{"id":6676,"date":"2012-02-19T06:48:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T11:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2012-02-19T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:25:35","slug":"100-best-kids-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/02\/19\/100-best-kids-books\/","title":{"rendered":"100 best kids’ books"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> honestly don’t know how I missed it. I mean, I’ve always *meant* to read Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time<\/em>, but I just never got around to it. So when I read a reference to it in the Ottawa Citizen <\/em>earlier this week, it was top-of-mind when I was at the library yesterday and I picked it up. I asked the boys if they would mind pausing our current book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets <\/em>(which I think I’ve now read at least half a dozen times), to give this one a try. Simon especially was reluctant — he really loves the Harry Potter books. But he acquiesced and last night we read the first chapter of A Wrinkle In Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It was really hard to stop after just one chapter. I’m torn between sneaking it upstairs and devouring it myself or discovering it page-by-page with the boys. I felt the funniest echo through time, reading the perspective of oddball Meg who doesn’t quite understand why she doesn’t fit in with her mates. How have I never read this book before? Tristan and Simon agreed — they rated the book a “three plus” out of four after the first chapter, and agreed that Harry could wait until we figured out what a tesseract is and what happens next.<\/p>\n

So it was a serendipitous sort of discovery to find in the Citizen <\/a>(via Scholastic Books<\/a>) a list of the top 100 children’s books of all time, with A Wrinkle In Time<\/em> sitting prominently in the number 3 spot. Really, HOW have I missed it? And for the love of all things holy, what else have I missed?<\/p>\n

Here they are, in case you’ve been missing out, too:<\/p>\n

\n100. Animalia, Graeme Base<\/p>\n

99. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, Paul Fleischman<\/p>\n

98. First Words, Roger Priddy<\/p>\n

97. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey<\/p>\n

96. Gossie, Olivier Dunrea<\/p>\n

95. A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park<\/p>\n

94. I Took the Moon for a Walk, Carolyn Curtis<\/p>\n

93. We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, David Catrow<\/p>\n

92. What Shall We Do With the Boo Hoo Baby?, Cressida Cowell<\/p>\n

91. Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, Catherine Thimmesh<\/p>\n

90. Puss in Boots, Fred Marcellio<\/p>\n

89. An Egg Is Quiet, Dianna Hutts Aston<\/p>\n

88. Grumpy Bird, Jeremy Tankard<\/p>\n

87. Rules, Cynthia Lord<\/p>\n

86. Interrupting Chicken, David Ezra Stein<\/p>\n

85. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume<\/p>\n

84. No No Yes Yes, Leslie Patricelli<\/p>\n

83. Yoko, Rosemary Wells<\/p>\n

82. Ivy + Bean, Annie Barrows<\/p>\n

81. Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman<\/p>\n

80. What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page<\/p>\n

79. Llama Llama Red Pajama, Anna Dewdney<\/p>\n

78. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Robert C. O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Brien<\/p>\n

77. Hi! Fly Guy, Tedd Arnold<\/p>\n

76. Peek-a Who?, Nina Laden<\/p>\n

75. Holes, Louis Sachar<\/p>\n

74. Owl Moon, Jane Yolen<\/p>\n

73. Tea With Milk, Allen Say<\/p>\n

72. Are You My Mother?, P. D. Eastman<\/p>\n

71. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson<\/p>\n

70. Blackout, John Rocco<\/p>\n

69. The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, Joanna Cole<\/p>\n

68. Counting Kisses: A Kiss and Read Book, Karen Katz<\/p>\n

67. Esperanza Rising, Pam Mu\u00c3\u00b1oz Ryan<\/p>\n

66. The Maze of Bones, Rick Riordan<\/p>\n

65. Birds, Kevin Henkes<\/p>\n

64. My Truck is Stuck!, Kevin Lewis<\/p>\n

63. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick<\/p>\n

62. Diary of a Worm, Dorren Cronin<\/p>\n

61. The Lion & the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney<\/p>\n

60. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, Annie Kubler<\/p>\n

59. Dear Juno, Soyung Pak<\/p>\n

58. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Kathleen Krull<\/p>\n

57. The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket<\/p>\n

56. Living Sunlight, Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm<\/p>\n

55. Smile!, Roberta Grobel Intrater<\/p>\n

54. Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges<\/p>\n

53. The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne<\/p>\n

52. The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan<\/p>\n

51. Sylvia Long\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mother Goose, Sylvia Long<\/p>\n

50. Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan<\/p>\n

49. Martin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Big Words, Doreen Rappaport<\/p>\n

48. Hatchet, Gary Paulsen<\/p>\n

47. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin, Jr.<\/p>\n

46. Not a Box, Antoinette Portis<\/p>\n

45. The Composition, Antonio Sk\u00c3\u00a1rmeta<\/p>\n

44. Good Night, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann<\/p>\n

43. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis<\/p>\n

42. What Do People Do All Day?, Richard Scarry<\/p>\n

41. Matilda, Roald Dahl<\/p>\n

40. Moo, Baa, La La La!, Sandra Boynton<\/p>\n

39. Zen Shorts, John J. Muth<\/p>\n

38. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney<\/p>\n

37. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, Don and Audrey Wood 36. The Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett<\/p>\n

35. Freight Train, Donald Crews<\/p>\n

34. Swimmy, Leo Lionni<\/p>\n

33. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins<\/p>\n

32. The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown<\/p>\n

31. The Mitten, Jan Brett<\/p>\n

30. My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, Patricia Polacco<\/p>\n

29. Are You There God? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Me, Margaret, Judy Blume<\/p>\n

28. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Mo Willems<\/p>\n

27. Black on White, Tana Hoban<\/p>\n

26. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Grace Lin<\/p>\n

25. The Giver, Lois Lowry<\/p>\n

24. The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper<\/p>\n

23. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster<\/p>\n

22. Corduroy, Don Freeman<\/p>\n

21. Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis<\/p>\n

20. Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein<\/p>\n

19. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Mo Willems<\/p>\n

18. When Marian Sang, Pam Mu\u00c3\u00b1oz Ryan<\/p>\n

17. Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt<\/p>\n

16. Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt<\/p>\n

15. The Dot, Peter H. Reynolds<\/p>\n

14. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame<\/p>\n

13. Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans<\/p>\n

12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle<\/p>\n

11. Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery<\/p>\n

10. Frog and Toad Are Friends, Arnold Lobel<\/p>\n

9. The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein<\/p>\n

8. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank<\/p>\n

7. Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss<\/p>\n

6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stone, J. K. Rowling (Also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stone)<\/p>\n

5. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak<\/p>\n

4. The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats<\/p>\n

3. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Engle<\/p>\n

2. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown<\/p>\n

1. Charlotte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Web, E. B. White<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The most surprising and delightful part of this list was mentioning it to Tristan and Simon, and telling them that A Wrinkle In Time<\/em> was number three on the list. They were intrigued, and it warmed my bibliophile heart to see them pouring over the list, finding their favourites and discussing the ranking. <\/p>\n

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Did your favourites make the cut? I was surprised to see that If You Give A Mouse A Cookie<\/em> didn’t make the list, and not a single Robert Munsch? What do you think of the list? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I honestly don’t know how I missed it. I mean, I’ve always *meant* to read Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time, but I just never got around to it. So when I read a reference to it in the Ottawa Citizen earlier this week, it was top-of-mind when I was at the library yesterday and … Continue reading “100 best kids’ books”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ah-me-boys","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6676"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6684,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions\/6684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}