Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Top 35 Children's Stories (British Edition)

Classic children's stories top list as JK Rowling fails to work her magic - Scotsman.com News: "FROM Charles Dickens' OIiver Twist to the 2008 paperback Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear, a huge comic hit with reviewers last year, top British children's writers named their all-time favourites yesterday.

The 35 top titles named by the five 'children's laureates' in a comprehensive list ran from Robert Louis Stevenson to Enid Blyton. But they ignored two writers whose works have transformed children's literature in the 21st century – JK Rowling and Philip Pullman."

1 comment:

Donna said...

Since the children's writers are all adults, they probably felt they should choose books they read when they were children (although one writer broke that rule for one book). As much as I love the Harry Potter books, it was with an adult's outlook and life experiences.

My top five favorite children's books (only including those I read as a child):

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster.

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott.

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett .

(runners up: Treasure Island, Captain's Courageous, Little Men, The Five Story Mistake, Harriet the Spy)