...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.
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