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Educators' Top 100 Childrens Books

The following list was compiled from an online survey in 2007.

http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html

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1. Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
  
2. Where the Wild Things Are (Caldecott Collection)  
3. The Giving Tree 40th Anniversary Edition Book with CD  
4. Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
  
5. Goodnight Moon (Board Book)
by Margaret Wise Brown
  
6. Love You Forever (Gift Edition)
by Robert N. Munsch
  
7. Because of Winn-Dixie (Movie Tie-In)
by Kate Dicamillo
  
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss)  
9. The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
  
10. The Polar Express Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by Chris Van Allsburg
  
11. Skippyjon Jones (Puffin Storytime)
by Judy Schachner
  
12. Thank You, Mr. Falker
by Patricia Polacco
  
13. The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites (Unabridged)
by Dr. Seuss
  
14. The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
  
15.
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 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate Dicamillo
  
16. The Mitten
by Jan Brett
  
17.
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 Crunching Carrots, Not Candy
by Judy Slack
  
18. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
  
19.
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 Harry Potter series
by J.K. Rowling
  
20. A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
  
21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
  
22. Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
  
23. Corduroy 40th Anniversary Edition  
24. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse  
25. Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon
  
26. TACKY THE PENGUIN
by Helen Lester
  
27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
  
28. The Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Become Real : The Children's Classic Edition
by Margery Williams Bianco
  
29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Aladdin Picture Books)
by Bill Martin Jr.
  
30. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
  
31. Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)  
32. Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
  
33.
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 Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
by Barbara Park
  
34. Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm (Charming Classics)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  
35.
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 Make Way for Ducklings (Favorites on CD)
by Robert McCloskey
  
36. The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
  
37. Piggie Pie!
by Margie Palatini
  
38. The Little Engine That Could mini (Little Engine That Could)
by Watty Piper
  
39. The Monster at the End of This Book (Little Golden Book)
by Jon Stone
  
40. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
by Kate Dicamillo
  
41. A Bad Case of Stripes
by David Shannon
  
42. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
  
43.
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 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Koningsburg
  
44. Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
  
45. Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
  
46. Officer buckle & gloria (Caldecott Medal Book)
by Peggy Rathmann
  
47. Olivia (Caldecott Honor Book)  
48. The BFG
by Roald Dahl
  
49. The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn
  
50. The Secret Garden (Aladdin Classics)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  
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Created by jenemetz7 on Jun 19, 2008.