Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Top 100 Children's Books Meme

Priya inspired me with this idea, taking the Top 100 children's books list that was recently created, and bolding/starring which ones she had read. Below I did the same....    100. The Egypt Game - Snyder (1967)99. The Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (1980)*
98. Children of Green Knowe - Boston (1954)
97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo (2006)
96. The Witches - Dahl (1983)*
95. Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (1950)*
94. Swallows and Amazons - Ransome (1930)
93. Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (1935)
92. Ella Enchanted - Levine (1997)*
91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Sachar (1978)
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90. Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (1985)*
89. Ramona and Her Father - Cleary (1977)*
88. The High King - Alexander (1968)
87. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg (1996)*
86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling (1999)*
85. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wilder (1937)*
84. The Little White Horse - Goudge (1946)
83. The Thief - Turner (1997)*
82. The Book of Three - Alexander (1964)
81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin (2009)
80. The Graveyard Book - Gaiman (2008)
79. All-of-a-Kind-Family - Taylor (1951)*

78. Johnny Tremain - Forbes (1943)
77. The City of Ember - DuPrau (2003)*
76. Out of the Dust - Hesse (1997)*
75. Love That Dog - Creech (2001)*
74. The Borrowers - Norton (1953)*
73. My Side of the Mountain - George (1959)*

72. My Father's Dragon - Gannett (1948)*
71. The Bad Beginning - Snicket (1999)*
70. Betsy-Tacy - Lovelae (1940)*
69. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart ( 2007)
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68. Walk Two Moons - Creech (1994)*
67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville (1991)

66. Henry Huggins - Cleary (1950)*
65. Ballet Shoes - Stratfeild (1936)*
64. A Long Way from Chicago - Peck (1998)*

63. Gone-Away Lake - Enright (1957)*
62. The Secret of the Old Clock - Keene (1959)
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61. Stargirl - Spinelli (2000)*
60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi (1990)*
59. Inkheart - Funke (2003)*
58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Aiken (1962)*
57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Cleary (1981)*
56. Number the Stars - Lowry (1989)

55. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson (1978)
54. The BFG - Dahl (1982)*
53. Wind in the Willows - Grahame (1908)*
52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)
51. The Saturdays - Enright (1941)
50. Island of the Blue Dolphins - O'Dell (1960)*
49. Frindle - Clements (1996)*

48. The Penderwicks - Birdsall (2005)*
47. Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (1999)*
46. Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls (1961)
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45. The Golden Compass - Pullman (1995)*
44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume (1972)*
43. Ramona the Pest - Cleary (1968)
42. Little House on the Prairie - Wilder (1935)
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41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (1958)*
40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum (1900)
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39. When You Reach Me - Stead (2009)
38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling (2003)*
37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor (1976)*

36. Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret - Blume (1970)
35. HP and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling (2000)*
)34. The Watson's Go to Birmingham - Curtis (1995)
33. James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (1961)*
32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brian (1971)*
31. Half Magic - Eager (1954)*
30. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne (1926)
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29. The Dark Is Rising - Cooper (1973)
28. A Little Princess - Burnett (1905)*
27. Alice I and II - Carroll (1865/72)*
26. Hatchet - Paulsen (1989)*
25. Little Women - Alcott (1868/9)*

24. HP and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling (2007)*
23. Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (1932)*
22. The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo (2003)*
21. The Lightning Thief - Riordan (2005)*
20. Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (1975)*
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl (1964)*
18. Matilda - Dahl (1988)*
17. Maniac Magee - Spinelli (1990)
16. Harriet the Spy - Fitzhugh (1964)*
15. Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (2000)*
14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling (1999)*
13. Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson (1977)
12. The Hobbit - Tolkien (1938)*
11. The Westing Game - Raskin (1978)10. The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1961)*
9. Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery (1908)
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8. The Secret Garden - Burnett (1911)*
7. The Giver - Lowry (1993)*
6. Holes - Sachar (1998)
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5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Koningsburg (1967)*
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Lewis (1950)*
3. Harry Potter #1 - Rowling (1997)
2. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle (1962)
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1. Charlotte's Web - White (1952)*
  It's interesting how many of these I've read and how many I haven't... 80% to be exact. And honestly, I don't agree with every book on this list. I don't believe that Charlotte's Web is the best on there, by a long shot. And I also don't feel like a lot of the books near the top should be. But then, this isn't my list, so that makes sense. :) Pass on the meme and see what your percentage is!   (Also, I know this is formatted weird, but blogger is acting up and there is nothing I can do about it :P)

4 comments:

  1. 65.5% pour moi. (read Alice, but not Through the Looking Glass.)

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  2. My mom made me read all these classic books as a little kid, and some i've read more recently, but yes I've really read a lot of books :P

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