Top Ten Children's Books: The Old and New

In the January 19, 2015 issue of Time Magazine you will find their list of Top Ten Children's Books for ages 3-11.  Many of these titles, if not all, are familiar to many of us.  They are the tried and true of children's classic stories.

As a counterpoint to Time's list, Jordan B. Nielsen, a children's book-buyer and blogger for Huffington Post had a different top ten list in mind.  There's no doubting the timelessness of Time's list but Nielsen points out that the majority of the books are 50 years old.  Where are the newer authors and titles that are worthy of the title children's classics?  So based on her experience, below is her list of 20 New Classics Every Child Should Own.

Top Ten Children's Books for ages 3-11 (Time Magazine)

1. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1963)
2.  The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (1962)
3.  Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (1947)
4.  Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (1948)
5.  Little Bear (series) by Else Holmelund Minarik (1957)
6.  Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1987)
7.  The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964)
8.  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (1989)
9.  Tuesday by David Wiesner (1991)
10. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (1974)

20 New Classics Every Child Should Own  (Jordan B. Nielsen)

1.  How To by Julie Morstad (2013)
2.  Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin (2012)
3.  Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan (2013)
4.  Come on, Rain! by Karen Hesse (1999)
5.  Toy Boat by Randall deSeve (2007)
6.  Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (2013)
7.  Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin (2013)
8.  Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska (2013)
9. 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy by Lemony Snicket (2014)
10.  On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne(2013)
11. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds (2003)
12. Have You Seen My Dragon by Steve Light (2014)
13. On the Wing by David Elliott (2014)
14. Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers (2014)
15. A Lion in Paris by beatrice Alemagna (2014)
16. Looking at Lincoln by Maird Kalman (2012)
17. A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnel (2014)

posted by:  Miss Rosemarie