Nicholas Kristof of the NYT has made his list of the top 10. His kids have too.

Needless to say they aren't the same.

Not even close.

I don't think I'm even going to try and make my own top 10 list ... although I will say (because it's one of my all time favorites and I can't help it) ... what about Winnie The Pooh FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE?

Which really only goes to prove one thing: making such a list is a fool-hardy and impossible task. Thank heavens. There are far too many wonderful children's books out there to squish into a list of 10. (Why do you have to choose anyway? Can't all of them be your favorites?) Plus, even if you could choose, no one will ever agree. Which is just the way it should be. If books are like friends, then it makes sense you're going to have some that are your particular favorites. Ones that may be entirely over-looked by someone else. It's individual and intimate, the conversation that goes on between the reader and the book. And have you noticed how passionately you will defend your favorite book, just like you would a friend?

But, just out of interest... What book would you have included in the list that wasn't?

I read the article and thought the EXACT SAME thing!! Some of the books he listed, I've never actually heard of.

Winnie the Pooh would definitely make my list.