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1

The Monster at the End of This Book

6,487 members

115 reviews

½ 4.5

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

2

Winnie-the-Pooh

16,085 members

224 reviews

½ 4.3

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

3

by Margaret Wise Brown

23,096 members

752 reviews

4.2

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

4

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

31,231 members

1,523 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

18,090 members

670 reviews

4.2

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

6

Green Eggs and Ham

27,923 members

754 reviews

½ 4.3

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

7

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

17,942 members

468 reviews

½ 4.3

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

8

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

9,344 members

228 reviews

½ 4.3

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

9

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,407 members

473 reviews

½ 4.3

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

10

19,859 members

456 reviews

½ 4.3

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

11

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

12,451 members

335 reviews

4.2

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

12

The Story of Ferdinand

11,384 members

185 reviews

½ 4.3

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

13

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

by Harry Allard

8,156 members

242 reviews

½ 4.3

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

14

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

17,120 members

239 reviews

4.2

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

15

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

18,487 members

513 reviews

½ 4.3

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

16

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

27,357 members

1,116 reviews

½ 4.4

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

17

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

22,272 members

1,092 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

9,809 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

12,268 members

219 reviews

½ 4.3

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

21

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

10,005 members

153 reviews

4.2

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

22

Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

5,130 members

52 reviews

½ 4.4

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

23

The House at Pooh Corner

9,925 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

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

24

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

36,162 members

635 reviews

½ 4.3

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

25

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

8,502 members

85 reviews

4.2

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

26

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

by Doreen Cronin

13,851 members

518 reviews

½ 4.3

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

27

Days with Frog and Toad

by Arnold Lobel

6,484 members

81 reviews

½ 4.4

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

28

by Kay Thompson

2,060 members

48 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, kageeh, bestem, cej1027

29

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

12,631 members

544 reviews

½ 4.4

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

30

The Runaway Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown

9,477 members

129 reviews

4.1

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

31

12,776 members

257 reviews

4.2

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

32

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

by Bill Martin, Jr.

18,758 members

784 reviews

½ 4.3

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

33

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

13,170 members

197 reviews

½ 4.3

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

34

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,876 members

140 reviews

½ 4.3

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

35

The Cat in the Hat

25,466 members

564 reviews

4.2

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

36

by Robert McCloskey

4,912 members

28 reviews

4.1

4 Members: lwbooklover, aulsmith, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Napping House

8,327 members

297 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader, cej1027, CarlaOverton

38

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

14,335 members

726 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, CarlaOverton, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

11,851 members

475 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

40

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

13,505 members

122 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lwbooklover, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Paper Bag Princess

by Robert Munsch

6,868 members

203 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

42

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Martin, Jr.

18,795 members

829 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ccmural

43

by David Macaulay

3,831 members

49 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

8,112 members

128 reviews

4

3 Members: lwbooklover, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Chronicles of Narnia

40,473 members

333 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,kageeh

46

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

6,448 members

112 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

47

10,853 members

326 reviews

½ 4.4

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

48

by David Wiesner

5,211 members

360 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

53,517 members

875 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

50

26,335 members

526 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Kevin Henkes

11,752 members

383 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by J. R. R. Tolkien

108,010 members

1,305 reviews

½ 4.3

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

53

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

3,551 members

541 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

54

by Beverly Cleary

8,069 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lwbooklover, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

11,075 members

686 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

7,222 members

376 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

57

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

11,400 members

443 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

58

by Janell Cannon

11,828 members

312 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

59

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

3,404 members

352 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: MDGentleReader, cej1027

60

by Ian Falconer

6,067 members

262 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

61

by Beverly Cleary

6,804 members

52 reviews

4

2 Members: kageeh, cej1027

62

by Kevin Henkes

5,834 members

155 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

63

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

7,472 members

104 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

64

Goodnight Mister Tom

by Michelle Magorian

3,083 members

76 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

65

4,250 members

87 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

66

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

3,120 members

204 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

67

by David Wiesner

3,541 members

537 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

68

The Annotated Alice

by Lewis Carroll

2,643 members

34 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

69

My Family and Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

5,968 members

177 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

70

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

11,511 members

179 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Kissing Hand

13,046 members

319 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

72

Paddle-to-the-Sea

by Holling C. Holling

4,121 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: cej1027

73

Finn Family Moomintroll

by Tove Jansson

2,912 members

58 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

74

by Richard Adams

28,093 members

519 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,kageeh

75

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,964 members

129 reviews

4.2

76

by Robin McKinley

6,709 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

77

by Sara Pennypacker

5,422 members

178 reviews

4.2

78

Henry's Freedom Box

by Ellen Levine

5,007 members

514 reviews

½ 4.5

79

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt

5,000 members

225 reviews

½ 4.3

80

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

by Doreen Rappaport

4,746 members

223 reviews

½ 4.5

81

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

by Steve Jenkins

4,599 members

121 reviews

½ 4.3

82

4,509 members

374 reviews

½ 4.5

83

3,792 members

204 reviews

½ 4.4

84

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

3,414 members

170 reviews

½ 4.3

85

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

2,849 members

273 reviews

½ 4.3

86

Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion

1,325 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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