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Teachers' Favorite 100 Books list used with permission from the National Education Association.
BOOKS 1-5
Charlotte's Web
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Polar Express
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 10/13/2008)
Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Cat in the Hat
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Where the Wild Things Are
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 10/13/2008)
BOOKS 6-10
BOOKS 11-15
Goodnight Moon
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Hatchet
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Amazon Price: $8.76 (as of 10/13/2008)
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings
Amazon Price: $12.91 (as of 10/13/2008)
Bridge to Terabithia
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
BOOKS 16-20
BOOKS 21-25
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Velveteen Rabbit Gift Set: Hardcover book and plush package
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 10/13/2008)
A Wrinkle in Time
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Shiloh
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 10/13/2008)
READING COUNTS!
In grade school, I was a four-eyed bookworm, and I haven't read even half of these.I must have been REAL PROUD of those Olympic Owl reading medals and certificates, though. (Or maybe my mom was.)
My son inherited my love of reading times ten ... he'll read nearly anything!
BOOKS 26-30
BOOKS 31-35
The Boxcar Children Books 1-4
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 10/13/2008)
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Indian in the Cupboard
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Maniac Magee
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
BOOKS 36-40
BOOKS 41-45
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Hobbit
Amazon Price: $8.00 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/13/2008)
Stone Fox
Amazon Price: $5.50 (as of 10/13/2008)
Number the Stars
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
BOOKS 46-50
BOOKS 51-100
52 Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (4-8 years)
53 Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (4-8 years)
54 Matilda by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
55 Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls (Young Adult)
56 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (9-12 years)
57 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (9-12 years)
58 The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White (9-12 years)
59 Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman (4-8 years)
60 The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (9-12 years)
61 Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (4-8 years)
62 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
63 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (9-12 years)
64 The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Baby-Preschool)
65 The Napping House by Audrey Wood (4-8 years)
66 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (4-8 years)
67 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (4-8 years)
68 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (9-12 years)
69 The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (All ages)
70 Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (9-12 years)
71 Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
72 Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (4-8 years)
73 The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper (4-8 years)
74 The Cay by Theodore Taylor (Young Adult)
75 Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey (4-8 years)
76 Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox (4-8 years)
77 Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown (4-8 years)
78 The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (9-12 years)
79 Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (4-8 years)
80 Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
81 The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (4-8 years)
82 The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (Baby-Preschool)
83 Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (9-12 years)
84 Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish (4-8 years)
85 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (9-12 years)
86 A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (9-12 years)
87 Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (9-12 years)
88 My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (9-12 years)
89 Stuart Little by E. B. White (9-12 years)
90 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (9-12 years)
91 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (9-12 years)
92 The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola (4-8 years)
93 Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (4-8 years)
94 Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (4-8 years)
95 Heidi by Johanna Spyri (All ages)
96 Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
97 The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Young Adult)
98 The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (9-12 years)
99 Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Baby-Preschool)
100 The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch (4-8 years)
WHAT'S MISSING?
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Runny Babbit lent to wunch
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Captain Underpants Collection: Box Set (Books 1-5)
Tra-La-Laaaaa! Join George and Harold on FIVE hila more...0 points
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) by J.K. Rowling
Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts Schoo more...0 points
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous ch more...0 points
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins's dog, Ribsy, is hopelessly lost in more...0 points
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