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The Children's Canon According to Harold Bloom

Apart from his Anthology for children, these are the books that acerbic critic Harold Bloom recommended for children.
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A Child's Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson)
A Child's Garden of Verses
1
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
2
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
4
Alexander Dumas
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Fairy Tales
5
Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Fairy Tales
6
The Brothers Grimm
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
7
Sir Walter Scott
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
8
Robert Louis Stevenson
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
9
Louisa May Alcott
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
10
Arthur Conan Doyle
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
11
William Blake
Tales From Shakespeare (Charles and Mary Lamb)
Tales From Shakespeare
12
Charles and Mary Lamb
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
The Complete Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)
The Complete Winnie the Pooh
14
A. A. Milne
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hunting of the Snark (Lewis Carroll)
The Hunting of the Snark
16
Lewis Carroll
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
17
Rudyard Kipling
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
18
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
19
G.K. Chesterton
The Nonsense Books (Edward Lear)
The Nonsense Books
20
Edward Lear
The Poetic Edda (Anonymous)
The Poetic Edda
21
Anonymous
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
22
Sturlulson
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
23
Alexandre Dumas
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
24
Kenneth Grahame
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
25
Lewis Carroll
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
26
Robert Louis Stevenson
Twenty Years After (Alexandre Dumas)
Twenty Years After
27
Alexandre Dumas
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
28
Maurice Sendak
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