KidLit List

[callmemadam]

There's a very interesting list of 101 Children's Books over on Geranium Cat’s Bookshelf. These lists are very hard to draw up. If you were making one, would you feel (I would) that you had to include some books you didn't like because they were significant landmarks in publishing? Or would your list consist entirely of personal favourites?

Comments

[land-girl.livejournal.com]

That is the best list I've seen (since my dad did one for The Times, that is!) ... there are only a couple that I would like to see in there that aren't already. For me a list would absolutely have to be about personal favourites; I think such a list loses its integrity if the compiler doesn't love every book on there! It's a different thing from, say, I recommended reading list or a book shop's list of best sellers.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

It's really good, isn't it?
I'd feel obliged to put in a Famous Five book even though I've never liked them, because of the huge influence on children's reading.