{"id":344,"date":"2011-09-26T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/imperial\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T17:32:22","slug":"one-hundred-books-that-shaped-the-century","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/imperial\/book-lists\/one-hundred-books-that-shaped-the-century\/","title":{"rendered":"One Hundred Books That Shaped The Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Hundred Books That Shaped The Century<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale<\/span><\/td>\nAardema, Verna<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The High King<\/span><\/td>\nAlexander, Lloyd<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle<\/span><\/td>\nAvi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Truck Everlasting<\/span><\/td>\nBabbitt, Natalie<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madeline<\/span><\/td>\nBemelmans, Ludwig<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Five Chinese Brothers<\/span><\/td>\nBishop, Claire Huchet<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Bradbury<\/span><\/td>\nBlume, Judy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Bear Called Paddington<\/span><\/td>\nBond, Michael<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodnight Moon<\/span><\/td>\nBrown, Margaret Wise<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smokey Night<\/span><\/td>\nBunting, Eve<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Secret Garden<\/span><\/td>\nBurnett, Frances Hodgson<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals<\/span><\/td>\nBurnford, Sheila<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel<\/span><\/td>\nBurton, Virginia Lee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer of the Swans<\/span><\/td>\nByars, Betsy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Very Hungary Caterpillar<\/span><\/td>\nCarle, Eric<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramona the Pest<\/span><\/td>\nCleary, Beverly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Goats<\/span><\/td>\nCole, Brock<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks<\/span><\/td>\nCole, Joanna<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Dark is Rising<\/span><\/td>\nCooper, Susan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Chocolate War<\/span><\/td>\nCormier, Robert<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ordinary Jack<\/span><\/td>\nCresswell, Helen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freight Train<\/span><\/td>\nCrews, Donald<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/span><\/td>\nDahl, Roald<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strega Nona<\/span><\/td>\nDePaola, Tomie<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harriet the Spy<\/span><\/td>\nFitzhugh, Louise<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices<\/span><\/td>\nFleishchman, Paul<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The One-Eyed Cat<\/span><\/td>\nFox, Paula<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl<\/span><\/td>\nFrank, Anne<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln: A Photo Biography<\/span><\/td>\nFreedman, Russell<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?<\/span><\/td>\nFritz, Jean<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millions of Cats<\/span><\/td>\nGag, Wanda<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Annie on My Mind<\/span><\/td>\nGarden, Nancy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie of the Wolves<\/span><\/td>\nGeorge, Jean Craighead<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wind in the Willows<\/span><\/td>\nGrahame, Kenneth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M.C. Higgins, the Great<\/span><\/td>\nHamilton, Virginia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales<\/span><\/td>\nHamilton, Virginia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chester’s Way<\/span><\/td>\nHenkes, Kevin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Out of the Dust<\/span><\/td>\nHesse, Karen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Outsiders<\/span><\/td>\nHinton, S.E.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shapes and Things<\/span><\/td>\nHoban, Tana<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paddle-to-the-Sea<\/span><\/td>\nHoling, Holing C.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Snowy Day<\/span><\/td>\nKeats, Ezra Jack<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack<\/span><\/td>\nKerr, M. E.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just So Stories<\/span><\/td>\nKipling, Rudyard<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler<\/span><\/td>\nKonigsburg, E. L.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth<\/span><\/td>\nKonigsburg, E. L.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helens<\/span><\/td>\nLauber, Patricia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rabbit Hill<\/span><\/td>\nLawson, Robert<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Wizard of Earthsea<\/span><\/td>\nLeGuin, Ursula<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Wrinkle in Time<\/span><\/td>\nL’Engle, Madeleine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/span><\/td>\nLewis, C. S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pippi Longstocking<\/span><\/td>\nLindgren, Astrid<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frog and Toad Are Friends<\/span><\/td>\nLobel, Arnold<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anastasia Krupnik<\/span><\/td>\nLowry, Lois<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Giver<\/span><\/td>\nLowry, Lois<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cathedral<\/span><\/td>\nMacaulay, David<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Way Things Work<\/span><\/td>\nMacaulay, David<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah, Plain and Tall<\/span><\/td>\nMacLachlan, Patricia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George and Martha<\/span><\/td>\nMarshall, James<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom<\/span><\/td>\nMartin, Bill Jr. and Archimbault, John<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Make Way for Ducklings<\/span><\/td>\nMcCloskey, Robert<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Far and Few<\/span><\/td>\nMcCord, David<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Hero and the Crown<\/span><\/td>\nMcKinley, Robin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mirandy and Brother Wind<\/span><\/td>\nMcKissack, Patricia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Pushcart War<\/span><\/td>\nMerrill, Jean<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winnie-the-Pooh<\/span><\/td>\nMilne, A. A.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Bear<\/span><\/td>\nMinarik, Else<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne of Green Gables<\/span><\/td>\nMontgomery, L. M.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallen Angels<\/span><\/td>\nMyers, Walter Dean<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Island of the Blue Dolphins<\/span><\/td>\nO’Dell, Scott<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bridge to Terabithia<\/span><\/td>\nPaterson, Katherine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hatchet<\/span><\/td>\nPaulsen, Gary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom’s Midnight Garden<\/span><\/td>\nPearce, Philippa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Little Engine That Could<\/span><\/td>\nPiper, Watty<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/span><\/td>\nPotter, Beatrix<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yo! Yes?<\/span><\/td>\nRaschka, Chris<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Westing Game<\/span><\/td>\nRaskin, Ellen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Curious George<\/span><\/td>\nRey, H. A.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone<\/span><\/td>\nRowling, J. K.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales<\/span><\/td>\nScieszka, John<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
True Story of the Three Little Pigs<\/span><\/td>\nScieszka, John<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where the Wild Things Are<\/span><\/td>\nSendak, Maurice<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cat in the Hat<\/span><\/td>\nSuess, Dr.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings<\/span><\/td>\nSilverstein, Shel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zlateh the Goat<\/span><\/td>\nSinger, Isaac Bashevis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Alfred Summer<\/span><\/td>\nSlepian, Jan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business<\/span><\/td>\nSlobodkina, Esphyr<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble<\/span><\/td>\nSteig, William<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevie<\/span><\/td>\nSteptoe, John<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Lantern Bearers<\/span><\/td>\nSutcliff, Rosemary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry<\/span><\/td>\nTaylor, Mildred<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Hobbit<\/span><\/td>\nTolkien, J. R. R.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Poppins<\/span><\/td>\nTravers, P. L.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Polar Express<\/span><\/td>\nVan Allsburg, Chris<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homecoming<\/span><\/td>\nVoigt, Cynthia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max’s First Work<\/span><\/td>\nWells, Rosemary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte’s Web<\/span><\/td>\nWhite, E. B.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little House in the Big Woods<\/span><\/td>\nWilder, Laura Ingalls<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seven Blind Mice<\/span><\/td>\nYoung, Ed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumpelstiltskin<\/span><\/td>\nZalinsky, Paul O.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Pigman<\/span><\/td>\nZindel, Paul<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William’s Doll<\/span><\/td>\nZolotow, Charlotte<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One Hundred Books That Shaped The Century \u00a0 \u00a0 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale Aardema, Verna The High King Alexander, Lloyd The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Truck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie Madeline Bemelmans, Ludwig The Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire Huchet Are You There, \u2026<\/p>\n

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