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Hayao Miyazaki's 50 Recommended Children's Books

Type: Preset list created by cej1027

Description: Hayao Miyazaki, a Japanese film director of Studio Ghibli, created films such as Princes Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausicaa and Castle in the Sky.

Members: 5 participating members (show all)

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1
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
35,494 members, 648 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), kaleisnthere (1), amanda4242 (1), merrystar (10), cej1027

Score: 16.63

2
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
77,776 members, 1,043 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), amanda4242 (2), merrystar (9), cej1027

Score: 11.42

3
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
12,502 members, 248 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), amanda4242 (3), merrystar (13), cej1027

Score: 10.56

4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Books of Wonder)
by Lewis Carroll
166 members, 3 reviews
4.51 stars (4.51 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), amanda4242 (5), merrystar (11), cej1027

Score: 10.08

5
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
18,535 members, 285 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), amanda4242 (7), merrystar (7), cej1027

Score: 9.85

6
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27,558 members, 486 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (7), cej1027

Score: 8.84

7
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
26,362 members, 285 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (4), ahef1963 (5), cej1027

Score: 7.88

8
The Long Winter
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
7,650 members, 79 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ahef1963 (8), cej1027

Score: 7.8

9
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
6,349 members, 111 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), amanda4242 (8), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 6.97

10
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,071 members, 308 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (6), ahef1963 (11), merrystar (12)

Score: 6.9

11
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
9,093 members, 130 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), cej1027 (13), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 6.85

12
The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff
2,455 members, 55 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (9), ahef1963 (16), cej1027

Score: 6.69

13
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
10,655 members, 183 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), ahef1963 (10), cej1027 (15)

Score: 6.66

14
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11,396 members, 212 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (10), ahef1963 (12), merrystar (14)

Score: 6.47

15
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,024 members, 40 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 5.47

16
The Children of Noisy Village
by Astrid Lindgren
891 members, 10 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), cej1027

Score: 5.21

17
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
24,832 members, 341 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), cej1027

Score: 4.69

18
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
3,013 members, 75 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (11), cej1027

Score: 4.58

19
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
14,325 members, 213 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 3.97

20
Twelve Months: A Fairy-Tale
by S. Marshak
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: cej1027 (14)

Score: 2.07

21
The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
2,046 members, 46 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15)

Score: 2.03

22
The Rose & the Ring
by William Makepeace Thackeray
347 members, 6 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16)

Score: 2

23
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
3,226 members, 22 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: merrystar (17)

Score: 1.97

24
Robinson Crusoe [Norton Critical Edition]
by Daniel Defoe
632 members, 7 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18)

Score: 1.94

25
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,758 members, 220 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Score: 0

26
Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2,447 members, 38 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Score: 0

27
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
1,870 members, 37 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Score: 0

28
Journey to the West {complete}
by Wu Cheng'en
493 members, 7 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Score: 0

29
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
488 members, 9 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Score: 0

30
Flambards
by K. M. Peyton
411 members, 12 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Score: 0

31
The Flying Classroom
by Erich Kästner
385 members, 5 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

Score: 0

32
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
by Songling Pu
212 members, 5 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Score: 0

33
Fabre's Book of Insects
by Jean-Henri Fabre
197 members, 2 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Score: 0

34
The Otterbury Incident
by C. Day Lewis
185 members, 2 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Score: 0

35
When Marnie Was There
by Joan G. Robinson
164 members, 4 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Score: 0

36
The Ship That Flew
by Hilda Lewis
139 members, 5 reviews
4.66 stars (4.66 stars)

Score: 0

38
Le avventure di Cipollino
by Gianni Rodari
100 members, 0 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Score: 0

39
The Little Humpbacked Horse
by P. P. Ershov
65 members, 0 reviews
4.6 stars (4.6 stars)

Score: 0

40
The Radium Woman: A Life of Marie Curie
by Eleanor Doorly
44 members, 0 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Score: 0

41
The Restaurant of Many Orders
by Kenji Miyazawa
33 members, 1 review
3.1 stars (3.1 stars)

Score: 0

42
We Were a Handful
by Karel Polacek
29 members, 1 review
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Score: 0

44
The Story Bag
by So-un Kim
19 members, 0 reviews

Score: 0

45
A Norwegian Farm
by Marie Hamsun
9 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

46
Die Nibelungensage
by Gustav Schalk
4 members, 0 reviews
2 stars (2 stars)

Score: 0

48
Tistou of the Green Thumbs
by Maurice Druon
1 member, 0 reviews

Score: 0

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Started by: cej1027 (February 2014)

Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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