Britain’s Favourite Children’s Book was screened on Channel 4 over Christmas. David Walliams compiled the list in collaboration with The Sunday Times’s children’s books expert, Nicolette Jones, who has been reviewing children's books for over 20 years.
How many do you know?
1. Winnie the Pooh (especially The House at Pooh Corner)
A.A. Milne (illustrated by E H Shepard)
2. The Chronicles of Narnia (especially The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
C.S. Lewis (illustrated by Pauline Baynes)
3. Harry Potter (especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
J.K. Rowling
4. Where the Wild Things are
Maurice Sendak
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake)
6. The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame (illustrated by E H Shepard)
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
8. A Bear Called Paddington
Michael Bond (illustrated by Peggy Fortnum)
9. The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler)
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
11. The Cat in the Hat
Dr Seuss
12. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll (illustrated by John Tenniel)
13. We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury)
14. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
15. Alfie and Annie Rose (especially Dogger)
Shirley Hughes
16. Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lingren (illustrated by Lauren Child)
17. The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Judith Kerr
18. Finn Family Moomintroll
Tove Jansson
19. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (especially The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
Beatrix Potter
20. Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
21. The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson (illustrated by Nick Sharratt)
22. Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo
23. Goodnight Mr Tom
Michelle Magorian
24. Rooftoppers
Katherine Rundell
25. A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness (illustrated by Jim Kay)
26. The Railway Children
E. Nesbitt
27. Millions
Frank Cottrell Boyce
28. The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
29. The Arrival
Shaun Tan
30. The Snow Queen
Hans Christian Andersen
31. Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
32. Famous Five (especially Five on a Treasure Island)
Enid Blyton
33. Just William (especially Just William)
Richmal Crompton
34. Holes
Louis Sachar
35. Stig of the Dump
Clive King
36. The Boy in the Dress
David Walliams (illustrated by Quentin Blake)
37. Charlie and Lola (especially I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato)
Lauren Child
38. The Jolly Postman
Allan and Janet Ahlberg
39. Horrid Henry (especially Horrid Henry Strikes it Rich)
Francesca Simon (illustrated by Tony Ross)
40. How to Train your Dragon
Cressida Cowell
41. The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett
42. Alex Rider (especially Stormbreaker)
Anthony Horowitz
43. Mortal Engines (especially Mortal Engines)
Philip Reeve
44. The Secret Garden
Francis Hodgson Burnett (illustrated by Inga Moore)
45. Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
46. This is Not my Hat
Jon Klassen
47. Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
48. Charlotte's Web
E B White (illustrated by Garth Williams)
49. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
50. Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
51. The Borrowers
Mary Norton
52. Gorilla
Anthony Browne
53. The Poems of Edward Lear (especially Owl and the Pussycat)
Edward Lear
54. Pig-Heart Boy
Malorie Blackman
55. Orlando the Marmalade Cat
Kathleen Hale
56. The Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier
57. Elmer (especially Elmer the Patchwork Elephant)
David McKee
58. Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
59. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney (illustrated by Anita Jeram)
60. The Little White Horse
Elizabeth Goodge
61. Tom's Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce (illustrated by Susan Einzig)
62. The Phantom Tolbooth
Norton Juster (illustrated by Jules Feiffer)
63. Flour Babies
Anne Fine
64. Centrally Heated Knickers
Michael Rosen (illustrated by Harry Horse)
65. The Way Home
Oliver Jeffers
66. Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
67. Asterix
Uderzo and Goscinny
68. The Family from One End Street
Eve Garnett
69. Mr Gum
Andy Stanton (illustrated by David Tazzyman)
70. Fairy Tales
Berlie Doherty (illustrated by Jane Ray)
71. Wolves
Emily Gravett
72. The Worst Witch
Jill Murphy
73. The Blue Kangaroo (especially I Love You, Blue Kangaroo)
Emma Chichester Clark
74. The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams (illustrated by William Nicholson)
75. Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
76. The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd
77. The Sheep-Pig
Dick King-Smith
78. Chrestomanci (especially The Lives of Christopher Chant)
Diana Wynne Jones
79. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
80. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T S Eliot (illustrated by Nicholas Bentley)
81. 101 Dalmations
Dodie Smith
82. Emil and the Detectives
Erich Kästner
83. A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket
84. Handa's Surprise
Eileen Browne
85. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Joan Aiken
86. Babar
Jean de Brunhoff
87. Carrie's War
Nina Bawden
88. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey
89. Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers
90. The Tom Gates (especially The Brilliant World of Tom Gates)
Liz Pichon
91. The Casson family (especially Saffy's Angel)
Hilary McKay
92. The Percy Jackson (especially Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)
Rick Riordan
93. Thomas the Tank Engine
Rev W Awdry (illustrated by Peter Sam)
94. The Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula Le Guin
95. The Inkworld (especially Inkheart)
Cornelia Funke
96. War Boy
Michael Foreman
97. The Wizard of Oz
L Frank Baum
98. Goosebumps
R L Stine
99. Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
100. Tintin
Hergé (Georges Remi)
More information:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-favourite-childrens-books/articles/all/100-best-childrens-books and
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/article1645655.ece
