100 Best Books

Here is a list of one hundred books selected by the National Education Association in 1999 as great reading for children and young people. To help make these books more useful, I have added book and author links to any "TeachersFirst" resources and lesson ideas.

You can see NEA's online survey of best books from 2007 here.

Books for All Ages

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Books for Preschoolers

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Books for Children Ages 4-8 

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch

Books for Children Ages 9-12

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Giver by Lois Lowry
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis


Books for Young Adults

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 

Resources : http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm 

Jalan ini masih panjang

Jalanku masih begitu panjang ...

Mungkin akan indah perjalanan ini jika ada seorang teman yang mendampingi

Dan akhirnya aku menemukan orang itu

Orang yang mampu membuat perjalanan ini terasa begitu indah

Dia lah yang selalu ada di hatiku

Tetapi, semakin jauh dia menemaniku di perjalanan ini 

Semakin aku merindukan kebebasan seperti dulu

Aku ingin sendiri ...

Ingin menikmati kesunyian yang ada di sepanjang jalan ini

Sendiri mungkin akan lebih baik

Akan lebih mudah untuk menggapai asa dan mimpiku

Aku masih begitu muda

Untuk membiarkan orang lain mengatur hidupku

Aku tidak ingin dia ada jika hanya membuat jalanku semakin terseok

Tetapi mengapa aku tetap membiarkannya menemani perjalananku ini

Andai aku bisa dengan mudah menghapus perasaan ini

Aku menyesal menaruh rasa ini terlalu dalam

Aku menyesal kenapa harus dia yang ada di hati ini

Karena dia, dia bukan lagi teman perjalananku yang dulu

sepertinya mulai dewasa

Gag tau kenapa, sekarang jarang banget marah-marah, jarang ngambek lama-lama, gag terlalu moody, dll. Alhamdulilah yah, hhu ... mungkin waktu dan keadaan yang membuat aku seperti ini, tuntutan juga mungkin, hehe ...
Kalo gag sabar, mana mungkin aku bisa bertahan sampai sekarang buat ngadepin semuanya sendiri, sabar akan berbuah keindahan kok, aku yakin itu :)
Dulu setiap ada masalah selalu mikir betapa beratnya masalah itu buat diselesain, sekarang ya mikir jalan pemecahannya, kalo berkutat ke masalahnya terus ya mana bisa kelar sih? hmm
Intinya, kalo ada masalah jangan asal marah-marah gag jelas deh, marah boleh, tapi jangan terus-terusan, kalo terus-terusan kapan masalahnya selesai.
Semoga bisa kaya gini terus deh, kalo bisa labih baek lagi :)
Masalah bikin kita tambah dewasa kok kalo kita bisa bener-bener ambil hikmah di dalamnya. Amiin #sokbijak #plaaakk!!

pray for me

Ini pertama kali dalam hidup saya bikin surat lamaran >.<

Doakan saya ketrima ya, masih ada test grammar, interview, dan micro teaching yang harus saya jalani \^^/

Semangat ya semangat, haha

This is it :D

___________________________________________________

Boyolali, August 11 , 2011

To :

Mrs. Irma Handayani

“Little Steps”

Ringinawe, Salatiga

Having known abot a vacancy job in your Education Center “Little Steps”, I am interested in the position which is offered as a tutor.

I am 19 years old, female, and still studying in Satya Wacana Christian University majoring in Education for Elementary School Teacher with  International Standard. I have skills in English both oral or written and also operating computer. I am a hard worker, able to work individual and in team.

I am sure that my education in conjunction with the position you offered and also my personality as a hard worker and fast learner would be benefit to your company.

Herewith, I also enclose :

1.      A copy of ID Card

2.      A copy of Transcript

3.      A 3 x 4 photo

4.      A Curriculum Vitae

I would gladly welcome an opportunity to have an interview with you at your convenience. I hope my skills can be one of your company’s assest.

Thank you for your consideration and attention, and I am looking forward to your reply.

Yours Faithfully,

Deasy Intan Miswantari

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♥ Loving from a distance ♥

On a quiet night when I'm alone,
I think of you until break of dawn
I miss your face, I miss your smile
I haven't seen it in a while

I close my eyes so I can see
The memories of you and me
The love and laughs that we have shared
And all the times that you have spared

Then a surge of sadness from within
Can't stop the tears from rushing in
I miss the way you hold me tight
How I wish you are with me tonight

Then I start to feel this pain inside
And no matter what I cannot hide
I always try, but I always fail
Can't help myself, my heart is frail 

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• "Distance means so little when someone means so much."
• "Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss."
• "True love doesn't mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes." 
• "Though space restraint us from being together, but one thing I am sure of, there are no spaces in my heart that restraining me from loving you..."

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being a humble person :)

We must not think Pride is something God forbids because He is offended at it, or that Humility is something He demands as due to His own dignity — as if God Himself was proud. He is not in the least worried about His dignity. The point is, He wants you to know Him: wants to give you Himself. And He and you are two things of such a kind that if you really get into any kind of touch with Him you will, in fact, be humble — delightedly humble, feeling the infinite relief of having for once got rid of all the silly nonsense about your own dignity which has made you restless and unhappy all your life.

Actually I am still confused how to start my first post and finally, I found the interesting idea to be posted here.

Yesterday I found a new inspiration when I talked with my friend about our unique friend ... Yeah, we talked about our friend who is very very humble (low profile) and I’m attracted to post it here because actually I hate a person who proud of his/her parents wealth ... why they’re proud of that??

Is it important to be a famous person because of wealth??

OK and I will tell you about my friend, I don’t wanna to mention his name, just call him ***, haha.

*** is actually handsome enough and I think *** is rich boy (rich, not his parents’ wealth but because his efforts and his family also a famous person because of their wealth).

 *** also a smart, dilligent, kind, friendly, religious, hard worker, but the most important thing, he is a humle boy. I like that so much. Like with his character, not love.

Let’s imagine, if there were a rich boy, but he didn’t want to proud of his wealth, intelligence, and knowledge. It just like a quotes “Seperti ilmu padi, makin berisi makin merunduk”. Actually I’m a little bit believe about that, I believe if the person doesn’t have a good looking boy, I often find a good looking boy who is humble (generally they look like high class boys), no, not often, even I never find that, but now !! I've found that person, he has a lot of things to be proud of, but why?? he don’t want to do that??

I’ve told about ***’s characters above there ... Yes, his parents are rich, their house is so big, so *** never tells about where he lives to his friends, he don’t want his friends figure out that he is a son of rich family (but fortunately I know about that because we are in same city, not city actually >.<

He never wears glamours or high label clothes, although I knew that he had enough, even a lot of money to buy them. *** has ever told me that he worked to help his uncle sold some cows to another city and I actually have known about that but pretended to know nothing about it >.< I also knew, that he got a lot of benefits from that, more than 1 million per week, is it great, right? I found it in 20 years old boy with his humble characteristic. But don’t you know, he always goes to campuss by bus, approximately 45 minutes and it will take 15 minutes if you go by motorcycle. So, if he had 7 o’clock class, he would come early by bus, not by motorcycle, whereas I know that he even can use car to go to the campuss. That’s fabulous >.<

*** also a kind and very kind person, I got this story from my friend, one day he and his friends (aproximatelly 8-11 boys) went to vacation, he told to his friends that he just had some money, then they went to a restaurant, not restaurant actually but just like that, he paid all the bills with his money, he didn’t do it once, he had done it twice with the same friends, I don’t know if he has done that with his other friends.  You’re such really kind boy, brad ... I proud have a friend like you 

And now, about his intelligence, I know he is a smart boy, but when he got examination, he always tells to his friends that he hasn’t studied yet, but then he got high mark, hmmm nice enough ...

Yeah, I like his character so much, he doesn’t ever to be a high class level although actually he’s able to do that. He is chatty so much, but he never proud of with everything he had, he likes to help each other, he’s religious person, he’s intelligent, he never wastes his parents’ wealth, and he’s enough good looking boy.

But sometimes, I wanna to tell him that he has to realize that one is proud. It is good to have pride about oneself…the trouble only happens when it gets out of hand…kinda like too much of anything and ‘being humble’ triggers me, as if it is the noble, holy, better way to live - closer to god, closer to love …. I say if one is too humble, it will be a problem too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.

The point is  like a humble boy, who does not like to expose himself, does not like to exaggerate everything, who does not like proud of what he had. He will be a most comfortable person when we wanna share everything. Difficult to find a boy like that

✿ show must go on ✿

I've realized how many times I let my self down. Many people also intimidate me in a couple ways. It's make me freak out and frustated. I wondering, how great and better my life without them? It's a really relieved thought :)

I don't wanna stuck because of my past. I knew that I a little bit immature a long time ago. I didn't know how to took control of my self. I just duck out of my problem.

Well life is about moving on, right? Like a great migration. The winner is who stay and survive as long as they can. I wanna be like that. You know, every person in this world has kind of different problem in their life. After that situation, you try to figure out what ways you have to used to work it out. Who told you that life is easy??

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