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100 Essential New England Books

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Boston Globe)

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Invisible Man, The (scholastic Classics) by H.G. Wells (2006 Edition)
• Aesop's Fables (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Aesop (2006 Edition)
• A Christmas Carol (Scholastic Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (Dover Thrift Editions) by Jules Verne (2006/2008 Edition)
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Bantam Classics) by Jules Verne (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ivanhoe (Thrift Edition) by Sir Walter Scott (2006/2008 Edition)
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• Treasure Island (Scholastic Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Time Machine (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (Tor Classics) by Oscar Wilde (2006/2008 Edition)
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Wordsworth Classics) by R.L. Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (2009, No 220, Age 5 and over)
• Aesop's Fables (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Aesop (2009, No 382, Age 8 and over)
• War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (2009, No 632, Age 8 and over)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (2009, No 641, Age 8 and over)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (2009, No 670, Age 8 and over)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)
• VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by ERIC CARLE (2009, Age 0-3)
• Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (2009, Ages 3↑)
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Go, Dog. Go! (Beginner Books) by P.D. Eastman (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Grimms Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm (2009, Ages 5↑)
• The Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Become Real (The childrens classic edition) by Margrey Williams (2009, Ages 5↑)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (15)
• The Time Machine (20)
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (24)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1)
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (26)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (33)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• The Time Machine (15)
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (42)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (23)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (83)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (22)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (84)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (1991)
• A Break With Charity by Ann Rinaldi (1993)
• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993)
• Eleanor Roosevelt a Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (1994)
• Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of 'The Iliad' by Rosemary Sutcliff (1994)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)
• Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (1995)
• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman (1995)
• Kit's Wilderness (Readers Circle) by David Almond (2001)
• Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff (2001)
• A Single Shard (Newbery Medal Book) by Linda Sue Park (2002)
• The land by Mildred D Taylor (2002)
• The Year of the Hangman by Gary Blackwood (2003)
• The Wee Free Men (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2004)
• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (2008)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie (1997)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1997)
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (1998)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (Biography, 1999)
• The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern by Carol Strickland (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored & Explained by John Bowker (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman (Teens from Other Times, 1998)
• Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (Teens from Other Times, 1998)
• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot ( Feel Good Books, 1998)
• Oy, Joy by Lucy Frank ( Tales of the Cities, 2002)
• Talent by Zoey Dean ( Fame and Fortune, 2009)

ALSC Notable Children's Recording

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (2009)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (2002)
• Get Well, Good Knight (Puffin Easy-to-Read) by Shelley Moore Thomas (2003)
• Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (2003)
• The Wee Free Men (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2004)
• There's a Frog in My Throat! by Leedy / Pat Street Leedy (2004)
• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (2006)
• Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo (2006)

Angus Book Award

• River Boy by Tim Bowler (1999)

Anne Izard Storytellers' Award

• Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean (2005)

Association for Mormon Letters Award

• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Young Adult, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Best loved novel, 2003, No 18)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 29)
• Treasure Island (Scholastic Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 36)
• A Christmas Carol (Scholastic Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 47)
• The Secret Garden (Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 51)
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 58)
• The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho (Best loved novel, 2003, No 94)
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 170)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Puffin Books) by Roald Dahl (Best loved novel, 2003, No 177)
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Best loved novel, 2003, No 180)
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Best loved novel, 2003, No 194)
• VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by ERIC CARLE (Best loved novel, 2003, No 199)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1992)
• Eleanor Roosevelt a Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (1993)
• Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (1993)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1996)
• My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie (1996)
• Martin's Big Words (The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) (2001)
• The land by Mildred D Taylor (2001)
• The Wee Free Men (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2003)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (Enhanced and Expanded Edition) by Wendy Beckett (Arts (Art/Music/Photography), 2001)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer

Best Selling Novel of the 19th Century

• Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1800-1900)

BILBY

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Puffin Books) by Roald Dahl (read aloud, 1994)
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (younger readers, 2004)

Book Links "Lasting Connections of 2007"

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2001)
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague ( Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2001)
• My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett ( Rediscovery Winner, 2002)
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood ( Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2004)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2008)

Book Sense Children's Pick

• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Booklist "Top 10 First Novels for Youth"

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

Booklist Editor's Choice

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (2008)

Booklist Editors' Choice

• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (1990)

Borders Original Voices

• Under a War Torn Sky by Laura Elliott (2002)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (2008)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Invisible Man, The (scholastic Classics) by H.G. Wells
• The Time Machine

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Fiction, 1991)
• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (Fiction, 1992)
• Eleanor Roosevelt a Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (Non-Fiction, 1994)
• In the Rain with Baby Duck by Amy Hest (Picture Book, 1996)

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Caldecott Honor

• Anansi The Spider by Gerald Mcdermott (1973)
• CASTLE by David Macaulay (1978)
• Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (1994)
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (1998)
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (2001)
• The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (2002)
• Martin's Big Words (The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) (2002)

Caldecott Medal

• A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry (1957)
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1964)
• Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges (1985)
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1988)

Carnegie Medal

• River Boy by Tim Bowler (1997)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Literary Classics)

CCBC Choices

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (2008 selection)

Christopher Award

• How My Parents Learned to Eat (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin books) by Ina R. Friedman (Books for Young People, 1985)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Books for Young People, 1986)
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague (Books for Young People, 2001)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck (General Literature, Silver, 1939)
• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman (Juvenile, Silver, 1994)

Coretta Scott King Award

• The land by Mildred D Taylor (Author, 2002)
• Martin's Big Words (The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) (Illustrator, 2002)

Cybils Finalist

• Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (Middle Grade Novels, 2007)

E.B. White Read Aloud Award by the Association of Booksellers for Children

• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

Garden State Book Award

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8, 1996)

Geffen Award

• The Wee Free Men (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2008)

Geisel Honor

• Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo (2007)

Golden Kite Award

• Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary (Fiction, 1982)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Fiction, 1985)
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Fiction, 1990)
• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman (Fiction, 1994)
• Eleanor Roosevelt a Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman (Nonfiction, 1993)

Golden Kite Honor

• Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff (Fiction, 2000)

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