Wondering if The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf (perhaps the earliest book I remember reading), will make the list….

I guess I never read “My Side of the Mountain” brcause I always hated “Julie of the Wolves” and never gave the author another chance. But many people over the years have told me it is wonderful, so I suppose I’ll put it on my to-be-read list. Oh, and I liked “Onion John”.

“My Father’s Dragon” is such a sweet book. I’m glad that “King of the Wind” won the Newbery that year, though, its one of the better horse/exotic adventure books out there.

Tamara, I love so much that you are going through the poll with your students. How I would’ve loved to have been in your class.

My Boaz’s Ruth, depends on what age your child gets hungry for longer books. I think I read this to my son around four, maybe five. It was a perfect choice: not too long but much meatier than a picture book, gentle and not frightening but not dull. I think we read it a little before we started the Edward Eager books.

This is yet another reason why I’ll be posting it only on weekdays, by the way.

Of course, there have been days when none of “our” titles have appeared. On those days I read snippets of your descriptions of unfamiliar books as students furiously copy down choice titles in the “Books I want to read” section of their reader’s notebooks.

Your list is introducing many amazing classics to a whole new generation of readers. Thank you!

That said, I’m so glad Betsy’s listing the top 100 — It’s so much nicer to include 100 books than only ten! Even the ones I don’t like, (Snicket!) I know people who loved them (my sons). Aren’t Children’s Books wonderful?

And I have to say that MY FATHER’S DRAGON is a fabulous first chapter book to read aloud to very young children. It was perfect for that with both my boys, though I only became acquainted with it then, and hadn’t known it as a child myself.