Please come and list the 10 best books your childrenhave read

[Marquez]

And their ages (and gender if you so wish- although I don't think there is such a thing as "boy's" or "girl's" books)

I like to plan ahead with these things

Though of course boys and girls might gravitate towards certain books according to their gender- am tying myself in feminist knots here!

what my favorites or theyre favorites?books ive read to them or books theyve read?

Anything and everything, all ages and abilities, ones
the kids have particularly enjoyed.

One I have mentioned a few times on here - [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barkbelly-Cat-Weatherill/dp/0141318740/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284411518&sr=1-1 Barkbelly by Cat Weatherill}] and the sequel, Snowbone. Fantastic, imaginative, gripping adventure for ages 6-12 (reading to my 6 yr old, some of it passed him by, my 8 yr old was totally engrossed). Full of subtle messages about belonging, being an outsider, differences. Also pirates, flying ships,a wooden boy & girl, champion giant hedgehogs, slavery...

All the Mr Gum series.

All the Moomin Valley series.

The Phantom Tollbooth.

link again here

3 DDs, now 9, 6 and 2.

To read to them - anything by Julia Donaldson/Alex Scheffler; Charlie and Lola; pop-up and lift-the-flaps; Mr. Men; Ladybird "Classics" eg. cinderella, elves and shoemaker.

To read to themselves - Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton, Jacqueline Wilson, Mr. Gum, Terry Deary.

HTH.

Trouble is that favourites change so fast, but there a few stand out mostly 'modern' books that I'd pick out (ie ignoring well known classics). DD is now 8, but some of these are from a little while ago

• the Lionboy trilogy (Zizou Corder)
• the How to Train your Dragon books
• the Anna Hibiscus books (when she was a little younger)

not so modern but maybe not so well known as some classics

• Farmer Boy (as well as all the other Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder)
• Charmed Life & The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
• the full length Wombles books
• Professor Branestawm

sure more will come to mind

7 - 9

The Hundred dresses Eleanor Estes and Louis Slobodkin
Wrinkle in Time
From the mixed up files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler
Harry Potter
Phantom Tollbooth
Toms midnght garden

9 - 12

Noughts and Crosses
To kill a Mokingbird
Swallows and Amazons/Pidgeon Post
My side of the mountain
The Westing Game
Number the Stars
The Giver

loads more but can't think of them at the moment

DD aged 12 has recently loved the Chaos walking trilogy and this Malorie Blackman series

Pippi longstocking

Mommins

each peach pear plum

swallows and amazons

the pendlewicks

all roald dahl books

ahhh too many other lovly books

Two boys aged 6 and 8. Have loved/are loving:

Secret Seven, Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

Mr Gum

Beast Quest

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver

All of the Mog books

All of the Julia Donaldson/Alex Scheffler books

DD1 (3.11) is enjoying/has recently enjoyed:

The Magic Faraway Tree
Little Miss/Mr Men
Charlie and Lola
Princess and Fairy
The Enormous Crocodile
Winnie the Pooh
Millie Molly Mandy
The Wishing Chair
The BFG

DD2 (11 months) loves:

Anything that makes a squeaky/animal/surprise noise
The very hungry caterpillar
Each peach pear plum
The 'that's not my' series

DD1 (just 4) currently loves
Winnie the witch series
Magic Ballerina books
Paper Bage Princess - bought it for her birthday last week after a reccomendation on here & we love it!
The Princess & the Wizard
Charlie & Lola books
Milly Molly Mandy I read her 1 story from a collection book from the library & she is hooked; I need to get some more, not sure I can face the surprise party again!
Classic fairy tales, rapunzel, cinderella, 3 billy goats gruff etc.

I am going to try her with the Faraway tree after Shrimp's suggestion.

DD2 (18 months) loves anything with animals -especially cats in
Mog books
Slinky Malinky
Spot (nshe likes the mouse)
Night Garden books
this Incy wincy spider book; I wasn't that keen when dd1 was first given it but it is beautifully written in rhyme & has really grown on me, it is definately my favourite.

I'm only posting those favourites of my kids when they were aged 5-11:

The Narnia books
The Laura Ingalls Wilder series (including Farmer Boy and up to but not including The First Four Years)
A Little Princess/The Secret Garden
The Teddy Robinson stories
Enid Blyton - the Naughtiest Girl in the School stories (the original 3, not the modern sequels)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler - EL Konigsburg
My Side of the Mountain - Jean George
The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
The Casson family books - Hilary McKay
Charmed Life/The Lives of Christopher Chant (and other Chrestomanci books) - Diana Wynne Jones