 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) Paperback by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.40 / Used from: £0.01 The right mix of dark and light, the right length and some really good twists
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 | The Railway Children (Penguin Popular Classics) by E. Nesbit
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The classic children's writer's classic book.
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 | We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.55 Rather different and much better than Swallows and Amazons
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 | The Lord of the Rings - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £32.95 Is this a child's book? Perhaps the definition of a classic is the ability to be equally enjoyed by adults and kids.
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 | Matilda by Roald Dahl
Buy used from: £0.01 Actually my daughter's favourite, but I couldn't decide: I like them all, the man's a genius
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 | His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £10.00 You can't really split the trilogy.
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 | I am David (World Mammoth) by Anne Holm
Buy new: £3.90 / Used from: £0.01 An inspiring story, beautifully crafted
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 | Black Beauty (Kingfisher Classics) by Anna Sewell
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 Best and, tragically, only - the ultimate tear-jerker
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 | Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
Buy used from: £0.01 Most gripping of the Narnia series
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 | The Slippery Slope #10 (Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket
Buy new: £4.86 / Used from: £0.01 Difficult to choose one, they're all equally good.
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 | The Secret Garden (Penguin Popular Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 By a whisker from A Little Princess, both heart-rending and, like Nesbitt, timeless
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 | The Jungle Books (Penguin Popular Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The ultimate anthropomorphism from one of the English Language's greatest writers.
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