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The Top 100 Children's Books
By Junior's discerning readers on 20/04/2010 14:20:18
So here they are! The best books for children of all time, voted by you.
Plumby Janet and Allan Ahlberg Puffin, £4.99 (first published 1978) The husband-and-wife team who created so many wonderful children’s books appear several times in this Top 100. It’s not at all surprising: the lilting rhymes, playful sense of humour
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Lauren Child's top five children's books
By Fiona McKim on 22/11/2012 17:31:54
The Clarice Bean, That’s Me and the Charlie And Lola author picks her favourite reads
Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight (Simon & Schuster, £6.99)This book is just beautiful. Written in 1955, yet it feels thoroughly modern. I first found Eloise after I couldn’t get my first Clarice Bean book published. I was told that you
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 1-10
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 10:00:00
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Puffin, £5.99)Not many children’s books achieve worldwide sales that would humble a U2 album, but Eric Carle’s classic picture book about a caterpillar munching his way to becoming a beautiful butterfly
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 11-20
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 09:50:30
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
11. Peepo! by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, £5.99)First published in 1981, this wonderful boardbook appeals rather like The Very Hungry Caterpillar – you simply can’t beat a hole in the page for toddler enjoyment. In Peepo!, a baby glimpses his small domestic world through a l...
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Wendy Cooling's top five children's books
By Fiona McKim on 22/11/2012 18:03:53
The founder of Bookstart picks some of her favourite children's reads
Peek-A-Boo! by Jan Ormerod (Bodley Head, £3.99)A perfect board book that invites baby to join in with the game – and so the reading, too. Beautiful babies and flaps to lift on every page make this a definite winner.
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Lydia Monk's top five children's books
By Fiona McKim on 22/11/2012 17:55:59
Author and illustrator of Aaaarrgghh, Spider! picks her favourite reads
The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet & Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, £4.99)Babies just love looking at other babies, and this wonderful book captures all the things they recognise from their own little everyday worlds, making it absolutely perfect for word
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Junior's Top Festive Books For Early Readers
By Junior on 11/11/2011 15:45:23
Get into the spirit of the season with these cosy christmas books
. See more Horrid Henry in our top 100 children's books, voted by Junior readersBuy Horrid Henry’s Christmas Play
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Cressida Cowell's Top Five Children's Books
By Fiona McKim on 28/11/2011 16:36:51
The author of How To Train Your Dragon and This Rabbit Belongs To...picks her personal favourite reads
That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child (Orchard, £5.99)"That Pesky Rat lives alone in a dustbin, but is looking up at the stars, longing to be somebody's pet. A wonderful story about love and loneliness in the big city".Buy That Pesky Rat
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Ed Vere's top five children's books
By Fiona McKim on 22/11/2012 17:44:13
The Banana!, The Getaway and Five Dinosaurs Jumping On The Bed author picks his favourite children's reads
The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake (Puffin, £5.99)Using ‘clever tricks’ the Enormous Crocodile is on the lookout for lunch... a plump and juicy little child! Will he get to carry out his dastardly deed or will he be foiled by Trunky the Elephant and Muggle-Wum...
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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 51-60
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 09:15:25
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
51. Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake Red Fox, £5.99Dahl illustrator Quentin Blake has written some wonderful books for small children. Mister Magnolia is a poetic joy in which our hero possesses lots of wonderful objects, animals and even two
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