Books About New Beginnings
December 7th, 2010 by Kidsmomo
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
Uh, what the heck does that mean? Yeah, we don’t know either… But we DO know that it’s almost 2011, and that means a new year, a fresh start, a blank slate. To celebrate, we’ve rustled up some books about new beginnings — from starting a new school, to moving to a new town, to welcoming a new family member to the home. Ring in the new year with these reads (in no particular order):
- The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi (Karen’s pick)
- Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes (Nancy’s pick)
- Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
- Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
- The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- A Friendship For Today by Patricia McKissack
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
- Bloomability by Sharon Creech
And don’t forgot our recommendations from our previous New Kid theme!
(Also, here’s a printable version of our New Beginnings booklist, for you to take to the library or bookstore — or that rockin’ New Year’s party you’ve got planned.)
If you’ve read any of these, send in your book review. Or send in a review of your favorite book about new beginnings.
UPDATE 1/11/11: We revealed the answer to our New Beginnings Mystery Book Theater in our “A Fresh Start” Podcast, so take a listen if you want to know the answer. Or just tune in if you want to hear Karen laugh uproariously at
the idea of Nancy actually going out for New Year’s Eve. HA HA HA HA! Ha.