This 50 Best Books for Kids is a rather fascinating list. The first 20 or so books are internationally renown, indisputable children's classics. Then come some books and authors that aren't all that well known, and indeed many are completely unknown to me. An intriguing mix. Nice to see some nonfiction too.
As usual, the books I've read are in red.
1. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
2. Charlotte's Web - E.B White
3. Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K Rowling
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
6. The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss
7. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle (see my review)
8. The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
9. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe- C.S Lewis
10. Knuffle Bunny - Mo Willems
11. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (see my review)
12. Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh (see my review)
13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
14. Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
15. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein (see my review)
16. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (ill)
17. The Complete Adventures of Curious George - Margaret and H.A. Rey
18. Holes - Louis Sachar (see my review)
19. Ramona the Pest - Beverly Cleary
20. Chicka Chicka BOOM BOOM - Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (ill)
21. The Arrival - Shaun Tan (see my review)
22. Matilda - Roald Dahl
23. The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
24. Bark, George - Jules Feiffer
25. The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick (see my review)
26. Anna Hibiscus - Atinuke, Lauren Tobia (ill)
27. Lily's Purple Plastic Purse - Kevin Henkes
28. A Light in the Attic - Shel Silverstein
29. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Judy Blume
30. George and Martha - James Marshall
31. The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis
32. Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina
33. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg (see my review)
34. The Paper Bag Princess - Robert Munsch
35. Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
36. Olivia - Ian Falconer
37. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
38. Moonshot: the Flight of Apollo 11 - Brian Floca
39. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - John Steptol
40. Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman
41. The Bone Series - Jeff Smith
42. Little Bear - Else Holmelund Minarik
43. Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse - Marilyn Singer, Josee Masse (ill)
44. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
45. Doctor de Soto - William Steig
46. Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan
47. Go Away, Big Green Monster! - Ed Emberley
48. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave - Laban Carrick Hill
49. My Father's Dragon - Ruth Stiles Gannett
50. Amelia Lost - Candace Fleming
28/50
A big start for me, having already read the top 11. Some of the rest are very close to the top of my TBR. Harriet the Spy and Holes appear to be rather large omissions in my reading to date, both are always near the top of these lists.
Sept 2014 I've inched my way up to 29/40
March 2016 30/40
I've read quite a few of these some from when I was reading middle grade books and some from when my niece was that age. I have to say that I question a few on the list -- The Arrival doesn't seem like much of a kids' book to me.
ReplyDeleteThere's always some interesting inclusions to any list isn't there? I think The Arrival is suited to older children, it's certainly not the traditional preschool picture book.
ReplyDeleteAnna Hibiscus? Really?
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about Anna Hibiscus Debbie. Do tell me more! I take it you're not a fan...
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