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The 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time - Page 3

In 2023, the BBC polled 177 book experts in 56 countries to try and find the 100 greatest children's books ever written. The winner of the poll was Maurice Sendak's 1963 picture book "Where the Wild Things Are", with the authors Lewis Carroll, Astrid Lindgren, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and J. R. R. Tolkien rounding out the top 5. Below is the full list of the top 100 - how many of the titles have you read?
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Jacob Have I Loved (Katherine Paterson)
Jacob Have I Loved
81
Katherine Paterson
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
82
Dr. Seuss
Fairy Tales (Charles Perrault)
Fairy Tales
83
Charles Perrault
Moomins and the Great Flood (Tove Jansson)
Moomins and the Great Flood
84
Tove Jansson
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
85
L. Frank Baum
Just William (Richmal Crompton)
Just William
86
Richmal Crompton
The Twits (Roald Dahl)
The Twits
87
Roald Dahl
The Mouse and His Child (Russell Hoban)
The Mouse and His Child
88
Russell Hoban
Out of My Mind (Sharon M. Draper)
Out of My Mind
89
Sharon M. Draper
Moominvalley in November (Tove Jansson)
Moominvalley in November
90
Tove Jansson
Little House in the Big Woods (Wilder, Laura Ingalls)
Little House in the Big Woods
91
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World
92
The Snowman (Raymond Briggs)
The Snowman
93
Raymond Briggs
Wave (Suzy Lee)
Wave
94
Suzy Lee
The Black Brothers (Lisa Tetzner)
The Black Brothers
95
Lisa Tetzner
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
96
Margery Williams
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
97
Lemony Snicket
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
98
Neil Gaiman
American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
99
Gene Luen Yang
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
100
Salman Rushdie
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