{"id":4630,"date":"2011-09-09T08:37:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?page_id=4630"},"modified":"2024-04-14T11:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:31:44","slug":"top-100-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?page_id=4630","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 Children’s Books (SLJ)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top 100 Children\u2019s Books (from the School Library Journal<\/em>), an ongoing Reading Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

I finished the list in April of 2024. Finally!<\/p>\n

100. The Egypt Game \u2013 Snyder (1967)<\/a><\/strong>
\n99. The Indian in the Cupboard \u2013 Banks (1980)<\/strong>
\n98. Children of Green Knowe \u2013 Boston (1954)<\/strong>
\n97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane \u2013 DiCamillo (2006)<\/strong><\/a>
\n96. The Witches \u2013 Dahl (1983)<\/strong><\/a>
\n95. Pippi Longstocking \u2013 Lindgren (1950)<\/strong><\/a>
\n94. Swallows and Amazons \u2013 Ransome (1930)<\/strong>
\n93. Caddie Woodlawn \u2013 Brink (1935)<\/a><\/strong>
\n92. Ella Enchanted \u2013 Levine (1997)<\/strong>
\n91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School \u2013 Sachar (1978)<\/strong>
\n90. Sarah, Plain and Tall \u2013 MacLachlan (1985)<\/strong>
\n89. Ramona and Her Father \u2013 Cleary (1977)<\/strong>
\n88. The High King \u2013 Alexander (1968)<\/strong><\/a>
\n87. The View from Saturday \u2013 Konigsburg (1996)<\/strong>
\n86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets \u2013 Rowling (1999)<\/a><\/strong>
\n85. On the Banks of Plum Creek \u2013 Wilder (1937)<\/strong>
\n84. The Little White Horse \u2013 Goudge (1946)<\/strong><\/a>
\n83. The Thief \u2013 Turner (1997)<\/strong>
\n82. The Book of Three \u2013 Alexander (1964)<\/strong><\/a>
\n81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon \u2013 Lin (2009)<\/strong><\/a>
\n80. The Graveyard Book \u2013 Gaiman (2008)<\/strong><\/a>
\n79. All-of-a-Kind-Family \u2013 Taylor (1951)<\/strong>
\n78. Johnny Tremain \u2013 Forbes (1943)<\/strong>
\n77. The City of Ember \u2013 DuPrau (2003)<\/strong>
\n76. Out of the Dust \u2013 Hesse (1997)<\/strong>
\n75. Love That Dog \u2013 Creech (2001)<\/strong>
\n74. The Borrowers \u2013 Norton (1953)<\/strong>
\n73. My Side of the Mountain \u2013 George (1959)<\/strong>
\n72. My Father\u2019s Dragon \u2013 Gannett (1948)<\/strong><\/a>
\n71. The Bad Beginning \u2013 Snicket (1999)<\/strong>
\n70. Betsy-Tacy \u2013 Lovelace (1940)<\/strong>
\n69. The Mysterious Benedict Society \u2013 Stewart ( 2007)<\/strong><\/a>
\n68. Walk Two Moons \u2013 Creech (1994)<\/a><\/strong>
\n67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher \u2013 Coville (1991)<\/strong><\/a>
\n66. Henry Huggins \u2013 Cleary (1950)<\/strong><\/a>
\n65. Ballet Shoes \u2013 Streatfeild (1936)<\/strong>
\n64. A Long Way from Chicago \u2013 Peck (1998)<\/strong>
\n63. Gone-Away Lake \u2013 Enright (1957)<\/strong><\/a>
\n62. The Secret of the Old Clock \u2013 Keene (1959)<\/strong><\/a>
\n61. Stargirl \u2013 Spinelli (2000)<\/a><\/strong>
\n60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle \u2013 Avi (1990)<\/strong>
\n59. Inkheart \u2013 Funke (2003)<\/strong>
\n58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase \u2013 Aiken (1962)<\/strong><\/a>
\n57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 \u2013 Cleary (1981)<\/strong>
\n56. Number the Stars \u2013 Lowry (1989)<\/strong>
\n55. The Great Gilly Hopkins \u2013 Paterson (1978)<\/strong><\/a>
\n54. The BFG \u2013 Dahl (1982)<\/strong>
\n53. Wind in the Willows \u2013 Grahame (1908)<\/strong><\/a>
\n52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)<\/a><\/strong>
\n 51. The Saturdays \u2013 Enright (1941)<\/strong><\/a>
\n50. Island of the Blue Dolphins \u2013 O\u2019Dell (1960)<\/strong>
\n49. Frindle \u2013 Clements (1996)<\/a><\/strong>
\n48. The Penderwicks \u2013 Birdsall (2005)<\/strong><\/a>
\n47. Bud, Not Buddy \u2013 Curtis (1999)<\/strong>
\n46. Where the Red Fern Grows \u2013 Rawls (1961)<\/strong><\/a>
\n45. The Golden Compass \u2013 Pullman (1995)<\/strong>
\n44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing \u2013 Blume (1972)<\/strong>
\n43. Ramona the Pest \u2013 Cleary (1968)<\/strong><\/a>
\n42. Little House on the Prairie \u2013 Wilder (1935)<\/strong>
\n41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond \u2013 Speare (1958)<\/strong>
\n40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz \u2013 Baum (1900)<\/strong>
\n39. When You Reach Me \u2013 Stead (2009)<\/strong>
\n38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix \u2013 Rowling (2003)<\/strong>
\n37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry \u2013 Taylor (1976)<\/strong>
\n36. Are You there, God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret \u2013 Blume (1970)<\/strong>
\n35. HP and the Goblet of Fire \u2013 Rowling (2000)<\/strong>
\n34. The Watsons Go to Birmingham \u2013 Curtis (1995)<\/strong>
\n33. James and the Giant Peach \u2013 Dahl (1961)<\/a><\/strong>
\n32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH \u2013 O\u2019Brian (1971)<\/strong>
\n31. Half Magic \u2013 Eager (1954)<\/strong>
\n30. Winnie-the-Pooh \u2013 Milne (1926)<\/strong><\/a>
\n29. The Dark Is Rising \u2013 Cooper (1973)<\/strong><\/a>
\n28. A Little Princess \u2013 Burnett (1905)<\/a><\/strong>
\n27. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass \u2013 Carroll (1865\/72)<\/strong>
\n26. Hatchet \u2013 Paulsen (1989)<\/strong><\/a>
\n25. Little Women \u2013 Alcott (1868\/9)<\/strong>
\n24. HP and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Rowling (2007)<\/strong><\/a>
\n23. Little House in the Big Woods \u2013 Wilder (1932)<\/strong>
\n22. The Tale of Despereaux \u2013 DiCamillo (2003)<\/strong><\/a>
\n21. The Lightning Thief \u2013 Riordan (2005)<\/strong><\/a>
\n20. Tuck Everlasting \u2013 Babbitt<\/a> (1975)<\/strong>
\n19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory \u2013 Dahl (1964)<\/strong>
\n18. Matilda \u2013 Dahl (1988)<\/strong><\/a>
\n17. Maniac Magee \u2013 Spinelli (1990)<\/strong>
\n16. Harriet the Spy \u2013 Fitzhugh (1964)<\/strong>
\n15. Because of Winn-Dixie \u2013 DiCamillo (2000)<\/strong><\/a>
\n14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban \u2013 Rowling (1999)<\/strong><\/a>
\n13. Bridge to Terabithia \u2013 Paterson (1977)<\/strong>
\n12. The Hobbit \u2013 Tolkien (1938)<\/strong>
\n11. The Westing Game \u2013 Raskin (1978)<\/strong><\/a>
\n10. The Phantom Tollbooth \u2013 Juster (1961)<\/strong><\/a>
\n9. Anne of Green Gables \u2013 Montgomery (1908)<\/strong>
\n8. The Secret Garden \u2013 Burnett (1911)<\/a><\/strong>
\n7. The Giver -Lowry (1993)<\/strong><\/a>
\n6. Holes \u2013 Sachar (1998)<\/strong><\/a>
\n5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler \u2013 Koningsburg (1967)<\/strong><\/a>
\n4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe \u2013 Lewis (1950)<\/strong><\/a>
\n3. Harry Potter #1 \u2013 Rowling (1997)<\/strong><\/a>
\n2. A Wrinkle in Time \u2013 L\u2019Engle (1962)<\/strong><\/a>
\n1. Charlotte\u2019s Web \u2013 White (1952)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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