Scholastic has named its list of the 100 best children’s books, with the classic story Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White winning first prize. Take a look at the list and let me know what you think — these are the books I most agree with/have read:

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (my favourite novel when I was young!)
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (my favourite series of all time!)
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Gilbert is one of my all time favourite crushes on characters!)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Little Engine That Could by George and Doris Hauman
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• The Runaway Bunny by Clement Hurd
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood (my favourite story when I was really young!)
• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Of course, with every book list, there are those who disagree with some of the books. Like myself, The Guardian also thinks it inappropriate to include The Adventures of Captain Underpants in the list (ranking at #97), but entirely forgetting about Little House on the Prairie. I also wish they had included The Berenstain Bears in the list, as it’s probably one of the best collection of books for children. I loved to read when I was young, and many of the books on the list were my favourites (as you can tell from my list above), so I’m quite excited about a lot of the books mentioned.

What are some of your favourite children’s books and how do you feel about Scholastic’s list?