Wednesday 24 February 2010

Through my research I found a list of hundred books selected by the National Education Association in 1999 and NEA's (National Education Association) survey of 2007 of best books as great reading for children. However I started looking some of those books to see how the look physical in order to schedule my experiment that I will have on Saturday at Sheffield with a group of 20 children between the age of 5-8.

1. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 


2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 


3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 


4. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 


5. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 


6. I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch 


7. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 


8. Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss 


9. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 


10. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 


11. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner 


12. Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco 


13. The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss 


14. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 


15. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 


16. The Mitten by Jan Brett 


17. Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack 


18. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willlems 


19. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 


20. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 


21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 


22. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 


23. Corduroy by Don Freeman 


24. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 


25. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon 


26. Tacky the Penquin by Helen Lester 


27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 


28. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams 


29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. 


30. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin 


31. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 


32. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss 


33. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park 


34. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 


35. Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 


36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 


37. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini 


38. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper 


39. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone 


40. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 


41. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon 


42. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett 


43. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 


44. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 


45. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 


46. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 


47. Olivia by Ian Falconer 


48. The BFG by Roald Dahl 


49. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn 


50. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 


51. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss 


52. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 


53. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel 


54. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 


55. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer 


56. Bunnicula by James Howe 


57. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 


58. Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise 


59. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes 


60. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 


61. Frederick by Leo Lionni 


62. Frindle by Andrew Clements 


63. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel 


64. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney 


65. Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen 


66. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion 


67. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss 


68. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 


69. I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 


70. Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino 


71. Jan Brett’s books

72. Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. 


73. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 


74. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 


75. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney 


76. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett 


77. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss 


78. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 


79. No David! by David Shannon 


80. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss 


81. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 


82. Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch 


83. Swimmy by Leo Lionni 


84. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 


85. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner 


86. The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper 


87. The Empty Pot by Demi 


88. The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop 


89. The Giver by Lois Lowr 


90. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle 


91. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 


92. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown 


93. The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements 


94. The Napping House by Audrey Wood 


95. The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau 


96. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 


97. The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack 


98. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka 


99. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 


100. The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner

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