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Jodi Miller,
Do you know the title of a must-read book?
By Jodi Miller
Apr 29, 2008, 22:29

Is your child looking for a great book to read?  Do you have to buy a child a gift?  Are you going to be attending a baby shower soon?  Here is a list of the Educators' Top 50 Children's Books listed in the January/February 2008 edition of Ohio Schools magazine.

            1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
            2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
            3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
            4. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
            5. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
            6. I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
            7. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
            8. Oh! The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
            9. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
            10. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
            11. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
            12. Thank You Mr. Falkner by Patricia Polacco
            13. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
            14. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
            15. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
            16. The Mitten by Jan Brett
            17. Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack
            18. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
            19. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
            20. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
            21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
            22. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
            23. Corduroy by Don Freeman
            24. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
            25. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
            26. Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
            27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
            28. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
            29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
            30. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
            31. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
            32. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
            33. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
            34. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
            35. Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
            36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
            37. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
            38. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
            39. The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
            40. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
            41. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
            42. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
            43. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
            44. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
            45. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
            46. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
            47. Olivia by Ian Falconer
            48. The BFG by Roald Dahl
            49. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
            50. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett