From November 2005 to February 2006 the Children's Book Council asked librarians, teachers, parents, and kids to name a book they would love to see reissued. The poll was a project of the ALA-CBC Joint Committee.
Top-Ten Books
There were 1094 responses: 513 Librarians, 134 Parents, 78 Teachers, 21 Booksellers, and 348 "Other." The top ten books were:
- Wish You Were Here by Barbara Shoup (1994 Hyperion Books for Children)
- Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter (1994 Orchard Books)
- How Do I Put It On by Shigeo Watanabe (1979 Collins)
- The Fat Cat by Jack Kent (1971 Parent's Magazine Press)
- Mousekin's Golde House by Edna Miller (1964 Prentice-Hall, 1987 Simon & Schuster)
- Popcorn by Frank Asch (1979 Parent's Magazine Press)
- Ant and Bee (series) by Angela Banner (1960's F. Watts, 1988 Kaye & Ward)
- The Big Fat Worm by Nancy Van Laan (1987 Knopf)
- The Winter of Enchantment by Victoria Walker (1969 Hart Davies, 1971 Bobbs-Merrill)
- Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher by VIP (aka Virgil Partch) (1969 Windmill Books, 1980 Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster)