Book Recommendations

8-10 Years: Fiction

When a well chosen collection of books falls into the laps of children, who have just gained the skill of reading chapter books, it opens the doors to a world of imagination, adventure and ideas. Here's a short list of books that meet just this purpose.

• Roald Dahl (Children's writer par excellence)

• Land of Stories (Chris Colfer)

• Ruskin Bond - Rusty series (Room on the roof, etc)

• Charlotte's Web

• Magic Tree House series - fiction and fact tracker series

• Because of Winnie-Dixie (there's a great movie based on it)

• Michael Morpurgo (Great fiction for children)

Popular fiction series:

• Junie B Jones and Encyclopedia Brown

• Enid Blyton books (Enchanted wood , etc)

Classics:

• Charles Dickens: Abridged versions of David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Christmas Carol

• Moby Dick (abridged and illustrated)

• Treasure Island

• Mark Twain's Huckleberry Fin and Tom Sawyer books

• Gerald Durrell