'Classics' for dd aged 9 yo

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Dd will be going into Yr 5 in September. She reads widely but can sometimes get stuck on one author. For example did loads of Roald Dahl,Enid Blyton, Micahel Morpurgo and currently loves Judy Blume. Can anyone recommend some books that are 'classics' for a 9 yo keen reader. Is Little Women too old? Or the Railway Children? She has read Black Beauty and loved it.

Noel Streatfield? (Ballet Shoes et al)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prarie series)
Rosemary Sutcliffe? (not sure if you would count them as classics, but they are excellent books for that age)

Haven't read the Railway Children of late, but DD (8) has enjoyed Five Children & It and various other of her books.

I wouldn't have thought Little Women was too old.

No, neither Little Women nor Railway Children are too old- both 'easier' than Black Beauty.

I would recommend:
Joan Aiken's Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea etc. series.
E Nesbit: Treasure Seekers and Would be Goods as well as the Railway Children.
John Masefield's Box of Delights (perfect for the weeks before Christmas!)
Noel Streatfield's Ballet Shoes etc.
Tolkien's Hobbit (but not LOTR yet).

There is a very good book called The Ultimate Children's Book Guide that most libraries have. I think it would be just what you need.

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden
the Little Whte horse by Elizabeth Goudge
A Little Princess by F H Burnett

Some lovely suggestions. I've seen Carrie's War in the library recently so will nudge her over. We have Ballet Shoes (a gift when she was 5 yo) so will pull it out. I am going to write these all down .

Was the Black Beauty she read an abridged version? If it wasn't and she could manage that then the literary world is her oyster! Little Women would be fine. Little House on the Prarie, the Andrew Lang Fairy books, EE Nesbit, Masefield - (The Midnight Folk is wonderful!). And I always recommend Hilary Mackay as a brilliant modern writer for pre teen and teen girls.

Black Beauty wasn't abridged so I think I need to steer her a little towards some of these. She is reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (thanks to the Lord Webber et al) at the moment so once finished a trip to the library is in order.

There are loads of the Wizard of Oz books, so if she likes them it might be worth looking out for the sequels. We've got at least 5 of them, and I think there are more IIRC (very long time since I read them!) they are all good.

Has she read the Swallows & Amazons books?

Anne of Green Gables?

I showed her Swallows and Amazons last summer and she decided to read something else and it went back to the library unopened so may give it another push. Likewise she started Pollyanna and went off it half way through. I liked Anne of Green Gables so will put on list.

OT, but you can download lots of the American classics as audiobooks for free here. They're out-of-copyright books read by volunteer readers, so the quality is variable, but some are lovely.

Interesting, will take a look. Have to go to work now so not ignoring replies, which are all much appreciated