Our Family's Book Recommendations from 2020

Ryan recommends:

• Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien

Marcelaine recommends:

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien

The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (the audiobooks are so fun)

The Chaos Queen series by Christopher Husberg

Greensleeves by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Watership Down by Richard Adams

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Water Dancer by Tsa-Nehisi Coates

1491 by Charles C. Mann (working on 1493 right now)

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, a graphic novel by Hiyao Miyazaki

The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (I expected this to be dry and a little boring, but it's actually very engaging)

An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Kevin recommends:

• Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan

Heidi recommends:

• The False Prince series by Jennifer Nielsen

Ann Marie recommends:

• Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
• I Say Ooh You Say Aah by John Kane
• La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya
• Shelter by Celine Claire
• Silent Night by Lara Hawthorne
• Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Ketas
• Sulwe by Vashti Harrison
• Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud
• Monsters Love Underpants and Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
• Octopants by Suzy Senior
• Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
• Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
• Dragon's Extraordinary Egg by Debi Gliori 
• Fear the Bunny by Richard T. Morris and Priscilla Burris
• Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
• Sweety by Andrea Zuill
• The Forgetful Knight by Michelle Robinson and Fred Blunt
• Too Many Carrots by Katy Hudson
• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling by Timothy Basil Ering
• Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio
• Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper

Ruby recommends:

• Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
• Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen and Sherry Scharschmidt
• The Giant Jumperee by Julia Donaldson
• There Is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Plus all the books Ann Marie recommended