Lists of Bests: Best Books for Children http://www.listsofbests.com/list/22067 From the book by Anita Silvey. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. The books are arranged in order of intended audience: Books 1-5 [board books]: birth to age 2 Books 6-33 [picture books]: ages 2 to 8 Books 34-37 [books for beginning readers]: ages 5 to 7 Books 38-51 [books for young readers]: ages 7-9 Books 52-88 [books for middle readers]: ages 8-11 Books 89-100 [books for older readers]: ages 11-12 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:01 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496856 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1496856"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060775858.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V41139710_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Wise Brown</div> Mr. Gumpy's Outing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2000253 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2000253"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/080503854X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1062161033_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Burningham</div> The Very Hungry Caterpillar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2498299 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2498299"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1852691247.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Carle</div> Freight Train/Tren de carga http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003189 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003189"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060562021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Carrot Seed: Lub Noob Zaub Ntug Hauv Paug Dlaaj/Lub Noob Zaub Ntug Hauv Paus Daj http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1356025 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1356025"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931016011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128212688_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Krauss</div> Miss Nelson Is Missing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2028970 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Allard</div> Madeline http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551306 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ludwig Bemelmans</div> The Snowman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551307 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551307"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0241141036.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39861763_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Briggs</div> Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523622 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523622"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743503708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056474861_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by SSI/HMI</div> Millions of Cats (Gift Edition) (Picture Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2049824 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2049824"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142407089.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wanda Gag</div> Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/921567 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by kevin Henkes</div> Swamp Angel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1081663 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1081663"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140559086.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056421575_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Isaacs</div> Snowy Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551329 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ezra Jack Keats</div> Leo the Late Bloomer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349553 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/349553"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006443348X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188165_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kraus</div> Story of Ferdinand, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1182417 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1182417"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0590758179.01-AP5EGDGANY8DS._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1095486761_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Munro Leaf</div> John Henry (Picture Puffins) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3364 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140566228.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julius Lester</div> Swimmy. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336222 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2336222"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/3787695508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132059671_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo Lionni</div> Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Aladdin Picture Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92695 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/068983568X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Martin Jr.</div> Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65984 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65984"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395861624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077667491_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Briggs Martin</div> Make Way for Ducklings (Picture Puffins) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2479929 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a 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12px;"> by H. A. Rey</div> The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1968498 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1968498"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670888443.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Scieszka</div> Where the Wild Things Are http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060254920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V40804859_.jpg" /></a></div> Caps for Sale Big Book (Reading Rainbow Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2120569 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2120569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064433137.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414915_.jpg" /></a></div> Doctor De Soto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551360 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Steig</div> The Polar Express Twentieth Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/355545 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/355545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/061861169X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Van Allsburg</div> Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19834 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19834"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689711735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Viorst</div> Tuesday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/950548 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/950548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395870828.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Wiesner</div> A Chair for my Mother: lb Lub Rooj Rua Kuv Nam/lb Lub Rooj Rau Kuv Niam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231607 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/231607"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931016038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129181484_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vera B. Williams</div> Seven Blind Mice (Reading Railroad) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/629000 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/629000"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0698118952.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Harry the Dirty Dog Board Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1196175 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1196175"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006084244X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1137110346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Zion</div> Frog and Toad Are Friends Book and Tape (I Can Read Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259049 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1259049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1559942290.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear / Father Bear Comes Home / Little Bear's Visit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/783608 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/783608"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064441970.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414944_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Else Holmelund Minarik</div> Henry and Mudge: The First Book (Henry & Mudge) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/824888 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/824888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689810040.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130443148_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cynthia Rylant</div> The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites (Unabridged) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/289138 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/289138"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807218731.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1064879630_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> Ramona the Pest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422257 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422257"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192750976.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beverly Cleary</div> Sadako and the thousand paper cranes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232673 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232673"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0698118022.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138679661_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eleanor Coerr</div> Morning Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551394 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Dorris</div> The Hundred Dresses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006483 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006483"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152052607.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eleanor Estes</div> My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon Trilogy (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405921 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405921"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440421217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Stiles Gannett</div> Stone Fox. (Ab 12 J.). http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1443979 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1443979"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/3473521051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Reynolds Gardiner</div> SNOW-WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS, A Tale from the Brothers Grimm. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1947422 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Randall (Brothers Grimm) Jarrell</div> Misty of Chincoteague http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2361892 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2361892"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416927832.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marguerite Henry</div> Babe: The Gallant Pig (Babe) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1234458 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1234458"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375829709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dick King-Smith</div> Betsy-Tacy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463289 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064400964.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414856_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maud Hart Lovelace</div> Sarah, Plain and Tall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540476 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540476"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618062416.01-A345RPZDJ3U72D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia MacLachlan</div> The New Kid on the Block http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2551420 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Prelutsky</div> Grandfather's Journey (Caldecott Medal Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65979 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65979"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395570352.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allen Say</div>