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Recommend classic children's books for me to read

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starfish8 · 22/02/2016 22:09

Have a young DS (not even at school yet) and have been thinking about wanting to reconnect with some classic children's books I read/or didn't as a child myself. Will buy physical copies that can get reused by him over time, and I'd like to support him by being more familiar about the stories myself.

Can anyone add to this list....

Roald Dahl - BFG, Matilda, George's Marvellous Medicine, The Twits, The Witches - List goes on
Harry Potter - Haven't read any of these
Worst Witch - A real favourite as a child
Malory Towers - Another favourite for me when I was little - Ok, probably not one for my son!

Also, read Wonder by R J Palacio last year and really enjoyed this youth novel. Can anyone recommend any must read recent modern young fiction novels too?

Thanks!

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Jaimx86 · 22/02/2016 22:28

The Far Away Tree
The Wishing Chair

Both wonderfully enchanting Enid Blyton books. Can't recommend them enough. At 8 years old I'd sit and read from start to end without moving!

SoMuchToBits · 22/02/2016 22:27

And The Secret Garden, redhat! Smile

LotsofDots · 22/02/2016 22:27

The secret of Nimh

Potcallingkettle · 22/02/2016 22:27

Diana Wynne Jones - the Chrestomanci books. Definitely Swallows and Amazons. The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston.

Equiem89 · 22/02/2016 22:26

The secret garden
The little princess
Black beauty
Little women
Pride and prejudice
Jane eyre
Any on this list www.listchallenges.com/50-books-to-read-before-you-die

SoMuchToBits · 22/02/2016 22:26

For pre-school children, we also loved the Little Red Train books by Benedict Blathwayt (great illustrations), and the Blue Kangaroo books by Emma Chichester Clarke. And several of the Julia Donaldson books too.

redhat · 22/02/2016 22:24

A little princess

SoMuchToBits · 22/02/2016 22:23

Stig of the Dump - Clive King
The Silver Sword - Ian Seraillier
Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner

SerenityReynolds · 22/02/2016 22:23

Oooohhh, I loved The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Smile

starfish8 · 22/02/2016 22:21

Wow! Messages within a few minutes thanks!

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SoMuchToBits · 22/02/2016 22:21

Yes to Swallows and Amazons. My ds (now 15) keeps re-reading those!

Also, the 'Dark is Rising' series by Susan Cooper, and the Earthsea books by Ursula Le Guin, and anything by Diana Wynne Jones.

Hobbit is a classic too.

If you liked Wonder, you might also like 'Jake and Lily' and 'Stargirl' by Jerry Spinelli.

Lurkedforever1 · 22/02/2016 22:19

Owl who was afraid of the dark
What Katy did books
Heidi
Little women
Under the hawthorn tree
Tom Browns schooldays
Chalet school
Trebizon
Clever polly and the stupid wolf
My naughty little sister
101 Dalmatians (dodie smith not Disney)
Tom Sawyer
Wolves of willoghby chase
The borrowers

Sure I can add lots more but just some of my favourites as a child across a few years of age range.

SerenityReynolds · 22/02/2016 22:19

The Narnia Chronicles
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass

LotsofDots · 22/02/2016 22:14

Swallows and amazons
Definitely Harry Potter!
Little house on the prairie
Some of the David Walliams books are excellent for newer ones
Charlotte's web
Wizard of Oz
Young adult recent books - the hunger games