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Teachers' 100 Favorite Children's Books
(From the NEA)

baby-preschool Baby-Preschool       4-8 years 4-8 years        9-12 years 9-12 years       Young Adult Young Adult        All Ages All Ages
1 Charlotte's Web
by E.B White 9-12 years		 51 Corduroy
by Don Freeman baby-preschool
2 The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg 4-8 years		 52 Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg 4-8 years
3 Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years		 53 Math Curse
by Jon Scieszka 4-8 years
4 The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years		 54 Matilda
by Roald Dahl 9-12 years
5 Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak 4-8 years		 55 Summer of the Monkeys
by Wilson Rawls Young Adult
6 Love You Forever
by Robert N. Munsch 4-8 years		 56 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume 9-12 years
7 The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein All Ages		 57 Ramon Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary 9-12 years
8 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle baby-preschool		 58 The Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B White 9-12 years
9 Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls Young Adult		 59 Are You My Mother?
by Philip D. Eastman 4-8 years
10 The Mitten
by Jan Brett 4-8 years		 60 The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S Lewis 9-12 years
11 Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown baby-preschool		 61 Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey 4-8 years
12 Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen 9-12 years		 62 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years
13 The Lion, the Witch and
the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis 9-12 years		 63 The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster 9-12 years
14 Where the Sidewalk Ends:
the Poems and Drawings
of Shel Silverstein
by Shel Silverstein All Ages		 64 The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats baby-preschool
15 Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson 9-12 years		 65 The Napping House
by Audrey Wood 4-8 years
16 Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon 4-8 years		 66 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig 4-8 years
17 Oh, The Places You'll Go
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years		 67 The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter 4-8 years
18 Strega Nona
by Tomie De Paola 4-8 years		 68
19 Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day
by Judith Viorst 4-8 years		 69 The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum All Ages
20 Brown Bear, Brown Bear,
What Do You See?
by Bill Martin, Jr. baby-preschool		 70 Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery 9-12 years
21 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl 9-12 years		 71 Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years
22 The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams 4-8 years		 72 Basil of Baker Street
by Eve Titus 4-8 years
23 A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle 9-12 years		 73 The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper 4-8 years
24 Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 9-12 years		 74 The Cay
by Theodore Taylor Young Adult
25 How The Grinch Stole Christmas
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years		 75 Curious George
by Hans Augusto Rey 4-8 years
26 The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka 4-8 years		 76 Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
by Mem Fox 4-8 years
27 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by John Archambault 4-8 years		 77 Arthur Series
by Marc Tolon Brown 4-8 years
28 Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Windler 9-12 years		 78 The Great Gilly Hopkins
by Katherine Paterson 9-12 years
29 The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett 9-12 years		 79 Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes 4-8 years
30 The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
by A.A. Milne 4-8 years		 80 Little House Series
by Laura Ingalls Wilder 9-12 years
31 The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner 9-12 years		 81 The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton 4-8 years
32 Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan 9-12 years		 82 The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown baby-preschool
33 Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks 9-12 years		 83 Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar 9-12 years
34 Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell 9-12 years		 84 Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish 4-8 years
35 Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli 9-12 years		 85 Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh 9-12 years
36 The BFG
by Roald Dahl 9-12 years		 86 A Light inthe Attic
by Shel Silverstein 9-12 years
37 The Giver
by Lois Lowry 9-12 years		 87 Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard Atwater 9-12 years
38 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Joffe Numeroff 4-8 years		 88 My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett 9-12 years
39 James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl 9-12 years		 89 Stuart Little
by E.B White 9-12 years
40 Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder 9-12 years		 90 Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 9-12 years
41 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor 9-12 years		 91 The Witch of Blackbrid Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare 9-12 years
42 The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien Young Adult		 92 The Art Lesson
by Tomie De Paola 4-8 years
43 The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years		 93 Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina 4-8 years
44 Stone Fox
by John Reynolds Gardiner 9-12 years		 94 Clifford, the Big Red Dog
by Norman Bridwell 4-8 years
45 Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 9-12 years		 95 Heidi
by Johanna Spyri All Ages
46 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien 9-12 years		 96 Horton Hears a Who
by Dr. Seuss 4-8 years
47 Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott All Ages		 97 The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare Young Adult
48 The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister baby-preschool		 98 The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis 9-12 years
49 Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman 4-8 years		 99 Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney baby-preschool
50 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson 9-12 years		 100 The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert N. Munsch 4-8 years

 

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