Books like Mrs Pepperpot

[Darkdarkdeeds]

DD 10 is a relatively reluctant but competent reader. She's recently been enjoying a Mrs Pepperpot book. I think part of the appeal is that it's more a collection of short but connected stories so she isn't put off by the thought of reading a whole book. Any suggestions of similar style books would be much appreciated!!

The Shrinking of Treehorn is a great book too.

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown - maybe a bit young?

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis - I was obsessed at that age

Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning - the first in the dragon trilogy

Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

Cold Christmas by Nina Beachcroft - my favourite children's book of all time and appropriate for the time of year! Sadly quite hard to get hold of.

I loved Mrs Pepperpot and so did my dd. What about The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren? Super books that I read over and over when I was young.

Professor Branestawm

The Borrowers

The phoenix and the carpet

The Queens Nose
The Sheep Pig
Both by Dick King-Smith

I haven't read the whole thread, but at that age my daughter loved The Family From One End Street (I think it was called that) and the sequels.

Also The Faraway Tree, any Enid Blyton.

Oh is that the Bullerby Children @HumphreyCobblers ? Loved those books too! Wish they were better known

Mary Plain books by Gwynedd Rae, the first book is Mostly Mary.

Yes yes to Mary Plain. I was that ten year old obsessive reader and the Mary Plain books and Laura Ingalls are the ones I loved best.

I loved Ramona and Beezus books by Beverly Cleary at that age and also Journey to the River Sea and Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson. They might be a bit 90s though!

Maybe the Bullerby Children books (Astrid Lingren) - has a similar chapter structure. Or My Best Fiend (Sheila Lavelle).

DD was always a reluctant (albeit very capable) reader until this year. About 6 months ago, she picked up one of her brother's Percy Jackson books and hasn't stopped reading ... not just Percy Jackson, although there are many of those. I think part of the problem is that the kids' fiction aimed at 9-10 year olds is very gendered.

This thread is so full of happy memories - I loved the Bullerby children, Mrs Pepperpot, Pippi Longstocking and Heidi.

And this thread has made me realise, so did my DM who was buying me her favourite childhood books.

E Nesbit, bit old fashioned but quite charming:
5 Children and It
The Treasure Seekers
Hardings Luck
The House of Arden
The Story of the Amulet
and many others

101 Dalmatians

I echo the Narnia books and the Borrowers

The Hobbit

One of my all time favourites The Wind in the Willows - I've promised myself a reread of this next year

I also loved the Punchbowl Farm books by Monica Edwards and lots of pony books - Ruby Ferguson, Elyne Mitchell

I didn't read much Enid Blyton but the Ship of Adventure was a good book

Alan Garner - the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the Moon of Gomrath

The Box of Delights - John Masefield

Considering I was/still am such an avid reader its odd that I can't remember more books!

Edited to add another good read

Lemony Snicket?

The Mary Kate books by Helen Morgan. These are lovely and I read them over and over when I was this age. They are illustrated by Shirley Hughes.

I remember reading Orlando the marmalade cat and Little Grey Rabbit about the same time as Mrs Pepperpot.