{"id":953,"date":"2010-07-09T05:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T05:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2010-07-09T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T05:35:53","slug":"childrens-favorite-novels-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/09\/childrens-favorite-novels-and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Favorite Novels: And the winner is…."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve compiled all the votes by children in the favorite read-aloud\/novel round-up!\u00a0 Thanks to all the kids who weighed in!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A note about scoring:\u00a0 Some kids and parents had a hard time listing one book and listed more than one, sometimes many!\u00a0 I didn’t want to leave out any great book suggestions, but many kids also narrowed things down to just one fabulous book and I wanted those ones to have special weight.\u00a0 So I counted additional books with basically half a vote.\u00a0 For instance, if someone said “Margaret says she votes for Harry Potter, but she also loves the Little House series” then I put down both books anyway, with the first entry getting double the weight.\u00a0 I just couldn’t ignore books that were listed by enthusiastic readers (and even one girl who came back to rave about more!).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In some cases, children raved about certain writers even if they chose different books.\u00a0 I grouped these together so people could seek out those authors.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first 14 (in blue) all got multiple votes.<\/span> Numbers 15 through 34 (in green) only got one vote but were listed as the child’s absolute favorites. <\/span>From 35 (in orange) on are votes that were listed additionally with only one vote.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of these titles and authors are new to me, and many seem to be fantasy related.\u00a0 Book series were also especially popular.
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And now on with the list.\u00a0 Keep in mind that we had all ages of children answering, so these range from toddlers to teens in readers!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The “Harry Potter” series <\/strong>(one vote specifically for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, otherwise all for the series in general)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The “Magic Treehouse” series <\/strong>(one vote specifically for Mummies in the Morning)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Books by author Enid Blyton <\/strong>(in order of favorites: The Uncle Wiggly books, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Secret Seven series)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The “Percy Jackson” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The “Narnia” series <\/strong>(one vote specifically for The Magician’s Nephew)
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The “His Dark Materials” trilogy <\/strong>(The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The “Little House on the Prairie” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. The “Baby Mouse” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The “Ivy and Bean” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Books by author Kate Di’Camillo <\/strong>(one vote specifically for the Mercy Watson books)<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. The Inheritance Cycle<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  12. The Wizard of Oz<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  13. The “Warriors” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Chris D’Lacey books <\/strong>(The Dragons of Wayward Crescent was specified by one child)<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  16. The “Eleven” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Specky McGee<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  18. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
    \n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Geronimo Stilton<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Black Beauty<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  21. The Princess Academy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  22. The Doll People<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Raold Dahl books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Daisy Dawson Is On Her Way<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Clue Me In<\/strong>:\u00a0 The Detective Work of Ethan Flask and Professor von Offel <\/strong>
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. The “American Girl Samantha” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  27. The Dark is Rising<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  28. My Side of the Mountain<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  29. The “Brainwaves” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Lauren Child books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  31. The “Junie B Jones” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  32. John Deere books <\/strong>(Barney Blackhoe as one specific)<\/span><\/li>\n
  33. The “Flatfoot Fox” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  34. Lord of the Rings<\/span>
    \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
  35. The “Nancy Drew” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  36. The End of the Beginning<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  37. The Wishing Tree<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  38. Guardians of Ga’hoole<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  39. Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorsen trilogy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  40. Uglies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  41. Little House on Rocky Ridge<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  42. The Castle in the Attic<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  43. Tut’s Mummy:\u00a0 Lost… and Found<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  44. Redwall<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  45. The “Flower Fairy” books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  46. The Caterpillar Fight<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  47. The “Charlie Bone” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  48. The “Keys to the Kingdom” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  49. Citizens of the Galaxy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  50. Clan of the Cave Bear <\/strong>(the teen warns that this is for more mature readers)<\/span><\/li>\n
  51. Robert J. Sawyer books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  52. Calvin and Hobbes<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  53. Miss Happiness and Miss Flower<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  54. The Gypsy Girl<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  55. Betsy-Tacy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  56. The “Boxcar Children” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  57. The “Fairy Books”<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  58. The “Horrid Henry” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  59. Pippi Longstocking<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  60. Ramona<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  61. Anastasia <\/strong>(by Vladimir Megre, the teen reader notes that this is more of an adult book)<\/span><\/li>\n
  62. Piers Anthony books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  63. The Diary of Anne Frank<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  64. The “Christomanci” series<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  65. Wayside School<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  66. The Underland Chronicles<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  67. Inkheart<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  68. The Name of the Wind<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  69. The “Paddington” books<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  70. The Tiffany Aching Adventures <\/strong>(from Terry Pratchett\u2019s Discworld series)<\/span><\/li>\n
  71. Ness the Nurse <\/strong>(chosen by two-year-old “S”!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you have more to add, feel free to plug them in the comments.\u00a0 Thanks to all the kids who voted.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Happy reading!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve compiled all the votes by children in the favorite read-aloud\/novel round-up!\u00a0 Thanks to all the kids who weighed in! A note about scoring:\u00a0 Some kids and parents had a hard time listing one book and listed more than one, sometimes many!\u00a0 I didn’t want to leave out any great book suggestions, but many kids…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}