What are the Best Children's Books of All Time?
#1 is C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, the Times Online reports! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince lags at #6. Here are the top twenty books for kids, as polled by Booktrust:
Top 20 children's books
1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
3. Famous Five series Enid Blyton
4. Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne
5. The BFG Roald Dahl
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling
7. The Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
8. The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
9. Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
10. The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson
11. The Tales of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
13. Matilda Roald Dahl
14. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
15. The Cat in the Hat Dr Suess
16. The Twits Roald Dahl
17. Mr Men Roger Hargreaves
18. A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
19. Malory Towers series Enid Blyton
20. Peter Pan J. M. Barrie