TIME Magazine has shared its list of the 100 best children’s books of all time, with the help of, among others, the US Children’s Poet Laureate Ken Nesbitt, the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, the Young Readers Center at the Library of Congress, and 10 independent booksellers.
The titles in the list are timeless classics that have enthralled the minds of children everywhere for many years. The top 10 includes Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and two books by Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Check out TIME’s top 10 children’s books:
1.
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak was first released in 1963. The movie adaptation was released in 2009 and directed by Spike Jonze.
2.
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats was published in 1962 and follows the journey of a little boy who explores his neighbourhood after a big snowfall.
3.
Goodnight Moon was written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd was first published in 1947 and is a timeless bedtime story.
4.
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey first appeared in 1948. A young boy and his mother go out in the winter cold to pick blueberries when they meet a bear and her cub.
5.
Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak is part of the Harper Trophy series of reading books for young children for children between the ages of four and eight.
6.
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr is a 1987 children’s picture book that tells the story of a father and daughter going on a trip to find a special bird.
7.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein was first published in 1964 and tells the tale of the relationship between a boy and a tree.
8.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith, is a fresh twist on the Three Little Pigs story. It teaches young readers that there are more than two sides to any story.
9.
Tuesday by David Wiesner was published in 1992 and is a beautifully illustrated picture book with almost no text at all.
10.
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein is a collection of poems and drawings for children.
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- Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
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- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
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- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
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- Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
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- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
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- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
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- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
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- Tuesday by David Wiesner
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- Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
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