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Books read in 2003

311. “Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers” by Jim Rogers

310. “Funny in Farsi” by Firoozeh Dumas

309. “Art Histories and its Methods: A Critical Anthology” by Eric Fernie

308. “Book Lust: Recommended Reading For Every Mood, Moment and Reason” by Nancy Pearl

307. “Faces of Christmas Past” by Bill Holm

306. “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini

305. “Good Poems: Selected and Introduced” by Garrison Keillor

304. “Oaxaca Journal” by Oliver Sacks

303. “Mo Te Upoko-O-Te-Ika/For Wellington” by Viggo Mortensen

302. “The Tooth Book” by Theo LeSieg, Joe Mathieu

301. “The Art of the Moment: Simple Ways to Get the Most From Life” by Veronique Vienne, photos by Ann Rhoney

300. “Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood” by Oliver Sacks

299. “I Can Write! A Book by Me, Myself” by Theo LeSieg and Roy McKie

298. “I Can Draw It Myself, by Me Myself” by Dr. Seuss

297. “A Year Down Yonder” by Richard Peck

296. “A Long Way From Chicago” by Richard Peck

295. “The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary” by the Cat Himself and P.D. Eastman

294. “Would you Rather be a Bullfrog?” by Theo LeSieg and Roy McKie

293. “The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice” by Theo LeSieg and Roy McKie

292. “19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East” by Naomi Shihab Nye

291. “Remember Me” by Lola Schnabel

290. “The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction” by Laurie Schneider Adams

289. “The English Roses” by Madonna, illustrated by Jeffrey Fulvimari

288. “Dr. Seuss From then to Now: A Catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition” by The San Diego Museum of Art

287. “Come Over to My House” by Theo LeSieg and Richard Erdoes

286. “Mr Peabody’s Apples” by Madonna, illustrated by Loren Long

285. “Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living From the Good Doctor” by Dr. Seuss

284. “Lyra’s Oxford” by Philip Pullman

283. “The Seven Lady Godivas” by Dr. Seuss

282. “The Eye Book” by Dr. Seuss

281. “The Cat in the Hat Songbook” by Dr Seuss and Eugene Poddany

280. “Herrings go About the Sea in Shawls…and other Classic Howlers from Classrooms and Examination Papers” by Alexander Abingdon and Dr. Seuss

279. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” by Dr. Seuss

278. “The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss” by Dr. Seuss

277. “The Shape of Me and Other Stuff” by Dr. Seuss

276. “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri

275. “The King’s Stilts” by Dr. Seuss

274. “The Sneetches and Other Stories” by Dr. Seuss

273. “The Piano Tuner” by Daniel Mason

272. “The Tooth Book” by Theo LeSieg and Roy McKie

271. “You’re Only Old Once!” by Dr. Seuss

270. “In a People House” by Theo LeSieg and Roy McKie

269. “Please Try to Remember the First of October!” by Theo LeSieg and Art Cumings

268. “Happy Birthday to You!” by Dr. Seuss

267. “Scrambled Eggs Super!” by Dr. Seuss

266. “McElligot’s Pool” by Dr. Seuss

265. “The Butter Battle Book” by Dr. Seuss

264. “On Beyond Zebra!” by Dr. Seuss

263. “Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?” by Dr. Seuss

262. “Gerald McBoing Boing” by Dr. Seuss and Mel Crawford

261. “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss, Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

260. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival” by Lemony Snicket

259. “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories” by Dr. Seuss

258. “I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories” by Dr. Seuss

257. “I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew” by Dr. Seuss

256. “If I Ran the Circus” by Dr. Seuss

255. “The Dewey Decimal System of Love” by Josephine Carr

254. “Hooray for Diffendoofer Day” by Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith

253. “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Seuss

252. “Hunches in Bunches” by Dr. Seuss

251. “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss

250. “Did I ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss

249. “Abstract Art” by Anna Moszynska

248. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Eighth: The Hostile Hospital” by Lemony Snicket

247. “The Dead Get By With Everything” by Bill Holm

246. “Angels and Daemons” by Dan Brown

245. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Seventh: The Vile Village” by Lemony Snicket

244. “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books” by Azar Nafisi

243. “Feet of Clay” by Terry Pratchett

242. “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

241. “To the Nines” by Janet Evanovich

240. “Eric” by Terry Pratchett

239. “The Fifth Elephant” by Terry Pratchett

238. “Faithful Elephants: a True Story of animals, People and War” by Yukio Tsuchiya, translated by Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes, illustrated by Ted Lewin

237. “Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Investor’s Road Trip” by Jim Rogers

236. “The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable” by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby

235. “Signlanguage” by Viggo Mortensen

234. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown

233. “Coincidence of Memory” by Viggo Mortensen

232. “Hole in the Sun” by Viggo Mortensen

231. “Interesting Times” by Terry Pratchett

230. “45301” by Viggo Mortensen

229. “Next Episode” by Hubert Aquin

228. “The Truth” by Terry Pratchett

227. “Alias: Recruited” by Lynn Mason

226. “Recent Forgeries” by Viggo Mortensen

225. “Un Hueco En El Sol” by Viggo Mortensen

224. “The Olive Season: Amour, A New Life, and Olives, Too…!” by Carol Drinkwater

223. “The Kalahari Typing School for Men” by Alexander McCall Smith

222. “A Cat Abroad: The Further Adventures of Norton, the Cat Who Went to Paris and His Human” by Peter Gethers

221. “Visions of Sugar Plums” by Janet Evanovich

220. “Night Watch” by Terry Pratchett

219. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J. K. Rowling

218. “Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code” by Eoin Colfer

217. “My Last Duchess and Other Poems” by Robert Browning

216. “The Dalai Lama” by Christopher Gibb

215. “Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk to Freedom” by Barry Denenberg

214. “The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History From Prehistoric to Post Modern” by Carol Strickland

213. “Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart” by Patricia Louber

212. “Unveiling Islam: An insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs” by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner

211. “Bill Gates: Billionaire, Computer Genius” by Joan D Dickinson

210. “Francis Drake” by David Goodnough, illustrated by Burt Dodson

209. “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” by Chris Van Allsburg

208. “Just a Dream” by Chris Van Allsburg

207. “Bad Day at Riverbend” by Chris Van Allsburg

206. “The Stranger” by Chris Van Allsburg

205. “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg

204. “The Wretched Stone” by Chris van Allsburg

203. “Ready, Aim, Fire! the Real Adventures of Annie Oakley” by Ellen Levine

202. “How to Read a Rabbit” by Jean Fritz, illustrations by Leonard Shortall

201. “Through Grandpa’s Eyes” by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray

200. “Whales” by Seymour Simon

199. “Amelia Earhart: Adventure in the Sky” by Francene Sabin, illustrated by Karen Milone

198. “The Wreck of the Zephyr” by Chris Van Allsburg

197. “The Sweetest Fig” by Chris Van Allsburg

196. “Crictor” by Tomi Ungerer

195. “Time Flies” by Eric Rohmann

194. “The Garden of Abdul Gasazi” by Chris Van Allsburg

193. “Jumanji” by Chris Van Allsburg

192. “How To Read and Why” by Harold Bloom

191. “A Day with Wilber Robinson” by William Joyce

190. “George Shrinks” by William Joyce

189. “The Baby Zoo” by Bruce McMillan

188. “Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo” by William Joyce

187. “Little Walrus Warning” by Carol Young, illustrated by Walter Stuart

186. “The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint” by Brady Udall

185. “Iron and Silk” by Mark Salzman

184. “Medea” by Euripides, translated by Rex Warner

183. “George Washington, the Man Who Would Not Be King” by Stephen Krensky

182. “Anansi the Spider: A Tale told From the Ashanti” by George McDermott

181. “The Ballad of Bad Ben Bilge” by Eric Von Schmidt

180. “Great Love Poems” edited by Shane Weller

179. “The American Family” edited by Karen Duda

178. “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett

177. “Falling Up” poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein

176. “The Dream Eater” by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode

175. “Just Like Abraham Lincoln” by Bernard Waber

174. “The Muslim World” edited by Geoffrey Orens

173. “Friend Frog” by Alma Flor Ada, illustrations Lori Lohstoeter

172. “Astro Bunnies” by Christine Loomis, pictures by Ora Eitan

171. “Frederick” by Leo Lionni

170. “The Day the Goose Got Loose” by Reeve Lindbergh, pictures Steven Kellogg

169. “It Could Always be Worse” by Margot Zemach

168. “Gertrude and Claudius” by John Updike

167. “Possession: A Romance” by A.S. Byatt

166. “Fear and Loathing in Tech Support: Computer Users Too Stupid to Live” by Joseph Zeff

165. “Whalewatch!” by June Behrens, photos by John Olguin

164. “Jane Goodall’s Animal World: Hippos” by Miriam Schlein

163. “Jane Goodall’s Animal World: Lions” by Leslie MacGuire

162. “Mrs. Dunphy’s Dog” by Catharine O’Neill

161. “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak

160. “Comet’s Nine Lives” by Jann Brett

159. “What Do Smurfs Do All Day” by Peyo

158. “Koko’s Kitten” by Francine Patterson, photos by Ronald H Cohn

157. “The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song” illustrated by Peter Spier

156. “Jane Goodall’s Animal World: Elephants” by Miriam Schlein

155. “Deschooling Our Lives” by Matt Hern

154. “Children of the Storm” by Elizabeth Peters

153. “The Easter Bunny that Overslept” by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich, illustrations by Adrienne Adams

152. “More Bunny Trouble” by Hans Wilhelm

151. “Bunny Trouble” by Hans Wilhelm

150. “The Magician’s Nephew” by C. S. Lewis

149. “Chuck Yeager: First Man to Fly Faster than Sound” by Timothy R Gaffney

148. “Moving Pictures” by Terry Pratchett

147. “Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper” by Nicholson Baker

146. “1421: The Year China Discovered America” by Gavin Menzies

145. “The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane” by Russell Freedman

144. “Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters” by David Hockney

143. “Men at Arms” by Terry Pratchett

142. “Pilgrimages: Tales from the Open Road” by Patrick Pfister

141. “Carpe Jugulum” by Terry Pratchett

140. “Uncle Harry” by Gerlinde Schneider, pictures by Lilo Fromm

139. “Astrid Lindgren, Storyteller to the World” by Johanna Hurwitz

138. “Wyrd Sisters” by Terry Pratchett

137. “The Boy of the Three Year Nap” by Dianne Snyder, illustrated by Allan Say

136. “Rooftop Astronomer, A Story about Maria Mitchell” by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

135. “Muhammad and the Arab Empire” by John Duckworth

134. “What Are you Figuring Now? A Story About Benjamin Banneker” by Jeri Ferris

133. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

132. “Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost” by Troy Denning

131. “Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World” by Doris Faber

130. “Schmoe White and the Seven Dorfs” by Mike Thaler, illustrated by Jared Lee

129. “Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic 1: Remnant” by Sean Williams and Shane Dix

128. “Esperanza’s Box of Saints” by Maria Amparo Escandon

127. “Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!” by Jean Fritz

126. “Airframe” by Michael Crichton

125. “Suleyman and the Ottoman Empire” by John Addison

124. “The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing” by Melissa Bank

123. “Dorothea Lang: Life through the Camera” by Milton Meltzer

122. “Grand Papa and Ellen Aroon” by F.N. Monjo

121. “Margaret Bourke-White, News Photographer” by Genie Iverson

120. “Matt Damon, Chasing a Dream” by Mark Bego

119. “Pyramids” by Terry Pratchett

118. “The Secret Soldier, the Story of Deborah Sampson” by Ann McGovern

117. “Will You Sign Here, John Hancock” by Jean Fritz

116. “Prince Henry the Navigator” by Leonard Everett Fisher

115. “Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century” by R.R. Knudson

114. “The Napping House” by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood

113. “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel” by Rolf Potts

112. “A Single Shard” by Linda Sue Park

111. “Our Man in Havana” by Graham Greene

110. “Morality for Beautiful Girls” by Alexander McCall Smith

109. “Soul Music” by Terry Pratchett

108. “Galileo: Astronomer and Physicist” by Paul Hightower

107. “Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei” by Peter Sis

106. “Seeing Earth From Space” by Patricia Lauber

105. “Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology” by Kathleen V Kudlinski

104. “Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir” by David A Alder

103. “Women Artists: An Illustrated History” by Nancy Heller

102. “Islam: A Short History” by Karen Armstrong

101. “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs” by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith

100. “Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu” by Emily Arnold McCully

99. “No Picnic on Mount Kenya” by Felice Benuzzi

98. “Stellaluna” by Janell Cannon

97. “Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The School of Fear” by Jude Watson

96. “Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States” by Sheila Keenan

95. “Ten Apples go on Top!” by Theo LeSieg, illustrated by Roy McKie

94. “Guards! Guards!” by Terry Pratchett

93. “St. Patrick’s Day” by Joyce K Kessel, pictures by Cathy Gilchrist

92. “Horton Hatches the Egg” by Dr. Seuss

91. “Mrs Gaddy and the Ghost” by Marylin Hafner

90. “Hay, Al” by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski

89. “Leonardo Da Vinci, art for Children” by Ernest Raboff

88. “Persuasion” by Jane Austen

87. “The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder: A Sherlock Holmes Story” by Daniel Gracely

86. “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

85. “A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There” by Aldo Leopold

84. “Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games” by Jude Watson

83. “Star Wars: Jedi Quest: The Trial of the Jedi” by Jude Watson

82. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Sixth The Ersatz Elevator” by Lemony Snicket

81. “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint Exupery

80. “Dove” by Robin Lee Graham with Derek L.T. Gill

79. “Amber Was Brave, Essie was Smart” by Vera B Williams

78. “A Teddy Bear for President Roosevelt” by Connie & Peter Roop, illustrated by Rebecca Thornburgh

77. “Wacky Wednesday” by Theo LeSieg, illustrated by George Booth

76. “Daisy Miller” by Henry James

75. “Tears for the Giraffe” by Alexander McCall Smith

74. “Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China” by Ed Young

73. “Legend of the Milky Way” by Jeanne M Lee

72. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Dr Seuss

71. “The Shoemaker’s Gift” by Lyndell Ludwig

70. “Maps and Mapping” by Barbara Taylor

69. “Born Free” by Joy Adamson

68. “India Love Poems” selected and with a note by Tambimuttu with decorations by Pat Stewart

67. “Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him” by Theo LeSieg, illustrated by Charles E Martin

66. “A Chair for My Mother” by Vera B Williams

65. “Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet!” by Theo LeSieg, illustrated by Michael J Smollin

64. “Horton Hears a Who” by Dr. Seuss

63. “Hiroshima” by Laurence Yep

62. “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” by Dr. Seuss

61. “The Shape of Me and Other Stuff” by Dr. Seuss

60. “The Foot Book” by Dr. Seuss

59. “Great Day for Up” by Dr. Seuss, pictures by Quentin Blake

58. “The Glorious flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot” by Alice and Martin Provensen

57. “Weslandia” by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

56. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy” by Lemony Snicket

55. “The Quilt Story” by Tony Johnson and Tomie dePaola

54. “Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose” by Dr. Seuss

53. “Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book” by Dr. Seuss

52. “I am Not Going to Get Up Today” by Dr. Seuss, illustrations by James Stevenson

51. “I Can Read With my Eyes Shut!” by Dr. Seuss

50. “The Seventh Sister: A Chinese Legend” by Cindy Change

49. “Follow the Water From the Brook to Ocean” by Arthur Dorros

48. “Wild Weather: Floods!” by Lorraine Jean Hopping

47. “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Jan Brett

46. “The Valentine Bears” by Eve bunting, pictures by Jan Brett

45. “What Color is Love” by Joan Walsh Anglund

44. “The Valentine Cat” by Clyde Robert Bulla, illustrated by Leonard Weigard

43. “What Was I Scared of” by Dr. Seuss

42. “The Cat’s Quizzer” by Dr. Seuss

41. “Girl From the South” by Joanna Trollope

40. “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith

39. “The Seven Daughters of Eve” by Bryan Sykes

38. “If I Ran the Zoo” by Dr. Seuss

37. “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” by Dr. Seuss

36. “And to Think That I saw it on Mulberry Street” by Dr. Seuss

35. “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss

34. “Oh, The Thinks You Can Think” by Dr. Seuss

33. “Dr Seuss ABC” by Dr. Seuss

32. “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss

31. “There’s a Wocket in my Pocket” by Dr. Seuss

30. “Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Home” by Dr. Seuss

29. “Old Turtle” by Douglas Wood, watercolors by Cheng-Khee Chee

28. “Valentine Poems” by selected by Myra Cohn Livingston, illustrated by Patience Brewster

27. “The Two of Them” by Aliki

26. “Daisy-Head Mayzie” by Dr Seuss

25. “The Very Bad Bunny” by Marily Sadler, illustrated by Roger Bollen

24. “Hop on Pop” by Dr Seuss

23. “The Lost Continent” by Terry Pratchett

22. “Great Sonnets” edited by Paul Negri

21. “It’s Valentine’s Day” by Jack Prelutsky, pictures by Yossi Abolafia

20. “A Special Kind of Love” by Stephen Michael King

19. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Forth The Miserable Mill” by Lemony Snicket

18. “Catch Me if You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit” by Frank W Abagnale with Stan Redding

17. “Volcan: Poems From Central America” edited by Alejandro Murguia and Barbara Paschke

16. “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Third The Wide Window” by Lemony Snicket

15. “Tea with the Black Dragon” by R.A. MacAvoy

14. “Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours” by Jane Goodall

13. “Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg” edited by Frances Schoonmaker Bolin, illustrated by Steven Arcella

12. “Eat Healthy, Feel Great” by William Sears, Martha Sears and Christine Watts Kelly

11. “I Wish I had Duck Feet” by Theo LeSieg and illustrated by B Tobey

10. “Oh, the Places He Went: A Story about Dr. Seuss” by Maryann N. Weidt

9. “Fox in Socks” by Dr. Seuss

8. “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss

7. “You are Here, Kids and Family Internet Guide” by Eric Leebow

6. “Dinosaurs Walked here and Other Stories Fossils Tell” by Patricia Lauber

5. “Fossils Tell of Long Ago” by Aliki

4. “The Museum Guard” by Howard Norman

3. “Worlds that Built a Nation: A Young Person’s Collection of Historical American Documents” by Marilyn Miller

2. “Day of the Bees” by Thomas Sanchez

1. “City of the Beasts” by Isabel Allende