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Michael Morpurgo books

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Themasterandmargaritas · 26/09/2008 07:49

Are they any good and are they suitable for 7 year old dd?

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PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:25

I heard someone talking about them on r4 and it made me sad i didnt have a boy

Marina · 26/09/2008 13:24

Enid, ds is currently furious with Rick Riordan for not cranking them out quicker. That series is pure magic
LOL at playing in disused churches 100times. Even ds agrees with me that we will, on mature reflection, save the rest of the CHERUB series for when he is a little older. "Mum, it says arse on page three!"

FluffyMummy123 · 26/09/2008 13:22

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PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:21

I think this series looks MARVELLOUS for older readers/boys

ahundredtimes · 26/09/2008 13:20

[list gets longer]

Oh I am so pleased about this thread. I have loads of books for her now (and NEW ones for me, v. important).

Drugs baron. DS1 is reading Robert Muchamore books. They are, as far as I can work out, about children who try to bust international drug syndicates. Whatever happened to putting on a play in a disused church?

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Themasterandmargaritas · 26/09/2008 13:20

What about the Daisy books by Kes Gray? They are available too?

I love all the other suggestions, I shall be asking MIL to bring some of the suggestions across when she comes. Enid dd loves the Greek myths and legends she has that Usborne book of them.

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PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:19

king of copper mountain

looks perfect

PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:17

atticus the storyteller looks FAB [buy it now emoticon]

she also loved Erik the Viking (so did I if truth be told)
(all these I read to her though as she is not a strong reader as you know)

FluffyMummy123 · 26/09/2008 13:16

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PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:15

is there really a 'drugs baron' in spy dog?

Marina · 26/09/2008 13:14

Enid has she read Atticus the Storyteller? Good for bedtime as well.
And my fave weepfest from childhood is The King of the Copper Mountains by Paul Biegel. Lovely book - still have my old copy bought from Scoop Club.

PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:14
Beetroot · 26/09/2008 13:13

I love Butterfly Lion

FluffyMummy123 · 26/09/2008 13:13

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Marina · 26/09/2008 13:13

Butterfly Lion, and Why the Whales Came, are good for younger readers.
Ds has never really taken to Michael Morpurgo, he has a strange aversion to stories about animals
Has just torn through The Outlaw Varjak Paw though, and loved it. LadyGlencora - Charlotte Sometimes is a good WW1 story - has she read that?
Ds also has Aidan Chambers' Letters from No-Mans' Land on his list but that definitely looks more suitable for 9-10 upwards.

FluffyMummy123 · 26/09/2008 13:12

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EffiePerine · 26/09/2008 13:12

For girls, what about classics like Daddy Long Legs? Also the Noel Streatfeild books (not just Ballet Shoes, I loved the Gemma books but they may be out of print)

PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:12

greek myths are good, dd1 really enjoyed them

she loves descriptive language and slightly serious subjects esp if sentimental (is slightly victorian)

ahundredtimes · 26/09/2008 13:12

Yes, Rumer Godden.

You MUST read. Marvellous creepy Marchpane with her china face and kid gloves. [shivers] They have excellent names.

We then read Miss Happiness and Miss Flower and Holly and Ivy.

PrimulaVeris · 26/09/2008 13:12

Spy Dog v good

Butterfly Lion prob OK - much 'softer' than some of MMs books

Dick King-smith excellent and a safe bet, haven't seen Horse Pie though.

ahundredtimes · 26/09/2008 13:09

Yes, you could give it a go - Spy Dog. My ds's LOVED but not sure my dd would. But that could be her. I think she might not have a silly sense of humour?

Butterfly Lion - great, go for it, especially if she's a good reader.

PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:09

dd1 loves old fashionedy books

PoorOldEnid · 26/09/2008 13:09

is that rumer godden?

ahundredtimes · 26/09/2008 13:08

Have you read your dd The Dolls House?

Mine loved it, and was . Has odd little pictures, is beautifully written and rather odd and marvellous. In retrospect I may have enjoyed it more than her. But we both cried at the end.

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Themasterandmargaritas · 26/09/2008 13:07

blimey i go away to make a lemon tart and here you all are chatting away....

We are limited in our options, we have the Red House international book club mag thingumy, so we can only choose from there. There are Morpurgo's Cock a Doodle Doo, which I think is too young for her, she is a very proficient reader. Butterfly Lion looks ok?

I'm afraid I am very judgemental and without even opening the cover of a JW book I would rather not go into them I have no good reason and totally illogical but then I am a woman after all.

On offer is the Mr Gum series, any good? One Dick King Smith book Horse Pie, but looks a bit babyish for dd? Spy dog is on offer as is Horrid Henry, Spy Dog looks fun, is it ok for girls?

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