My Top 50
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
In honor of School Library Journal's user poll which generated a list of the Top 100 Children's Novels, I thought I'd like to share my favorites. However, my rules are a little different from the SLJ poll.
Mine aren't ranked. I just couldn't do it. So like any obsessive library-worker, I simply put them in alphabetical order by author. Secondly, while the SLJ poll had users list books in a series separately, this only makes sense if you are ranking them in order. I just put series names. Well, except for a few times when I thought there really was a series standout and the rest could be taken or left.
Of course, I almost always do have a series favorite, so if you ask real nice, I might tell. Also, I'm sure I forgot something, but this is as complete as I can get it for now.
So, without further ado....
Prydain Chronicles (Series) by Lloyd Alexander (More Info)
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (More Info)
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (More Info)
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (More Info)
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (More Info)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (More Info)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (More Info)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (More Info)
Ramona Books (Series) by Beverly Cleary (More Info)
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (More Info)
Artemis Fowl (Series) by Eoin Colfer (More Info)
The BFG by Roald Dahl (More Info)
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (More Info)
Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (More Info)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (More Info)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Winnie-the-Pooh Books by A.A. Milne
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Patterson
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Harry Potter Seies by J.K. Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
The Queen's Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Mine aren't ranked. I just couldn't do it. So like any obsessive library-worker, I simply put them in alphabetical order by author. Secondly, while the SLJ poll had users list books in a series separately, this only makes sense if you are ranking them in order. I just put series names. Well, except for a few times when I thought there really was a series standout and the rest could be taken or left.
Of course, I almost always do have a series favorite, so if you ask real nice, I might tell. Also, I'm sure I forgot something, but this is as complete as I can get it for now.
So, without further ado....
Prydain Chronicles (Series) by Lloyd Alexander (More Info)
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (More Info)
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (More Info)
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (More Info)
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (More Info)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (More Info)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (More Info)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (More Info)
Ramona Books (Series) by Beverly Cleary (More Info)
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (More Info)
Artemis Fowl (Series) by Eoin Colfer (More Info)
The BFG by Roald Dahl (More Info)
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (More Info)
Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (More Info)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (More Info)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Winnie-the-Pooh Books by A.A. Milne
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Patterson
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Harry Potter Seies by J.K. Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
The Queen's Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
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