The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsMadeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Best Childhood Picture Books
851 books — 514 voters

Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry AllardBread and Jam for Frances by Russell HobanSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William SteigThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Best Picture Books
3,087 books — 1,989 voters
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth by William KotzwinkleThe Lost Boys by Craig Shaw GardnerBack to the Future by George GipeMy Girl by Patricia HermesThe Karate Kid by Bonnie Bryant Hiller
Best Film Novelizations
204 books — 66 voters

The Last Word by Susan BlakeMy Mother Was Never a Kid by Francine PascalPicture Perfect by Carrie EnfieldHelene by John BowersTerri's Dream by Margaret Garland
Before They were Famous
35 books — 6 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeNothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClementsTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeDouble Love by Francine PascalRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Growing Up in the 80s
221 books — 44 voters

Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox MazerFourteen by Marilyn Sachs
YA Fiction set in the 1980s
128 books — 57 voters