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Age 7-9

ADVENTURE

  • Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo
  • Kick Mitch Johnson
  • Lei and the Fire Goddess Malia Maunakea
  • Sky Chasers Emma Carroll
  • The Book of Legends Sir Lenny Henry
  • The Girl Who Speaks Bear Sophie Anderson
  • The Penderwicks Jeanna Birdsall

ANIMAL STORIES

  • Charlotte’s Web EB White
  • The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith
  • The Sheep Pig Dick King Smith

CLASSICS

  • Five Children and It E Nesbit
  • Mary Poppins PL Travers
  • Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
  • The Iron Man Ted Hughes
  • The Little Prince Antoine De Saint–Exupery
  • The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier
  • The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
  • Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce
  • Stig of the Dump Clive King

FANTASY AND MAGICAL REALISM

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
  • How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell

  • The Worst Witch Jill Murphy
  • My Father’s Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • The BFG Roald Dahl
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill
  • The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
  • When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller

GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays Marcia Williams
  • The Iliad and The Odyssey Marcia Williams
  • The Arrival Shaun Tan

HISTORICAL FICTION

  • Escape from Aleppo N.H. Senzai
  • Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo
  • The Kingdom By the Sea Robert Westall

HUMOUR

  • Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
  • The Accidental Diary of BUG Jen Carney

NON-FICTION

  • Curious Comparisons: A Life-Size Look at the World Around You Jorge Doneiger
  • The 1916 Project: Born on the Water Nikole Hannah Jones & Renee Watson
  • Stay Curious!: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer
  • Wild Child Dara McAnulty