Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days (1873) Illus. Jame's Prunier Trans. Barbara Brister "The Whole Story" Viking, 1996 I discovered "The Whole Story" editions one Saturday afternoon browsing in the Children's Library. They're lavishly illustrated: think, annotations in photographs. (Unfortunately I couldn't find the corresponding cover image that
William Golding's The Lord of the Flies (1954) This was the last of my four reads for Dewey's Read-a-Thon, so if you are one of the many people who complain about having had to read The Lord of the Flies in school, just imagine reading it for the first time in
Juan Ramón Jiménez's Platero and I (1914) Trans. Eloïse Roach University of Texas Press, 1957 When I saw that Platero and I was listed in both 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, I thought I must really have been missing something
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up Julia Eccleshare, Ed. Universe, 2009 This kind of reference makes you think about devoting an entire year to reading just children's books. When you see so many favourites discussed herein, you only want to reread them. And when you see
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up Julia Eccleshare, Ed. Universe, 2009 Chances are that you've already heard of the voluminous list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (I've spent even more time starting at this list, thanks to the 1% Well-Read Challenge, which requires that
