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Children's
favorites 1999 |
Here are the results in the children's category
from the first Mid-York Library System Reader's Choice
survey. Follow the links to more information about your favorite
author or book:
- Winnie the
Pooh
by A. A. Milne
- Martin the Warrior
by Brian Jacques
- Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
- Arthur's
Tooth
by Marc
Brown
- Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
by Bruce Coville
- Hatchet
by Gary
Paulsen
- Search for the Delicious
by Natalie
Babbitt
- Shiloh
by Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor
- Island of the Blue Dolphin
by Scott O'Dell
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
- Kissed by an Angel
by Elizabeth Chandler
- The Little House in the Big Woods by Laura
Ingalls Wilder
- Curious George
by H. A. Rey
- The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
- Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
- Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
by Jack Canfield
- The Foot Book
by Dr. Seuss
- Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
- The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
- Are You My Mother?
by P. D. Eastman
- Little
House on the Prairie
by Laura
Ingalls Wilder
- The Substitute Teacher
by Cathy East Dubowski
- Stranded
by Ben Mikaelsen
- The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Danny and the Dinosaur
by Syd Hoffman
- Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
- BFG
by Roald Dahl
- Calling All Creeps
by R. L. Stine
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day by Judith Viorst
- The Case of the Wild Wolf River
by Judy Katschke
- Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
- A Ring of Endless Light
by Madeleine
L'Engle
- Redwall
by Brian Jacques
- Farmer Boy
by Laura
Ingalls Wilder
- Blubber
by Judy Blume
- The Dancing Skeleton
by Cynthia DeFelice
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
- Arthur's
Reading Race
by Marc
Brown
- Great Brain
by J. D. Fitzgerald
- Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
- Love You Forever
by Robert Munsch
- Leonardo, A Scrapbook
by Grace Catalano
- Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles)
by Melanie Rawn
- Fire Engines
by Anne Rockwell
- Fox in Socks
by Dr. Seuss
- Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers
- Endworld series
by David
- Eye of the Needle
by Betty Huffmon
- Fear Street Saga
by R. L. Stine
- Falling Up
by Shel Silverstein
- Fox Busters
by Dick King Smith
- Five Chinese Brothers
by Claire J. Bishop
- Flight 116 Is Down
by Caroline Cooney
- Fast Forward
by Mary Jane Miller
- Flight of Passage
by Rinker Buck
- Fear Hall. The Beginning
by R. L. Stine
- Finishing Becca
by Ann Rinaldi
- Flint
by Louis L'Amour
- The Firm
by John Grisham
- Goblins in the Castle
by Bruce Coville
- How I Got My Shrunken Head
by R. L. Stine
- House at
Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
- Horror of Camp Jelly Jam
by R. L. Stine
- Hop on Pop
by Dr. Seuss
- Holiday Horse
by Bonnie Bryant
- Hocus and Pocus at the Circus
by Fran Manushkin
- Hedge Hogs in the Hall
by Ben M. Baglio
- Haunted Sister
by Lael Litke
- Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
by Jerdine Nolen Harold
- Hair Book
by Graham Tehter
- Full House Stephanie
by Derva Newberger Speregen
- Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
- Frog and Toad
by Arnold Lobel
- The Girl of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton Porter
- Giant Octopus
by Karen Wallace
- Ghost Pony
by Jeanne Betancourt
- George's Marvelous Medicine
by Roald Dahl
- Garfield
by Jim Davis
- Dawn
by V. C. Andrews
- Full House Stephanie. My Three Weeks as a Spy
by Derva Newberger Speregen
- Encyclopedia Brown
by Donald J. Sobol
- Fudgeamania
by Judy Blume
- Fruit and Vegetable Man
by Roni Schotter
- Green Wilma
by Tedd Arnold
- Arthur's
Computer Disaster
by Marc
Brown
- Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly
Cleary
- Behind the Bedroom Wall
by Laura E. Williams
- Bearsie Bear
by Bernard Waber
- Barney
by William Johnson
- Balloon Tree
by Phoebe Gilman
- Bailey School Kids
by Debbie Dadey
- Babysitter 2
by R. L. Stine
- Baby-sitters Island Adventure
by Ann M. Martin
- Attack
by K. A. Applegate
- As Long As We're Together
by Judy Blume
- Arthur's
Teacher Trouble
by Marc
Brown
- Arthur's
Mystery Envelope
by Marc
Brown
- Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday
by Jan and Stan Berenstain
- Arthur's First Sleepover
by Marc Brown
- Best Friends
by Susan Smith
- Arthur series
by Marc Brown
- Art Dog
by Thatcher Hurd
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
- Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
by Peggy Parish
- Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
- Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit
by Paula Danziger
- Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
by Paula Danziger
- Amelia's Notebook
by Marissa Moss
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
- A. B. C.
by Michael Rosen
- A Picture of Freedom: Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl
by Pat McKissick
- A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
by Sherry Garland
- 99 Fear Street
by R. L. Stine
- Arthur's Halloween
by Marc Brown
- Dazzle the Dinosaur
by Marcus Pfister
- Draw Insects
by D. C. DuBosque
- Dr. Seuss's ABC
by Dr. Seuss
- Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
by Louis Sacher
- A Dog Called Kitty
by Bill Wallace
- The Dog Ate My Homework
by Betsy Haynes
- Divorce Train
by Paula Danzinger
- Disney's Mulan
by Kathleen W. Zoehfeld
- Discovery
by Judy Baer
- Dinosaurs
by Gallimard Jeunesse
- Dinorella
by Pamela Edwards
- Devil's Bridge
by Cynthia DeFelice
- The Departure
by K. A. Applegate
- Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
by Stephen Manes
- Ella Enchanted
by Gail Levine
- Daughters of Eve
by Lois Duncan
- Dark Sable
by Kevin J. Anderson
- The Daffodils
by Christi Killien
- The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
- Corduroy's Birthday
by Don Freeman
- Corduroy
by Don Freeman
- Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors
by Norman Bridwell
- The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
- Boys Start the War/The Girls Get Even
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Book of Names
by John Peel
- Blood of the Mountain Man
by William J. Johnstone
- Big Red Dog
by Norman Bridwell
- Better than TV
by Sara Swan Miller
- Death's Door
by Betsy Byars
- So Far From Home
by Barry Denenberg
- Tale of Three Wishes
by John Peel
- Secret Bedroom
by R. L. Stine
- The Secret Garden
by Frances Burnett
- Sheilla Rae the Brave
by Kevin Henkes
- Silly Sally
by Audrey Wood
- Samantha Saves the Day
by Valerie Tripp
- Snowed in at Pokeweed School
by John Bianchi
- Ryan White, My Own Story
by Ryan White
- Standing in the Light
by Mary Pope Osborne
- Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon
- Stuart Little
by E. B. White
- Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene
- Super Slumber Parties
by Brooks Whitney
- Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
by David McPhail
- Six Months to Live
by Lurlene McDaniel
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary
- It Comes from Beneath the Sink
by R. L. Stine
- Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsberg
- Polgara the Sorceress
by David Eddings
- Project Panda
by Jill Bailey
- Puppy Riddles
by Katy Hall
- Scrambled States of America
by Laurie Keller
- Ralph S. Mouse
by Beverly Cleary
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume
- Rasco and the Rats of Nimh
by Jane Leslie Conly
- Raven
by V. C. Andrews
- Rebel Glory
by L. Siegmund
- The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
- River
by Gary Paulsen
- Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
- Raggedy Ann
by Johnny Gruelle
- Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engel
- Surprise Island
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
- Where's Waldo
by Martin Hanford
- White Fang
by Jack London
- Welcome to Dead House
by R. L. Stine
- Who Took the Book
by Franklin W. Dixon
- We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
by Trudie Engel
- Winning
by Robin Brancato
- The Wish Giver
by Bill Brittain
- Wishbone: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dog
by Nancy Butcher
- The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
- Work of the Doctors at the San Diego Zoo
by Georgeanne Irvine
- Wow You Can Fly
by R. G. Austin
- Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar
- Underwear
by Mary Elise Monsell
- Talking Eggs
by Robert San Souci
- Teeny Tiny Ghost
by Kay Winters
- There's a Hair in My Dirt
by Gary Larson
- There's a Rocket in My Pocket
by Dr. Seuss
- Titanic Lost and Found
by Judy Donnelly
- The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
by R. L. Stine
- Truck
by Donald Crews
- The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
- Upchuck and Rotten Willy
by Bill Wallace
- View from the Cherry Tree
by Willo Davis Roberts
- Virtual Vandals
by Tom Clancy
- Walt Disney Presents the Story of Brer Rabbit and the
Tar Baby
by Walt Disney
- War Nobody Won
by Albert Marrin
- Wastelands
by Stephen King
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
- Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
- Mark McGwire, a Biography
by Jonathan Hall
- Karen's Movie Star
by Ann M. Martin
- Karen's Pen Pal
by Ann M. Martin
- Karen's Pilgrim
by Ann M. Martin
- Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn
- Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
by Barbara Park
- Lionel Collector's Guide and History to Lionel Trains
by Tom McComas
- Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
by Barbara Park
- Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses
by Eileen Spinelli
- The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
- The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Lost in Space
by Gina Shaw
- Mandie and the Foreign Spies
by Lois Gladys Leppard
- Pippi in the South Seas
by Astrid Lindgren
- Light on Hogsback Hill
by Cynthia DeFelice
- Jamaica Tag-Along
by Juanita Havill
- I Live in Your Basement
by R. L. Stine
- If I Ran the Circus
by Dr. Seuss
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin
by Laura J. Numeroff
- Ink Drinker
by Eric Sanvoisin
- Invasion
by K. A. Applegate
- Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton
- Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
by Megan McDonald
- Martyr
by Peter David
- A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
- James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
- Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
- Josefina Learns a Lesson
by Valerie Tripp
- Julie of the Wolves
by Jean George
- Junie B. Jones and the Sneeky Peeky Spring
by Barbara Park
- Iroquois
by Barbara McCall
- Once and Future King
by T. H. White
- Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
- Narnia series
by C. S. Lewis
- New Year's Party
by R. L. Stine
- Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
- Old Hat, New Hat
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Mystery of the Cupboard
by Lynne R. Banks
- On Board the Titanic
by Shelley Tanaka
- Mysterious Tadpole
by Steven Kellogg
- Once Upon a Potty
by Alona Frankel
- Only Opal
by Jane Bolton
- Out of Darkness
by Russell Freedman
- Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
- P. S. Longer Letter Later
by Paula Danzinger
- Penny Doll
by Jennifer Hennings
- Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
- Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
- Mary Kate and Ashley Adventures
by Frances Lantz
- Matilda
by Roald Dahl
- Megan's Island
by Willo Davis Roberts
- Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
- Merlin and the Dragon
by Jane Yolen
- Nancy's Mysterious Letter
by Carolyn Keene
- Miss Spider's New Car
by David Kirk
- I Hate Company
by P. J. Petersen
- Monster at the End of This Book
by Jon Stone
- Morning Is a Long Time Coming
by Bette Greene
- My Horrible Secret
by Stephen Roos
- My Side of the Mountain
by Jean George
- My Teacher Is an Alien
by Bruce Colville
- My Way Sally
by Mindy Bingham
- Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion
by Michelle Kwan

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