Our Favorite Books Read in 2016

I decided to ask my children about the books they've loved this year. It's quite a process to do this because if I ask one of my middle or older children in front of my younger ones, the younger will often parrot the older sibling's answers - for books they've never even read. It took a bit of work but I managed to ask each child separately and the results are in.

My favorite books for 2016:

• Ella Enchanted was my favorite for Book Club. My second favorite in this category was Prince Caspian.
• For my own personal reading my favorite books were Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden (I love her books), The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson, the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (my favorite of the four books is Scarlet), and Heartless also by Marissa Meyer.  Oh, and I reread The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini twice, it's a favorite too.
• My favorite non-fiction books this year were Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis and The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman (a reread for me).

Makayla's favorites for 2016:

•  Book Club: She loved poetry month.
• Assigned Literature: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Work and the Glory series by Gerald N. Lund, and The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.
• Personal choice reading: Uglies by Scott Westerfield, Michael Vey book 5.

Joseph's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club: The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Assigned Literature: The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Personal choice reading: Cragbridge Hall Series by Chad Morris

Emma's favorites for 2016:

•  Book Club: Rascal by Sterling North
• Assigned Literature: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• Personal choice reading: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

Daniel's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club: Rascal by Sterling North
• Assigned Literature: Half Magic by Edward Eager
• Personal choice reading: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

Oliver's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club:  Rascal by Sterling North
• Assigned Literature: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Personal choice reading: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (audiobook)

Caleb's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club: Stuart Little by E. B. White
• Assigned Literature: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (read to him)
• Personal choice reading: Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)

Mason's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Assigned Literature: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff (read to him)
• Personal choice reading: A Tale of Peter Rabbit and others by Beatrix Potter (audiobook), anything about pirates.

Samuel's favorites for 2016:

• Book Club: He didn't have a favorite. He's 3, I'm not surprised.
• Personal choice books: Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle, The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Tobias' favorites for 2016:

• Any book we will let him chew.

Just in case you are interested, here is the complete list we read this year for Book Club:

·         Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (reading Dec 2016-Jan 2017)

·         Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

·         Rascal by Sterling North

·         20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

·         Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

·         Stuart Little by E. B. White

·         The Inventor’s Secret by Chad Morris

·         The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

·         Poetry (varied, for a Mad Hatter Tea Party)

·         The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

·         Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

What have been your family's favorite books this year?