Monthly Challenges discussion

One Point Tasks

1.1 Fall Hat Month
Read a book with someone wearing a hat on the cover. (show cover)

1.2 (Amberly's task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with CLASSIC listed in its main page genre.

1.3 Reading Rainbow
Celebrating Cheese Pizza Day (9/5)
Read a book that is predominately YELLOW, RED, or BROWN. (show cover)

1.4 (Amber's task) Remembrances: Banned Book Week
Read a book with a Book(s) on the cover. (show cover)

1.5 International Talk Like a Pirate Day (9/19)
Read a book with a character that's a pirate. -OR- the first letter of each word in title is found in DAVEY JONES LOCKER ( a 3 word min. title)

1.6 Business Women's Day (9/22)
Read a book whose MC is a woman that owns a business. (state her business)

1.7 (Linda C's task) National Grandparents Day (Sept 8)
Read a book that includes a grandparent (doesn't have to be the MC)

Two Point Tasks

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Go to link: Surprise Me Task

2.2 (Marilyn's Task) We Bought A Zoo
Read Two Books

This month we're learning some fun facts about our Lions and Kangaroos.

1. Lion
Complete one of the following tasks.

a. Lions in the wild nearly all live in Africa.
Read a book set in Africa – or – with a picture of a lion on the cover. (show cover)

b. Lions are the most social of all big cats and live together in “prides” of about 15 animals.
Read a book with a 1 or 5 in its publication date. (ex, 08/15/2006, 1/1/2015, or 1/26/2005)

c. Even though the lion is referred to as the “king of the jungle,” it actually lives in grasslands and plains.
Read a book with a king as a main character - or - with a setting in the jungle.

2. Kargaroo
Complete one of the following tasks.

a. Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping to travel.
Read a book whose cover shows an animal in motion: walking, running, or hopping. (show cover)

b. Kangaroos live and travel in organized groups called “mobs”.
Read a book whose author’s first and last names start with one of the letters in “mobs”.

c. Baby kangaroos or “joeys” live in their mother’s pouches until they are 8 months to 1 year old.
Read a book whose main character has a baby or toddler aged from birth to 1 year old.

2.3 (Tessa's task) Back to School
Read two books

1. Read a book with at least one scene set in a school (any level up to and including college/university)

2. Read a book whose author’s first and last initial are in: TEACHER (ignore middle initials, if present). Letters may be used only as often as they appear in target word.

2.4 (Tessa's task) September Author Birthdays

Read two books, one book by each of two of these authors who celebrate birthdays in September.
Be sure to tell us which authors you are choosing.
3 Sep – Sarah Orne Jewett
4 Sep – Joan Aiken
9 Sep – Leo Tolstoy
9 Sep – Phyllis Whitney
11 Sep – Enid Blyton
11 Sep – O Henry
11 Sep – D H Lawrence
13 Sep – Sherwood Anderson
13 Sep – Roald Dahl
15 Sep – Agatha Christie
17 Sep – Gail Carson Levine
20 Sep – Upton Sinclair
21 Sep – Fannie Flagg
21 Sep – Stephen King
21 Sep – H G Wells
24 Sep – F Scott Fitzgerald
25 Sep – William Faulkner
26Sep – T S Eliot
29 Sep – Elizabeth Gaskell
30 Sep – Truman Capote

Three Point Task

3.1 (Linda C's task) National Punctuation Day (Sept 24)

Read 3 books that include a punctuation mark in the title; each punctuation mark must be different.
Examples: It's Hard Out Here for a Duke; Dead, White, and Blue; Books: A Memoir; Shall We Dance?

Five Point Task

5.1 Sweet Music
Read Five Books

In September, we will be Honey Month and Classical Music Month

For this month, spell-out: HONEY or MUSIC

For example:
Spell-out: MUSIC

Morton, Kate - The Clockmaker's Daughter
Unbound by Stuart Wood
Summer Wives (The) by Beatriz Williams
Imogen Hermes Gowar's The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Christmas by the Sea (A) by Melody Carlson



You may use the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the) -OR- the initials of an author's first or last name).
Don't forget to list the date you read your books.