of Red Gate Farm: Carolyn Keene
33. Space Will Osborne
34. A Teddy Bear For President Roosevelt Peter Roop
35. The Story of Christmas for Children Beverly Rae Wiersum
36. Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill Tomie dePaola
37. Young Arthur Robert D. San Souci

38. The Clue of the Black Keys Carolyn Keene
39. Mouse Mess Linnea Asplind Riley
40. Four Stories For Four Seasons Tomie dePaola
41. Dolphins at Daybreak Mary Pope Osborne
42. Choo Choo the Runaway Engine Virginia Lee Burton
43. Roxaboxen Alice McLerran
44.A House Is a House for Me Mary Ann Hoberman
45. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Marjorie Priceman
46. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Iza Trapani
47. The Clue in the Jewel Box Carolyn Keene
48. The Mystery at the Ski Jump Carolyn Keene
49. Ghost Town at Sundown Mary Pope Osborne
50. Each Peach Pear Plum Janet Ahlberg
51. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery Carolyn Keene

52. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her Melanie Rehak This has been on my Kindle since 2014, and since I'm reading/re-reading Nancy Drew mysteries, this seemed the time to read it!
53. The Clue in the Old Stagecoach Carolyn Keene
54. The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore
55. The Elves And The Shoemaker Freya Littledale
56. White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt
57. The Relatives Came The Relatives Came Captures big family visits nicely.
58. The Clue of the Dancing Puppet Carolyn Keene Not my favorite, for some reason.

59. The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Shirley Neitzel
60. Daisy Comes Home Jan Brett
61. The Moonstone Castle Mystery Carolyn Keene
62. Lions at Lunchtime Mary Pope Osborne
63. Polar Bears Past Bedtime Mary Pope Osborne
64. The Clue in the Crossword Cipher Carolyn Keene One of my favorites, although all travel and permits come much too easily, even, I think, for the time in which it was written.
65. The Spider Sapphire Mystery Carolyn Keene Robert J. Morgan
66. The Seventh Sun Lani Forbes
67. The talisman./ Sir Walter Scott;

It has been a VERY busy summer, but I am getting back into my normal routine and now have time to report!
68. Then Sings My Soul Book 3: The Story of Our Songs: Drawing Strength from the Great Hymns of Our Faith Robert J. Morgan
69. Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll Scott Peters
70. Day of the Dragon King Mary Pope Osborne
71. Vacation Under the Volcano Mary Pope Osborne
72. Viking Ships at Sunrise Mary Pope Osborne
73. Hour of the Olympics Mary Pope Osborne
74. Questions and Answers about Explorers Christopher Maynard
75. Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse
76. Island Boy Barbara Cooney
77. Howl’s Moving CastleDiana Wynne Jones
78. The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy
79. A New Keeper J.C. Gilbert
80. Call of Kuyr J.C. Gilbert
81. The Spaces Between J.C. Gilbert
82. The Green Ember S.D. Smith
83. Fairest Gail Carson Levine
84. Toot & Puddle: You Are My Sunshine Holly Hobbie
85. Deliver Us From Me-Ville David A. Zimmerman
86. Toot & Puddle Holly Hobbie
87. Peril at End House Agatha Christie
88. The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith
89. Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea Cynthia Rylant
90. Alex and the Ironic Gentleman Adrienne Kress
91. Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making Andrew Peterson
92. Franklin's Christmas Gift Paulette Bourgeois
93. Black Coffee Agatha Christie
94. Take and Read: Spiritual Reading Eugene H. Peterson
95. Ant-Man & Wasp: Small World Tim Seeley
96. Saladin the Cat - The Mysterious Castle Alexey Kavokin
97. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt G.A. Henty
98. Thicker Than Blood C.J. Darlington
99. Bound by GuiltC.J. Darlington
100. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Chris Grabenstein
101. Buffalo Before BreakfastMary Pope Osborne
102. Tonight on the Titanic Mary Pope Osborne
103. Tigers at Twilight Mary Pope Osborne
104. Dingoes at Dinnertime Mary Pope Osborne

105. All Systems Red Martha Wells
106. The Silent Speaker Rex Stout
107. Secrets of the Book Erin Fry
108. The Happy Hollisters Jerry West
109. Bella's Very Wonderful Day Sophie Carmen
110. I Hate Reading: How To Get Through 20 Minutes of Reading Without Really Reading Arthur Bacon

111. I Love You This Much: A Song of God's Love With CD Lynn Hodges
112. This Book Wants to Make You Laugh Justine Avery
113. The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip Jerry West
114. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Philip Yancey
115. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Cary Elwes
116. Night Critters Play Eesseboe Kwami Nyamidie
117. Takema and the Fennec Fox: A Tale of Listening and Being Heard Angela Castillo
118. Jade Braves the Dark Valdene Mark
119. Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ekiuwa Aire
120. It's not easy being a Lazy Bug: A Hilarious Story For Teaching Kids The Value of Independence and Doing Things For Themselves Pragya Tomar
121. Mollie's Magical Tooth: A Tooth Fairy Magic Land Adventure Jana Buchmann
122. My Big Welcome: A story about kindness Onaolapo Dagunduro
123. Under the Mango Tree Valdene Mark
124. Maximus the Platypus Finds His Family Andi Cann
125. Have You Ever Wondered What You Will Be? Junia Wonders
126. It's Raining Cats & Dogs M. Drew
127. The Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach Jerry West
128. Dracula Bram Stoker
129. Trapped in Transylvania: Dracula Tony Abbott

130. The Book of Forgotten Authors Christopher Fowler
131. Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories Michael Sims

132.Babar Saves the Day Laurent de Brunhoff
133. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving
134. George Shrinks William Joyce
135. Clever Tom and the Leprechaun Linda Shute
136. Mr. Gumpy's Outing John Burningham
137. One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale Demi
138. Rapunzel: A Happenin' Rap David Vozar
139. Cinderella Penguin, or, The Little Glass Flipper Janet Perlman
140. The Littles and Their Friends John Lawrence Peterson
141. Mouse & Mole And The Year Round Garden Doug Cushman
142. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema
143. Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Company
144. When I'm a Mommy: A Little Girl's Paraphrase of Proverbs 31 Ginger Adair Fulton
145. Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman
146. Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale Steven Kellogg
147. Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Steven Kroll
148. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Lloyd Moss
149. The Flying Dragon Room Audrey Wood
150. Frog Went a-Courtin' John Langstaff

Quirkyreader wrote: "Wow Sheri,

Welcome to the top.🥾🎆"

Thank you!

151. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness Andrew Peterson
152. The Literary Monster on Film: Five Nineteenth Century British Novels and Their Cinematic Adaptations Abigail Burnham Bloom
153. Only Human Sylvain Neuvel
154. Phantastes George MacDonald
155. The Young Carthaginian G.A. Henty