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Top 100 Children's Novels (2010)

April 16, 2010 by Betsy Bird

The Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll: Everything Else (Part One)

And so we reach the end of everything.  Due to the sheer size of this list, I haven’t been able to change the formatting sufficiently.  However, it’s readable to a large extent. And if you pick through it there are still some surprises. Three number 6 votes for The Silver Curlew by Eleanor Farjeon. The […]

April 16, 2010 by Betsy Bird

The Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll: Everything Else (Part Two)

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle (#3)(#5)(#7) – 18 points Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle (#3) – 8 points Meet the Austins by Madeleine L’Engle  (#2) – 9 points Growing up an only child, I wanted to move in with this family. – Stephanie Howell , Lower School Librarian , Carolina Day School , […]

April 15, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Pull Out the Hankies. What Didn’t Make the List. #101-120

You’re going to see some repeats on today’s list from yesterday. If yesterday was about the odd books that didn’t make it onto the Top 100, today is about the books that almost did. Could have made it by an inch. Prepare to bawl, mein publikum. Here we go: #101 Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa […]

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The Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll: The Big Gaps

April 14, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Alternate Title: Whaddaya MEAN it’s not on the list? When I asked my readers to send me their guesses for what would appear on the Top Ten, I knew their misfires would yield a great list of Almost Wases.  Remember that the last book on the Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll (#100 on our list) […]

The Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll (#1-100)

April 13, 2010 by Betsy Bird

“Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any influence on our lives . . . In childhood, all books are books of divination, telling us the future.” – Graham Greene We’ve had a lot of fun here, haven’t we? I’ve had fun putting these posts from the poll together. You’ve had fun predicting […]

Top 100 Children’s Novels (#1)

April 12, 2010 by Betsy Bird

#1 Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (1952) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#3)(#3)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6) (#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6) (#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#8)(#8) (#8)(#8)(#8)(#9)(#9)(#9) (#9)(#10)(#10)(#10)(#10) – 751 points I have no idea how the rest of the results will go, but I’ll be shocked if this isn’t number one. – Steven Engelfried, Raising A Reader Coordinator, […]

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Top 100 Children’s Novels (#2)

April 9, 2010 by Betsy Bird

#2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6) (#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#7) (#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7) (#7)(#7)(#7)(#8)(#8)(#8) (#8)(#8)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#9) (#9)(#10)(#10) – 593 points First book that gave me nightmares–and I LOVED this fact as a 10-year-old boy. – Ed Spicer Our heroine is an awkward girl with glasses who saves the […]

Top 100 Children’s Novels (#3)

April 8, 2010 by Betsy Bird

#3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6) (#6)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7) (#8)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#8) (#9)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#9) (#9)(#10)(#10)(#10)(#10) (#10)(#10)(#10)(#10) – 533 points Dammit, it’s the whole series – it’s not seven books, it’s one phenomenon. But if we can’t do that, the vote ought to go for the […]

Top 100 Children’s Novels (#4)

April 7, 2010 by Betsy Bird

#4 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#2) (#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6)(#6) (#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#7) (#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7) (#8)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#8) (#8)(#8)(#8)(#9)(#10)(#10) – 456 points What better book to demonstrate that fantasy involves passageways? – Priscilla Cordero, Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ I love Peter and Edmund and Susan and Lucy and […]

Top 100 Children’s Novels (#5)

April 6, 2010 by Betsy Bird

#5 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (1967) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#1) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#2)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3) (#3)(#3)(#3)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#4) (#4)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5) (#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6) (#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#7) (#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#8) (#8)(#8)(#8)(#9)(#9)(#9) (#9)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#9) (#9)(#10)(#10)(#10) – 409 points Ahh, yes. The book that has warped the way I view museums forevermore. Now when I look at rare antique furniture, I think “would […]

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