Sunday, June 13, 2010

My Newbery Ranking

Readers have asked me which Newbery Winners I like best.  Last year I found the ranking done by the Allen County Library, and they even let me give input on where When You Reach Me fit.  I liked their list, but definitely have my own point of view.  So, I have finally ranked all the Newbery winners in MY order of preference.  Below are my top 20; I will post the rest separately.  The books that made my top 20 are all books I LOVE.  They are books that I think about even long after I read them and books that I like to read over and over.  When I look at the list it is a mix of types of books and of when they were written.  I think my list is a little girly, but I AM a 10 year old girl.  I think that almost anyone could find several books to LOVE in this top 20. 
1. 1936: Caddie Woodlawn

2. 1967: Up A Road Slowly
3. 1934: Invincible Louisa
4. 2010: When You Reach Me
5. 1983: Dicey's Song
6. 1994: The Giver
7. 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
8. 1990: Number the Stars
9. 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's
Journal1830-1832
10. 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall
11. 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
12. 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
13. 2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
14. 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
15. 2002: A Single Shard
16. 2001: A Year Down Yonder
17. 1997: The View from Saturday
18. 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill
19. 1963: A Wrinkle in Time
20. 1979: The Westing Game

Stay tuned for the rest of the list.

5 comments:

  1. We love the new picture. You are our special granddaughter ( our only one) and we are very proud of you. See you soon. Grandma and Granddaddy Hardin

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  2. Oh, the new blog look is super! Love the photo.

    Congrats on coming up with a top 20 list. I find it so hard to rank books or to choose an absolute favorite.

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  3. Love the new format! See you soon... PatPat

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  4. Recently I have been working on a blog design, and I think that I will keep this one for a while.

    Joyce,
    It IS hard to come up with rankings!!! I knew that Caddie Woodlawn would be #1, but the rest were HARD!

    PatPat and Granddad,
    I am looking forward to seeing you! Just 8 more days!

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  5. found your blog on google. Thanks for the rankings and reviews!

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