Children's Literature Association's Eleven Best American Children's Books Of The Past 200 Years
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About this list
Children's Literature Association, 11 Books
These selections are the result of a 1975-1976 survey of members of the Children's Literature Association, an international group of librarians, teachers, authors and publishers. The list includes the suggested readers' age range for each book.
This list was originally published in 1976 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Charlotte's Web | E. B. White | 1952 | American | English | |
| 321 | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | 1963 | American | English | |
| 243 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | 1876 | American | English | |
| 93 | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1868 | American | English | |
| 22 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 1884 | American | English | |
| 1442 | Little House In The Big Woods | Laura Ingalls Wilder | 1932 | American | English | |
| 2975 | Johnny Tremain | Esther Forbes | 1943 | American | English | |
| 340 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1900 | American | English | |
| 693 | Little House on the Prairie | Laura Ingalls Wilder | 1935 | American | English | |
| 4547 | Island Of The Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell | 1960 | American | English | |
| 7704 | Julie Of The Wolves | Jean Craighead George | 1972 | American | English |