Favorite Books of 2011

Favorite New Authors:

Sarah Dessen
Sarah Addison Allen

Favorite Children’s Audio Books:

The Pain and the Great One series by Judy Blume
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Favorite Chapter Book Read-Alouds:

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Blake would say Harry Potter, but that was a hard and long read-aloud and not MY favorite.

Favorite Picture Books:

Hooray for Amanda and her Alligator! by Mo Willems (pretty much anything by him is great)
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
“I’m not Santa!” by Jonathan Allen

Favorite Fantasy Novel:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Favorite Romance:

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Favorite Classic:

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Previous Favorites: 2010, 2009