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1922
* 1 - The Story of Mankind - 1922W by Hendrik Willem van Loon - finished 12/5/21
* 2 - The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure - 1922H by William Bowen - finished 1/16/21
* 3 - The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles - 1922H by Padraic Colum - finished 1/29/21
* 4 - The Windy Hill - 1922H by Cornelia Meigs - finished 3/7/21
* 5 - The Great Quest - 1922H by Charles Boardman Hawes - finished 1/4/22
* 6 - Cedric the Forester - 1922H by Bernard Marshall - finished 3/8/21
1923
* 7 - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - 1923W by Hugh Lofting - finished 1/13/22
1924
* 8 - The Dark Frigate - 1924W by Charles Boardman Hawes - finished 1/22/22
1925
* 9 - Tales from Silver Lands - 1925W by Charles J. Finger - finished 1/30/22
*10 - Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story - 1925H by Anne Carroll Moore - finished 7/26/21
* 11 - The Dream Coach - 1925H by Anne Parrish - finished 7/28/21
1926
* 12 - Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children - 1926W by Arthur Bowie Chrisman - finished 5/4/22
* 13 - The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery - 1926H by Padraic Colum - finished 5/26/21
1927
* 14 - Smoky the Cow Horse - 1927W by Will James - finished 2/18/22
1928
* 15 - Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon - 1928W by Dhan Gopal Mukerji - finished 3/7/22
* 16 - The Wonder Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World - 1928H by Ella Young - finished 2/27/22
17. Downright Dencey - 1928H by Caroline Dale Snedeker
1929
* 18. The Trumpeter of Krakow - 1929W by Eric P. Kelly - finished 4/13/22
* 19. Millions of Cats - 1929H by Wanda Gág - finished 3/28/22
20. Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben - 1929H
21. The Boy Who Was - 1929H
22. Clearing Weather - 1929H
* 23. The Runaway Papoose - 1929H by Grace Moon - finished 6/7/22
* 24. Tod of the Fens - 1929H by Elinor Whitney - finished 6/16/22
1930
* 25. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years - 1930W by Rachel Field - finished 1/25/23
* 26. Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer - 1930H by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift - finished 4/21/22
* 27. The Tangled-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga - 1930H by Ella Young - finished 5/2/22
* 28. The Jumping-Off Place - 1930H by Marian Hurd McNeely - finished 5/11/22
* 29. Pran of Albania - 1930H by Elizabeth Cleveland Miller - finished 5/25/22
1931
* 30. The Cat Who Went to Heaven - 1931W by Elizabeth Coatsworth - finished 3/26/23
31. Floating Island - 1931H
32. The Dark Star of Itza - 1931H
33. Queer Person - 1931H
34. Mountains are Free - 1931H
* 35. Spice and the Devil's Cave - 1931H by Agnes Danforth Hewes - finished 8/16/22
36. Meggy MacIntosh - 1931H
* 37. Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes - 1931H by Herbert Best - finished 2/3/23
38. Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer - 1931H
1932
* 39. Waterless Mountain - 1932W by Laura Adams Armer - finished 10/12/22
40. The Fairy Circus - 1932H
41. Calico Bush - 1932H
42. Boy of the South Seas - 1932H
43. Out of the Flame - 1932H
44. Truce of the Wolf - 1932H
* 45. Jane's Island - 1932H by Marjorie Hill Allee - finished 10/7/22
1933
* 46. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze - 1933W by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis - finished 10/8/22
47. Swift Rivers - 1933H
48. The Railroad to Freedom - 1933H
49. Children of the Soil - 1933H
1934
50. Invincible Louisa - 1934W
*51. The Forgotten Daughter - 1934H by Caroline Dale Snedeker - finished 5/29/22
52. Swords of Steel - 1934H
53. ABC Bunny - 1934H
54. Winged Girl of Knossos - 1934H
55. New Land - 1934H
* 56. The Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside - 1934H by Padraic Colum - finished 1/25/23
57. Glory of the Seas - 1934H
58. Apprentice of Florence - 1934H
1935
* 59. Dobry - 1935W by Monica Shannon - finished 2/2/23
* 60. The Pageant of Chinese History - 1935H by Elizabeth Seeger - finished 11/08/22
61. Davy Crockett - 1935H
* 62. A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic - 1935H by Hilda van Stockum - finished 5/2/23
1936
63. Caddie Woodlawn - 1936W
64. Honk the Moose - 1936H
* 65. The Good Master -1936H by Kate Seredy - finished 4/3/23
66. Young Walter Scott - 1936H
67. All Sail Set - 1936H
*1937 renumber - Winterbound - 1937H by Margery Williams Bianco - finished 8/17/22
*1978 renumber - Bridge to Terabithia - 1978W by Katherine Paterson - finished 11/10/23
* 1995 renumber - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm - 1995H by Nancy Farmer - finished 6/5/21
* 2016 renumber - Last Stop on Market Street - 2016W by Matt de la Pena - finished 5/6/21 - This book was also a Caldecott Honor book in the same year

1938
* 1 - Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book - 1938W by Helen Dean Fish illustrated by Dorothy P Lathrop - finished 1/4/21
* 2 - Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale - 1938H written and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff - finished 1/20/21
3 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds 1938H
1939
* 4 - Mei Li - 1939W written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth - finished 4/26/21
* 5 - Andy and the Lion - 1939H written and illustrated by James Daugherty - finished 5/22/21
* 6 - Barkis - 1939H written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry - finished 6/1/21
* 7 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - 1939H by Grimm Brothers illustrated by Wanda Gág - finished 1/30/21
* 8 - Wee Gillis - 1939H by Munro Leaf illustrated by Robert Lawson - finished 1/24/21
9 - The Forest Pool 1939H
1940
* 10. Abraham Lincoln - 1940W written & illustrated by Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire - finished 6/2/21
* 11. Madeline - 1940H written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans - finished 6/25/21
12 - Cock-a-Doodle Doo 1940H
13 - The Ageless Story 1940H
*14 - They Were Strong and Good - 1941W written and illustrated by Robert Lawson - finished 1/27/22
*15 - April's Kittens - 1941H written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry - finished 1/5/22
*16. Make Way for Ducklings - 1942W written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey - finished 8/1/21
*17. In My Mother's House - 1942H written by Ann Nolan Clark illustrated by Velino Herrera - finished 1/14/22
*18. Paddle-to-the-Sea - 1942H written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling - finished 1/18/22
19. An American ABC - 1942H
20. Nothing at All - 1942H
* 21. The Little House - 1943W written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton - finished 2/1/22
* 22. Dash and Dart - 1943H written and illustrated by Mary Buff and Conrad Buff - finished 2/10/22
* 23. Marshmallow - 1943H written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry - finished 2/19/22
* 24. Many Moons - 1944W written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin - finished 3/3/22
* 25. Small Rain: Verses from the Bible - 1944H written by Jessie Orton Jones and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones - finished 5/10/22
26. Pierre Pidgeon 1944H
27. The Mighty Hunter 1944H
28. A Child's Good Night Book 1944H
29. Good-Luck Horse 1944H
* 30. Prayer for a Child - 1945W written by Rachel Field and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones - finished 3/31/22
* 31. Mother Goose - 1945H written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor - finished 3/31/22
* 32. In the Forest - 1945H written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets - finished 4/6/22
* 33. Yonie Wondernose - 1945H written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli - finished 4/15/22
* 34. The Christmas Anna Angel - 1945H written by Ruth Sawyerand illustrated by Kate Seredy - finished 4/24/22
* 35. The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles - 1946W written and illustrated by Maud Petersham & Miska Petersham - finished 5/3/22
* 36. Little Lost Lamb - 1946H written by Golden MacDonald and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard - finished 5/12/22
37. Sing Mother Goose 1946H
* 38. My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World - 1946H written by Becky Reyher and illustrated by Ruth Gannett - finished 5/24/22
* 39. You Can Write Chinese - 1946H written and illustrated by Kurt Wiese - finished 7/6/22
1947
* 40. The Little Island - 1947W written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard - finished 1/4/23
* 41. Rain Drop Splash - 1947H written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Alvin Tresselt - finished 1/13/23
42. Boats on the River 1947H
43. Timothy Turtle 1947H
*44. Pedro the Angel of Olvera Street - 1947H written and illustrated by Leo Politi - finished 1/1/24
45. Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns 1947H
* 46. White Snow, Bright Snow - 1948W written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin - finished 7/7/22
47. Stone Soup 1948H
* 48. McElligot's Pool - 1948H written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss - finished 7/10/22
49. Bambino the Clown 1948H
50. Roger and the Fox 1948H
51. Song of Robin Hood 1948H
52. The Big Snow 1949W
53. Blueberries for Sal 1949H
54. All Around the Town 1949H
55. Juanita 1949H
56. Fish in the Air 1949H
57. Song of the Swallows 1950W
* 58. America's Ethan Allen - 1950H written by Stewart Hall Holbrook and illustrated by Lynd Ward - finished 4/29/22
* 59. Henry-Fisherman - 1950H written and illustrated by Marcia Brown - finished 4/2/22
* 60. The Happy Day - 1950H by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Marc Simont - finished 4/10/22
* 61. Bartholomew and the Oobleck - 1950H written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss - finished 4/19/22
62. The Wild Birthday Cake 1950H
* 63. The Egg Tree - 1951W written and illustrated by Katherine Milhous - finished 3/31/22
* 64. The Two Reds - 1951H written by (Will) William Lipkind and illustrated by (Nicholas) Nicholas Mordvinoff AKA Will and Nicholas - finished 3/5/22
* 65. If I Ran the Zoo - 1951H written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss - finished 2/9/22
* 66. Dick Whittington and His Cat - 1951H written and illustrated by Marcia Brown - finished 2/23/22
* 67. The Most Wonderful Doll in the World - 1951H written by Phyllis McGinley and illustrated by Helen Stone - finished 4/1/22
68. T-Bone, the Baby Sitter - 1951H
*69. Finders Keepers - 1952W written by William Lipkind and illustrated by Nicholas Mordvinoff - finished 6/7/22
*1953W renumber - The Biggest Bear - 1953W written and illustrated by Lynd Ward - finished 6/2/22
*1953H renumber - Puss in Boots - 1953H written by Charles Perrault and illustrated by Fred Marcellino - finished 6/4/22
*1953H renumber - One Morning in Maine - 1953H written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey - finished 1/23/22
* 1953H renumber - Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals - 1953H written and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg - finished 5/16/22
1953H renumber - The Storm Book - 1953H written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
1953H renumber - Five Little Monkeys - 1953H written and illustrated by Juliet Kepes
1954W renumber - Madeline's Rescue - 1954W written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans
1954H renumber - When Will The World Be Mine? - 1954H written by Miriam Schlein and illustrated by Jean Charlot
*1955W renumber - Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper - 1955W written by Charles Perrault and translated & illustrated by Marcia Brown - finished 6/3/22
*1959H renumber - Umbrella - 1959H written and illustrated by Taro Yashima - finished 1/9/23
*1970W renumber - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - 1970W written and illustrated by William Steig - finished 2/9/22
*1990H renumber - Color Zoo - 1990H written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert - finished 10/12/22
*1991W renumber - Black and White - 1991W written and illustrated by David Macaulay - finished 10/12/22
*2010H renumber - Alma and How She Got Her Name - 2010H written and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal - finished 12/16/21
*2016 renumber - Last Stop on Market Street - 2016H written and illustrated by Matt de la Pena - finished 5/6/21 - This book was also a Newbery winner book in the same year
*2020H renumber - Bear Came Along - 2020H by Richard T. Morris illustrated by LeUyen Pham - finished 12/8/21

Two of my reading goals this year:
1. Complete reading and collecting all Cadecott medal winners
2. Read and collect Newberry winners - not sure how many I can complete this year, currently my goal is to complete 1940 -1981.
Good luck with your list!
Books mentioned in this topic
Pedro the Angel of Olvera Street (other topics)Bridge to Terabithia (other topics)
A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic (other topics)
The Good Master (other topics)
The Cat Who Went to Heaven (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Leo Politi (other topics)Jacob Grimm (other topics)
Katherine Paterson (other topics)
Hilda van Stockum (other topics)
Kate Seredy (other topics)
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