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by Anita Silvey, 208 pp, with illus, $20 (hardcover), ISBN 0-618-27889-3, New York, NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:1189.

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Larval academic and voracious bookworm, I grew up reading anything I could get my hands on. In fact, family legend records my first sentence as "Read a book, Daddy!" Now, a grown-up pediatric resident, I’m sure I join many in our field in continuing to find children’s literature a magical escape for myself and, of course, a favorite activity to share with children. I was therefore eager to embrace a recent honor roll of children’s literature, 100 Best Books for Children, by children’s book reviewer and editor Anita Silvey.

Self-titled "children’s book expert," Silvey aims to describe the 100 best "desert island" books written between 1902 and 2002 that would provide sufficient literary heritage for a child up to the age of 12. Her choices are clearly arranged by the intended reader’s age in the table of contents, and for each she gives a page or so of background, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD, Reviewer

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