Please help , Age appropriate books for a 4 and 7 year old advanced reader that don't encourage naughty behaviour.

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Hi, I am looking for suggestions for books to give as presents for 4 year old and 7 year old children who are both very advanced in reading.
I struggle to find books that are appropriate for their ages ,that don't promote being naughty and that aren't too easy for them.
Thanks for any suggestions.

My 7 year old is currently enjoying Wind in the Willows. He also loves Roald Dahl, with Danny the Champion of the World being a favourite.

Topsy and Fecking Tim

The 4 year old might enjoy Isadora moon books but not her mischievous cousin in the Mirabelle series

I've just bought the Very Far North as a read together bedtimr book for DDs 4th birthday after a recommendation. Havent read all of it but its quite lovely.

The Sophie books by Dick King - lovely stories and if you end up reading them to the DC they're pretty funny for the parents 😁

And Katherine Rundell for your older DC. The Explorer is fab.

The Maisie Hitchens series for your 7 year old is great!

My daughter is 7 and loves all things Enid Blyton, Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl. Jacqueline Wilson has things other than the Tracy Beaker type books (although an absent or incapacitated mother is a common theme) there's a few set quite far in the past my daughter's enjoying at the moment.

13 Storey Treehouse for the 7 year old! Brilliant series! Also Roald Dahl and some of the David Walliams books (Christmasuarus is good). I know exactly what you mean about age appropriate. Had parents evening last night and our 7 year old apparently has the reading age of an 11 year old.

Toad is very very naughty 😂😂😂

Adventures of Algy adventuresofalgy.com/books you can't buy off the website at the moment, but if you contact the author, she will get back to you, and you can even asked for a signed copy. Lovely stories about friendship and helping one another out.

Roal Dahl books are a nightmare for a very literal autistic (but great at reading child).

Have been doing Roald Dahl with the 7 year old and also an Enid Blyton book. Thinking of starting her on famous five.

Worst Witch
101 Dalmatians
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Black Beauty
Heidi
Swallows and Amazons

Father Christmas Needs A Wee. Picture book but fab.

Also Jesus' Christmas Party.

Both by Nicholas Allan.

For the 7 year old Katie Morag, Gobolino, Alice in Wonderland (maybe abridged), any Famous Five

Also Cops and Robbers (definitely not encouraging naughty behaviour, cops all end up in jail), Tabby McTat, The Smartest Giant in town

Any Asterix or TinTin

Nope. Meant Robbers all end up in jail!!

How about the teacup house twitches books. About toy rabbits that come to life. Chapter book but nice pictures throughout.

Claude for the little one and Mr Penguin for the big one - both by Alex T. Smith

How about Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf or Mrs Pepperpot?

😂😂😂

Jeremy James? He does 'naughty' things like pulling the bottom tin from a pile at the supermarket, or teasing a bull, but he gets his comeuppance with all the tins crashing down or the bull chasing him!

Milly-Molly-Mandy? She's sickeningly good at all times.

'My Naughty Little Sister' is good for their age - written from the perspective of the older sibling so it's tut-tutting and head-shaking at the naughtiness rather than condoning.

Paddington? Again things often go tits up because of him but more accidentally than through naughtiness.

The Worst Witch? Ditto.

Winnie-the-Pooh?

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

Pm

My DCs all loved the BeastQuest books

Mine loved Enid Blyton at that age, especially the fantasy ones like Faraway Tree and the Wishing Chair.