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Satori Smiles Children's Book List

Type: Preset list created by cej1027

Description: http://satorismiles.com/childrens-book-list/

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
18,507 members, 284 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (2), aulsmith (2), ahef1963 (5), merrystar (20), cej1027

Score: 12.71

Explanations:

aulsmith (2): I suspect many children miss a lot of the romantic mysticism of this book. I certainly did. But it's never too early to fall in love with Mole and Rat.… (more)

2
The Sword in the Stone
by T. H. White
2,693 members, 37 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (1), aulsmith (1), ahef1963 (3), cej1027

Score: 12.45

Explanations:

aulsmith (1): Get the 1939 ed. not the one with the ants and the anti-war lectures that White added to The Once and Future King.

3
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
17,399 members, 390 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (3), aulsmith (4), ahef1963 (6), merrystar (21), cej1027

Score: 11.71

4
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
26,326 members, 285 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (4), ahef1963 (4), aulsmith (9), cej1027

Score: 9.38

5
Five Children and It
by E. Nesbit
3,621 members, 62 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (8), ahef1963 (17), aulsmith (20), merrystar (24), cej1027 (118)

Score: 9.26

6
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
12,332 members, 249 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), merrystar (13), aulsmith (13), cej1027

Score: 8.99

7
Little Men
by Louisa May Alcott
6,520 members, 50 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (6), ahef1963 (13), aulsmith (16), merrystar (22)

Score: 8.51

Explanations:

aulsmith (16): This is rather preachy. I'm not sure if current children would like it, but I'm a sucker for boarding school stories.

8
The Railway Children
by E. Nesbit
4,419 members, 66 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (7), ahef1963 (14), aulsmith (17), merrystar (23)

Score: 8.32

9
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27,508 members, 486 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), BonnieJune54 (12), ahef1963 (34), cej1027

Score: 8.05

10
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
12,459 members, 189 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), BonnieJune54 (22), ahef1963 (29), cej1027

Score: 8.02

11
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
by E. Nesbit
1,357 members, 21 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (9), ahef1963 (23), merrystar (25), aulsmith (28)

Score: 7.66

12
Charlotte's Web
by E B White
28,676 members, 947 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (11), cej1027

Score: 7.61

Explanations:

aulsmith (11): Just be prepared for your child to become a vegetarian for a while.

13
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
7,746 members, 147 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (10), merrystar (26), ahef1963 (32), cej1027

Score: 7.12

14
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
8,731 members, 276 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (11), merrystar (27), ahef1963 (33), cej1027

Score: 7.03

15
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
11,248 members, 519 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), ahef1963 (57), cej1027

Score: 6.87

16
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
32,006 members, 844 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (14), merrystar (28), ahef1963 (42), cej1027

Score: 6.79

17
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
9,074 members, 129 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (15), merrystar (29), ahef1963 (58), cej1027 (86)

Score: 6.52

18
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,048 members, 308 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8), ahef1963 (11), merrystar (30)

Score: 6.28

19
All-of-a-Kind Family
by Sydney Taylor
2,331 members, 49 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), aulsmith (22), cej1027 (107)

Score: 5.77

20
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie
13,957 members, 270 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (5), aulsmith (6), ahef1963 (10)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 5.48

21
The Enchanted Castle
by E. Nesbit
1,927 members, 32 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (19), aulsmith (23), merrystar (31)

Score: 5.44

22
The Children of Noisy Village
by Astrid Lindgren
889 members, 10 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), cej1027

Score: 5.41

23
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
18,493 members, 1,172 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), ahef1963 (9)

Score: 5.35

24
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
24,779 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (13), ahef1963 (36), cej1027

Score: 5.15

25
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
12,488 members, 248 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19), merrystar (32), cej1027

Score: 5.01

26
The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
7,218 members, 200 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), ahef1963 (59), cej1027 (125)

Score: 4.95

27
Half Magic
by Edward Eager
3,471 members, 75 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (19), merrystar (38), cej1027 (92)

Score: 4.82

28
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,780 members, 386 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (34), merrystar (35), ahef1963 (50)

Score: 4.81

29
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
8,609 members, 145 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), merrystar (33), cej1027

Score: 4.79

30
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
14,305 members, 211 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (33), merrystar (36), ahef1963 (53)

Score: 4.78

31
The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
6,390 members, 84 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), cej1027

Score: 4.78

32
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
11,694 members, 520 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: merrystar (34), ahef1963 (37), cej1027

Score: 4.69

33
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
2,954 members, 43 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (24), merrystar (39), cej1027 (116)

Score: 4.63

34
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
9,580 members, 299 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (37), ahef1963 (41), cej1027

Score: 4.62

35
Miracles on Maple Hill
by Virginia Sorensen
2,658 members, 31 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: mkbird (3), cej1027

Score: 4.45

36
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
10,638 members, 183 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (31), ahef1963 (56), cej1027 (101)

Score: 4.42

37
A Girl of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton-Porter
2,118 members, 38 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), BonnieJune54 (23)

Score: 4.38

38
A Bear Named Paddington
by Michael Bond
3,014 members, 62 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: merrystar (49), ahef1963 (69), cej1027 (103)

Score: 4.16

39
The Call of the Wild (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Jack London
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: aulsmith (5), BonnieJune54 (16), cej1027

Thumbs down: ahef1963

Score: 4.09

Explanations:

ahef1963 (0): I simply can't bear the amount of ill-treatment of animals that is in this book. It's brutal.

40
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
8,571 members, 122 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), BonnieJune54 (18)

Score: 3.97

41
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
16,756 members, 563 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), cej1027

Score: 3.87

42
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
14,207 members, 390 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), cej1027

Score: 3.87

43
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
19,773 members, 402 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), cej1027

Score: 3.79

44
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
3,478 members, 34 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), cej1027

Score: 3.79

45
White Fang
by Jack London
9,606 members, 106 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (20), aulsmith (27)

Score: 3.65

46
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,020 members, 39 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10), ahef1963 (71)

Score: 3.63

47
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
16,937 members, 622 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), cej1027

Score: 3.56

48
Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
2,819 members, 19 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12), cej1027

Score: 3.56

49
Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
by Anne Frank
4,901 members, 93 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), cej1027

Score: 3.41

50
Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
4,736 members, 131 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2)

Score: 3.36

51
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
6,617 members, 196 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18), cej1027

Score: 3.36

52
Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
2,141 members, 25 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: merrystar (14), cej1027 (96)

Score: 3.35

53
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
35,948 members, 470 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), BonnieJune54 (21), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3.32

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I don't think this is a good book for children. Twain's satire is too cynical for most children to get, not to mention the difficulties this book presents when put in historical context.… (more)

54
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
32,467 members, 1,464 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20), cej1027

Score: 3.31

55
Babe: The Gallant Pig
by Dick King-Smith
1,604 members, 29 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16), cej1027 (91)

Score: 3.3

56
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
9,812 members, 173 reviews
4.65 stars (4.65 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21), cej1027

Score: 3.28

57
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
13,262 members, 528 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), cej1027

Score: 3.26

58
The Annotated Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
1,532 members, 13 reviews
4.63 stars (4.63 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24), cej1027

Score: 3.22

59
The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
4,850 members, 120 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25), cej1027

Score: 3.2

60
The Incredible Journey
by Sheila Burnford
4,323 members, 64 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), cej1027

Score: 3.19

61
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
15,466 members, 327 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27), cej1027

Score: 3.17

62
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
by Anna Sewell
13,400 members, 175 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (32), ahef1963 (54)

Score: 3.16

63
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
35,438 members, 643 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28), cej1027

Score: 3.15

64
The Blue Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
2,728 members, 16 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (21), cej1027 (102)

Score: 3.13

Explanations:

aulsmith (21): Some of these are a slog. Skipping around seems best.

65
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr
3,647 members, 90 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (30), cej1027

Score: 3.12

66
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
8,577 members, 129 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31), cej1027

Score: 3.11

67
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
31,317 members, 675 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (44), merrystar (48)

Score: 3.07

68
Stuart Little
by E B White
11,032 members, 124 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35), cej1027

Score: 3.06

69
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
7,377 members, 62 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (27), cej1027 (95)

Score: 3.04

70
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
10,658 members, 208 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38), cej1027

Score: 3.03

71
The View from Saturday
by E. L. Konigsburg
4,885 members, 121 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39), cej1027

Score: 3.02

72
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
2,254 members, 29 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24), cej1027 (123)

Score: 3.01

74
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
6,459 members, 253 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: merrystar (41), cej1027

Score: 3

75
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
6,062 members, 69 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: merrystar (42), cej1027

Score: 2.99

76
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
3,885 members, 60 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar (43), cej1027

Score: 2.98

77
The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
4,118 members, 177 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: merrystar (44), cej1027

Score: 2.97

78
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
36,141 members, 660 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (11), ahef1963 (76), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.97

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Only if you want your children immersed in Christian allegory.

79
The Reluctant Dragon
by Kenneth Grahame
1,391 members, 12 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (26), cej1027 (127)

Score: 2.96

80
Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
26,486 members, 601 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45), cej1027

Score: 2.96

81
The Family under the Bridge
by Natalie Savage Carlson
4,343 members, 47 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: merrystar (45), cej1027

Score: 2.96

82
My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
4,099 members, 57 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: merrystar (46), cej1027

Score: 2.95

83
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
by Joan Aiken
2,853 members, 71 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (47), cej1027

Score: 2.94

84
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
6,340 members, 111 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (50), ahef1963 (64)

Score: 2.92

85
Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
6,056 members, 140 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (63), cej1027

Score: 2.83

86
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver
2,047 members, 70 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mkbird (4)

Score: 2.83

87
Holes
by Louis Sachar
19,525 members, 909 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46), cej1027 (93)

Score: 2.82

88
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
16,387 members, 622 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (49), cej1027 (99)

Score: 2.78

89
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard Atwater
7,178 members, 146 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (53), cej1027 (94)

Score: 2.77

90
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
14,550 members, 607 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (52), cej1027 (122)

Score: 2.69

91
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
19,523 members, 416 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (30), ahef1963 (43), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.69

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I think this is a difficult book for a child. Maybe late teens if the kid has already developed a taste for Dickens.

92
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
by Astrid Lindgren
1,936 members, 38 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: merrystar (56), cej1027 (115)

Score: 2.68

93
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: The 23 Original Peter Rabbit Books
by Beatrix Potter
2,761 members, 21 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (70), cej1027 (117)

Score: 2.6

94
The Midwife's Apprentice
by Karen Cushman
3,661 members, 110 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (66), cej1027 (126)

Score: 2.6

95
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
15,107 members, 306 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (28), ahef1963 (77), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.5

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I found this heavy going as an adult and don't think I would have liked it any better as a child. It's pretty didactic.

96
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
11,576 members, 185 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: BonnieJune54 (29), ahef1963 (75), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.5

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): This was a good adventure story, but the geology is rather lame.

97
King Arthur and His Knights
by Roger Lancelyn Green
2,438 members, 24 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7)

Score: 2.46

98
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
1,296 members, 26 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10)

Score: 2.25

Explanations:

aulsmith (10): This might be too old. I mean the Metropolitan Opera isn't even in that building anymore. But the idea of the kids going off on their own and having adventures in New York City is great.… (more)

99
Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
2,784 members, 60 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar (12)

Score: 2.15

100
Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
7,540 members, 68 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14), BonnieJune54 (17)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 2.04

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