The Children's Literature Association, an international organization of teachers, librarians, authors, and publishers, has put together a list of the ten children's books written in America in the last 200 years which are of most enduring quality.

1. Charlotte's Web - by E.B. White
2. Where the Wild Things Are - by Maurice Sendak
3. Tom Sawyer - by Mark Twain
4. Little Women - by Louisa May Alcott
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - by Mark Twain
6. The Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
7. Johnny Tremaine - by Esther Forbes
8. The Wizard of Oz - by Frank Baum
9. The Little House on the Prairie - by Laura Ingalls Wilder
10. Island of the Blue Dolphins - by Scott O'Dell*
10. Julie of the Wolves - by Jean George*
*These two tied for tenth place.

Source: Reader's Digest