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1

The Monster at the End of This Book

6,402 members

115 reviews

½ 4.5

8 Members: hipdeep, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ccmural, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Winnie-the-Pooh

15,889 members

223 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Margaret Wise Brown

22,850 members

751 reviews

4.2

9 Members: eromsted, kageeh, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Kfarrier

4

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

30,792 members

1,512 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: eromsted, kageeh, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton, Kfarrier

5

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

by Judith Viorst

17,935 members

670 reviews

4.2

8 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, aulsmith, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963

6

Green Eggs and Ham

27,570 members

751 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963, Kfarrier,ManWithAnAgenda

7

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

17,701 members

466 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

8

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

9,270 members

228 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda, Kfarrier

9

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,235 members

470 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: Edward, hipdeep, eromsted, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

10

19,591 members

455 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: hipdeep, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda, Kfarrier

11

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

12,320 members

335 reviews

4.2

7 Members: eromsted, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Story of Ferdinand

11,309 members

184 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton

13

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

by Harry Allard

8,098 members

242 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: hipdeep, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

16,896 members

237 reviews

4.2

7 Members: kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

18,305 members

511 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: eromsted, kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

16

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

27,067 members

1,114 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: hipdeep, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ccmural, Kfarrier

17

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

22,222 members

1,093 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: eromsted, kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, cej1027, Kfarrier,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar : Didn't like this one as a child or as an adult.

18

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

9,706 members

134 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, lwbooklover, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Prydain Chronicles

by Lloyd Alexander

744 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

20

A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

12,176 members

219 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: eromsted, kageeh, lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, ahef1963

21

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

9,862 members

152 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

5,082 members

52 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: hipdeep, lwbooklover, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ahef1963

23

The House at Pooh Corner

9,847 members

90 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

35,727 members

628 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: kageeh, lwbooklover, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

25

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

8,408 members

84 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

26

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

by Doreen Cronin

13,679 members

517 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: eromsted, kageeh, merrystar, cej1027, CarlaOverton

27

Days with Frog and Toad

by Arnold Lobel

6,411 members

81 reviews

½ 4.4

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

28

by Kay Thompson

2,047 members

48 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, bestem, cej1027

29

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

12,491 members

542 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Runaway Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown

9,401 members

130 reviews

4.1

5 Members: eromsted, kageeh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

31

12,608 members

256 reviews

4.2

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

32

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

by Bill Martin, Jr.

18,479 members

782 reviews

½ 4.3

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

33

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

12,983 members

196 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

34

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,829 members

139 reviews

½ 4.3

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

35

The Cat in the Hat

25,169 members

561 reviews

4.2

5 Members: lwbooklover, bestem, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Robert McCloskey

4,849 members

28 reviews

4.1

4 Members: lwbooklover, aulsmith, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Napping House

8,247 members

296 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, CarlaOverton

38

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

14,219 members

723 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

11,710 members

475 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

40

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

13,443 members

122 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lwbooklover, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Paper Bag Princess

by Robert Munsch

6,807 members

202 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

42

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Martin, Jr.

18,568 members

826 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ccmural

43

by David Macaulay

3,793 members

49 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

8,059 members

129 reviews

4

3 Members: lwbooklover, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Chronicles of Narnia

40,122 members

330 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,kageeh

46

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

6,356 members

112 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

47

10,718 members

324 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: eromsted, kageeh, merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

48

by David Wiesner

5,183 members

360 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

52,882 members

871 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

50

26,092 members

522 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Kevin Henkes

11,647 members

383 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,080 members

1,294 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,kageeh

53

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

3,529 members

541 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

54

by Beverly Cleary

7,992 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lwbooklover, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

10,977 members

685 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

7,157 members

375 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

57

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

11,301 members

440 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

58

by Janell Cannon

11,689 members

314 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

59

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

3,370 members

352 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

60

by Ian Falconer

6,009 members

262 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

61

by Beverly Cleary

6,778 members

52 reviews

4

2 Members: kageeh, cej1027

62

by Kevin Henkes

5,740 members

155 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

63

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

7,373 members

105 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

64

Goodnight Mister Tom

by Michelle Magorian

3,063 members

74 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

65

4,203 members

87 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

66

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

3,092 members

204 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

67

by David Wiesner

3,519 members

536 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

68

The Annotated Alice

by Lewis Carroll

2,625 members

34 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

69

My Family and Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

5,922 members

177 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

70

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

11,364 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Kissing Hand

12,888 members

318 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

72

Paddle-to-the-Sea

by Holling C. Holling

4,071 members

29 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: cej1027

73

Finn Family Moomintroll

by Tove Jansson

2,891 members

59 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

74

by Richard Adams

27,840 members

512 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,kageeh

75

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,932 members

129 reviews

4.2

76

by Robin McKinley

6,688 members

149 reviews

½ 4.3

77

by Sara Pennypacker

5,387 members

178 reviews

4.2

78

Henry's Freedom Box

by Ellen Levine

4,981 members

512 reviews

½ 4.5

79

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

4,942 members

225 reviews

½ 4.3

80

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Doreen Rappaport

4,708 members

223 reviews

½ 4.5

81

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

by Steve Jenkins

4,550 members

121 reviews

½ 4.3

82

4,484 members

373 reviews

½ 4.5

83

3,769 members

204 reviews

½ 4.4

84

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

3,380 members

170 reviews

½ 4.3

85

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

2,830 members

273 reviews

½ 4.3

86

Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion

1,318 members

79 reviews

½ 4.3

87

Dragon, Dragon, and Other Tales

by John Champlin Gardner

148 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

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Started: sturlington
February 2012
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