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A review by emiged
100 Best Books for Children by Anita Silvey
4.0
I'm always a little skeptical of a book that claims to have whittled down an enormous field of candidates to the "top 100" or "best 50" or whatever, but I think Ms. Silvey did a pretty good job here. She provides several paragraphs of background for each of the books, often with biographical information about the author and illustrator as well as brief commentary on the book itself and its impact. Plus, she includes a list called "Beyond the 100 Best" at the end of the book, so it will take you a while to run out of reading material.
I was reminded of many books I loved as a kid (The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, among others) and reached the limit on my library card checking them out so my kids can experience them too. And I discovered several gems that I haven't read before. My kids (especially the six-year-old) and I adored Tuesday by David Wiesner and my nine-year-old has read and re-read The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka a dozen times. Some of the books on the list spoke to me (or my children) more than others, but it's a pretty safe bet that you'll find quite a few books on her lists that strike a chord with you.
So far we've worked our way through the board books, picture books, and books for beginning readers. And I've got 12 of the books she lists for young readers (ages 7 to 9) on hold at the library waiting for me to go get them. We still have a way to go to get through her list of books for middle readers (ages 8 to 11) and older readers (ages 11 to 12) and I think many of those will end up being our read-aloud bedtime books. The only question is which to read first...I can't wait!
For more book reviews, come visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.
I was reminded of many books I loved as a kid (The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, among others) and reached the limit on my library card checking them out so my kids can experience them too. And I discovered several gems that I haven't read before. My kids (especially the six-year-old) and I adored Tuesday by David Wiesner and my nine-year-old has read and re-read The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka a dozen times. Some of the books on the list spoke to me (or my children) more than others, but it's a pretty safe bet that you'll find quite a few books on her lists that strike a chord with you.
So far we've worked our way through the board books, picture books, and books for beginning readers. And I've got 12 of the books she lists for young readers (ages 7 to 9) on hold at the library waiting for me to go get them. We still have a way to go to get through her list of books for middle readers (ages 8 to 11) and older readers (ages 11 to 12) and I think many of those will end up being our read-aloud bedtime books. The only question is which to read first...I can't wait!
For more book reviews, come visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.