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Suggestions - Years 3 - 6

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Leeds2 · 05/03/2019 18:55

I volunteer in a primary school library, and we are about to come into some money due to commission earned from book fair sales. Our library is reasonably well stocked, but looking for suggestions as to what your Year 3 - 6 DC enjoy. Old favourites are very welcome, but I am particularly interested in relatively new books, which we probably don't have.

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onemouseplace · 11/03/2019 14:17

DS (7) loves the Captain Underpants and Dogman books by Dav Pilkey. Also I don't think David Walliams has been mentioned yet?

Recent books DD (9) has loved and not mentioned yet are the Ruby Redfort detective books, Sarah Driver's Huntress Books, The Uncommoners series, A Place called Perfect by Helena Duggan. How to Train Your Dragon and the new series by Cressida Cowell (The Wizards of Once) are also big favourites. The Worst Witch series?

TeenTimesTwo · 11/03/2019 13:36

Guy Bass - his 'Stitchhead' series really grabbed my reluctant reader. He gives great talks too.

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Leeds2 · 10/03/2019 19:20

Thanks so much for these suggestions - I hope we get enough commission to buy lots of new additions!
I will definitely look for Murder Most Unladylike, because we don't have any of these books, and several children have asked after them. Maudlin Towers also sounds like they would be a hit. We have Roman Mysteries, some Goth Girl (very popular), Tintin and Unfortunate Events (mega popular!).
Will also look for the Algy, Cogheart and Lost Worlds books, which we don't have. We have lots of Jeremy Strong, and used to have all the Wimpy Kid books but most of these have either been lost or read to destruction, so they do need replacing.
If anyone is still reading, I would suggest that if your DC have any books they have outgrown/no longer read, do consider donating them to their school, or class, library rather than the charity shop as I am sure they will be well received!

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NeverTwerkNaked · 10/03/2019 09:48

Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? Big hit with my son and his friends

UrbaneSprawl · 10/03/2019 09:46

“The Lost Words” is a fabulous book if you don’t already have it.

LetItGoToRuin · 08/03/2019 12:47

Jeremy Strong

Lara53 · 07/03/2019 16:01

Cogheart series by Peter Bunzl

BlueChampagne · 07/03/2019 14:19

And one for the younger end of the range, from the far West Highlands - The Adventures of Algy adventuresofalgy.com/books

BlueChampagne · 06/03/2019 13:49

Science books by Nicola Davies are good too.

BlueChampagne · 06/03/2019 13:48

I have a Y4 and a Y7; here's the sort of stuff they like:

Chris Priestley's Maudlin Towers books are fun
Goth Girl series are beautiful books, and there's Ottoline too
Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy for the more able older ones
Asterix
Tintin
Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries
Murder Most Unladlylike
A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Leeds2 · 05/03/2019 21:31

Thank you for the suggestions.

We have Flat Stanley, but don't know the Narwhal and Jelly series so will have a look. Interestingly, I have been recommending Flat Stanly for years, but it never seems popular - I don't know why!

We have a lot of Holly Webb books (Animal Magic and others), and also My Secret Unicorn. All of these are popular, also My Magic Pony series if you are looking for something (very) similar! We also have some Stacey Gregg books, but they aren't popular at all - not sure why, the girls aren't. to the best of my knowledge, horse riders but I wasn't either and loved horse/pony books at that age. We have Beast Quest and the Jill Tomlinson books - the latter are popular because they are on a recommended reading list provided by the school so they get house points for reading them! Wimpy Kid are also popular here - your Year 7 boys might also like the Middle School and Tom Gates books which are a very similar formula.

I am quite excited at having some money to spend!!

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MsAwesomeDragon · 05/03/2019 20:12

Holly Webb does a lot of animal stories, but you may well have those.
My secret unicorn series is popular among dd's friends.
Stacey Gregg does pony books, which are dd's favourite at the minute. There's pony club secrets, pony club rivals, and done more challenging books like The thunderbolt pony, The Princess and the foal, or the Fire Stallion. DD is in year 4 and a good reader for her age and is finding these quite challenging so they'd be perfect for year 5&6 really, which I wish I'd known before I bought them.

Those are all fairly obviously aimed at girls by the covers (although the stories can be enjoyed by either sex, they're pretty good), but I'm struggling to think of any we've read that are aimed more towards boys.
My form at school are year 7 and most of the boys are still keen on the wimpy kid books. I'm trying to encourage them to branch out a bit.
I assume you've got the beast quest series, they seem quite popular.
What about more books by the author of the owl who was afraid of the dark. There's ones about a gorilla, or a cat, an otter, and I think we've read a penguin one too. They're nice for the younger end, although older kids could enjoy the story too.

sleepismysuperpower1 · 05/03/2019 20:00

the Flat Stanley series, if you haven't already got them
the Narwhal and Jelly series