 | Carbonel by Barbara Sleigh
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 Talking cat, magic broomstick, and a snapshot of post-war childhood. I started to read this to my daughter, and worried it was too dated, but she loves it.
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 | Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf (Young Puffin Books) by Catherine Storr
Buy used from: £0.01 I remember laughing uncontrollably at the wolf's doomed attempts to outwit Polly.
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 | Emma Tupper's Diary by Peter Dickinson
Buy used from: £2.74 Ahead of its time, an intriguing story with ecological undertones. He's written many good books but this was always my favourite.
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 | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Collector's Edition (Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
Buy used from: £0.10 My favourite book as a child, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
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 | The Grey King (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper
Buy used from: £0.01 Fantasy with Arthurian references. This is the fourth in the sequence, and was scary and enthralling.
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 | Just William by Richmal Crompton
Buy used from: £0.01 The Horrid Henry of his day
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 | The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £0.01 Maybe a bit sweet for some tastes, but I loved this story
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 | The Earthsea Quartet: "A Wizard Of Earthsea"; "The Tombs of Atuan"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tehanu" (Puffin Books) by Ursula Le Guin
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £3.60 I loved the first 3 in the series as a child - the fourth was published later and is more difficult reading (though a very good book).
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 | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Puffin Modern Classics) by Robert O'Brien
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 An exciting and engrossing story
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| Astercote (Puffin Books) by Penelope Lively
Buy used from: £0.01 I remember this as haunting and fascinating
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