good books for 7 year old not fairies or princesses

[Sugrny]

Hello this is my first post though I do hang out and read a lot!
Can anyone recommend some interesting/exciting fiction and non fiction for my average ability 7 year old GD who is more interested in nature, science and adventure than princesses. She is on turquoise level, has been since september so finding it quite easy, enjoys reading and loves lively artwork.
She is at home with Covid at the moment so any suggestions would be gratefully received.

My similarly inclined child really enjoyed the Usborne “look inside” type books e.g Look inside the body. Factual but fun and well illustrated!

The Worst Witch books by Jill Murphy?
Ramona books by Beverley Cleary too
Good to have a series to work through!

My 7 year old also loves the Worst Witch series. Enid Blighton the enchanted wood etc he also loves. David Walliams chapter books he likes as well. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, BFG, Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World etc.

DD is 7, almost 8. She loves to read (either by herself or we read to her) The Worst Witch books, Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton (we started with The Faraway Tree books), David Walliams (which I hate but she loves!).

We also started reading the Harry Potter books to/with her when she was about 6 and a half so your DD might be interested in them now.

Usbourne Beginners. You can get sets of 10 based on Science, Nature, History etc.

Mine likes Rainbow Grey and also Amelia Fang books.

I would recommend The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, A girl and her scientist dad go to live on an Island in the Arctic. Well written and a lovely story.

Another vote for the Look Inside books - we've got the ones about Climate and Weather, London, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, which are all great. (My daughter is younger but loves what she calls 'open ups').

Sophie and the Shadow Woods
101 Dalmatians

Bundle! www.tts-group.co.uk/levels-7-and-8-turquoise-and-purple-books-20pk/LB00733.html?msclkid=17780167ee311dd2939860880042f92c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=H%20-%20Shopping%20All%20Products&utm_term=4575205325484711&utm_content=All%20Products

So, I'm half going against what you've said but the books are brilliant.

The Polar Bear Explorer's Clibe trilogy (and there is now a 4th with a new main character).

Really great fun adventure books with a strong female lead... but one of the big reveals is that she turns out to be an ice princess. But it isnt a princess book. Just means she has magic but she carries on being her bad ass self and leads a groups of boys on lots of exploring adventures.

It might be a tad advance for her. My son's both read them at 8 and my youngest wasnt a great reader but still go through them really well so just got to give them a go.

I would definitely recommend Astrid Lindgren books, Neil Gaiman, Jerald Darrell, Anne-Katharina Vestly, Greek mythology, Scandinavian mythology, Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Gobbolino the Witch's cat? Ronja the Robber's Daughter?

Such a lot of great ideas for me to investigate! Thank you for taking the time to reply. I am the gran, not the parent, so wanted to get some up-to-date ideas and you have helped me with that.
It's interesting to see some golden oldies that I read with my children too!
Did anyone else find that their child stayed on turquoise level for quite a long time?
I'm not complaining because there is a good choice and variety of scheme books at this level and it seems to introduce a lot of new punctuation which helps with expressive reading....I was just a bit surprised after relatively swift progression through the previous colours.

My 7 year old is currently reading the Treehouse books and finds them hilarious.
She's also enjoying Judy Moody and previously Isadora Moon.

In terms of reading levels - dd was put on the same as the end of year 1 at the beginning of sept, moved up a level at the end of Sept & hadn't moved til she read to the TA this week.
Tbh - I suspect they spend time reading with kids that don't read at home and are struggling hadn't got round to reading with her again. She's been finding them quite easy since before Christmas but as long as there is a lot of variety I'm not too concerned.

If she likes nature, what about the Rabbit and Bear books by J Gough. They are about the right level for someone on turquoise, and still have lots of colour pictures which my DS still really appreciated while he was at that kind of level, there are now 5 of them.

If she likes adventure, you can also get colour short versions of Enid Blytons Faraway tree and Wishing Chair books, you can get sets pretty cheaply Enid Blyton The Faraway Tree Adventures Colour Stories Complete Collection 10 Books Box Set (Birthdays, Dreams, Enchantments, Goodies, Magic Medicines, Silly School & MORE!)
eg amazon.co.uk/dp/1444961799/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_M1MJN56NVRD7XXXAJRQR]] . They are each several chapters from the original books that form a complete adventure, and again have colour pictures on every page. DS was I think on purple not turquoise when he started reading them so they'd be more of a stretch, but they were a good bridge into longer books. If you are looking for something for her to read jointly with someone, the Zoe's rescue zoo series might be worth a try.

I'd also agree with the suggestion of the Usborne Beginners set of animal non fiction books, DS has loved them.

Emily Eyefinger very popular with my friend's just turned 8 year old.

Definitely the Ramona books. I still
Love them and I'm 40!

There was a series about a vampire who was allergic to blood. I can't remember what it was called. But it was really good.

Can't recommend the Nim's Island books by Wendy Orr enough - my boys loved them at your daughters age.

My 7 year old currently reading
Amelia Fang
Toto the Ninja cat
Mr Penguin
ghost scouts
Leo’s map of Monsters
the Incredible shrinking girl
(all series above)
The list goes on and on. There are so much lovely books for wee ones!

Mr Gum were very popular with my dd. Anarchic and sully.

The StarFriends series is lovely for nature lovers. There’s a illustrated Pippi Longstocking series. She might like the Moomins too. Holly Webb does a lovely line in early chapter Animal books and Zoe’s Rescue Zoo is nice too.