Scholastic’sParent & Childmagazine recently released a list of the100 Greatest Books for Kids . Spanning a variety of genres and direct ages , the editors made the selections from a universe of around 500 submissions from literacy expert and " mommy bloggers . " Here are the top 11 along with some flossy tidbits about each :
Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. Montgomery (#11)
The advantageously - selling script in the top 11,Annehas sold more than 50 million copy and has been translated into 20 different languages . Only 16 single - mass works of fiction have sold more transcript . Canadian journalist and former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson credits Montgomery ’s novels with introducing her to Canadian tradition and cultures when she was a nine - yr - old immigrant from China .
Frog and Toad Are Friendsby Arnold Lobel (#10)
toad and Toadauthor Arnold Lobel was marital to a fellow children ’s leger writer , Anita Kempler . They had a daughter , Adrianne , and here ’s where poppycock gets really amazing : Adrianne Lobel is married to actor Mark Linn - Baker . That ’s right , Cousin Larry fromPerfect Strangers . If you do n’t take the air around the rest of the day say " Balki Bartokomous " in your head repeatedly ( and occasionally out loud ) , that ’s just strange to me .
The Giving Treeby Shel Silverstein (#9)
The Diary of a Young Girlby Anne Frank (#8)
The inspirational diary of this adolescent Dutch girl written during the Nazi business has been translate into more than 60 languages . Can you key out the voice communication of the titles of these translation ? ( Answers at the bottom of this Wiley Post . )
Green Eggs and Hamby Dr. Seuss (#7)
Have you ever noticed thatGreen Eggs and Hamonly uses 50 words ? Well , it does , and that fact put Dr. Seuss on the winning side of a $ 50 bet with his publisher , Bennett Cerf , who said that he could not do it . What ’s more , 49 of the 50 run-in used inGreen Eggsare one - syllable words . The lone multi - syllable Book is " anywhere . " Trivia trivia : The fact about Seuss ’s bet with Cerf is the most - linked - to mo of trivia inour Amazing Fact Generator .
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneby J.K. Rowling (#6)
Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice Sendak (#5)
Lots of people have a go at it that Spike Jonze directed a celluloid version ofWhere the Wild Things Arethat was release in 2009 . But before that , the tiddler ’s classic became an opera house . Sendak himself compose the libretto and the music was write by British composer Oliver Knussen , who conducted the first performance feature the nail mark in London in 1984 . office in the opera admit Max and Mama ( of course ) as well as Moishe ( Wild Thing With Beard ) , Bruno ( Wild matter With Horns ) , Emile ( Rooster Wild Thing ) , Bernard ( Bull Wild Thing ) , and Tzippy ( Female Wild Thing ) .
The Snowy Dayby Ezra Jack Keats (#4)
A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeline L’Engle (#3)
This bookactuallybegins , " It was a moody and stormy dark … " The phrase , which was first infamously used by British author Edward Bulwar - Lytton in his 1830 novelPaul Clifford , has become synonymous with the overly flowery style of compose know as " purple prose . " In fact , since 1982 , San Jose State University has hosted an annual Bulwar - Lytton fiction contest in which its chiliad of participants submit one - sentence introduction in various class , desire to be hold the purplest of the purpleness . The prescribed deadline for submission is April 15 because , as the official contest website State Department , this is a particular date that " Americans associate with painful submissions and get up bad story . "
We should n’t be so firmly on sometime Bulwar - Lytton , though ; he did coin the phrase , " the pen is mighty than the steel . " Have you ever wondered who coined the set phrase " strike the set phrase " ?
Goodnight Moonby Margaret Wise Brown (#2)
A few things to note the next clock time you take this classic :
Charlotte’s Webby E.B. White (#1)
So , all in all , just a really fun leaning . How awe-inspiring would a child shower gift of the top ten be ? ( Am I mommy blogging right now ? ) Additionally , there are some interesting option and topics raised for discussion and argumentation among the prepubertal literati : " Why wasHarry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stoneonly phone number six on the list ? " ; " Why wasThe Cat in the Hatnot on the list at all ? " ; and " Why isA Wrinkle in Timestill one of the best books I ’ve ever read ? " you’re able to find the rest of the listhere . well-chosen interpretation .
