Top 25 American Children's Books In the Last 25 Years - The Culling

Put aside all hopes and dreams, the results are in. These are the books youse guys came up with when I asked you to name the top 25 children's books (picture in one category, fiction in another) written by Americans in the last 25 years. Now it's time to vote. Everyone who wishes to participate must pick three fiction titles and three picture books that you feel MUST be on this list. Either comment on them here or e-mail 'em to me. I'll tally them accordingly and come up with the top 25 as a result.

Now as you can see, there are some books on this list that aren't exactly (how shall I put this?) my own personal favorites. That's okay. I could always make my own list. It wouldn't be difficult. But I'm far more interested in what other people have to say. I put together all your suggestions willy-nilly so there may be some repeats while some titles that are older than 25 years may have slipped in. If you notice them, let me know. I'll cull accordingly. Remember, you only get three of each. Now.... GO!

Picture Books

Imogene's Antlers (David Small)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Marjorie Priceman)
Piggie Pie! (Margie Palatini)
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Tuesday by David Weisner
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Zen Shorts by Jon Muth
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Black and White by David Macaulay
St.George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Rainbabies (Melmed)
Sheep in a Jeep (Shaw)
Babushka's Doll (Polacco)
The Jolly Postman (Ahlberg)
The Owl and the Pussycat (Lear/Brett)
Brundibar (Sendak/Kuschner)
Voyage to the Bunny Planet (Wells)
Moonlight (Ormerod)
A Christmas Carol (Dickens/Zwerger)
Show Way (Woodson/Talbott)
Nora's Duck (Ichikawa)
Dona Flor (Mora/Colon)
Epossumondas (Salley/Stevens)
Starry Messenger (Sis)
More More More," Said the Baby (Wiliams)
Dirt Boy by Jon Slangerup
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield
Massie Me First by Helen Lester
The Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair by Harriet Goldhor Lerner
Hungry Hen by Richard Waring
Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
7 Silly Eaters - Hoberman/Frazee
Max Makes a Million - Kalman
Ooh La La (Max in Love) - Kalman
Martha Speaks - Meddaugh
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type - Cronin
Ruby's Wish - Bridges
True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Scieszka/Smith
Stinky Cheese Man - Scieszka/Smith
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Tree of Life by Peter Sis
Train of States by Peter Sis
Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
Circus by Peter Spier
One Grain of Rice by Demi
Owl Babies by Waddell and Benson
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
A Splendid Friend Indeed, by Suzanne Bloom
More More More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
Voyage to the Bunny Planet by Rosemary Wells
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

Fiction Titles

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Holes by Louis Sachar
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
A Corner of the Universe by Anne Martin
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Joey Pigza Swallows the Key by Jack Gantos
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The Mouse on the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Giver by Lois Lowry
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Pictures from Hollis Wood by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Doll People by Ann Martin
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
Sorcery and Cecilia by Patricia C. Wrede
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
The Doll Hospital by James Duffy
The Ghost Wore Gray by Bruce Coville
The Dancing Cats of Applesap by Janet Taylor Lisle
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
Donuthead by Susan Stauffacher
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going