I thought y'all might be interested in Betsy Bird's list of Top 100 Children's Novels. You can find out her methodology by checking the Fuse #8 blog. And you too can predict which novel (that has not yet been listed) will be number one! I'm leaning toward Wrinkle in Time or Charlotte's Web.
Janet
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Betsy Bird’s Top 100 Children’s Novels
100. The Egypt Game by Snyder
99. The Indian in the Cupboard by Banks
98. Children of Green Knowe by Boston
97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by DiCamillo
96. The Witches by Dahl
95. Pippi Longstocking by Lindgren
94. Swallows and Amazons by Ransome
93. Caddie Woodlawn by Brink
92. Ella Enchanted by Levine
91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Sachar
90. Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan
89. Ramona and Her Father by Cleary
88. The High King by Alexander
87. The View from Saturday by Konigsburg
86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Rowling
85. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Wilder
84. The Little White Horse by Goudge
83. The Thief by Turner
82. The Book of Three by Alexander
81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Lin
80. The Graveyard Book by Gaiman
79. All of a Kind Family by Taylor
78. Johnny Tremain by Forbes
77. The City of Ember by DuPrau
76. Out of the Dust by Hesse
75. Love That Dog by Creech
74. The Borrowers by Norton
73. My Side of the Mountain by George
72. My Father’s Dragon by Gannett
71. An Unfortunate Series of Events: The Bad Beginning by Snicket
70. Betsy-Tacy by Lovelace
69. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Stewart
68. Walk Two Moons by Creech
67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Colville
66. Henry Huggins by Cleary
65. Ballet Shoes by Streatfeild
64. A Long Way from Chicago by Peck
63. Gone-Away Lake by Enright
62. The Secret of the Old Clock by Keene
61. Stargirl by Spinelli
60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
59. Inkheart by Funke
58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Aiken
57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Cleary
56. Number the Stars by Lowry
55. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Paterson
54. The BFG by Dahl
53. The Wind in the Willows by Grahame
52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznick
51. The Saturdays by Enright
#50 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (1960)
#49 Frindle by Andrew Clements (1996)
#48 The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (2005)
#47 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (1999)
#46 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (1961)
#45 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995)
#44 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (1972)
#43 Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (1968)
#42 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1935)
#41 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1958)
#40 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
#39 When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (2009)
#38 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2003)
#37 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (1976)
#36 Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970)
#35 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2000)
#34 The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1995)
#33 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (1961)
#32 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1971)
#31 Half Magic by Edward Eager (1954)
#30 Winnie-the Pooh by A.A. Milne (1926)
#29 The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (1973)
#28 A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett (1905)
#27 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)/Alice Through the Looking Glass (1872) by Lewis Carroll
#26 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1989)
#25 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868 & 1869)
#24 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (2007)
#23 Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932)
#22 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2003)
#21 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2005)
#20 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975)
#19 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
#18 Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988)
#17 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1990)
#16 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (1964)
#15 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (2000)
#14 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999)
#13 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1977)
#12 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (1938)
#11 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1978)
#10 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1961)
#9 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908)
#8 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
#7 The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993)
#6 Holes by Louis Sachar (1998)
#5 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (1967)
#4 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950)
#3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997)
#2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (1962)
It looks like Charlotte's Web is number 1!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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