MORE 'TOP-100-CHILDRENS-NOVELS-2010' POSTS
#45 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995) (#1)(#2)(#2)(#3)(#3)(#4)(#4)(# 5)(#5)(#5)(#7)(#7)(#8)(#8)(#9) – 92 points Astonishing, sweeping adventure, unforgettable characters and images and Milton! – Janice E. Bojda, Head of Children’s Services, Evanston Public Library Spunky heroine! Religion and church hierarchies, and the conflict between the two! Cleverness! Misbehaving! Cobbling a family together when you’ve lost yours. […]
And down the slippery side of the remaining fifty we go! But first, here are Eric Carpenter’s statistics on the poll results from 100 to 50. My favorite line in his post: "At my brother’s high school graduation Orson Scott Card claimed that people do their best work before the age of thirty and never […]
#55 The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (1978) (#1)(#1)(#3)(#3)(#4)(#4)(#6)(#6)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#8)(#9) – 74 points The very first book I ever bought with my own money. I had the one with the bubblegum cover. It blew my mind. – Stacy Dillon, Lower School Librarian, LREI – Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School I still […]
Dan Blank the Director of Content Strategy & Development for Reed Business Information did just the loveliest little recap of me doing this poll over at his own blog. In the course of the piece he mentions some stats on the post I did where I mentioned books #100-91. He says that it contained, "Nearly […]
#65 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (1936) (#2)(#4)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6)(#7)(#8)(#9)(#9)(#10) – 57 points I loved all the "shoe" books, but this one is the best. I always did enjoy a good orphan book! – Lori Erokan Although Skating Shoes a close second (more orphans). – Constance Martin Ah, life backstage! How I loved Streatfeild’s independent children and […]
First off, Eric Carpenter has just released the trends and results of this poll from 100-71 and it is fascinating. When you look at the decades of the winners in particular . . . well, I was shocked by which decade was in the lead, frankly. So before you do anything else, look at […]
#75 Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (2001) (#1)(#4)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#7)(#8)(#10)(#10)(#10) – 51 points Best free verse novel. Best dog story. Gotta love it! – Brenda Ferber Brings narrative poetry into the classroom – brings classics – brings life to a journal. And it’s easy to follow and easy to read and you walk away knowing about […]
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I want to take a moment to reassure my author readers. Authors, do not hold too much store by this list. This list is not the be all and end all. These books do not represent whether or not you will be remembered in history. If you do […]
Sometimes I’d feel like a matchmaker while making this list. Folks would include the same books on their Top 10 lists, but in a slightly different order from one another. They were children’s literary book soulmates, if you will. There was no predicting it either. I’ll have to check and see if anyone had a […]
"Arrrrggghhh! A top ten list is impossible to pin down. As the saying goes, it’s like trying to nail Jello to a wall. It’s just so effing subjective." – Grier Jewell That scream of pain was pretty typical of the emails I got when I conducted this poll. It’s true too. On today’s list you’re […]