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Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children

From the National Education Association

This list was compiled from an online survey in 1999.

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1. Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
  
2. The Polar Express Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by Chris Van Allsburg
  
3. Green Eggs and Ham Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
  
4.
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 The Cat In The Hat
by Dr. Seuss
  
5. Where the Wild Things Are  
6. Love You Forever (Gift Edition)
by Robert N. Munsch
  
7. The Giving Tree 40th Anniversary Edition Book with CD  
8.
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 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
  
9. Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
  
10.
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 The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale
by Jan Brett
  
11.
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 Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
  
12. Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
  
13. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
  
14. A Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
  
15. Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
  
16. Stellaluna
by pictorial endpapers Janell Cannon
  
17. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss)  
18. Strega Nona  
19.
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 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  
20. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr.
  
21. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
  
22. The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
  
23.
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 A Wrinkle In Time  
24. Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  
25.
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 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
by Dr Suess
  
26. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
  
27. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Aladdin Picture Books)
by Bill Martin Jr.
  
28.
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 Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  
29. Secret Garden (Children's Classics)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  
30. The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
  
31.
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 The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  
32. Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
  
33.
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 Indian in the Cupboard  
34. Island of the Blue Dolphins (Puffin Books)
by Scott O'Dell
  
35. Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
  
36. The BFG
by Roald Dahl
  
37. The Giver
by Lois Lowry
  
38. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  
39. James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
  
40. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  
41.
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 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
  
42. The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
  
43. The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
  
44. Stone Fox
by John Reynolds Gardiner
  
45. Number the Stars (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Lowry
  
46. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Aladdin Fantasy)
by Robert C. O'Brien
  
47. Little Women (Signet Classics)
by Louisa May Alcott
  
48. The Rainbow Fish Mini-Book
by M. Pfister
  
49. Amazing Grace (Reading Rainbow Book)
by Mary Hoffman
  
50. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever  
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