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The Top 100+ Children's Books
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links & guides & lists
Newbery Awards Caldecott Awards the 100-plus books |
This page began when the Bookreads website emailed their list of the Top 100 Children's Books in May 2016; also added here are selections from
Amazon's '100 Books To Read In A Lifetime' late 2013 list, 'Amazon's 100 Children's Books To Read In A Lifetime' Summer 2014 list, and
selected line entries from several other similar lists.
Links and Guides and Lists
Amazon's '100 Books To Read In A Lifetime' Children's Books Section
PBS's 'The Great American Read' Project of 2018
Spirit of America Bookstore's Railroads in Fiction - Books For Young Railfans Page
Children's Dept. Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Kid Sleuths Page
'100 Best Children's Books' list on the Timeout, London website
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 | "100 Best Books for Children: A Parent's Guide To Making The Right Choices For Your Young Reader, Toddler To Preteen" [2004] by book expert Anita Silvey Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [8/2005] for $8.36 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2004] out of print/70+ used |
 | "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up" [2009] Edited by Julia Eccleshare, Preface by Quentin Blake includes reviews of books not available in English Cassell Illustrated UK 8¼x6¼x2¼" {4¼ pounds!} pb [10/2009] out of print/used Universe 8½x6¾x2½" ({4.5 pounds!} hardcover [10/2009] for $22.90 |
 | "Top 100 Children's Books That Everyone Must Read!" for Kindle [2014] by Stephanie King, Foreword by Steve King 107-page Kindle Edition from Surreal Media [9/2014] for 99¢ {sic} |
Newbery Awards
![image of the Newbery Medal Award [est. 1921]](images/JohnNewberyMedal.jpg "image of the Newbery Medal Award [est. 1921]")
| The John Newbery Awards were established in 1921 to honor authors of American children's books; the award is named for John Newbery, an XVIIIth Century English publisher of juvenile books; the awards are managed by the Association for Library Service to Children (A.L.S.C.), a division of the American Library Association (A.L.A.). There is some overlap between the John Newbery Awards/Honors and this page; some of the better-known (i.e. bestseller) books that were awarded the Newbery are:
"The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem van Loon [1922 medal] "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle" by Hugh Lofting [1923 medal] "The Dark Frigate" [1923] by Charles Boardman Hawes [1889-1923] - [posthumous 1924 medal] "Smoky The Cow Horse" by Will James [1927 medal] "Davy Crockett" by Constance Rourke [1935 honor] "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time" by James Cloyd Bowman [1938 honor] "On The Banks of Plum Creek" by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1938 honor] "Daniel Boone" by James Daugherty [1940 medal] "The Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1941 honor] "Little Town On The Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1942 honor] "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Forbes [1944 medal] "These Happy Golden Years" by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1944 honor] "The Hidden Treasure of Glaston" by Eleanore M. Jewett [1947 honor] "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry [1948 honor] "Better Known As Johnny Appleseed" by Mabel Leigh Hunt [1951 honor] "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White [1953 honor] "The Secret River" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings [1956 honor] "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson [1957 honor] "My Side of The Mountain" by Jean Craighead George [1960 honor] "Island of The Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell [1961 medal] "Old Ramon" by Jack Schaefer [1961 honor] "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle [1963 medal] "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander [1966 honor] "From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg [1968 medal] "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong [1970 medal] "Bridge To Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson [1978 medal] "A Ring of Endless Light" by Madeleine L'Engle [1981 honor] "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan [1986 medal] "The Giver" by Lois Lowry [1994 medal] "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo [2001 honor] "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen [2003 honor] Newbery Medal official website • John Newbery Medal entry at Wikipedia |
![image of the Newbery Honor Award [est. 1921]](images/NewberyHonor.jpg "image of the Newbery Honor Award [est. 1921]")
Caldecott Awards
![image of the Caldecott Medal Award [est. 1937]](images/CaldecottMedal.jpg "image of the Caldecott Medal Award [est. 1937]")
| The Caldecott Awards were established in 1937 to honor illustrators of American children's books; the award is named for Randolph Caldecott, a XIXth Century English illustrator; the awards are managed by the Association for Library Service to Children (A.L.S.C.), a division of the American Library Association (A.L.A.). There is not a lot of overlap between the Caldecott Awards/Honors and this page, but this is the correct location for the information. Some of the better-known (i.e. bestseller) books that were awarded the Caldecott are:
"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans [1940 honor] "Song of Robin Hood" by Virginia Lee Burton [1948 honor] "Bartholomew and The Oobleck" by Dr. Seuss [1950 honor] "If I Ran The Zoo" by Dr. Seuss [1951 honor] "Madeline's Rescue" by Ludwig Bemelmans [1954 honor] "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak [1964 medal] "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg [1982 medal] "Outside Over There" by Maurice Sendak [1982 honor] "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg [1986 medal] "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick [2008 medal] "Locomotive" by Brian Floca [2014 medal] and "Finding Winnie: The True Story of The World’s Most Famous Bear" by Sophie Blackall [2016 medal] Caldecott Medal official website • Caldecott Medal entry at Wikipedia |
![image of the Caldecott Honor Award [est. 1937]](images/CaldecottHonor.jpg "image of the Caldecott Honor Award [est. 1937]")
 | "The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide To The Medal and Honor Books, 2016 Edition" American Library Assn. Editions 9x6 pb [4/2016] for $34.00 American Library Assn. Editions 9x6 pb [4/2015] out of print/used American Library Assn. Editions 9x6 pb [4/2014] for $33.00 |
Kindle Editions
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with FREE Kindle Apps for PC, Mac, iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android & BlackBerry
![Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know [1905] in Kindle format by Hamilton Wright Mabie](covers2/keFairyTalesEveryChildHWM.jpg "Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know [1905] in Kindle format by Hamilton Wright Mabie") |
"Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know (Illustrated)" [1905] by Hamilton Wright Mabie [1846-1914]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2012] for $1.79 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [9/2016] for $5.99 24 stories/chapters, including "Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp"; "Ali Baba & The Forty Robbers"; "Beauty & The Beast"; "Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper"; "Hansel & Grethel"; "Jack & The Bean Stalk"; "Jack The Giant Killer"; "Little Red Riding Hood"; "The Princess On The Pea"; "Puss In Boots"; "The Second Voyage of Sinbad The Sailor"; "The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood"; "The Three Bears"; "Tom Thumb"; and "The Ugly Duckling" |
 | "The Ultimate Collection of Classic Children's Books by E. Nesbit (23 Books)" for Kindle [2011]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [12/2011] for $3.95 contains 23 books: "All Round The Year" {long poem}; "Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare"; "The Book of Dragons"; "The Enchanted Castle"; "Five Children and It"; "Harding's Luck"; "In Homespun"; "The Incomplete Amorist"; "Landscape and Song"; "The Magic City"; "The Magic World"; "Man and Maid"; "Many Voices" {poems}; "New Treasure Seekers"; "Oswald Bastable and Others"; "The Phoenix and The Carpet"; "Pussy and Doggy Tales"; "The Railway Children" [1906]; "The Rainbow and The Rose"; "Royal Children of English History"; "The Story of The Amulet"; "The Story of The Treasure Seekers"; and "The Wouldbegoods" |
 | "6 Classic Children’s Books" for Kindle [2015] Kindle Edition from Titan Reads, Denmark [8/2015] for $2.99 contains "The Jungle Book" [1894] by Rudyard Kipling; "The Second Jungle Book" [1895] by Rudyard Kipling; "Rebecca of Sunny-brook Farm" [1903] by Kate Douglas Wiggin; "The Secret Garden" [1911] by Frances Hodgson Burnett; "The Wind In The Willows" [1908] by Kenneth Grahame; and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" [1900] by L. Frank Baum |
 | "12 Children's Classical Books" for Kindle [2015]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [12/2015] for 99¢ contains 12 great books for children, 'which are loved all over the world': "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" [1865] by Lewis Carroll; "At The Back of The North Wind" [1871] by George MacDonald; "Through The Looking-Glass" [1871] by Lewis Carroll; "The Advent-ures of Tom Sawyer" [1876] by Mark Twain; "Black Beauty" [1877] by Anna Sewell; "Treasure Island" [1883] by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Jungle Book" [1894] by Rudyard Kipling; "Captains Courageous" [1897] by Rudyard Kipling; "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" [1900] by L. Frank Baum; "White Fang" [1906] by Jack London; "The Enchanted Castle" [1907] by E. Nesbit; and "Anne of Green " [1908] by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Top Children's Books, A thru F
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— fantasy author Madeleine L'Engle [1918- 2007]
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"A Handful of Stars" [yr] by Cynthia Lord
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"A Little Princess" [yr] by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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"A Long Walk To Water: Based On A True Story" [2010] by Linda Sue Park + New York Times bestseller
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"A Wrinkle In Time Quintet" book series by Madeleine L'Engle [1918-2007]
author entry at Wikipedia •
'Quintet' entry at Wikipedia
"A Wrinkle In Time" [#1 = 1962 kids classic]
novel entry at Wikipedia •
book won the Newbery Medal
"A Wind In The Door" [#2 = 1973]
"A Swiftly Tilting Planet" [#3 = 1978]
"Many Waters" [#4 = 1986]
"An Acceptable Time" [#5 = 1989]
"A Wrinkle In Time" [Disney March 2018]
 | Location filming in New Zealand & California (Eureka, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, San Pedro); directed by Ava DuVernay; screenplay by Jennifer Lee, based on the novel by Madeleine L'Engle; starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, rising child actress Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 7/2017 official trailer [1:49] at YouTube |
Spirit of America Bookstore's "A Wrinkle In Time" Books & Movies Page
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"Aesop's Fables" [6th Century B.C.E.]
'Aesop's Fables' entry at Wikipedia
Aesop [620-564 B.C.E.] entry at Wikipedia
'Aesopica' fansite [est. 2002] - the fables in English, Latin & Greek
more details (history, stageplays, books & ebooks, movies & TV, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Aesop's Fables" Stories, Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" [1865]
by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) [1832-98]
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
more details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, Broadway musicals, movies & TV, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Alice In Wonderland" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
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"Anne of Green Gables" book series [1908-1939 + 2009] by L.M. {Lucy Maud} Montgomery [1874-1942]
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
"Anne of Green Gables" [1908 bestseller]
"Anne of Avonlea" [1909]
"Anne of the Island" [1915]
"Anne of Windy Poplars" [1936]
"Anne's House of Dreams" [1917]
"Anne of Ingleside" [1939]
more details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, Broadway musicals, movies & TV, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Anne of Green Gables" Novels Page
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"The Arabian Nights"
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"The Black Stallion" [yr] by Walter Farley
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"The Borrowers" [yr] by Mary Norton
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"The Boxcar Children" Mystery Series [est. 1924] by Gertrude Chandler Warner [1890-1979]
Connecticut author Gertrude Chandler Warner wrote the original book in 1924 and 18 more from 1953 to 1976; other authors-for-hire have written 124 more,
from 1991 to 2016; there are also 22 Specials, published from 1993 to 2012. Series written for ages 6 to 10; the four Alden children – Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny –
are nice kids, they look out for each other, they use their heads, and they have great values.
publisher's official booksite •
The Boxcar Children entry at Wikipedia •
list of Boxcar Children books at Wikipedia
browse all Boxcar Children books {200+ titles} at Amazon
"The Boxcar Children" Books & Movies Pages at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
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"Brown Girl Dreaming" [2014] by Jacqueline Woodson + National Book Award Winner
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"Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip [yr] by Bill Watterson
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"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" [1964] by Roald Dahl [1916-90]
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375815260/
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"Charlotte's Web" [1952] by E.B. White [1899-1985], Illustrated by Garth Williams [1912-96]
E.B. White entry at Wikipedia •
Garth Williams entry at Wikipedia •
book entry at Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061124958/
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"The Chronicles of Narnia" book series [1950-56] by C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" [book #1 = 10/1950]
"Prince Caspian" [book #2 = 10/1951]
"Voyage of The Dawn Treader" [book #3 = 9/1952]
"The Silver Chair" [book #4 = 9/1953]
"The Horse and His Boy" [book #5 = 9/1954]
"The Magician's Nephew" prequel [book #6 = 5/1955]
"The Last Battle" [book #7 = 9/1956]
"The Chronicles of Narnia" book series at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
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"Coraline" [yr] by Neil Gaiman
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"The Crossover" [yr] by Kwame Alexander
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"The Devil's Arithmetic" [yr] by Jane Yolen
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"The Diary of A Young Girl" [Dutch 1947, English 1952] by Anne Frank [1929-45]
author entry at Wikipedia •
book entry at Wikipedia
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"Drama" [yr] by Raina Telgemeier
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"Echo" [2016] by Pam Muñoz Ryan + won Newbery Honor
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"El Deafo" [yr] by Cece Bell
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"Fablehaven" book series [yr] by Brandon Mull
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"The Complete Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen [1805–75] of Denmark
author entry at Wikipedia •
bibliography entry at Wikipedia
The Hans Christian Andersen Center [] at
University of Southern Denmark [est. 1998]
Hans Christian Andersen Museum at The Bookloft in Solvang, California
Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Collection-Christian-Andersens-Fairy-ebook/dp/B01E67TFP8/
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"From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" [1967]
by E.L. {Elaine Lobl} Konigsburg [1930-2013]
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
won the Newbery Medal; the story was filmed in 1973 and again in 1995
Top Children's Books, G thru M
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"The Giver" dystopian novel [ages 8-12; 1993] by Lois Lowry
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
 | Book won Lowry her second Newbery Medal • "It is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back." • Twelve-year-old Jonas is discovered to be exceptional and is selected to meet with The Giver, to receive training in that which is forbidden to everyone else. The truth/s that he learns require him to make decisions that could alter civilization forever. {"The Giver" forms a loose quartet with three other books set in the same possible future: "Gathering Blue" [2000], "Messenger" [2004], and "Son" {2012].}
movie tie-in Kindle Edition from HMH Books for Young Readers [7/2014] for $4.13 Laurel Leaf mass pb [9/2002] for $4.34 Bantam Books for Young Readers mass pb [5/99] for $7.19 Ember 8x5 pb [1/2006] for $5.08 HMH Books for Young Readers movie tie-in 6½x4 hardcover [7/2014] for $13.85 "The Giver: With Related Readings (The E.M.C. Masterpiece Series)" [2002] E.M.C. Publng 9½x6&¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $16.80 |
  | full-length stageplay by Diana Basmajian premiered in 2005 at Prime Stage Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA one-hour stageplay by Eric Coble premiered in March 2006 a chamber opera by Susan Kander premiered in Minneapolis |
"The Giver" feature film [Walden Media/Weinstein Aug 2014]
 | Adult-worthy feature film, filmed in South Africa; the actors are older than 12 years, adding a solid teen romance element. Directed by Phillip Noyce; adapted by Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide; cinema-tography by Ross Emery; starring Brenton Thwaites, Taylor Swift, Odeya Rush, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan, Katharina Damm & Emma Tremblay
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site {security problems 6/2014} • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers at YouTube: March 2014 trailer [2:02] • June 2014 trailer [2:31] |
"Gracefully Grayson" [yr] by Ami Polonsky
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"The Graveyard Book" [yr] by Neil Gaiman
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"The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales" [yr]
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"Harry Potter" book series [yr] by J.K. Rowling
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"The Hobbit" [1937, 1951 & 1966] by J.R.R. Tolkien [1892-1973]
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"Howl's Moving Castle" [ages 9-12; 1986 novel] by Diana Wynne Jones
 | An unhappy young woman is transformed by a witch into a 90-year-old crone; seeking a cure, she discovers the sorcerer Howl and his magic castle.
Greenwillow Books 7½x5¼ pb [4/2008] for $6.99 Greenwillow mass pb [8/2001] for $6.99 HarperEnt pb [4/2005] out of print/used Greenwillow 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/86] out of print/used publisher's book page |
 | "Howl's Moving Castle" [USA release June 2005] original title "Hauru no ugoku shiro" [Studio Ghibli/N.T.V. Japan release November 2004] "visually breathtaking" — Los Angeles Times Calendar • Co-produced, written & directed by Hayao Miyazaki; based on the 1986 novel by Diana Wynne Jones; English voices include Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson & Jena Malone; Japanese voices include Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Haruko Kato, Ryûnosuke Kamiki & Yayoi Kazuki; Oscar nomina-tion for Best Animated Feature (2006), won Mainichi Film Concours Readers' Choice Best Film Award; at end of 2011, holds Japan #2 box office ranking, at $234,710,455 worldwide gross Disney Home Ent. color DVD [3/2006] 2 disks for $16.99 Zima Ent. Japanese w/Spanish subtitles Regions 1 & 4 VHS [undated] for $14.43 full credits from IMDb • Disney's official 'Howl' website • movie entry at Wikipedia 17"x11" poster from Amazon for $14.99 |
 | "Howl's Moving Castle Picture Book" [2005]
VIZ Media pb [6/2005] for $16.99 |
 | "The Art of Howl's Moving Castle" [2005] by Hayao Miyazaki Viz Media 12x8¼ hardcover [7/2005] for $26.59 |
"The Incredible Journey" [yr] by Sheila Burnford
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"Inside Out & Back Again" [2011] by Thanhha Lai
New York Times bestseller, winner of the Newbery Honor, and a winner of the National Book Award
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"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" [ages 9-12; 2007 bestseller] by Brian Selznick
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An orphan boy surviving inside a Paris, France railroad station meets an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, putting the boy's most precious secret in jeopardy; book won the 2008 Caldecott Medal Scholastic Press 8¼x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $13.72 official book site • book entry at Wikipedia |
"Hugo" [Warner Bros. Nov 2011]
 | Live-action adventure in 3-D based on Brian Selznick’s bestselling 2007 book; filmed in U.K. & in Paris, France Co-produced & directed by Martin Scorsese; script by John Logan; starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley {as cinema pioneer Georges Méliès}, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Grace Moretz, Helen McCrory, Jude Law, Christopher Lee, Emily Mortimer, Frances de la Tour, Richard Griffiths & Michael Stuhlbarg, with archive footage enhanced for 3-D of Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd & Georges Méliès; received 11 Oscar nominations: won for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing & Best Visual Effects; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Music Score, Best Costume Design & Best Film Editing; also won A.F.I. Movie of The Year, Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award, two BAFTA Film Awards (and 7 other BAFTA noms), National Board of Review Awards for Best Director & Best Film, Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects, three Visual Effects Society Awards Paramount 3-D Three-Disk Combo w/s color Blu-ray/DVD/digital bundle [2/2012] for $27.99 Paramount Two-Disk Combo widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD/digital bundle [2/2012] for $21.99 Paramount Studios widescreen color DVD [2/2012] for $15.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"James and The Giant Peach" [1961] by Roald Dahl [1916-90]
author entry at Wikipedia •
novel entry at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(film) [1996]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(musical)
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"Just So Stories" [yr] by Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936]
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"Little House On The Prairie" book series [yr] by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1867-1957]
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"The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince)" [yr] by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [1900-44]
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"Little Women" [yr] by Louisa May Alcott
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"Mary Poppins" [1934] by P.L. Travers [1899-1996]
more details (synopses, sequels, musical stageplays, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Mary Poppins" Novels & Movies Page
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"Matilda" [yr] by Roald Dahl [1916-90]
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"The Mighty Miss Malone" [yr] by Christopher Paul Curtis
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"The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" [yr] by Kate DiCamillo
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"Mockingbird" [yr] by Kathryn Erskine
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"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" book series [yr] by Betty MacDonald
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"My Side of The Mountain" [yr] by Jean Craighead George
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"My Sweet Orange Tree" [yr] by José Mauro de Vasconcelos
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"The Mysterious Benedict Society" book series [yr] by Trenton Lee Stewart
Top Children's Books, N thru S
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"The Name of This Book Is Secret" [yr] by Pseudonymous Bosch
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"The Neverending Story" [yr] by Michael Ende
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"Number The Stars" [yr] by Lois Lowry
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"Old Yeller" [yr] by Fred Gipson
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"The One and Only Ivan" [2012] by Katherine Applegate - Ivan is an easygoing gorilla
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"Out of My Mind" [yr] by Sharon M. Draper
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"Paddington Bear" book series [yr] by Michael Bond
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"Percy Jackson and The Olympians" book series [yr] by Rick Riordan
"The Lightning Thief" [#1]
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"Peter and The Starcatchers" book series [yr] by Dave Barry
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"Peter Pan" [created in 1902]
Spirit of America Bookstore's
"Peter Pan" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
top of page • synopsis & history • the book/s • the author • stageplays •
motion pictures & TV • other fiction, other media • Kindle Editions • links
author Sir James M. Barrie [1860-1937]
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"The Phantom Tollbooth" [yr] by Norton Juster
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"Pippi Longstocking" book series [yr] by Astrid Lindgren
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"Princess Academy" book series [yr] by Shannon Hale
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"The Railway Children" [1906] by Edith Nesbit [1858-1924]
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" [1903] by Kate Douglas Wiggin [1856-1923]
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"The Red Umbrella" [yr] by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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"Redwall" [yr] by Brian Jacques
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"Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes" [yr] by Eleanor Coerr
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"Scary Stories" book series [yr] by Alvin Schwartz
"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" [#1]
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"The Secret Garden" [1911] by Frances Hodgson Burnett [1849-1924]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden
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"See You At Harry's" [yr] by Jo Knowles
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"The Skin I'm In" [yr] by Sharon G. Flake
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"Smile" graphic memoir [2009] by Raina Telgemeier + New York Times bestseller, won Eisner Award
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"So B. It" [yr] by Sarah Weeks
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"Stella By Starlight" [yr] by Sharon M. Draper
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"The Story of A Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly" [yr] by Luis Sepúlveda
Top Children's Books, T thru Z
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"Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing" [yr] by Judy Blume
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"The Two Princesses of Bamarre" [yr] by Gail Carson Levine
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"Uncle Wiggily Stories" [1910-47] by Howard R. Garis [1873-1962]
Author Garis began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910; he wrote an Uncle Wiggily story every day
(except Sundays) for more than 30 years, and published 79 books in his lifetime.
Uncle Wiggily entry at Wikipedia
browse Howard Garis Store at Amazon
31 free online etexts available at Project Gutenberg
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"Watership Down" [yr] by Richard Adams
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"Wayside School" book series [yr] by Louis Sachar
"Sideways Stories From Wayside School" [#1]
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"The Westing Game" [yr] by Ellen Raskin
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"When You Reach Me" [yr] by Rebecca Stead
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"Where The Mountain Meets The Moon" [yr] by Grace Lin
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"Where The Red Fern Grows" [yr] by Wilson Rawls
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"Where the Sidewalk Ends" [yr] poems & drawings by Shel Silverstein
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"The Wind in the Willows" [1908] by Kenneth Grahame [1859-1932]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows
"The River Bank: A Sequel To Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows" [9/2017]
by Kij Johnson, with period-style illustrations by Kathleen Jennings
http://www.amazon.com/River-Bank-Kenneth-Grahames-Willows/dp/1618731300/
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"Winnie-the-Pooh" book series by A.A. Milne [1882-1956]
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"Wonder" [yr] by R.J. Palacio
here on the Top 100+ Children's Books Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Great Books & Great Authors Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
PBS's 'The Great American Read' Project of 2018
The Harvard Classics [1909] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
150 Essential Mystery Novels Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
100 Classic Books Made Into Films Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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American Literature of The XIXth Century Page
American Literature of The XXth Century Page
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See also these Book & Movies Pages:
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" Novel & Movies Page
"Aesop's Fables" Stories, Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
"Alice In Wonderland" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
"Animal Farm" Novel & Movies Page
"Atlas Shrugged" Novel and Movies Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
"Ben-Hur" Novel & Movies Page
"The Boxcar Children" Books & Movies Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
"Dune" Novels & Movies Page
"Game of Thrones" Novels & TV Page
"Gone With The Wind" Novel & Movie Page
"The Grapes of Wrath" Novel & Movie Page
"The Great Gatsby" Novel & Movies Page
"Ivanhoe" Novel & Movies Page
Kipling's "The Jungle Books" Stories & Movies Page
"The Last Tycoon" 1941/1993 Novel & Movies Page
"The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince)" Novel & Movies Page
"The Maltese Falcon" Novel & Movies Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
"Nineteen Eighty-Four (1 9 8 4)" Novel & Movies Page
"Peter Pan" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page
"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Books & Movies Page
'Tarzan' Movies & Fiction Pages
'The Thin Man' Movies Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
"To Kill A Mockingbird" Novel & Movie Page
'Tom Swift' Books Series Page
"Treasure Island" Books & Movies Page
'Uncle Remus' Tales by Joel Chandler Harris
"Winnie The Pooh" Books & Movies Page
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