Overexcited Readers (working title)

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Thursday, February 09, 2006

J.K. Rowling's Top Ten List for Children

This list was published in The Royal Society of Literature magazine. It is the top ten books she believes all children should read.

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
4. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
5. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
9. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Which ones have you read?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've read Wuthering Heights, Charlie and the Chocoloate Factory, to Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm and Hamlet.

11:27 PM  

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