Children's Book Meme

I found this over at A Patchwork of Books.  It is a list of the top 100 children's novels.  I'll bold the ones I've read and add comments:

100. The Egypt Game - Snyder (1967)

99. The Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (1980)--actually I didn't read it, I listened to it on tape with my kids in the car.

98. Children of Green Knowe - Boston (1954)

97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo (2006)

96. The Witches - Dahl (1983)

95. Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (1950--love Pippi

94. Swallows and Amazons - Ransome (1930)

93. Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (1935)--an early favorite, perhaps because it is set near my Mom's hometown, and beside, Caddie had spunk!

92. Ella Enchanted - Levine (1997)

91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Sachar (1978)

90. Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (1985)

89. Ramona and Her Father - Cleary (1977)--Cleary was a favorite of mine

88. The High King - Alexander (1968)

87. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg (1996)

86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling (1999)

85. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wilder (1937)--read the whole set

84. The Little White Horse - Goudge (1946)

83. The Thief - Turner (1997)

82. The Book of Three - Alexander (1964)

81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin (2009)

80. The Graveyard Book - Gaiman (2008)

79. All-of-a-Kind-Family - Taylor (1951)--another favorite, I read all the books in the series

78. Johnny Tremain - Forbes (1943) I read this in college for kiddie lit.  It was ok but I didn't see it as a kids' book.

77. The City of Ember - DuPrau (2003)

76. Out of the Dust - Hesse (1997)

75. Love That Dog - Creech (2001)

74. The Borrowers - Norton (1953)--I think there were several of these too.

73. My Side of the Mountain - George (1959)--I lost count of how often I read this

72. My Father's Dragon - Gannett (1948)--I just looked this up, and if memory serves me, this an the others in the series were my favorites in first grade.

71. The Bad Beginning - Snicket (1999)--bought this, and the rest of the series for my daughter.  I wouldn't put them in the "best" category, though they were fun reads

70. Betsy-Tacy - Lovelae (1940)

69. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart ( 2007)

68. Walk Two Moons - Creech (1994)

67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville (1991)

66. Henry Huggins - Cleary (1950)

65. Ballet Shoes - Stratfeild (1936)--I read all the "Shoes" books several times over, and bought them for my daughter, who didn't.

64. A Long Way from Chicago - Peck (1998)

63. Gone-Away Lake - Enright (1957)

62. The Secret of the Old Clock - Keene (1959)--somehow Nancy Drew never drew me

61. Stargirl - Spinelli (2000)

60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi (1990)

59. Inkheart - Funke (2003)

58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Aiken (1962)

57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Cleary (1981)

56. Number the Stars - Lowry (1989)

55. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson (1978)

54. The BFG - Dahl (1982)

53. Wind in the Willows - Grahame (1908)

52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)

51. The Saturdays - Enright (1941)--googled this one and I think I read it

50. Island of the Blue Dolphins - O'Dell (1960)

49. Frindle - Clements (1996)--my son had to read it, so I did too.  Cute

48. The Penderwicks - Birdsall (2005)

47. Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (1999)

46. Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls (1961)

45. The Golden Compass - Pullman (1995)

44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume (1972)--pretty sure I read this for kiddie lit

43. Ramona the Pest - Cleary (1968)

42. Little House on the Prairie - Wilder (1935)

41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (1958)--over and over again

40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum (1900)

39. When You Reach Me - Stead (2009)

38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling (2003)

37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor (1976)

36. Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret - Blume (1970)--kiddie lit

35. HP and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling (2000)

34. The Watson's Go to Birmingham - Curtis (1995)

33. James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (1961)

32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brian (1971)

31. Half Magic - Eager (1954)

30. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne (1926)--I guess, I mean I've read a lot of Pooh over the years

29. The Dark Is Rising - Cooper (1973)

28. A Little Princess - Burnett (1905)--multiple times

27. Alice I and II - Carroll (1865/72)

26. Hatchet - Paulsen (1989)

25. Little Women - Alcott (1868/9)--I liked Little Men better

24. HP and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling (2007)

23. Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (1932)

22. The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo (2003)--I think I've read this, obviously as an adult

21. The Lightening Thief - Riordan (2005)

20. Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (1975)--assigned reading for my son

19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl (1964)

18. Matilda - Dahl (1988)
17. Maniac Magee - Spinelli (1990)

16. Harriet the Spy - Fitzhugh (1964)

15. Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (2000)

14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling (1999)

13. Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson (1977)--tried this one a couple of times; just couldn't get into it

12. The Hobbit - Tolkien (1938)--in high school, "everyone" was reading Tolkien.

11. The Westing Game - Raskin (1978)

10. The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1961)

9. Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery (1908)--and the whole series

8. The Secret Garden - Burnett (1911)

7. The Giver -Lowry (1993)--interesting, disturbing, not sure what I think of it as a kids' book

6. Holes - Sachar (1998)

5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Koningsburg (1967)

4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Lewis (1950)--and all the Narnia books

3. Harry Potter #1 - Rowling (1997)

2. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle (1962)--I'm probably the only book worm to say this, but I hated it.

1. Charlotte's Web - White (1952)--who doesn't like Charlotte?

So, out of the 100, I've read 45.  Not too bad, considering the large number of them written after my childhood.  Which have you read?