We are often asked to recommend books that are popular with children and have a good literary content. Here are some suggestions but we would welcome your views and any others that you think should be added to the list.
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Allan Ahlberg |
The Better Brown Stories |
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Joan Aiken |
* A Handful of Gold |
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Vivien Alcock |
The Face at the Window |
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Philip Ardagh |
The Eddie Dickens Trilogy |
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Phyllis Arkle |
Magic at Midnight |
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Nina Bawden |
* Granny the Pag |
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Floella Benjamin |
Coming To England |
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Malorie Blackman |
Pig Heart Boy |
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Quentin Blake |
The Green Ship |
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Judy Blume |
* Superfudge |
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Tony Bradman |
Football Fever Ed |
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Theresa Breslin |
Kezzie |
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Betsy Byars |
The Eighteenth Emergency |
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Aidan Chambers |
Seal Secret |
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Simon Cheshire |
Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service |
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Babette Cole |
* Drop Dead |
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Dutch Cooper |
Josie, illustrated by Jan Jutte, translated by Patricia Crampton |
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William Corlett |
* The Bridge in the Clouds |
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Bruce Coville |
The Magic Shop Series |
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Sharon Creech |
Ruby Holler |
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Helen Cresswell |
* Lizzie Dripping |
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Gillian Cross |
* Rent-A-Genius |
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Chris d’Lacey |
The Salt Pirates of Skegness |
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Roald Dahl |
* James and the Giant Peach |
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Lucy Daniels |
Animal Ark Series |
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Colin Dann |
The Farthing Wood Series |
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Andrew Davies |
Conrad’s War |
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Cecil Day Lewis |
The Otterbury Incident |
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Terrance Dicks |
The Pyramid Incident |
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Berlie Doherty |
* Berlie, Willa and Old Miss Anna |
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Steve Donald |
Orson Cart Saves Time |
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Edward Eager |
Half Magic Series |
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Stephen Elboz |
A Handful of Magic |
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Elizabeth Enright |
The Saturdays |
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Anne Fine |
* The Angel of Nitshill Road |
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Catherine Fisher |
The Snow-Walker’s Son |
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Louise Fitzhugh |
Harriet the Spy |
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Michael Foreman |
War Game |
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Jane Gardam |
Kit Stories |
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Leon Garfield |
The Apprentices |
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Adèle Geras |
* The Fabulous Fantova Files |
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Morris Gleitzman |
Blabbermouth |
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Rumer Godden |
* The Diddakoi |
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Willis Hall |
* The Last Vampire |
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Julia Harman |
Ghost Writer |
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Libby Hathorn |
Way Home |
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Diana Hendry |
Harvey Angell |
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Nigel Hinton |
* Beaver Towers |
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Dorothy Horgan |
Charlie’s Eye |
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Anthony Horowitz |
Groosham Grange |
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Shirley Hughes |
* Chips and Jessie |
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Ted Hughes |
* Tales of the Early World |
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Brian Jacques |
Redware Series |
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Julia Jarman |
The Time-Travelling Cat |
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Pete Johnson |
How to Train your Parents |
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Terry Jones |
* Fairy Tales |
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Erich Kastner |
Emil and the Detectives |
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Gene Kemp |
* The Clock Tower Ghost |
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Judith Kerr |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
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Clive King |
Stig of the Dump |
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Dick King-Smith |
* Chewing the Cud |
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Tessa Krailing |
* Miranda and Friends |
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Caroline Lawrence |
The Thieves of Ostia |
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Robert Leeson |
Tom’s Private War |
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Eric Linklater |
The Wind on the Moon |
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Penelope Lively |
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe |
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Sam Llewellyn |
Pig in the middle |
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Arnold Lobel |
Frog and Toad are Friends |
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Hugh Lofting |
Doctor Dolittle |
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Jonathan Long |
The Dog That Dug (with Paul Korky) |
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John Loveday |
Goodbye Buffalo Sky |
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Margaret Mahy |
* The Chewing Gum Rescue |
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Jan Mark |
The Dead Letter Box |
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Simon Mason |
The Quigleys |
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Virginia Mayo |
Remembering, The Story of a Soldier |
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Amanda McCardie |
The Frog Ballet |
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Geraldine McCaughrean |
The Wooden Horse |
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Roger McGough |
The Magic Fountain |
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Livi Michael |
Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz |
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Barbara Mitchell |
Eric and the Striped Horror |
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Ursula Moray Williams |
Gubbolino the Witch’s Cat |
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Michael Morpurgo |
* Kensuke’s Kingdom |
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Beverley Naidoo |
No Turning Back |
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Jenny Nimmo |
Seth and the Strangers |
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Andrew Norriss |
Aquila |
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Philippa Pearce |
Mrs Cockle’s Cat |
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Jack Perry |
I Jack |
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Ann Pilling |
Mother’s Daily Scream |
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François Place |
The Last Giants |
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Philip Pullman |
* Clockwork, illustrated by Peter Bailey |
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Lynne Reid Banks |
* Angela and Diabola, illustrated by Klaas Verplancke |
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Philip Ridley |
* Kasper in the Glitter |
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Mary Rodgers |
Freaky Friday |
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J.K. Rowling |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone |
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S F Said |
Varjak Paw |
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Posy Simmonds |
Fred |
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Francesca Simon |
Horrid Henry |
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Lemony Snicket |
A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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Johanna Spyri |
Heidi |
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R L Stine |
Goosebumps Series |
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Jeremy Strong |
* Fatbag the Demon Vacuum Cleaner |
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Robert Swindells |
Ice Palace |
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Ruth Symes |
The Mum Trap |
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Dylan Thomas |
A Child’s Christmas In Wales |
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Ruth Thomas |
Hideaway |
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Colin Thompson |
* How to Live Forever |
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Theresa Tomlinson |
Little Stowaway (with Jane Browne) |
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P L Travers |
Mary Poppins Series |
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Ann Turnbull |
Pigeon Summer |
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Kaye Umansky |
Pongwiffy |
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Ellen Weiss |
The Animal Rescue Squad (with Mel Friedman) |
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Robert Wetsall |
The Creature in the Dark |
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Marcia Williams |
Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays |
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Margery Williams |
The Velveteen Rabbit |
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Jacqueline Wilson |
* Double Act |