Can you name the 100 Best Children's Books as selected by Parenthood.com?

Picture Books
Shirley Hughes (series)
Marc Brown (series)
Jean De Brunhoff (series)
Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban
Vera Williams
Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Kevin Henkes
William Steig
Cynthia Rylant
Arnold Lobel (series)
Crockett Johnson
Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Dr. Seuss
Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond
Chris Van Allsburg
Ed Young
Ludwig Bemelmans
Robert McCloskey
Susan Meddaugh
Virginia Lee Burton
Wanda Gag
Harry Allard and James Marshall
Barbara Cooney
Jan Brett
John Burningham
Ian Falconer
Donald Hall
Beatrix Potter
Chris Van Allsburg
Eleanor Coerr
Ezra Jack Keats
Mary Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson
Rumer Godden
Margery Williams, illustrated by William Nicholson
Maurice Sendak
Varda Aardema, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Chapter Books
Lewis Carroll
Lois Lowry
L.M. Montgomery
Judy Blume
Kate DiCamillo
Mary Norton (series)
Katherine Patterson
E.B. White
C.S. Lewis (series)
Jane Yolen
Walter Dean Myers
Mildred Taylor
Lois Lowry
Katherine Patterson
the Brothers Grimm
Louise Fitzhugh
J.K. Rowling (series)
Gary Paulson
Cynthia Rylant (series)
Louis Sachar
Robert McCloskey (series)
Lynne Reid Banks (series)
Scott O’Dell
Roald Dahl
Jean Craighead George
Laura Ingalls Wilder (series)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Virginia Hamilton
Jerry Spinelli
Lois Lowry
Paula Fox
J.M. Barrie
Norton Juster
Beverly Cleary (series)
Brian Jacques (series)
Patricia MacLachlan
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
John Reynolds Gardiner
Hugh Lofting
E.B. White
Betsy Byars
Cornelia Funke
Natalie Babbitt
Wilson Rawls
Kenneth Grahame
A.A. Milne
Elizabeth George Speare
Madeleine L’Engle

Books for Babies
Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
Nancy Tafuri
Helen Oxenbury (series)
Eric Hill (series)
Molly Bang
Eric Carle

Nonfiction or Poetry
Anne Frank
Robie Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley
Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky
Dorothy and X.J. Kennedy (anthology)
David Macaulay
Eve Merriam

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Parenthood's 100 Best Children's Books Quiz

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Created by: rockgolf -
Contributed: October 30th, 2009
Published: December 28th, 2009
Category: Literature
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Tags: Book Quizzes, Novel Quizzes, 100, children, category, 100 Best, alphabetical, selected, Childrens Books, parenthood, parenthoodcom, author, title, best

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	madhatter22:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 21:33 GMT	5 points
	Really fun quiz. Love the lit quizzes! (Even though I end up kicking myself more than usual for things I "should" have gotten! =) I know people can go on endlessly with lists like this about why they included this and not that, but I'm REALLY surprised Parents didn't choose "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". Anyone else have a favorite they were surprised didn't make the cut?

	kagomeshuko:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	3 points
	Great quiz! I love lit, even if I'm not always good at it!

	nucleolus101:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 23:22 GMT	6 points
	Shouldn't Dr. Seuss be here more often?

	nucleolus101:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	4 points
	Its sad this quiz doesn't have more plays-its really good

	montylaw:	Dec 28th, 2009 at 23:42 GMT	3 points
	Expected The Little House and The Little Engine That Could.

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	snoreway:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 01:05 GMT	1 point
	If the author had been given as "Lucy Maud Montgomery," I would've gotten that one.

	gobearsgocubs:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 01:51 GMT	17 points
	@moviedynamic... reading to children from day one (even in utero) is the number one predictor to success in school and ease in learning to read. I fear for our nation's children if anyone else thinks the way you do and deems reading aloud to babies a "silly" activity

	Rackie:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 01:55 GMT	9 points
	The Very Hungry Caterpillar is like a rite of passage for children.

	chikka2:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 03:25 GMT	1 point
	The Maggie Muggins stories and"Just Mary"are magical but likely little known outside Canada...if they were they'd have made this wonderful list

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	Perplexity:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	1 point
	At the moment, the source for this game is called "The 100 Best Children." Just a minor thing. Great quiz, even though I did poorly.

	mardot:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 09:11 GMT	9 points
	I'm surprised Tales of a Fourth Grade nothing didn't make the cut. I loved reading that series when I was younger. I would have thought the Babysitter's Club series would have been included, too.

	evana:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 11:58 GMT	7 points
	I also love the Mixed Up Files. I was hoping one of the Robert McLoskey books would be Blueberries for Sal (a favorite for our boys). Happy to see some of the older books here like Julie of the Wolves, Doctor Doolittle and the Borrowers books. I'm a fan of Devil's Arithmetic and made my boys read it. There is so much good children's fiction.

	LibraryLady9:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 15:06 GMT	2 points
	Oxenbury's series is Tom and Pippo...I'm a librarian...loved the quiz!

	dsee:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT	4 points
	I was suprised that the oz series wasn't on here.

	buppyspek:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	6 points
	AtoneMENT: Have you read "The Indian in the Cupboard?" It was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. I don't think it lead me to think of a race of people as a thing, as you describe. Do you realize that the "Indian" referred to in the title of the book is a toy?

	Dready:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	1 point
	Yes, I certainly think of Oxenbury's series as Tom and Pippo too. And I'm pretty sure Dr. Dolittle is spelled with only one o. Great quiz!

	libraryfan:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 19:49 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, lots of excellent books. The time limit was hard even for a children's librarian!

	Figment:	Jan 1st, 2010 at 15:55 GMT	3 points
	Sad to me that more people are not aware of "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel". Out of synch with modern times, I guess but ALL of Virginia Lee Burton's books are well worth the read for kids.

	Daydream59:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 18:40 GMT	1 point
	Great fun and good memories. Some I read as a child, some I read to my children and some I am reading to grandkids now. Loved "Mixed-up Files." I'd vote for the Oz books, Lloyd Alexander's "Pyrdain" series, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Another childhood favorite of mine - "Across Five Aprils." And is anyone else old enough to remember the Betsy books?

	Scal:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 02:12 GMT	2 points
	"Everyone Poops" should be on this list

	valer1ej:	Jan 5th, 2010 at 17:50 GMT	2 points
	Gary Paulsen is misspelled.

	Oddish:	Feb 3rd, 2010 at 23:03 GMT	3 points
	Good idea for a quiz, but the biggest flaw is...how many of us actually paid attention to the author's names as kids?? I was able to find a pitiful 20, but once I saw the list I realized I knew so many more. I think either the book cover or an illustration would do the trick better.

	Oddish:	Feb 3rd, 2010 at 23:05 GMT	1 point
	Also, it might help to note in the top section that they are listed alphabetically by title...I didn't notice until all the answers were revealed!

	dominiquef:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 13:22 GMT	1 point
	I paid attention to authors as a kid -- I still do. Granted, I was a weird kid, but... Still, I only got 40. Tough quiz! I also wish Mixed-Up Files had made it, along with stuff by Andrew Clements, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

	dominiquef:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 21:57 GMT	-4 points
	Ugh, and Anne Frank should not be on here.

	dominiquef:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 22:42 GMT	-2 points
	Same with TUck Everlasting and Witch of Blackbird Pond.