Special Post from the UK
I am sorry that I have not posted for a while, but I am back with some interesting things. As I write I am in England (looking for books that haven’t made it to the US) and looking for other interesting things. Today is not going to be a book review, but a Top 20. The Sunday Telegraph (a really serious paper in the UK) has a section called BOOKS LIFE. and last week there was an article about “The 20 Greatest Children’s Books Ever” by Lucinda Everett, and I though that I must share it with my readers. Some of the books mentioned are uniquely British so you might not have either heard of them or seen them. So let us not dilly-dally and get on with the books.
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
- Babar by Jean De Brunhoff
- Treasure Island by RL Stevenson
- The Railway Children by E Nesbit
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- Winnie – The – Pooh by AA Milne
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
- Peter and Wendy (Peter Pan) by JM Barrie
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- the Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
- The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith kerr
- the Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Those are the Top 20 books in the UK. I have only read bout 7 of them. How about you? But I will work on it while I am here. Have you read any of them?Are there any books that you think should be on this list?
Lucinda Everett has also listed “The 10 Worst Villains Of All Time”.
- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – The Witch
- Harry Potter – Lord Voldemort
- Matilda – Mrs. Trunchbull
- The Jungle Book – Shere Khan
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians – Cruella De Vil
- The Dr Seuss Books – The Grinch
- The Wonderful Wizard of OZ – The Wicked Witch of the West
- Peter and Wendy (Peter Pan) Captain Hook
- The Witches – The Grand High Witch (Of All the World)
- Fantastic Mr Fox – Boggis, Bunce and Bean
What do you think? Which ones do you agree with? Any other villains that you think should be added to this list? Hopefully these are not the only bad people and there are some others. Tell me who should be added to this list!
