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Description: my children books reading list-100 books
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cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, ahef1963, Cecrow, smcwl, towermancn

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Rank Title Author Added

1

by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,718 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

15,019 members

277 reviews

4.1

6 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

37,223 members

914 reviews

4

6 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Story of Ferdinand

8,263 members

169 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

42,708 members

730 reviews

4.1

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

6

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter

11,439 members

176 reviews

4.1

6 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Cat in the Hat

18,642 members

518 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

8

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

32,490 members

535 reviews

4.1

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

9

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,034 members

219 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

9,652 members

157 reviews

4

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

11

Ramona the Pest

by Beverly Cleary

7,053 members

106 reviews

4

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

12

6,116 members

90 reviews

3.9

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

13

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

27,174 members

531 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

14

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

20,854 members

1,034 reviews

½ 4.4

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

15

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

22,117 members

323 reviews

4.1

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

16

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

10,388 members

284 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Ludwig Bemelmans

9,688 members

256 reviews

4.2

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

18

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

9,821 members

181 reviews

½ 4.3

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

19

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,337 members

416 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Winnie-the-Pooh

12,508 members

195 reviews

½ 4.3

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

21

Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

9,438 members

254 reviews

4.2

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

22

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

by Judith Viorst

13,255 members

642 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by William Steig

3,090 members

62 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Ezra Jack Keats

13,303 members

740 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Diary of a Young Girl

26,787 members

501 reviews

4.1

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

26

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,454 members

376 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Incredible Journey

by Sheila Burnford

5,291 members

71 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

13,987 members

546 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

29

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

14,009 members

541 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

15,016 members

270 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,322 members

160 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

14,951 members

356 reviews

4

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The New Way Things Work

by David Macaulay

1,659 members

14 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, towermancn, ManWithAnAgenda

34

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,256 members

75 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

7,349 members

54 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Charlotte's Web

34,141 members

997 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Margaret Wise Brown

17,245 members

673 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Edward Eager

3,998 members

82 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

7,510 members

72 reviews

4

4 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

24,179 members

1,417 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Raymond Briggs

2,472 members

58 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

6,209 members

131 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

43

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord

2,758 members

21 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

44

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

10,298 members

202 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

8,872 members

450 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

46

by P. L. Travers

5,870 members

155 reviews

3.9

2 Members: smcwl, merrystar

47

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

10,443 members

650 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

Julie of the Wolves

by Jean Craighead George

7,036 members

119 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

37,615 members

1,543 reviews

4.2

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

50

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

125,409 members

1,993 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

51

by Else Holmelund Minarik

6,413 members

62 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Harry the Dirty Dog

3,598 members

112 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Cecrow, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

6,656 members

121 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Cecrow, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

20,061 members

593 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

Millions of Cats

3,523 members

105 reviews

4

3 Members: smcwl, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Louis Sachar

21,990 members

933 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

57

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Jr. Martin

12,983 members

760 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

by Esphyr Slobodkina

8,931 members

172 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

59

by Gary Paulsen

16,448 members

563 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Miss Nelson is Missing

by Harry Allard

5,533 members

228 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

61

by David Wiesner

4,334 members

337 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,336 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

63

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs

931 members

29 reviews

4

2 Members: smcwl, ahef1963

64

A Chair for My Mother

by Vera B. Williams

5,551 members

243 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,294 members

49 reviews

4.2

2 Members: smcwl, merrystar

66

Snowflake Bentley

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

2,656 members

145 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

67

by Brian Jacques

10,473 members

140 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

68

Seven Blind Mice

2,439 members

92 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

69

17,937 members

301 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

Behind the Attic Wall

by Sylvia Cassedy

968 members

23 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Grandfather's Journey

2,813 members

244 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

72

by Robert Lawson

2,540 members

48 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

73

Leo the Late Bloomer

by Robert Kraus

3,259 members

46 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

74

Babe: The Gallant Pig

by Dick King-Smith

2,070 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

75

Henry and Mudge: The First Book

by Cynthia Rylant

3,299 members

44 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5,404 members

66 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

77

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

by Kevin Henkes

5,627 members

247 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

78

by Cynthia Voigt

2,676 members

51 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

79

by John Reynolds Gardiner

5,666 members

62 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

by Donald Crews

3,872 members

183 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

81

Officer Buckle and Gloria

by Peggy Rathmann

5,011 members

243 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

82

by Sterling North

4,829 members

44 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

83

Out of the Dust

7,036 members

343 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

Island of the Blue Dolphins

by Scott O'Dell

17,014 members

297 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

by Michael Dorris

1,351 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: cej1027

86

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

by Mildred D. Taylor

11,226 members

379 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

87

6,276 members

182 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

88

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Eleanor Coerr

4,527 members

95 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

89

Mr. Gumpy's Outing

by John Burningham

1,430 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

90

The Carrot Seed

3,891 members

59 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

91

Humbug Mountain

by Sid Fleischman

147 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt

by Esther Forbes

8,495 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

93

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Karen Cushman

5,108 members

80 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

94

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

6,398 members

143 reviews

4

95

Lincoln: A Photobiography

by Russell Freedman

2,304 members

47 reviews

4.1

96

The New Kid on the Block

by Jack Prelutsky

2,107 members

73 reviews

4.2

97

by Julius Lester

1,382 members

92 reviews

4.2

98

1,187 members

37 reviews

4

99

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

by Virginia Hamilton

1,149 members

32 reviews

4.1

100

834 members

49 reviews

4

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Started: towermancn
December 2017
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