In a poll taken by BBC Culture, critics from around the globe picked their top favorites for a "best of" children's literature. EB White's 1952 tale of a radiant, terrific, humble pig and a kind spider named Charlotte who saved his life (no bacon ever, guys) took top honors.

The list consists of mostly older, mainstay, classics in the children's lit world, with two exceptions: 1995-2000's His Dark Materials trilogy and 1988's Matilda—so, no, there's no Harry Potter. Sorry. Check out the full list below.

1. Charlotte’s Web – EB White
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
3. Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
4. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
5. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
6. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
7. Winnie-the-Pooh – AA Milne
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
9. A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula Le Guin
10. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
11. The Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder
12. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
13. From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler – EL Koenigsburg
14. The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
15. His Dark Materials trilogy – Philip Pullman
16. Matilda – Roald Dahl
17. Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh
18. Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
19. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
20. Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown and Pat Hancock
21. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien