Lists of Bests: Telegraph.co.uk's "100 Books Every Child Should Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/48626 "We get ourselves all hot and bothered about the teaching of reading, about synthetic phonics and the like, and we forget that none of it is much use unless children want to read in the first place. The motivation must come first, horse before cart. We all know that unless a child is motivated to learn, then there will be apathy or resistance in the learning process. They are much more likely to want to deal with the difficulties of learning to read if they know it is these words that give them access to all these wonderful stories. If we really want our children to become readers for life, we would do well to remember that horses are much more fun than carts anyway." - Michael Morpurgo Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:01 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Twits http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801880 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801880"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/112vUwZX-bL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Burglar Bill (Picture Puffins) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1924330 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1924330"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140503013.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50805848_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Ahlberg</div> The Tiger Who Came to Tea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3467523 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3467523"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/019P76PRH2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Kerr</div> Where the Wild Things Are http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1122254 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1122254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099408392.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45118466_.jpg" /></a></div> The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (The World of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834145 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834145"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0723247854.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114390525_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beatrix Potter</div> Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138922 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394800877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> Fungus the Bogeyman (Picture Puffin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304477 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/304477"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140542353.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Briggs</div> The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1326502 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1326502"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1856021017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Holzwarth</div> Room on the Broom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1094330 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1094330"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142501123.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Donaldson</div> Dr.Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" (Dr Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat") http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071477 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071477"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007162359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120305545_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> The Very Hungry Caterpillar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2498299 <div id="position">11</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> Charlotte's Web http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064410935.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> The Story of Babar (Babar Books (Random House)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69668 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69668"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394805755.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean De Brunhoff</div> Winnie the Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1510886 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1510886"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0525477683.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.A. Milne</div> Stig of the Dump (Puffin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89222 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89222"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140364501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clive King</div> Ballet Shoes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19177 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679847596.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43370847_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noel Streatfeild</div> Howl's Moving Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1959 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1959"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006441034X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diana Wynne Jones</div> Just So Stories (Aladdin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961754 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2961754"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01XQTWC1XPL.jpg" /></a></div> The Borrowers: Fiftieth-Anniversary Gift Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3496706 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3496706"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0189D4FQK7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Norton</div> Struwwelpeter in English Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81701 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81701"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0486284697.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heinrich Hoffmann</div> The Magic Faraway Tree (Faraway Tree S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639568 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Enid Blyton</div> Danny the Champion of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2743693 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> George's Marvellous Medicine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2544545 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2544545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0224064908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> UNDERWATER ADVENTURE. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3496709 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3496709"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KVB8ZWF3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willard. Price</div> Tintin in Tibet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160659 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2160659"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0416926002.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herge</div> The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15931 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553382160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacob Grimm</div> SAGA OF ERIK THE VIKING, THE http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3496779 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Jones</div> When the Wind Blows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151090 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/151090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140094199.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Briggs</div> Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3849"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151686564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. 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Eliot</div> The Iron Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647369 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1647369"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571226124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Hughes</div> The Owl and the Pussycat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2296401 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2296401"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060272287.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138132742_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Lear</div> The Wind in the Willows (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/495808 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/495808"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451530144.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66859713_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Grahame</div> The Worst Witch (Young Puffin Story Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/629704 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/629704"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0141314508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39859182_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Murphy</div> Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58050 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58050"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805072454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Barrie</div> Mr Majeika (Young Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323795 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323795"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140316779.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64089721_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Humphrey Carpenter</div> The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Landbaby (Wordsworth Children's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2343003 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2343003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1853261483.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123185553_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Kingsley</div> A Little Princess (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1068332 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1068332"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frances Hodgson Burnett</div> I'm the King of the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237614 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/237614"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140034919.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Hill</div> The Wave (New Windmill S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53571 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53571"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0435123785.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Morton Rhue</div> Pippi Longstocking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2896675 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2896675"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11utvLWFW3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Astrid Lindgren</div> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2834718 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2834718"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11IBTtseYoL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Bambert's Book of Missing Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2547164 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2547164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440420458.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121450346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reinhardt Jung</div> Firework-Maker's Daughter (After Words) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962414 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962414"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439856248.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> Tom's Midnight Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/716818 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/716818"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0064404455.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128585541_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philippa Pearce</div> The Phantom Tollbooth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11260 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11260"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394815009.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440127_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norton Juster</div> SILVER SWORD http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2660338 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2660338"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099439492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Serraillier</div> Cue for Treason http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2489461 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Trease</div> The Sword in the Stone (Collins Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/539717 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/539717"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/000675399X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.H. White</div> A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15942 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553383043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. Le Guin</div> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96032 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/043965548X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1076450886_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div>