Tuesday, January 31, 2006

JKR's top ten books for children

The Royal Society of Literature magazine recently published an article containing the top ten books Jo Rowling believes all children should read:

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The Tale of Two Bad Mice, Beatrix Potter
The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
Hamlet, William Shakespeare


I haven't read Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoe, or David Copperfield. I'm pretty sure I've read the Tale of Two Bad Mice before, but I can't remember it specifically. But I'm assuming bacause we had a lot of Beatrix Potter books when we were little.

10 comments:

Martin said...

Holly? You are posting as Holly?

Also, some of those seem like a bit much for "children." Are you sure that's what she meant?

Mean Mommy said...

Yeah for me! I've read all of those (or at least enough to know why they're famous and that I don't care, I'm not finishing it).

Mean Mommy said...

Take a wild guess which ones those were.

Martin said...

My guess is Catch-22 and The Catcher in the Rye. Both of which I have read. And own. But I can't find Catch-22. Did you borrow that one Holly?

Mean Mommy said...

Wow, you're good. That was really hard.

Maybe I borrowed it. Did you ever think of that?

ahem. said...

I don't have it here... it might be on my bookshelf in Tucson, but I don't think so. You casn check if you want.

Martin said...

I found it. Don't worry. Everyone can stop looking now.

Mean Mommy said...

Phew! 'Cause I was really tearing my house apart. Oh wait...that was Sarah.

Martin said...

She is such a good little girl. Tearing her house apart just to help me find my book. You should really reward her with something. I recommend reinstating nail polish rights.

ahem. said...

I think she shouldn't be allowed to paint her nails until she is 12. That was pretty much the rule for me... except when I was at a friend's house.