I think someone asked we do this from the point of view of our childhood... but, um, some of these books have only been out ten years or less. Am I the oldest blogger in the kidlitosphere?
And what the heck is
Oh the Places You'll Go doing on this list? I have instantly lost all trust in whoever put it together, even with the extra props for including
The Trumpet of the Swan.(You would never know it from this selection, but I do like Dr. Seuss! But almost every one of his titles here really annoyed me as a child.)
Mark the selections you have read in bold. If you liked it, add a star (*) in front of the title, if you didn't, give it a minus (-). Then, put the total number of books you've read in the subject line.*
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
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The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
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The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
*
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (sob!)
The Mitten by Jan Brett
*
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
*
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
*
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
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Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
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Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
*
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
*
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (I don't remember it!)
*
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
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Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
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Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The BFG by Roald Dahl
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
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The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
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Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
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Matilda by Roald Dahl
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
*
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
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The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
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Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
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The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
*The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
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The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (love all the other Oz books, just not the first)
*
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus
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The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
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Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown
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The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
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Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
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The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
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Sideways Storiesfrom Wayside School by Louis Sachar
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Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
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Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
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Stuart Little by E. B. White
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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
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The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
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Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
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Heidi by Johanna Spyri
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Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsc
