Recommended books for 7 to 8 year olds

Author	Title
Enid Blyton	The Castle of Adventure (series) The Island of Adventure (series)
Anne Fine	A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke Swirl of Icy Wind Glow of Gold
Dodie Smith	101 Dalmatians
Catherine Storr	Marianne Dreams
Margery Sharp	The Rescuers
Norton Juster	The Phantom Tollbooth
Ted Hughes	The Iron Man
TH White	The Sword in the Stone Mistress Masham's Repose
Mary Norton	The Borrowers Bedknobs & Broomsticks
JK Rowling	Harry Potter (series 1-3)
Madeleine Le'Engle	A Wrinkle in Time
Edward Eager	Half Magic Magic by the Lake The Time Garden
BB Little	Grey Men
Roger Lancelyn	Green Tales of Greek Heroes Norse Legends (Vikings!)
Louis Sachar	Holes
Gillian Avery	The Elephant War
Diana Wynneb Jones	Magicians of Caprona Witch Week
Lucy M. Boston	The Children of Green Knowe (series)
Geoffrey Trease	Cue for Treason Crown of Violet Bows against the Barons
Herge	Tintin
Joan Aiken	A Harp of Fishbones Black Hearts in Battersea Felix Trilogy
Noel Langley	The Land of Green Ginger
George Macdonald	The Princess and the Goblins Princess & Curdie
Elizabeth Goudge	The Little White Horse Henrietta's House
Gillian Cross	Wolf The Demon Headmaster
Tolkien	The Hobbit
Grahame	The Wind in the Willows
John Masefield	The Midnight Folk Box of Delights
Philip Pullman	I was a Rat! Clockwork Spring-Heeled Jack
Catherine Fisher	The Snow Walker's Son trilogy
Various	Horrible Histories Nasty Nature etc
Jane Langley (US only)	The Diamond in the Window Swing in the Summerhouse
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Little House on the Prairie series
Noel Streatfield	Ballet Shoes Tennis Shoes
Richmal Crompton	Just William
AA Milne	Once on a Time

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