Children's Literature Association's Eleven Best American Children's Books Of The Past 200 Years

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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.

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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