100 children's books

I had intended to blog today about our latest library book theme - animals playing music - but I got sucked into spending Eliza's nap on LibraryThing yet again. I was just about to leave the computer to get something, anything accomplished today when I read Nina's 100 children's books post with her invitation to play along (Nina, I know you'll love Little Women). Titles I've read are in bold:

1. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
2. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
4. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
5. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
6. Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch *
   
7. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
9. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
10. The Mitten by Jan Brett
11. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
12. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
13. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
14. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
15. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
16. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
17. Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
18. Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
19. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
20. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
21. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
22. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
24. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
25. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
26. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
27. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
28. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
29. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
30. The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
31. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
32. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
33. Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
34. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
35. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
36. The BFG by Roald Dahl
37. The Giver by Lois Lowry
38. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
39. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
40. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
41. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
42. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
43. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
44. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
45. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
46. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
47. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
48. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
49. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
50. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
51. Corduroy by Don Freeman
52. Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
53. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
54. Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
55. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
56. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
57. The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
58. Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
59. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
60. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
61. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
62. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
63. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
64. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
65. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
66. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
67. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
68. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
69. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
70. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
71. Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
72. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
73. The Cay by Theodore Taylor
74. Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
75. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
76. Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown
77. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
78. Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
79. Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
80. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
81. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
82. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
83. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
84. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
85. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
86. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
87. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
88. Stuart Little by E. B. White
89. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
90. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
91. The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
92. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
93. Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
94. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
95. Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
96. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
97. The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
98. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
99. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
100. Matilda by Roald Dahl

* I've read it in French (Je t'aimerai toujours) but not in English. I assume it's shmaltz of the worst kind in any language.

A few of the ones I didn't bold I'm fairly sure I read once upon a time, but since it has been 20-odd years, I didn't bold them. A number of the older children's titles I read just last year when I was on a YA kick (Bridge to Terabithia, A Wrinkle in Time, Little House in the Big Woods, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green Gables, Sarah Plain and Tall, The Giver, Tuck Everlasting, etc.). I wonder if the librarians thought me odd for checking out older children's books with a toddler in tow.

LibraryThing withdrawal

O, LibraryThing, how I do miss thee.

You'd think I'd get some reading done with LT being down for days, but I find myself checking obsessively to see if it's back up yet. Speaking of not reading, I had it in my mind that somehow I was going to finish the Anne of Green Gables series (which I borrowed ages ago) while C is out of town this week, but instead find myself reaching for whatever is sitting around. In the last few days, I've read . . .

bits and pieces of a couple dozen cookbooks
The Teany Book by Moby
The Raw Detox Diet by Natalia Rose

The Teany Book was a fun read - part tea, part baking, part history, all wacky. I am so not hip, but a vegetarian tea shop sounds like my idea of heaven.