Jump to content

*Results* - Your 'Top 5' Childrens'/Young Adult books


Janet

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 81
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • 2 months later...

A personal top five:

 

Just William - Richmal Crompton

Coot Club - Arthur Ransome

Watership Down - Richard Adams

The House at Pooh Corner - A. A. Milne

The Otterbury Incident - C. Day Lewis

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

Kasper in the Glitter - Philip Ridley

Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe - Penelope Lively

Watership Down - Richard Adams

The Snow Spider - Jenny Nimmo

 

All of these have stuck with me for various reasons. Kasper in the Glitter has a special place in my heart. I can still here my year 6 teacher playing out the voices of all of the different characters everytime I read it. Never was there a room full of kids more animated than when he was reading to us. And I still crease up :irked:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In no particular order ~

 

Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

Are You There God? It's Me Margaret ~ Judy Blume

Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Incredible Journey - Sheila Burnford

Edited by NovaLee
Revised List
Link to comment
Share on other sites

When Marnie Was There - Joan Robinson

Anne Of Green Gables - L M Montgomery

Little Women - Louisa M Alcott

Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild

What Katy Did - Susan Coolidge

 

I could probably add at least another 20 titles to that list - I found it really hard to narrow it down :blush:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The BFG - Roald Dahl

Tommorrow When The War Ends - John Marsden

So Much To Tell You - John Marsden

Half Way Across The Galaxy Turn Left (not sure of author)

Charlotte's Web

Edited by Nollaig
Put in capitals.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Joan Aiken - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Laura Ingells Wilder - The Little House series

Robert O'Brien - Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Penelope Lively - The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Phillipa Pearce - A Dog So Small

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

I appear never to have posted in this thread!

 

In no order:

 

Gerard Whelan - Out Of Nowhere

Elizabeth Winthrop - Castle In The Attic and Battle For The Castle (they go together)

Colin Dann - A Legacy Of Ghosts

Chris Wooding - Catchman (Point Horror Unleashed)

Victor Kelleher - Del Del

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

I forgot all about this, but I'm just compiling the results and will post them shortly. :)

 

ETA: I haven't even listed mine! :)

 

Winnie-The-Pooh - A A Milne

The Ghosts - Antonia Barber

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillippa Pearce

The 'Magic Woodland' trilogy - Beverley Nichols

 

It was hard to choose - so many good titles I could have also chosen!

Edited by Janet
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2009 RESULTS!

 

Top5childrensandYAbookswinners2009.jpg

Top5childrensandYAbookswith2votes20.jpg

Top5childrensandYAbookswith1vote-1.jpg

Top5childrensandYAbookswith1votepar.jpg

 

Although C S Lewis won with 8 votes, it was for a series of books. I decided to lump series together because many people just wrote 'Narnia' or 'Harry Potter'.

 

Roald Dahl was by far the most nominated author, having had 8 different titles nominated. 11 authors had two different titles nominated.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...