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This list of Top 100 Children’s Books<\/a> from the School Library Journal<\/em> offers plenty of inspiration for summer reading. Bolded are the ones I’ve already read:
\n<\/p>\n

100. The Egypt Game – Snyder (1967)
\n99. The Indian in the Cupboard – Banks (1980)
\n98. Children of Green Knowe – Boston (1954)<\/strong>
\n97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – DiCamillo (2006)<\/strong>
\n96. The Witches – Dahl (1983)
\n95. Pippi Longstocking – Lindgren (1950)<\/strong>
\n94. Swallows and Amazons – Ransome (1930)<\/strong>
\n93. Caddie Woodlawn – Brink (1935)<\/strong>
\n92. Ella Enchanted – Levine (1997)<\/strong>
\n91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Sachar (1978)<\/p>\n

90. Sarah, Plain and Tall – MacLachlan (1985)
\n89. Ramona and Her Father – Cleary (1977)<\/strong>
\n88. The High King – Alexander (1968)<\/strong>
\n87. The View from Saturday – Konigsburg (1996)
\n86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Rowling (1999)<\/strong>
\n85. On the Banks of Plum Creek – Wilder (1937)<\/strong>
\n84. The Little White Horse – Goudge (1946)<\/strong>
\n83. The Thief – Turner (1997)
\n82. The Book of Three – Alexander (1964)<\/strong>
\n81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Lin (2009)<\/p>\n

80. The Graveyard Book – Gaiman (2008)<\/strong>
\n79. All-of-a-Kind-Family – Taylor (1951)<\/strong>
\n78. Johnny Tremain – Forbes (1943)<\/strong>
\n77. The City of Ember – DuPrau (2003)
\n76. Out of the Dust – Hesse (1997)
\n75. Love That Dog – Creech (2001)
\n74. The Borrowers – Norton (1953) [Coincidentally, I have this out of the library right now…]
\n73. My Side of the Mountain – George (1959)
\n72. My Father’s Dragon – Gannett (1948)
\n71. The Bad Beginning – Snicket (1999)<\/strong><\/p>\n

70. Betsy-Tacy – Lovelae (1940)<\/strong>
\n69. The Mysterious Benedict Society – Stewart ( 2007)<\/strong>
\n68. Walk Two Moons – Creech (1994)
\n67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher – Coville (1991)
\n66. Henry Huggins – Cleary (1950)<\/strong>
\n65. Ballet Shoes – Stratfeild (1936)<\/strong>
\n64. A Long Way from Chicago – Peck (1998)
\n63. Gone-Away Lake – Enright (1957)<\/strong>
\n62. The Secret of the Old Clock – Keene (1959)<\/strong>
\n61. Stargirl – Spinelli (2000)<\/p>\n

60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi (1990)
\n59. Inkheart – Funke (2003)<\/strong>
\n58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Aiken (1962)
\n57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 – Cleary (1981)<\/strong>
\n56. Number the Stars – Lowry (1989)
\n55. The Great Gilly Hopkins – Paterson (1978) [I don’t think<\/em> I’ve read this, but I won’t know for sure until I start it.]
\n54. The BFG – Dahl (1982)<\/strong>
\n53. Wind in the Willows – Grahame (1908)<\/strong>
\n52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)<\/strong>
\n51. The Saturdays – Enright (1941)<\/strong><\/p>\n

50. Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’Dell (1960)<\/strong>
\n49. Frindle – Clements (1996)
\n48. The Penderwicks – Birdsall (2005)
\n47. Bud, Not Buddy – Curtis (1999)<\/strong>
\n46. Where the Red Fern Grows – Rawls (1961)
\n45. The Golden Compass – Pullman (1995)<\/strong>
\n44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – Blume (1972)<\/strong>
\n43. Ramona the Pest – Cleary (1968)<\/strong>
\n42. Little House on the Prairie – Wilder (1935)<\/strong>
\n41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Speare (1958)<\/strong><\/p>\n

40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Baum (1900)
\n39. When You Reach Me – Stead (2009)<\/strong>
\n38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix – Rowling (2003)<\/strong>
\n37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Taylor (1976) [This is another one I’m not sure about…]
\n36. Are You there, God? It’s Me, Margaret – Blume (1970)<\/strong>
\n35. HP and the Goblet of Fire – Rowling (2000)<\/strong>
\n34. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – Curtis (1995)
\n33. James and the Giant Peach – Dahl (1961)
\n32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – O’Brian (1971)<\/strong>
\n31. Half Magic – Eager (1954)<\/strong><\/p>\n

30. Winnie-the-Pooh – Milne (1926) [I think<\/em> I’ve read this, but I’ll re-read it just to be sure. Can’t have too much Piglet, can you?]
\n29. The Dark Is Rising – Cooper (1973)<\/strong>
\n28. A Little Princess – Burnett (1905)<\/strong>
\n27. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass – Carroll (1865\/72)<\/strong>
\n26. Hatchet – Paulsen (1989)
\n25. Little Women – Alcott (1868\/9)<\/strong>
\n24. HP and the Deathly Hallows – Rowling (2007)<\/strong>
\n23. Little House in the Big Woods – Wilder (1932)<\/strong>
\n22. The Tale of Despereaux – DiCamillo (2003)<\/strong>
\n21. The Lightning Thief – Riordan (2005)<\/strong><\/p>\n

20. Tuck Everlasting – Babbitt (1975) [I started it but put it down.]
\n19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Dahl (1964)<\/strong>
\n18. Matilda – Dahl (1988)
\n17. Maniac Magee – Spinelli (1990)
\n16. Harriet the Spy – Fitzhugh (1964)<\/strong>
\n15. Because of Winn-Dixie – DiCamillo (2000)<\/strong>
\n14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Rowling (1999)<\/strong>
\n13. Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson (1977)<\/strong>
\n12. The Hobbit – Tolkien (1938)<\/strong>
\n11. The Westing Game – Raskin (1978)<\/p>\n

10. The Phantom Tollbooth – Juster (1961)
\n9. Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery (1908)
\n8. The Secret Garden – Burnett (1911)
\n7. The Giver -Lowry (1993)
\n6. Holes – Sachar (1998)
\n5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Koningsburg (1967)
\n4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – Lewis (1950)
\n3. Harry Potter #1 – Rowling (1997)
\n2. A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle (1962)
\n1. Charlotte’s Web – White (1952) <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was greatly relieved to find I’d read (and, for the most part, liked) the top ten. It would be a shame to have missed some of the great novels.<\/p>\n

Anyone else want to read through the list with me?<\/p>\n

Hat tip to A Chair, a Fireplace, & a Tea Cozy<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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