Comments on: Announcing the New Top 100 Polls!

By: Sonderbooks » Blog Archive » Top 100 Picture Books – Again!

Sonderbooks » Blog Archive » Top 100 Picture Books – Again! — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:57:41 +0000

[...] She’s running both polls again. Once again, list your top 10 favorite Picture Books, and top 10 favorite Chapter Books. They will be given 10 points for first place, 9 points for second, and so on. Yes, this is very difficult to choose. She does suggest using the first book in a series. And I’m still having a problem with the definition of “chapter book.” Some of my favorites are rather in between. But I decided that when romance is one of my favorite things about the book, like The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley, The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare, I’d leave those books out. I also decided to go with only one book by each author, so even though I like Emily of New Moon a little better (heresy, heresy) than Anne, I went with the more well-known, partly because I do think Anne is slightly more enduring, ground-breaking, and appealing to everyone. [...]

By: Sonderbooks » Blog Archive » Top 100 Chapter Books Poll – Again!

Sonderbooks » Blog Archive » Top 100 Chapter Books Poll – Again! — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:08:47 +0000

[...] last night, Betsy Bird, who writes School Library Journal’s Fuse #8 blog, is doing another Top 100 Chapter Books Poll. You have two more days to get in your votes! Anyone who loves books, do this soon! You’ll be [...]

By: Matilda and Other IMPORTANT Books « 'SLAW BLAWG

Matilda and Other IMPORTANT Books « 'SLAW BLAWG — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:26:50 +0000

[...] with a new fangled ratings system. If you, your kids, students, etc. want to cast votes, read how here. Submissions are due before midnight on April [...]

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:24:13 +0000

I’m going to go ahead and say absolutely. I’m allowing a wider variety of titles this time around so everything from board books to easy readers is allowed. Boynton in the house.

By: Mark Flowers

Mark Flowers — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:20:58 +0000

Are board books (ie books that were only published as board books, like Sandra Boynton) eligible for the Picture Book poll? I seem to remember they weren’t last time.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:19:14 +0000

Good thing we already submitted our taxes… this will be very time consuming in only the best way possible! This sounds like a huge undertaking so thank you so, so much for doing this for the enjoyment of your book loving readers!

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:13:06 +0000

I’m so excited about this. I first found your blog during the 100 picture book countdown and have been hooked (and somewhat obsessed) ever since. Thank you for doing this again!

By: Jennifer in GA

Jennifer in GA — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:43:34 +0000

Oh YAY!!!!! I missed the deadline for the picture book poll last time around, but the chapter book poll was epic. I will probably re-submit my exact same list. Or maybe not.

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:59:54 +0000

I believe that in the past we said that if you weren’t sure if something was YA or MG you could check with Powell’s and see where they categorized it. I would allow anything that won a Newbery onto the list, though, since it’s supposed to serve children anyway.

By: Scope Notes

Scope Notes — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:24:56 +0000

Looking forward to this! Thanks for giving it another go round