Is there a children's book you absolutely love that has gone out of print?

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:

  1. Wish You Were Here by Barbara Shoup (1994 Hyperion Books for Children)
  2. Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter (1994 Orchard Books)
  3. How Do I Put It On by Shigeo Watanabe (1979 Collins)
  4. The Fat Cat by Jack Kent (1971 Parent's Magazine Press)
  5. Mousekin's Golde House by Edna Miller (1964 Prentice-Hall, 1987 Simon & Schuster)
  6. Popcorn by Frank Asch (1979 Parent's Magazine Press)
  7. Ant and Bee (series) by Angela Banner (1960's F. Watts, 1988 Kaye & Ward)
  8. The Big Fat Worm by Nancy Van Laan (1987 Knopf)
  9. The Winter of Enchantment by Victoria Walker (1969 Hart Davies, 1971 Bobbs-Merrill)
  10. Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher by VIP (aka Virgil Partch) (1969 Windmill Books, 1980 Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster)