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    Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #96: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

    Betsy Bird, May 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

    #96 The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (1954) 20 points Admittedly this one was a real shocker to the system.  Not only did it not show up on the previous poll but I rarely hear it come up in common conversation.  When we talk about Lewis we usually talk about the first three […]

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    Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #97: The Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton

    Betsy Bird, May 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

    #97 The Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton (1962) 20 points A fantasy, a mystery, a spiritual odyssey — and the most underrated children’s book of all time. Here’s hoping that her Newbery Honor lesser book, the Fledgling, leads more children to this masterpiece. – Beverly Spitzer Magic in Concord, Massachusetts.  Plus Emerson and […]

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    Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #98: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

    Betsy Bird, May 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

    #98 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2000) 20 points I joined the Hogwarts Express at about this time, and though I saw the darkness beginning to become more apparent in the series, I was not prepared for this.  This book marked the turning point in the series, and everyone had […]

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    Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #99: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Betsy Bird, May 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

    #99 The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (1942) 19 points If there is a shining example of a book considered a classic in spite of the fact that it has garnered no awards, my vote would go for Warner’s ultimate kids-living-on-their-own story. When I was a child I spent a frightening amount of time […]

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    Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #100: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

    Betsy Bird, May 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)

    #100 Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (2001) 19 points “This book does such an excellent job of blending story with poetry.  The voice of the narrator is powerful.  This one also makes me cry!” – Dee Sypherd When we last conducted this poll Creech’s classic made it all the way up to #75.  Two […]

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    Announcing the New Top 100 Picture Books and Novels Polls . . . Tomorrow

    Betsy Bird, May 14, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll

    The November 14, 1960 edition* of Publishers Weekly contained the article Children’s Books of 1930-1960 That Have Become Modern Classics.  Acknowledging that those three decades were particularly good to the world of children’s lit they sent an informal survey to the children’s librarians of New York, Chicago and San Francisco to determine “which books of […]

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    There Are Only FIVE Voting Days Left! *tick tick tick tick . . . .*

    Betsy Bird, April 10, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll

    First off, check this out: Slick, right?  Mark at SLJ made me this in honor of the brand new Top 100 Picture Books / Top 100 Novel Polls going on.  As y’all know, time is running out.  On April 15th the gong sounds and we will accept NO MORE VOTES for your top 10 books […]

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    Announcing the New Top 100 Polls!

    Betsy Bird, March 15, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll

    Three years ago I had the idea to have a Top 100 Picture Book Poll here on the blog.  Actually, I didn’t have the idea.  My husband did and he got the idea from the Comics Should Be Good Top 100 Comic Book Runs poll.  My poll was such a success that I followed it […]

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    Newbery/Caldecott 2013: The Spring Prediction Edition

    Betsy Bird, March 13, 2012 | Best Books, Best Books of 2012

    For the final prediction edition of the 2013 Newbery/Caldecott Awards be sure to see my latest post here. By my reckoning the minute Daylight Savings occurs it is high time to start throwing out some of the old predictions for a healthy, happy new year.  By now we’ve all processed the shock of the previous […]

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    Review of the Day: Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer

    Betsy Bird, November 1, 2010 | Best Books, Reviews, Top 100 Picture Books Poll

    Mostly Monsterly By Tammi Sauer Illustrated by Scott Magoon Simon & Schuster (A Paula Wiseman book) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4169-6110-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. After a certain point the sheer number of princess and fairy books a children’s librarian has to handle begins to feel oppressive. The crushing weight of all that pink and all […]

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