Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books

Historical Literary

Results of a 1999-2000 National Education Association online survey. Missing: Tracy West and Maria S. Barbo (18); The 'American Girl' series [multiple authors] (35); Barbara Park (41); Paula Danziger (46); Peter H. Reynolds (47); Mike Thaler (54); Laura Joffre Numeroff (55); Debbie Dadey (56); Jan Brett (58); Peggy Parrish (59); Robert C. O'Brien (60); Scott O'Dell (61); Richard Atwater (63); Mary Pope Osborne (65); Natalie Babbitt (70); Barbara Robinson (72); Jerry Spinelli (74); Francine Pascal (78); Joanna Cole (81); The 'I Spy' series [multiple authors] (84); Sharon Creech (88); Lee J. Ames (89); Arlene Mosel (93); John R. Erickson (98); Margie Palatini (99); Patricia MacLachlan (100)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

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13

1

J.K. Rowling

Author

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

59

2

R.L. Stine

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

60

3

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

61

4

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

62

5

Marc Brown

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

63

6

E.B. White

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

64

7

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

8

Gary Paulsen

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

65

9

Louis Sachar

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

66

10

Lois Lowry

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

67

11

C.S. Lewis

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

12

Judy Blume

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

68

13

Louis Sachar

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

69

14

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

70

15

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

71

16

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

72

17

Beverly Cleary

Author

0% (0 of 7 votes)

73

19

Ann M. Martin

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

74

20

Beverly Cleary

Author

0% (0 of 7 votes)

75

21

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

76

22

Shel Silverstein

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

77

23

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

78

24

Shel Silverstein

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

3

25

Norman Bridwell

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

55

26

E.B. White

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

56

27

Wilson Rawls

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

57

28

Dav Pilkey

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

58

29

Chris Van Allsburg

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

30

Jan and Stan Berenstain

Author

100% (2 of 2 votes)

51

31

Katherine Alice Applegate

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

52

32

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

53

33

Mildred Wirt Benson

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

33

Edward Stratemeyer

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

34

J.R.R. Tolkien

Author

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

43

36

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

44

37

Jack London

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

45

38

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

46

39

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

47

40

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

48

42

John Gardner

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

49

43

Shel Silverstein

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

50

44

Madeleine L'Engle

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

45

Gary Paulsen

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

16

48

Mick Foley

Wrestler

41.38% (12 of 29 votes)

17

49

Lois Lowry

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

50

S.E. Hinton

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

19

51

Shel Silverstein

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

52

Mark Victor Hansen

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

20

52

Jack Canfield

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

53

H.A. and Margret Rey

Authors

0% (0 of 1 votes)

22

57

Edward Stratemeyer

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

62

Louisa May Alcott

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

7

64

Gary Paulsen

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

36

65

Mary Pope Osborne

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

66

Jon Scieszka

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

24

67

Katherine Paterson

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

27

68

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

28

69

A.A. Milne

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

70

Natalie Babbitt

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

29

71

Brian Jacques

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

73

Maurice Sendak

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

75

Judy Blume

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

25

76

Beverly Cleary

Author

0% (0 of 7 votes)

26

77

Wilson Rawls

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

79

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen

Actresses

46.15% (30 of 65 votes)

10

80

Jim Davis

Artist

100% (1 of 1 votes)

11

82

Jon Scieszka

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

37

83

Jack London

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

38

85

Robert Munsch

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

39

86

Jean Craighead George

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

40

87

E.B. White

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

41

90

Margaret Wise Brown

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

42

91

Mark Twain

Author

0% (0 of 32 votes)

12

92

Rock (Dwayne Johnson)

Wrestler

59.88% (100 of 167 votes)

31

94

Harper Lee

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

32

95

Lois Lowry

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

33

96

Anna Sewell

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

34

97

Gail Carson Levine

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)