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100 Best Books for Children: A Parent's Guide to Making the Right Choices for Your Young Reader, Toddler to Preteen » (Reprint)

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Authors: Anita Silvey
ISBN-13: 9780618618774, ISBN-10: 0618618775
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Anita Silvey

Anita Silvey has spent more than thirty years in the children's book field, including several years as the Vice President and Publisher of Childrens Books for Houghton Mifflin Company, and eleven years as editor-in-chief at the Horn Book Magazine, during which time she launched the bi-annual publication of the Horn Book Guide. She is the editor of Children's Books and Their Creators.

Book Synopsis

Drawing upon 35 years of experience in the publishing industry, Silvey offers a list of 100 best books for children. Aimed at parents and booksellers as well as librarians and educators, the guide provides plot summaries and background information on books appropriate for readers in each of six age ranges. Also included are lists of books to match particular interests. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Publishers Weekly

"Divided into age groups, Silvey lists classics old and new, from Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's Goodnight Moon to Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly to Louis Sachar's novel Holes," wrote PW. All ages. (Aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Board Books: Birth to Age 2
	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown	3
	Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham	5
	The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle	6
	Freight Train by Donald Crews	8
	The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss	9
	Picture Books: Ages 2 to 8
	Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard	13
	Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans	14
	The Snowman by Raymond Briggs	16
	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton	17
	Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag	18
	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes	19
	Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs	20
	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats	22
	Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus	23
	The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf	24
	John Henry by Julius Lester	25
	Swimmy by Leo Lionni	26
	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault	28
	Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin	29
	Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey	30
	The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter	32
	Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann	33
	Curious George by H. A. Rey	34
	The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka	36
	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak	37
	Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina	39
	Doctor De Soto by William Steig	40
	The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg	42
	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst	43
	Tuesday by David Wiesner	44
	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams	46
	Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young	47
	Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion	48
	Books for Beginning Readers: Ages 5 to 7
	Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel	53
	Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik	54
	Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant	55
	The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss	56
	Books for Young Readers: Ages 7 to 9
	Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary	61
	Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr	62
	Morning Girl by Michael Dorris	63
	The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes	64
	My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett	66
	Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner	67
	Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm	68
	Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry	69
	Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith	71
	Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace	72
	Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan	74
	The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky	75
	Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say	76
	Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder	77
	Books for Middle Readers: Ages 8 to 11
	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett	83
	The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford	84
	The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper	85
	The BFG by Roald Dahl	86
	Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo	88
	Half Magic by Edward Eager	89
	Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh	90
	Humbug Mountain by Sid Fleischman	92
	Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman	93
	Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George	94
	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame	95
	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton	97
	Redwall by Brian Jacques	98
	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster	100
	From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg	101
	Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson	102
	A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle	103
	The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis	104
	Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren	106
	In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord	107
	The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay	108
	Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne	110
	Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery	111
	The Great Fire by Jim Murphy	113
	Rascal by Sterling North	114
	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien	115
	Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell	116
	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson	118
	Hatchet by Gary Paulsen	119
	Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce	120
	The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin	121
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling	122
	Holes by Louis Sachar	125
	The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden	126
	The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare	127
	Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers	128
	Charlotte's Web by E. B. White	130
	Books for Older Readers: Ages 11 to 12
	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi	135
	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt	136
	Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy	137
	Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman	138
	Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes	139
	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank	141
	Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse	143
	A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin	144
	The Giver by Lois Lowry	146
	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor	148
	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien	149
	Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt	151
	Beyond the 100 Best	155
	Bibliography	166
	Reading Journal	172
	Index	187