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Rank Title Author Added

1

Frog and Toad are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

10,558 members

263 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Peggy Parish

7,628 members

207 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Winnie-the-Pooh

13,524 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

490 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

5

6,783 members

92 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Else Holmelund Minarik

7,103 members

66 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,535 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell

4,532 members

72 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Green Eggs and Ham

22,806 members

717 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Arnold Lobel

3,597 members

47 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

11,218 members

170 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

23,842 members

330 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

26,150 members

1,451 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

14

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

14,412 members

549 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

15

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

25,109 members

452 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

16

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,614 members

961 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

17

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

2,852 members

117 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

18

James and the Giant Peach

19,802 members

363 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,496 members

74 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,088 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,877 members

280 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

22

304 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

8,878 members

306 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Mouse and His Child

by Russell Hoban

1,059 members

30 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

Henry and Mudge: The First Book

by Cynthia Rylant

3,677 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,060 members

135 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

27

8,500 members

126 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,292 members

279 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

18,851 members

1,013 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

30

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

15,879 members

482 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

31

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by Kate DiCamillo

7,703 members

263 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Big Orange Splot

by D. Manus Pinkwater

1,270 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

33

15,003 members

146 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

34

A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

10,709 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

35

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Books 1-3)

by Rick Riordan

809 members

20 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

Falling Up: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

7,904 members

199 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

37

The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton

1,567 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

38

Every Thing On It

by Shel Silverstein

1,563 members

79 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

39

by Emily Jenkins

752 members

51 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,698 members

665 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Paul Stewart

421 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

42

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

161 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, merrystar,ManWithAnAgenda

43

by Paul Stewart

249 members

2 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

44

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

13,397 members

718 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

by Paul Stewart

216 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

46

The Graveyard Book

22,221 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

20,209 members

692 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Louis Sachar

23,286 members

951 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4,604 members

53 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: hipdeep,ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Chronicles of Narnia

35,947 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar,ManWithAnAgenda

51

Charlotte's Web

36,249 members

1,025 reviews

4.2

52

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,930 members

532 reviews

½ 4.3

53

6,780 members

180 reviews

3.8

54

Peter and the Starcatchers

6,101 members

162 reviews

4

55

The Railway Children

5,913 members

76 reviews

3.9

56

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,551 members

192 reviews

4.1

57

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel

4,923 members

152 reviews

4

58

by Edward Eager

4,267 members

87 reviews

4

59

4,012 members

67 reviews

4

60

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,998 members

234 reviews

½ 4.3

61

3,339 members

199 reviews

4

62

3,331 members

52 reviews

3.9

63

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

by Walter Moers

2,859 members

82 reviews

4.1

64

2,627 members

46 reviews

4

65

1,882 members

33 reviews

4

66

Magic by the Lake

by Edward Eager

1,580 members

23 reviews

4

67

The Cartoon History of the Universe I, Volumes 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great

by Larry Gonick

1,341 members

17 reviews

4.2

68

1,307 members

35 reviews

4.1

69

The Search for WondLa

by Tony DiTerlizzi

1,128 members

60 reviews

3.9

70

885 members

23 reviews

½ 4.3

71

The Cartoon History of the Universe II, Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome

by Larry Gonick

874 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

72

The Silver Crown

by Robert C. O'Brien

752 members

14 reviews

3.9

73

Shredderman: Secret Identity

by Wendelin Van Draanen

696 members

19 reviews

3.9

74

The Mad Scientists' Club

by Bertrand R. Brinley

623 members

9 reviews

4.2

75

Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4)

by Barbara Park

480 members

21 reviews

4.1

76

Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine

by Jay Williams

435 members

3 reviews

3.8

77

A Whole Nother Story

by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

410 members

25 reviews

4.1

78

Another Whole Nother Story

by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

120 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

79

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

11,481 members

174 reviews

3.9

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