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Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

August 15, 2012 by Betsy Bird

The Top 100 Lists Are Nigh. Nigh, I Say! Nigh!

Remember when we were young and I conducted these craaaazy polls asking you guys to vote on your Top 10 Picture Books and Top 10 Children’s Novels?  Remember when I enlisted the help of some talented survey monkeys and we calculated the results, coming up with some top 100 lists?  And remember when I promised […]

August 10, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Look for the Girl with the Caterpillar Tattoo and She’s Gone

I apologize for the recent radio silence, folks.  There’s something goofy in the state of Fuse 8.  For one thing, I can’t seem to comment on my own posts.  Most peculiar.  I will assume that this is just a passing fancy of the blog and that all will be well and good from this day […]

July 7, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results

And now the results of the Top 100 Chapter Books Poll.  Like what you see?  Don’t like what you see?  Now’s the time to say it.  If you would like this list in a lovely PDF, suitable for handing out to patrons, friends, teachers, parents, etc. you can sign up for it here.  Et voila! […]

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Top 100 Children’s Novels #1: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

July 2, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Sign up today and be the first to receive School Library Journal‘s exclusive PDF collecting all of the Top 100 Children’s Novels posts from Fuse 8’s Betsy Bird. Simply fill out linked form and you will receive an email with a link to download the PDF as soon as it’s published! #1 Charlotte’s Web by […]

Top 100 Children's Novels #2: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

June 28, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962) 307 points The only book I’ve ever finished, turned over, and immediately started reading again. – Lauren Martino Magical. Thrilling. As a kid, I loved that it stretched my brain. Other dimensions! Time travel! Oh how I loved the “Aunt Beast” creatures — how in a […]

Top 100 Children's Novels #3: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

June 25, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997) 287 points Oh, our family got hours and hours and hours of enjoyment out of these books. We read all of the first five out loud as a family, with no reading ahead. (Or as little reading ahead as we could stand.) Her imaginative […]

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Top 100 Children's Novels #4: The Giver by Lois Lowry

June 23, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#4 The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993) 260 points The original dystopian. – Jennifer Padgett My 7th grade teacher, Mrs. Morgan, read this aloud to us. My best friend and I checked a copy out of the library and finished it on a sleepover, sharing a single copy until we finished it because we could […]

Top 100 Children's Novels #5: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

June 21, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#5 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950) 204 points The book that made me a reader, by a writer whose pure enthusiasm for life and story carries you on a lion’s back through the best of adventures. – Susan Van Metre I remember at my vast old age in 7th […]

Top 100 Children's Novels #6: Holes by Louis Sachar

June 20, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#6 Holes by Louis Sachar (1998) 200 points This book is possibly the most brilliant book ever written. I have tried to read it in hope of learning some tricks about plotting, but instead I just despair that crafting something so brilliant could never, ever be done. It’s just PERFECT. – Amy M. Weir I […]

Top 100 Children's Novels #7: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

June 19, 2012 by Betsy Bird

#7 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1967) 183 points A brother and sister run away to Metropolitan Museum of art in New York City. Is it plausible? Dude, you’re missing the point. For kids, this 1968 Newbery Medal winner is escapist fiction at its best. – Travis Jonker […]

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