{"id":38,"date":"2009-07-05T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T19:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/tatar\/?p=38"},"modified":"2009-07-09T08:09:36","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T12:09:36","slug":"top-thirteen-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/tatar\/2009\/07\/05\/top-thirteen-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Thirteen Children’s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smith_a171\"<\/em>Nicholas Kristoff weighs in on his 13 favorite children’s books, and 908 readers (so far) responded with additional proposals for summer reading.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/05\/opinion\/05kristof.html<\/p>\n

Kristoff’s top pick: Charlotte’s Web. I was happy to see readers add titles by Roald Dahl, Lois Lowry, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll, and others. Time to develop a list of the top 100. I am savoring the reader’s comments.<\/p>\n

Here’s a start to the top 100 (to be developed in the coming weeks based on posts and conversations). My top 19 for starters.<\/p>\n

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women<\/em><\/p>\n

Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan<\/em><\/p>\n

L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz<\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland<\/em><\/p>\n

Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/p>\n

Roald Dahl, Matilda<\/em><\/p>\n

Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows<\/em><\/p>\n

Brothers Grimm, Fairy Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em><\/p>\n

Lois Lowry, The Giver<\/em><\/p>\n

Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia<\/em><\/p>\n

Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter <\/em>books<\/p>\n

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island<\/em><\/p>\n

E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web<\/em><\/p>\n


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