Scholastic Parent & Child magazine ranked the 100 "Greatest Books for Kids"
"To create our list, we asked several highly respected literacy experts, educators, and parents for suggestions. (See "Contributors" on our bookshelf.) They came through in a big way — nearly 500 books were in the running. We used a variety of criteria to narrow down to 100 and then rank our titles, including diversity of genre, topic, format, ages and stages, authorship, and cultural representation. Factors such as literary and/or illustration excellence, popularity, and longevity or innovative freshness were all qualities of books in the final round."
