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Century Book List
Top 25 All Time Best-selling Hardcover Children's Books
Top 25 All
Time Best-selling Paperback Children's Books
CENTURY LIST of BOOKS For KIDS TOP 100
Top 25 All Time Best-selling
Hardcover Children's Books
| 1. | The Poky Little Puppy |
(Janette Lowrey, 1942)
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| 2. | The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
(Beatrix Potter, 1902)
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| 3. | Tootle |
(Gertrude Crampton, 1945)
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| 4. | Saggy Baggy Elephant |
(Kathryn and Bryon Jackson,
1947)
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| 5. | Scuffy the Tugboat |
(Gertrude Crampton,1940)
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| 6. | Pat the Bunny |
(Dorothy Kunhardt, 1940)
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| 7. | Green Eggs and Ham |
(Dr. Suess, 1960)
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| 8. | The Cat in the Hat |
(Dr. Suess, 1957)
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| 9. | The Littlest Angel |
(Charles Tazewell, 1946)
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| 10. | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish |
(Dr. Suess, 1960)
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| 11. | Where the Sidewalk Ends |
(Shel Silverstein, 1974)
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| 12. | Hop on Pop |
(Dr. Suess, 1963)
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| 13. | Dr. Suess's ABC |
(Dr. Suess, 1960)
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| 14. | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny |
(Beatrix Potter, 1908)
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| 15. | The Giving Tree |
(Shel Silverstein, 1964)
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| 16. | The Children's Bible |
(1965)
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| 17. | Disney's The Lion King |
(1994)
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| 18. | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck |
(Beatrix Potter, 1908)
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| 19. | Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever |
(Richard Scarry, 1963)
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| 20. | The Real Mother Goose |
(1916)
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| 21. | The Cat in the Hat |
(Dr. Suess, 1958)
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| 22. | A Light in the Attic |
(Shel Silverstein, 1981)
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| 23. | Are You My Mother? |
(P.D. Eastman, 1960)
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| 24. | The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin |
(Beatrix Potter, 1903)
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| 25. | The Tale of Tom Kitten |
(Beatrix Potter, 1907)
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| 1. | Charlotte's Web |
(E.B.White, 1974)
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| 2. | The Outsiders |
(S.E. Hinton, 1968)
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| 3. | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
(Judy Blume, 1976)
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| 4. | Shane |
(Jack Schaefer,1983)
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| 5. | Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret |
(Judy Blume, 1972)
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| 6. | Where the Red Fern Grows |
(Wilson Rawls, 1974)
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| 7. | A Wrinkle in Time |
(Madeleine L'Engle, 1973)
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| 8. | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
(Scott O'Dell, 1971)
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| 9. | Little House on the Prairie |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 10. | Little House in the Big Woods |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 11. | The Incredible Journey |
(Sheila Burnford, 1984)
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| 12. | The Little Prince |
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery,
1968)
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| 13. | Blubber |
(Judy Blume, 1976)
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| 14. | Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great |
(Judy Blume, 1976)
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| 15. | Johnny Tremain |
(Esther Forbes, 1969)
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| 16. | Go Ask for Alice |
(Anonymous, 1976)
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| 17. | That Was Then, This Is Now |
(SE Hinton, 1972)
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| 18. | Superfudge |
(Judy Blume, 1981)
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| 19. | James and the Giant Peach |
(Roald Dahl, 1988)
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| 20. | Freckle Face |
(Judy Blume, 1978)
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| 21. | The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
(Elizabeth Speare, 1972)
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| 22. | On the Banks of Plum Creek |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 23. | Farmer Boy |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 24. | The Long Winter |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 25. | Little Town on the Prairie |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1971)
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| 1. | Charlotte's Web |
(E.B. White, 1952)
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| 2. | Where the Wild Things Are |
(Maurice Sendak, 1963)
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| 3. | The Diary of a Young Girl |
(Anne Frank, 1967)
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| 4. | Make Way for Ducklings |
(Robert Mccloskey, 1941)
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| 5. | A Light in the Attic |
(Shel Silverstein, 1981)
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| 6. | Frog & Toad together |
(Arnold Lobel, 1972)
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| 7. | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales |
(Virginia Hamilton, 1985)
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| 8. | Goodnight Moon |
(Margaret Wise Brown, 1947)
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| 9. | Story of Ferdinand |
(Munro Leaf, 1936)
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| 10. | The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
(Beatrix Potter, 1902)
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| 11. | The Cat in the Hat |
(Dr. Suess, 1957)
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| 12. | The Secret Garden |
(Frances Hodgson Burnett,
1971)
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| 13. | Wind in the Willows |
(Kenneth Grahame, 1908)
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| 14. | Winnie the Pooh |
(A.A. Milne, 1926)
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| 15. | Where the Red Fern Grows |
(Wilson Rawls, 1961)
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| 16. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
(J.K. Rowling, 1998)
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| 17. | D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths |
(Ingri & Edgar d'Aulaire,
1962)
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| 18. | Miss Nelson Is Missing! |
(Harry Allard, 1977)
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| 19. | The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
(Eric Carle, 1969)
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| 20. | The Snowy Day |
(Ezra Jack Keats, 1962)
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| 21. | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
(Frank Baum, 1962)
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| 22. | Number the Stars |
(Lois Lowry, 1989)
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| 23. | The Hobbit |
(J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937)
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| 24. | Bridge to Terabithia |
(Katherine Paterson, 1977)
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| 25. | To Kill a Mockingbird |
(Harper Lee, 1960)
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| 26. | Cathedral: The Story of Its Constructions |
(David Macaulay, 1973)
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| 27. | Where the Sidewalk Ends |
(Shel Silverstein, 1974)
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| 28. | Stone Soup |
(Marcia Brown, 1947)
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| 29. | A Visit to William Blake's Inn |
(Nancy Willard, 1981)
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| 30. | Eloise |
(Kay Thompson, 1955)
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| 31. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
(Roald Dahl, 1964)
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| 32. | Julie of the Wolves |
(Jean Craighead George,
1972)
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| 33. | A Wrinkle in Time |
(Madeleine L'Engle, 1962)
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| 34. | The Little House in the Big Woods |
(Laura Ingalls Wilder,
1932)
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| 35. | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
(Robert O'Brien, 1971)
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| 36. | Tar Beach |
(Faith Ringgold, 1991)
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| 37. | Mummies Made in Egypt |
(Aliki, 1979)
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| 38. | Jumanji |
(Chris Van Allsburg, 1981)
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| 39. | The Story of Babar |
(Jean de Brunhoff, 1933)
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| 40. | The Little House |
(Virgina Lee Burton, 1942)
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| 41. | Petunia |
(Roger Duvoisin, 1950)
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| 42. | Corduroy |
(Don Freeman, 1968)
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| 43. | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
(Kevin Henkes, 1996)
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| 44. | Amelia Bedelia |
(Peggy Parish, 1963)
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| 45. | Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day |
(Judith Viorst, 1972)
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| 46. | Tuck Everlasting |
(Natalie Babbit, 1975)
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| 47. | Indian in the Cupboard |
(Lynn Reid Banks, 1980)
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| 48. | The Incredible Journey |
(Sheila Burnford, 1961)
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| 49. | Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery |
(Deborah & James Howe,
1979)
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| 50. | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
(E.L Konigsburg, 1967)
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| 51. | The Chronicles of Narnia |
(C.S. KLewis, 1950)
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| 52. | Pippi Longstockings |
(Astrid Lindgren, 1950)
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| 53. | In The Year of the Bear and Jackie Robinson |
(Bette Bao Lord, 1984)
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| 54. | The Borrowers |
(Mary Norton, 1953)
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| 55. | The Yearling |
(Marjorie Rawlings, 1938)
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| 56. | Holes |
(Louis Sachar, 1998)
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| 57. | The Little Prince |
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery,
1943)
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| 58. | Maniac Magee |
(Jerry Spinelli, 1990)
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| 59. | The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen |
(Lloyd Alexander, 1991)
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| 60. | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich |
(Alice Childress, 1973)
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| 61. | The Slave Dancer |
(Paula Fox, 1973)
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| 62. | Call of the Wild |
(Jack London, 1903)
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| 63. | Jacob Have I Loved |
(Katherine Paterson, 1980)
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| 64. | The Lord of the Rings |
(J.R.R. Tolkien, 1954)
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| 65. | Soldier's Heart |
(Gary Paulsen, 1998)
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| 66. | Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
(Virginia Lee Burton, 1939)
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| 67. | The Talking Eggs |
(Robert D. San Souci, 1989)
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| 68. | Curious George |
(H.A. Rey, 1941)
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| 69. | Harriet, the Spy |
(Louise Fitzhugh, 1960)
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| 70. | Are You There God? It's Me Margaret |
(Judy Blume, 1970)
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| 71. | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher |
(Bruce Coville, 1991)
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| 72. | Max's First Word |
(Rosemary Wells, 1979)
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| 73. | Catherine, Called Birdy |
(Karen Cushman, 1994)
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| 74. | The Stinky Cheese Man |
(Jon Scieszka & Lane
Smith, 1992)
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| 75. | Cinderella |
(Charles Perrault, 1697)
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| 76. | Millions of Cats |
(Wanda Gag, 1928)
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| 77. | The Story About Ping |
(Marjorie Flack & Kurt
Wiese, 1933)
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| 78. | Little Bear |
(Else H. Minarik, 1957)
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| 79. | The Way Things Work |
(David Macaulay, 1988)
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| 80. | James and the Giant Peach |
(Roald Dahl, 1961)
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| 81. | Hatchet |
(Gary Paulsen, 1987)
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| 82. | The Biggest Bear |
(Lynd Ward, 1952)
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| 83. | The Devil's Arithmetic |
(Jane Yolen, 1988)
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| 84. | Clifford, The Big Red Dog |
(Norman Bridwell, 1973)
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| 85. | The House on East 88th Street |
(Bernard Waber, 1962)
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| 86. | Chrysanthemum |
(Kevin Henkes, 1991)
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| 87. | Harold and the Purple Crayon |
(Crockett Johnson, 1955)
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| 88. | The Twenty-one Balloons |
(William P. Du Bois, 1947)
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| 89. | The Chocolate War |
(Robert Cormier, 1974)
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| 90. | City of Light, City of Dark |
(Avi, 1993)
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| 91. | The Giver |
(Lois Lowry, 1993)
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| 92. | The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe |
(CS Lewis, 1950)
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| 93. | Ox-cart Man |
(Donald Hall, 1979)
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| 94. | The Philharmonic Gets Dressed |
(Karla Kuskin, 1982)
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| 95. | Crow Boy |
(Taro Yashima, 1955)
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| 96. | Doctor De Soto |
(William Steig, 1982)
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| 97. | The Polar Express |
(Chris Van Allsburg, 1985)
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| 98. | Paddle-to-the-Sea |
(Holling C. Holling, 1941)
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| 99. | The Wheel on the School |
(Meindert De Jong, 1954)
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| 100. | Ramona Quimby, Age 8 |
(Beverly Cleary, 1981)
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