Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - the first in J.K. Rowling's epic saga about the boy wizard - was chosen as one of Scholastic's top 100 Greatest Books for Kids, coming in at number six. The top pick overall was Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. The full list can be found
here, and will be published in the March issue of Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine, with J.K. Rowling on the cover.
Francie Alexander, senior vice president of Scholastic, had this to say about the first part of the
Harry Potter series.
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From Scholastic Kid's and Family Reading Report research, we learned that one book can make a difference and motivate kids to read more challenging material than ever before. Harry Potter was, and is, that important first book for many readers.