The Telegraph in the UK compiled a list of the 50 top children’s books. There are a couple of books on here that I think shouldn’t be (A Christmas Carol by Dickens), but there are some that are missing too. Where is Goodnight Moon or Curious George? I also don’t understand how Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince made #6, yet the first book in the series is no where on the list. Anyway, here’s the list:

  1. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C S Lewis
  2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
  3. Famous Five series, Enid Blyton
  4. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
  5. The BFG, Roald Dahl
  6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J K Rowling
  7. The Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
  8. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
  9. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
  10. The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson
  11. The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
  12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
  13. Matilda, Roald Dahl
  14. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
  15. The Cat in the Hat, Dr Suess
  16. The Twits, Roald Dahl
  17. Mr Men, Roger Hargreaves
  18. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
  19. The Malory Towers Series, Enid Blyton
  20. Peter Pan, J M Barrie
  21. The Railway Children, E. Nesbit
  22. Hans Christian Fairy Tales, H C Andersen
  23. The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
  24. The Witches, Roald Dahl
  25. Stig of the Dump, Clive King
  26. The Wishing Chair, Enid Blyton
  27. Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell
  28. The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Judith Kerr
  29. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jan Brett
  30. James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
  31. A Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond
  32. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
  33. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
  34. Aesop’s Fables
  35. The Borrowers, Mary Norton
  36. Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling
  37. Meg and Mog, Jan Pienkowski
  38. Mrs Pepperpot, Alf Proyson
  39. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael Rosen 4
  40. The Gruffalo’s Child, Julia Donaldson
  41. Room on a Broom, Julia Donaldson
  42. The Worst Witch, Jill Murphy
  43. Miffy, Dick Bruna
  44. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
  45. Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown
  46. The Snail and the Whale, Julia Donaldson
  47. Ten Little Ladybirds, Melanie Gerth
  48. Six Dinners Sid, Inga Moore
  49. The St. Clares Series, Enid Blyton
  50. Captain Underpants, Dav Pilke