Sunday, 14 April 2013

The 25 Books Every Kid Should Have on their Bookshelf

I do love a good list. And this week I found an intriguing one- The 25 Books Every Kid Should Have on their Bookshelf at Flavorwire. Often these lists have all the same books. This one is quite different- it has a fair few that I've never actually heard of before. Intriguing. 

 As always the ones I've read are noted in red. 

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Expury

 Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak

 The Pushcart War - Jean Merrill

 The Sweetest Fig - Chris van Allsburg
Ooh it's set in Paris!
Shhh, I might have just ordered it online
Matilda - Roald Dahl

 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

 Dealing with Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede

 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

 Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin

 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

 Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh (see my review)
It's in the house, I should read it. 
Half Magic - Edward Eager

 Peter Pan and Wendy - J.M. Barrie

 A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle (see my review)

 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (see my review)

 Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans

 Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein

 The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster

 The Giver - Lois Lowry (see my gushing review)

 The House at Pooh Corner - A.A. Milne

 The Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leaf

 Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

 Lizard Music - D. Manus Pinkwater

 I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith

 Oh, the Places You'll Go- Dr Seuss

 15/25

 Not bad. But I do believe the TBR just got even bigger. 

 June 2017 16/25
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6 comments:

  1. Swan Pond14 April 2013 at 15:41

    I really think you should make your own list. Maybe an oz one and an international one. What do ounthink?

    Like you there are a couple of books on there I have never heard of, and really don't know how I Capture the Castle qualifies. I would call it young adult fiction. See the movie, it is just as good as the book though neither will thrill teenage boys! Huck Finn, we did as a talking book on a holiday. It went on forever, but has its moments.

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  2. Swan Pond14 April 2013 at 15:42

    Oopsy sorry about typo. I meant what do you think?

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  3. Louise14 April 2013 at 19:33

    Thanks for your confidence in me Megan. It would be an interesting process to make a list. But I don't feel well read enough in the area yet though. I'm sure I will make a list at some stage. I Capture the Castle is definitely on my TBR. I haven't even read Huck Finn....

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  4. Unknown14 April 2013 at 21:11

    What a great list, Louise...thanks for sharing it with us. I just read the entire Giver quartet last year and I loved it. I'm trying to read a lot of the books that I missed for some reason. I remember finding The Phantom Tollbooth at a thrift store or Goodwill. I had forgotten that I have it. Now if I could only find it! Again, thanks for the list!

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  5. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz14 April 2013 at 21:47

    Okay, I love this list. I must. I've read ever book on it.

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  6. Ali15 April 2013 at 14:54

    For the most part I agree with the books on the list (there are a few I haven't read). Most of the books have been around since I was a kid, or before, though. I'm surprised there aren't more recent additions.

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