I would not have guessed in a million tries that this would have been #1 on the list........
Want to borrow a copy of "The Snowy Day," the award-winning children's story about a young boy experiencing the simple joy of the season's first snowfall? Get in line.
The beloved picture book, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, has been named the most-checked-out book in the New York Public Library's 125-year history.
A team of experts compiled a first-of-its-kind list of the 10 most-borrowed books since the library's founding in 1895. Library officials evaluated the books based on a series of factors, including checkout and circulation data, overall trends, popularity, length of time in print and presence in the library catalog.
I know we've read it with the girls. There may even be a copy of it here in the house somewhere.
The full top-ten:
1. "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats: 485,583 checkouts
2. "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss: 469,650 checkouts
3. "1984" by George Orwell: 441,770 checkouts
4. "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak: 436,016 checkouts
5. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee: 422,912 checkouts
6. "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White: 337,948 checkouts
7. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury: 316,404 checkouts
8. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie: 284,524 checkouts
9. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling: 231,022 checkouts
10. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle: 189,550 checkouts
- All fiction -- except for 1.
- 3 novels.
- 5 kid books.
- Harry Potter: the most recently published.
Kinda surprised to not see Steven Covey's "7 Habits....." book on here.
Or Al Gore's (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!).
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt