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Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program (Grades K-3)

Description: Mensa Education & Research Foundation

Rank Title Author Added

1

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

26,091 members

1,451 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Margaret Wise Brown

18,867 members

695 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

3

15,086 members

423 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

4

by Ezra Jack Keats

14,779 members

759 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

by Judith Viorst

14,353 members

652 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Winnie-the-Pooh

13,501 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter

12,260 members

181 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

10,974 members

287 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Little Engine That Could

10,832 members

197 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Frog and Toad are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

10,527 members

263 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

10,518 members

161 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

9,808 members

330 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

9,191 members

124 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Story of Ferdinand

9,075 members

171 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Peggy Parish

7,600 members

207 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,864 members

75 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

17

6,770 members

92 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Tomie dePaola

6,362 members

252 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

by William Steig

6,203 members

241 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant

by Jean de Brunhoff

3,100 members

40 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Charlotte's Web

36,197 members

1,025 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

22

The Cat in the Hat

20,494 members

530 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

23

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

15,624 members

229 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

24

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

11,191 members

170 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

10,731 members

182 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

26

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

10,659 members

119 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Ludwig Bemelmans

10,641 members

259 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

9,682 members

460 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

29

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

9,184 members

159 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Janell Cannon

9,144 members

303 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

31

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

8,240 members

76 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

8,073 members

146 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

33

5,571 members

82 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

34

Put Me in the Zoo

by Robert Lopshire

4,984 members

41 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

35

Stone Soup: An Old Tale

by Marcia Brown

3,624 members

158 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

36

by John Peterson

3,287 members

19 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

37

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

3,237 members

59 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

14,384 members

548 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

39

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

by Jon Scieszka

6,804 members

225 reviews

4.2

4 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

40

5,836 members

247 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Millions of Cats

3,838 members

110 reviews

4

4 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Harry the Dirty Dog

3,762 members

113 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

43

Bedtime for Frances

by Russell Hoban

3,205 members

35 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

9,458 members

231 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

6,806 members

139 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

46

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel

4,911 members

152 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, TKMartinez

47

by Peter H. Reynolds

4,590 members

329 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

48

The Carrot Seed

4,291 members

60 reviews

4

3 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

49

Leo the Late Bloomer

by Robert Kraus

3,610 members

47 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

50

I Want My Hat Back

3,002 members

267 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

51

by Robert Lawson

2,753 members

49 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, TKMartinez

52

Paul Revere's Ride

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1,969 members

29 reviews

4.1

3 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

53

The Reluctant Dragon

by Kenneth Grahame

1,858 members

17 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, TKMartinez

54

George and Martha

by James Marshall

1,773 members

31 reviews

4.2

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Hardie Gramatky

1,372 members

1 review

3.9

3 Members: rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

56

Peppe the Lamplighter

by Elisa Bartone

1,261 members

56 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

by Chris Van Allsburg

925 members

69 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

58

How the Leopard Got His Claws

by Chinua Achebe

85 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

59

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti

by Gerald McDermott

3,167 members

129 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

60

The Cabin Faced West

2,436 members

16 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

61

The Quiltmaker's Gift

by Jeff Brumbeau

1,731 members

26 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

62

Sam the Minuteman

by Nathaniel Benchley

1,363 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

63

The Three Little Pigs [Retold by Paul Galdone]

by Paul Galdone

1,227 members

45 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

64

If I Never Forever Endeavor

132 members

26 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

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Started: rretzler
November 2013
Type: Unnumbered

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