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My favourite Children's Books
Number the StarsNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Buy new: £0.62 / Used from: £0.01
A great book for age around 12-14 about escape from the Nazis
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. FrankweilerFrom the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy used from: £0.33
A wonderful, remarkable book
The Hobbit (Collins Modern Classics)The Hobbit (Collins Modern Classics) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £3.49 / Used from: £0.01
"The Hobbit" - A superbly written fantasy tale
Stig of the Dump [Puffin Modern Classics]Stig of the Dump [Puffin Modern Classics] by Clive King
Buy used from: £0.01
A boy meets a lovable cave-man in the Dump near his house
Twenty Two Letters (Puffin Books)Twenty Two Letters (Puffin Books) by Clive King
Buy used from: £0.01
How the Alphabet was made....How can such a book go out of print
Cheaper by the Dozen - MusicalCheaper by the Dozen - Musical by Frank B. Gilbreth
Buy used from: £27.65
A true story, so remarkable it feels as though it must have been made up
The Earthsea Quartet (Roc)The Earthsea Quartet (Roc) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Buy new: £8.67 / Used from: £2.43
Fantasy world of Wizards by a wordsmithstess that started all the others
Five Children and It (Wordsworth Children's Classics)Five Children and It (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by E. Nesbit
Buy new: £1.79 / Used from: £0.01
A great book that has hardley dated...and everything else by E Nesbitt
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £0.01
The first of the "Narnia" parallel world series - explains the authors
Cue for Treason (Puffin Books)Cue for Treason (Puffin Books) by Geoffrey Trease
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01
This and everything by Geoffrey Trease - an exciting introduction to History
Swallows and AmazonsSwallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.82
The first of many great adventure books by Arthur Ransome about Children on holiday
Puck of Pook's Hill (Dodo Press)Puck of Pook's Hill (Dodo Press) by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £5.03
Enchanted magical time-travel stories by Rudyard Kipling
The House of ArdenThe House of Arden by E. Nesbit
Buy new: £5.92 / Used from: £10.85
E Nesbitt on a completely new time-travelling magical adventure
Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics)Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics) by Nina Bawden
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
And every other story Nina Bawden ever wrote...
SuperfudgeSuperfudge by Judy Blume
Buy new: £1.14 / Used from: £0.01
Superfudge and all the rest by the same author...
Viking's Dawn (Puffin Books)Viking's Dawn (Puffin Books) by Henry Treece
Buy used from: £0.32
Henry Treece wrote gripping & vivid historical novels, mainly for boys
Chocky (Puffin Books)Chocky (Puffin Books) by John Wyndham
Buy new: £3.07 / Used from: £0.01
Chocky and the Chrysalids are my favourite by John Wyndam (Science Fiction)
Sir NigelSir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £15.36
The author of "Sherlock Holmes" really preferred writing Historical Novels - they are good and have a nobility about them
Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics)Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buy new: £1.84 / Used from: £0.01
One reviewer wrote: There are those children born before "Treasure Island" and those fortunate children born after.
The Chrysalids (Penguin Modern Classics)The Chrysalids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
Buy new: £3.58 / Used from: £0.99
In a future age, beyond an apocolypse a few children are born who have a unique and hidden gift that sets them apart they are telepathic - but it is very dangerous to let anyone know