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#TLT #ThreeListThursday

This retired English teacher's score sucked! 😂 Though the 17 books I did read were not from childhood but from my years teaching middle school. My 3 choices are for the following reasons:
JOHNNY TREMAIN: #love
OUT OF THE DUST: #lovetoinfinity--in my top 5 list of fave books of all time!
CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Only an Honor winner? #wtf?

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Texreader I only read 3 2w

dabbe @Texreader If I hadn't taught middle school, I would have read 0! You're in good company; most of us scored less than 20. 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2w

Texreader @dabbe I do have some on my bookshelves I hope to read someday. 2w

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Texreader @dabbe What subject did you teach? 2w

curiouserandcurioser I read 42 2w

dabbe @Texreader English! So you'd think I would have read more of these! I mostly taught high school, though, so zero Newbery winners for that age group! 🤩😂😘🤩 2w

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser Ya kicked my retired-English-teacher butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2w

dabbe @Texreader Same here. Plus I want to reread JOHNNY TREMAIN again. I have my original teacher copy with all of my notes in it--same for OUT OF THE DUST. 2w

curiouserandcurioser It was fun to play:) 2w

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser Yay! I love taking polls! 🤩😂🤗 2w

DogMomIrene I got 17 too😂 A mix from my childhood & teaching years. That committee, though. Sometimes they pick books that may be all fancy pants literary, but good luck enticing a child to read it. 2w

dabbe @DogMomIrene #truth 🩶🖤🩶 2w

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dabbe

Out of the Dust | Karen Hesse

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

So many I haven't heard of; quite a few I now want to read. The three in the pic above are my favorites that did NOT make the list. As some Littens have stated, the list was interesting to say the least. Even the BBC states that it “also has its limitations and biases“ and that “the list is not designed as a fait accompli, but rather as an inspiration for further discovery and debate.“ ⬇️

dabbe The BBC article was published in 2023, so it is quite recent. For more information or to tell them your thoughts about the list, visit this link:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of...

Thanks to all who played and shared. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

Pogue 57 3w

dabbe @Pogue #woohooyou! You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

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Scochrane26 Only 25 that I remember 3w

peaKnit Only 19 here. Ope! 🤣 3w

dabbe @Scochrane26 You're in great company with most of us! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 3w

dabbe @peaKnit So many I hadn't even heard of! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 3w

DogMomIrene 😲They didn‘t include Where the Red Fern Grows? One of my English teacher friends and I would hand that book out to incoming 6th graders and explain what a seminal work it is, even all these years later. 3w

dabbe @DogMomIrene IKR? My 4th grade teacher read it to us after recess. None of us knew how it would end--including her. We all sobbed at the ending! 🤩😂🤩 3w

DogMomIrene @dabbe Similar experience, except my 3rd grade teacher didn‘t finish the book before summer and then we moved across country😲 I couldn‘t remember the title so I would meticulously scan every Scholastic book fair table until I eventually found the cover. Took a couple of years, but I too sobbed so hard🐶❤️🐶 3w

dabbe @DogMomIrene That book was an EXPERIENCE. 🐾😭🐾 3w

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Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl | Timothy Egan

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I am unsure if it is me, if the book is outdated or what but I am at chapter 5 and I have spent most of the book wondering why we are talking about whatever he is writing about. Then for no apparent reason Egan drops the "R" word and I am over it. It is supposed to be about the dust bowl but I am 1/4 in and he has spent more time talking about people coming to America on boats from Germany and Russia then was ever needed.

Amiable I loved this book 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

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The Great American Dust Bowl | Don Brown

“Like a massive storm, the winds blew and the dust choked the life out of the land. It wasn‘t just a storm—it was the Great American Dust Bowl.”

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The Great American Dust Bowl | Don Brown

This book can be used in history lessons to discuss the environmental, social, and economic effects of the Dust Bowl. Students can also learn about the importance of sustainability and environmental stewardship through the historical lens of the Great Depression.

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The Great American Dust Bowl | Don Brown

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This book explores the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, explaining how drought and poor farming practices led to devastating dust storms that affected thousands of families.

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