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1

The Monster at the End of This Book

6,448 members

115 reviews

½ 4.5

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

2

Winnie-the-Pooh

15,955 members

223 reviews

½ 4.3

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

3

by Margaret Wise Brown

22,955 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

31,051 members

1,520 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

18,010 members

671 reviews

4.2

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

6

Green Eggs and Ham

27,712 members

753 reviews

½ 4.3

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

7

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

17,813 members

467 reviews

½ 4.3

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

8

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

9,306 members

228 reviews

½ 4.3

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

9

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,313 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

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

10

19,729 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

12,377 members

335 reviews

4.2

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

12

The Story of Ferdinand

11,328 members

184 reviews

½ 4.3

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

13

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

by Harry Allard

8,131 members

242 reviews

½ 4.3

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

14

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

16,997 members

238 reviews

4.2

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

15

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

18,387 members

512 reviews

½ 4.3

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

16

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

27,217 members

1,115 reviews

½ 4.4

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

17

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

22,321 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

9,749 members

134 reviews

3.9

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

19

The Prydain Chronicles

by Lloyd Alexander

743 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

12,213 members

219 reviews

½ 4.3

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

21

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

9,942 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

5,095 members

52 reviews

½ 4.4

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

23

The House at Pooh Corner

9,869 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

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

24

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

35,942 members

630 reviews

½ 4.3

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

25

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

8,441 members

84 reviews

4.2

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

26

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

by Doreen Cronin

13,758 members

517 reviews

½ 4.3

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

27

Days with Frog and Toad

by Arnold Lobel

6,445 members

81 reviews

½ 4.4

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

28

by Kay Thompson

2,052 members

48 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, bestem, cej1027

29

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

12,547 members

541 reviews

½ 4.4

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

30

The Runaway Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown

9,433 members

129 reviews

4.1

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

31

12,682 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.

18,609 members

782 reviews

½ 4.3

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

33

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

13,065 members

197 reviews

½ 4.3

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

34

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,869 members

139 reviews

½ 4.3

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

35

The Cat in the Hat

25,291 members

564 reviews

4.2

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

36

by Robert McCloskey

4,880 members

28 reviews

4.1

4 Members: lwbooklover, aulsmith, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Napping House

8,295 members

297 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, CarlaOverton

38

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

14,272 members

723 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

11,772 members

474 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

40

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

13,471 members

122 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lwbooklover, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Paper Bag Princess

by Robert Munsch

6,827 members

203 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

42

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Martin, Jr.

18,685 members

826 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ccmural

43

by David Macaulay

3,800 members

49 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

8,073 members

129 reviews

4

3 Members: lwbooklover, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Chronicles of Narnia

40,334 members

332 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,kageeh

46

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

6,397 members

112 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

47

10,776 members

325 reviews

½ 4.4

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

48

by David Wiesner

5,194 members

360 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

53,098 members

874 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

50

26,249 members

523 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Kevin Henkes

11,670 members

383 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,526 members

1,302 reviews

½ 4.3

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

53

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

3,538 members

541 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

54

by Beverly Cleary

8,037 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lwbooklover, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

11,013 members

685 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

7,179 members

375 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

57

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

11,285 members

441 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

58

by Janell Cannon

11,758 members

312 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

59

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

3,388 members

352 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

60

by Ian Falconer

6,046 members

262 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

61

by Beverly Cleary

6,793 members

52 reviews

4

2 Members: kageeh, cej1027

62

by Kevin Henkes

5,777 members

155 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

63

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

7,427 members

104 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

64

Goodnight Mister Tom

by Michelle Magorian

3,073 members

74 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

65

4,229 members

87 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

66

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

3,101 members

204 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

67

by David Wiesner

3,528 members

536 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

68

The Annotated Alice

by Lewis Carroll

2,631 members

34 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

69

My Family and Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

5,938 members

178 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

70

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

11,432 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Kissing Hand

12,959 members

319 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

72

Paddle-to-the-Sea

by Holling C. Holling

4,084 members

29 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: cej1027

73

Finn Family Moomintroll

by Tove Jansson

2,900 members

59 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

74

by Richard Adams

27,960 members

513 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,kageeh

75

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,943 members

129 reviews

4.2

76

by Robin McKinley

6,686 members

149 reviews

½ 4.3

77

by Sara Pennypacker

5,385 members

178 reviews

4.2

78

Henry's Freedom Box

by Ellen Levine

4,990 members

513 reviews

½ 4.5

79

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

4,960 members

225 reviews

½ 4.3

80

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

by Doreen Rappaport

4,717 members

223 reviews

½ 4.5

81

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

by Steve Jenkins

4,567 members

121 reviews

½ 4.3

82

4,501 members

373 reviews

½ 4.5

83

3,781 members

204 reviews

½ 4.4

84

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

3,399 members

170 reviews

½ 4.3

85

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

2,843 members

273 reviews

½ 4.3

86

Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion

1,320 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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February 2012
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