Can you help create some book lists?

[stargirl1701]

I'm a primary school teacher and my school is celebrating a big anniversary next session. I run the upper school reading club (P5-7) and I was hoping to do some book lists - one for each decade the school has been open. A 'top ten reads of the...' idea. I need some help compiling the lists. I'm looking for chapter books for the 9-12 age range. I want to stick to books published in the UK.

1940s - I've got nothing

1950s
The Borrowers
Tom's Midnight Garden
Marianne Dreams

1960s
Summer Birds
Stig of the Dump
The Owl Service

1970s
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Charmed Life

1980s
The Indian in the Cupboard
Redwall
Moondial

1990s
The Story of Tracey Beaker
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone

2000s
Journey to the River Sea
The Various
Millions

2010s
Goth Girl
How to Train Your Dragon
The Dream Snatcher
The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

What would you add? I'm hoping for 10 in each decade. My childhood reading was way too heavy in the classics from pre WW2!

The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (1950)
The children of Green Knowe (1954)
Goodnight Mr Tom (1981)
War horse (1982)

Enid Blyton was writing in the 40s.

Northern Lights (1995)

What a great idea! My suggestions would be:

1940’s
The Swish of the Curtain
The Big Six (Most of Ransome’s others are too early)

1960’s
Charlotte Sometimes

1970’s
The Dark is Rising

1980’s
The Ordinary Princess
The Demon Headmaster

1980s - Goodnight Mr Tom
1998's - War Horse

I think Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series was written in the 40's

Charlotte’s web (1950s)
Where the wild things are (1960)

Fabulous! Thank you so much.

I feel like a dolt. Narnia! Of course! And, The Dark is Rising.

Thank you again.

I don't know those 1940s ones at all. I must see if the library have them so I can read over the summer.

1960s - Ted Hughes - Iron Man

Apologies for previous typo - War Horse is 1980's not 1998's

Yes, the first Malory Towers was 1946. Thank you.

I LOVED The Swish of the Curtain!
I was going to say Narnia as well. Surely some Roald Dahl - 70s/80s.

Here to believe War Horse is that old!

*hard

I thought they will have read Dahl. P4 do Dahl as a literacy topic so I imagine they will have read them all.

It's a group of very keen readers.

Noel Streatfeild's 'White Boots' was 1951 apparently (one of my favourites)

I just reread A Vicarage Family last month. Love her writing.

Ronald Dahl s career spanned decades and could make up a few categories

The gruffalo was 1990
Bridge to Tirabithia abs Tuck everlasting were from the 1970s
Tiger who came to tea (60s)
Very hungry caterpillar (60s)
Cat in the hat (1950s)
The giving tree (60s)

Haha thread moved on while I was date checking

Alison Utley: A Traveller in Time is a brilliant time slip slightly romantic novel for older girls who are accomplished readers. (1940s, or even 30s). It was a favourite of my mum's, born 1935)

The Phantom Tollbooth is slightly wacky, but funny, and good for boys too.

Phillip Reeve's Mortal Engines is exciting for both sexes.

Carl Hiasen's Hoot is a gentle environmental whodunnnit that is again a good read. Originally US, as is Phantom Tollbooth.

Get the complete works of Michael Morpurgo.

All the Narnia books.

Salman Rushdie: Haroun and the Sea of Stories (2000s) is lovely, much under-rated and should chime with sophisticated readers with Islamic backgrounds. Read aloud to DS at about 8/9 and we both enjoyed it for the exuberance of the language and style.

Ian Fleming's early Bond novels are only a bit unsuitable these days for boys of 11 who like reading.

I hope you like some of the suggestions here, and wish you well.

Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth (1950s)
Just William series (Richmal Crompton)
The Hobbit

Just thought of another one: The Silver Sword (1950’s)

1970s
Carrie's War , Nina Bawden
Watership Down ?

1940s
The Saturdays , Elizabeth Enright

Having to pop to Hoogle dates, sorry re posting style!

Definitely The Silver Sword... Ian Seraillier.

Five on Treasure Island (1942) was the first Famous Five book - you might struggle more with the 40s as I believe wartime paper shortages had an impact on what was published.