...as voted by over 350 readers of New York children's librarian Betsy Bird's A Fuse #8 Production blog. Voters submitted top 10 lists that were scored and calculated by Ms. Bird to come up with the top 100. It is quite a list, and of course now people are figuring out how many of the 100 they have read. I come in at barely a pass (or not even) with 55 of the 100 read, which I have bolded below. The books marked with asterisks are available at the PRES library, which comes in at a more respectable 62 books out of the top 100, 26 of which are in the top 30 (not bad!).
100. The Egypt Game - Snyder (1967)
*99. The Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (1980)
98. Children of Green Knowe - Boston (1954)
97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo (2006)
96. The Witches - Dahl (1983)
*95. Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (1950
94. Swallows and Amazons - Ransome (1930)
93. Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (1935)
*92. Ella Enchanted - Levine (1997)
*91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Sachar (1978)
*90. Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (1985)
*89. Ramona and Her Father - Cleary (1977)
*88. The High King - Alexander (1968)
*87. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg (1996)
*86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling (1999)
*85. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wilder (1937)
84. The Little White Horse - Goudge (1946)
83. The Thief - Turner (1997)
82. The Book of Three - Alexander (1964)
81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin (2009)
80. The Graveyard Book - Gaiman (2008)
79. All-of-a-Kind-Family - Taylor (1951)
*78. Johnny Tremain - Forbes (1943)
77. The City of Ember - DuPrau (2003)
76. Out of the Dust - Hesse (1997)
75. Love That Dog - Creech (2001)
*74. The Borrowers - Norton (1953)
*73. My Side of the Mountain - George (1959)
*72. My Father's Dragon - Gannett (1948)
*71. The Bad Beginning - Snicket (1999)
70. Betsy-Tacy - Lovelace (1940)
69. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart ( 2007)
68. Walk Two Moons - Creech (1994)
67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville (1991)
66. Henry Huggins - Cleary (1950)
65. Ballet Shoes - Stratfeild (1936)
64. A Long Way from Chicago - Peck (1998)
63. Gone-Away Lake - Enright (1957)
*62. The Secret of the Old Clock - Keene (1959)
61. Stargirl - Spinelli (2000)
60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi (1990)
59. Inkheart - Funke (2003)
58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Aiken (1962)
*57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Cleary (1981)
*56. Number the Stars - Lowry (1989)
55. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson (1978)
*54. The BFG - Dahl (1982)
*53. Wind in the Willows - Grahame (1908)
*52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)
51. The Saturdays - Enright (1941)
*50. Island of the Blue Dolphins - O'Dell (1960)
49. Frindle - Clements (1996)
*48. The Penderwicks - Birdsall (2005)
*47. Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (1999)
*46. Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls (1961)
*45. The Golden Compass - Pullman (1995)
44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume (1972)
*43. Ramona the Pest - Cleary (1968)
*42. Little House on the Prairie - Wilder (1935)
*41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (1958)
*40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum (1900)
39. When You Reach Me - Stead (2009)
*38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling (2003)
*37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor (1976)
36. Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret - Blume (1970)
*35. HP and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling (2000)
*34. The Watson's Go to Birmingham - Curtis (1995)
*33. James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (1961)
*32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brian (1971)
31. Half Magic - Eager (1954)
*30. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne (1926)
29. The Dark Is Rising - Cooper (1973)
*28. A Little Princess - Burnett (1905)
*27. Alice I and II - Carroll (1865/72)
*26. Hatchet - Paulsen (1989)
*25. Little Women - Alcott (1868/9)
*24. HP and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling (2007)
*23. Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (1932)
*22. The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo (2003)
*21. The Lightning Thief - Riordan (2005)
*20. Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (1975)
*19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl (1964)
*18. Matilda - Dahl (1988)
17. Maniac Magee - Spinelli (1990)
*16. Harriet the Spy - Fitzhugh (1964)
15. Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (2000)
*14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling (1999)
*13. Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson (1977)
*12. The Hobbit - Tolkien (1938)
*11. The Westing Game - Raskin (1978)
*10. The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1961)
*9. Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery (1908)
*8. The Secret Garden - Burnett (1911)
*7. The Giver -Lowry (1993)
6. Holes - Sachar (1998)
*5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Koningsburg (1967)
*4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Lewis (1950)
*3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Rowling (1997)
*2. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle (1962)
*1. Charlotte's Web - White (1952)
How about you? How many have you read?
Betsy Bird did a Top 100 Picture Books poll last year, which is also a great list.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
"Books that became movies" display
To be honest, I had no idea that there would be so many books in the Parrsboro Elementary library that had been made into movies, but it turns out that there are almost 30! Who knew?
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