Apparently if you ask the former Children's laureates (British) to come up with a list of "greatest children's books of all time" you get a list that's heavily white and, um, old. (Was Ballet Shoes really from 1936? Shocked me...) I can't really complain about too many of the books on the list, but I could certainly come up with a few newer ones. How about you?
What are the ‘classics’ of children’s lit? | csmonitor.com
Ok, this isn't new, but what about Anne of Green Gables as a classic?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Anne of Green Gables is less popular in Britain than here (or Japan, where it's huge)?
ReplyDeleteHere's the full list--many newer works on the individual lists:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/83723-childrens-laureates-choose-their-classics.html