Literature: Top 100 Children's Books

The other night on Television, Channel 4 showed the Top 50 Children's books. It was an interesting watch, and reminded me of all the books I read when I was a child and good to see some of the new ones out as well.  I decided to take a look at the Top 100 list  to see how many of the 100 I had read.

Out of the top 50 I have read 29.  That is more than half. And it seems the ones I have read are the older ones, must read some of the newer ones.

I have highlighted the ones I had read in red!

1. Winnie the Pooh (especially The House at Pooh Corner)
   A.A. Milne (illustrated by E H Shepard)
2. The Chronicles of Narnia (especially The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
   C.S. Lewis (illustrated by Pauline Baynes)
3. Harry Potter (especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
   J.K. Rowling
4. Where the Wild Things are
   Maurice Sendak
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
   Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake)
6. The Wind in the Willows
   Kenneth Grahame (illustrated by E H Shepard)
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
   Eric Carle
8. A Bear Called Paddington
   Michael Bond (illustrated by Peggy Fortnum)
9. The Gruffalo
   Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler)
10. The Hobbit
    J.R.R. Tolkien
11. The Cat in the Hat
    Dr Seuss
12. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    Lewis Carroll (illustrated by John Tenniel)
13. We're Going on a Bear Hunt
    Michael Rosen (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury)
14. Little Women
    Louisa May Alcott
15. Alfie and Annie Rose (especially Dogger)
    Shirley Hughes
16. Pippi Longstocking
    Astrid Lingren (illustrated by Lauren Child)
17. The Tiger Who Came to Tea
    Judith Kerr
18. Finn Family Moomintroll
    Tove Jansson
19. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (especially The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
    Beatrix Potter
20. Journey to the River Sea
    Eva Ibbotson
21. The Story of Tracy Beaker
    Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by Nick Sharratt)
22. Kensuke's Kingdom
    Michael Morpurgo
23. Goodnight Mr Tom
    Michelle Magorian
24. Rooftoppers
    Katherine Rundell
25. A Monster Calls
    Patrick Ness (illustrated by Jim Kay)
26. The Railway Children
    E. Nesbitt
27. Millions
    Frank Cottrell Boyce
28. The Snowman
    Raymond Briggs
29. The Arrival
    Shaun Tan
30. The Snow Queen
    Hans Christian Andersen
31. Black Beauty
    Anna Sewell
32. Famous Five (especially Five on a Treasure Island)
    Enid Blyton
33. Just William (especially Just William)
    Richmal Crompton
34. Holes
    Louis Sachar
35. Stig of the Dump
    Clive King
36. The Boy in the Dress
    David Walliams (illustrated by Quentin Blake)
37. Charlie and Lola (especially I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato)
    Lauren Child
38. The Jolly Postman
    Allan and Janet Ahlberg
39. Horrid Henry (especially Horrid Henry Strikes it Rich)
    Francesca Simon (illustrated by Tony Ross)
40. How to Train your Dragon
    Cressida Cowell
41. The Wee Free Men
    Terry Pratchett
42. Alex Rider (especially Stormbreaker)
    Anthony Horowitz
43. Mortal Engines (especially Mortal Engines)
    Philip Reeve
44. The Secret Garden
    Francis Hodgson Burnett (illustrated by Inga Moore)
45. Just So Stories
    Rudyard Kipling
46. This is Not my Hat
    Jon Klassen
47. Fortunately, the Milk
    Neil Gaiman (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
48. Charlotte's Web
    E B White (illustrated by Garth Williams)
49. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Jeff Kinney
50. Treasure Island
    Robert Louis Stevenson

And from the last 50 I have just read 19 of them..... so all together, out of the top 100 Children's Books, I have only read 48 - not even half of them... quite bad really. There are some which I feel should be on the list but aren't:

The War Horse by Michael Morporgo

James and the Giant Peach: Roald Dahl

I am David: Anne Holm

But overall the list is good. How many have you read?