Charlotte City Online » Entertainment http://getcharlotte.com Charlotte City Online Guide Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 ‘Charlotte’s Web’ tops list of ’100 great books for kids’ http://getcharlotte.com/2012/02/charlottes-web-tops-list-of-100-great-books-for-kids/ http://getcharlotte.com/2012/02/charlottes-web-tops-list-of-100-great-books-for-kids/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:47:08 +0000 musiclover http://getcharlotte.com/2012/02/charlottes-web-tops-list-of-100-great-books-for-kids/ More >]]> Scholastic Parent & Child magazine released a new list of 100 great books for kids and gave the top spot to Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White’s classic children’s novel about a girl and a talking spider who join forces to save a pig from slaughter. Charlotte’s Web edged out the ubiquitous picture book Goodnight Moon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone represented J.K. Rowling’s entire series in the No. 6 spot, and The Hunger Games, one of the newer titles on the list, claimed No. 33. I do applaud the exclusion of the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer — not all wildly popular franchises deserve to make the cut.

The list is meant to “generate controversy and conversation,” said Parent & Child editor-in-chief Nick Friedman.

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