A recent poll of United Kingdom adults between the ages of 16 and 65 has identified C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as the best children’s book of all time.
1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
3. Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
4. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
5. The BFG by Roald Dahl
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
7. The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
8. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
9. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
10. The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
11. The Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
13. Matilda by Roald Dahl
14. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
15. The Cat in the Hat by Dr Suess
16. The Twits by Roald Dahl
17. Mr Men by Roger Hargreaves
18. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
19. Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton
20. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Source: Booktrust
Friday, 14 March 2008
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My English Language Development students wanted to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We began it two weeks ago. They are hooked!
I have asked the school's administration to buy the whole Narnia series (among others) for the school's library, but I have the feeling that it will take quite a while until they approve the request.
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