The Birchbark House (series) by Louise Erdrich (Hyperion and HarperCollins: 1999-2016) A week of blizzards and ice-cold days has given me...

Charlotte’s Web is, to my mind, one of the greatest books in all of children’s literature.

I’ve unapologetically included several books with walking, talking animals in the Top 100 list on this site.

I recommend The Secret Garden without apology as an extraordinary story (almost a manifesto) on the power of connecting to nature.

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is elegant, simple; its appeal wonderfully broad. Any kid can find magic just out his or her door.