Books you enjoyed when you were in primary school

[Nellia]

Hello trying to build a list of books for my nearly 7 year old to read independently based on stories I remember that I genuinely enjoyed reading as a child. So far I have the worst witch series and gobilino the witches cat. Anyone have any further suggestions?

The Tree That Sat Down. It was one of a trilogy. Have no memory of who wrote it, but I'm 50 and parts of the story turn up in my dreams (day and night versions) even now.

I bloody LOVED that book.

Came on to say gobolino, also pippi longstocking, a story about three sisters all with different talents also swish of the curtain, ballet shoes, to name a few

Does your dd enjoy Nik Sharret? Jacqueline Wilson?

And I enjoyed Mallory towers as well

Ah thanks completely forgot about pippy long stocking. No the jackie wilson ones we have pucked up seem a little old for her i terms of themes.

From 8-11 I really enjoyed:

Swallows and Amazons and some of the sequels
Narnia series
Green Knowe (the first two in the series in particular)
Famous Five
Silver Brumby series
The Dark is Rising series

Mrs. Pepper pot
My Naughty Little Sister
Some Oscar Wilde stuff, but I re-read them when DS was born and found them incredibly sad.

I loved Mallory towers and st Claire's stories by Enid Blyton. Always made me want to go to boarding school.

Flat Stanley
Paddington

The Secret Garden

Beaver Towers (and sequels) by Nigel Hinton
Chronicles of Narnia
Roald Dahl stories

All of Enid Blyton books. I know they're not considered at all PC now but I bloody loved them.

Follyfoot series
Jill wins a pony etc

St Clare's, Mallory towers

Faraway tree series

Milly Molly Mandy

Mrs pepperpot and gobbolino were 2 of my favourites

Jacqueline Wilson books were my absolute favourite

I loved the josie Smith books by magdalen Nabb. I remember one I absolutely loved called "George speaks" by Dick King Smith.

Karlson on the Roof
All the Roald Dahl books
The Indian in the Cupboard
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse

The My Best Fiend series by Sheila Lavelle - I loved those books!

Roald Dahl
Goodnight Mr Tom
C.S Lewis

Malory Towers, St Clare's, Secret Seven, Famous Five, Five Find Outers - anything by Enid Blyton.
Paddington.
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield.
Anne of Green Gables.
Family From One End Street.
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. And Secret Garden.

I loved Enid Blyton, which ages me! My DD (just 9) hasn't been remotely engaged by them though. She loves:

Roald Dahl
Diary of a wimpy kid
The Tom Gates books
Dork diaries
David Walliams (not the demon dentist though, horrible book)
Pippi longstocking

i didnt read her when i was a child but did read to my youngest dd, Anne Fine, particularly enjoyable was Diary of a Killer Cat , and Roddy Doyle, The Giggler

I LOVED Milly Molly Mandy, also Famous Five and Bobby Brewster...

anything by Jacqueline Wilson her books are fantastic I absolutely loved them. They are what started my love of reading and books. My favourites were the illustrated mum and the lottie project.

The Ramona books by Beverley Cleary. There are several in the series. I loved them at that age and have read them with my own 7 year old recently.

Everything by Enid Blyton.
Everything by Ronald Dahl.
The Swallows and Amazons books.
The Narnia books.
Puppies Longstocking.
Emil and the Detectives.
Tintin.
Asterix.
A Tale of Time City by Diana WynnevJones.
The Demon Headmaster.
The Green Knowe books.
The Sadlers Wells books.
The Eagle of the Ninth and sequels.
The Dark is Rising series.
The Lark and the Laurel books.
A Traveller in Time.
Playing Beattie Bowe.
The Demon Headmaster (currently being serialised in an updated form in The Phoenix, if you feel nostalgic).
My Family and Other Animals.
The James Herriot vet books.
Ballet shoes and most other Noel Streatfield children's books.
Everything age-appropriate by Rumer Godden.
The 101 Dalmatians.
Goodnight Mr Tom
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark.
Anne of Green Gables and sequels.
Little Women and sequels.
What Katy Did and sequels.
The Owl Service.
The Biggles and Worrals books by W.E. Johns.
Paddington.
The Mr Men.
Various Usborne history books.
I Like This Poem.
Various tie-in books to TV programmes - the was a really good one about Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street irregulars.
The Jennings books.
The Just William books.
The Little House on the Prairie.
A fantastic book I've never been able to track down about a boy called Two Thumb Thomas who could talk to cats.
Mrs Pepperpot.
The Moomins.