• Mister Magnolia

  Author: Quentin Blake
  Publisher: Random House

  Mr Magnolia has many things – but only one boot.

• The Queen’s Nose

  Author: Dick KingSmith
  Publisher: Puffin

  Harmony’s Uncle Ginger sends her on a treasure trail – which ends in finding a 50p piece.

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

  Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Lane Smith
  Publisher: Penguin

  What really happened to the three little pigs and the big bad wolf? Find out the truth in this hilarious picture book.

• The Sheep-Pig

  Author: Dick King-Smith Illustrator: Mike Terry
  Publisher: Penguin

  When Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the fair, he is amazed that Fly, his sheep-dog, welcomes him as one of her own pups.

• That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown

  Author: Cressida Cowell Illustrator: Neal Layton
  Publisher: Hachette

  Emily and her toy rabbit, Stanley, love to go on adventures together.

• Clarice Bean, That’s Me

  Author: Lauren Child
  Publisher: Orchard Books

  Clarice Bean gives us a snapshot of her life and family in the book that launched a bestselling series.

• Amazing Grace

  Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch
  Publisher: Frances Lincoln

  This classic story clearly communicates an inspiring message that anything is possible

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  Author: Jeff Kinney
  Publisher: Puffin

  Greg Heffley is a normal American kid, albeit one with a habit of getting into (and out of) trouble.

• The BFG

  Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake
  Publisher: Puffin

  The BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant, who unexpectedly spirits a little girl named Sophie out of bed, and into the land of the child-eating giants.

• A Bear Called Paddington

  Author: Michael Bond Illustrator: Peggy Fortnum
  Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books

  Paddington, the brown bear from darkest Peru, is found by the Brown family on Paddington Station with his hat, duffel coat and marmalade sandwiches.

• Asterix the Gaul

  Author: Renné Goscinny Illustrator: Albert Uderzo Translator: Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge
  Publisher: Orion

  In a tiny corner of Brittany, one small village of indomitable Gauls hold out against the almighty, all-conquering Romans.

• Finn Family Moomintroll

  Author: Tove Jansson Translator: Elizabeth Portch
  Publisher: Puffin Books

  Moomintroll is cheerful and chubby and lives in the magical Moominvalley with his mother, Moominmamma, his father, Moominpappa and all of their friends.

• Pippi Longstocking

  Author: Astrid Lindgren Translator: Tiina Nunnally Illustrator: Lauren Child
  Publisher: Oxford University Press

  Follow Pippi Longstocking on her amazing adventures as she moves into Villa Villekulla with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase of gold coins.

• Horrid Henry

  Author: Francesca Simon Illustrator: Tony Ross
  Publisher: Orion Children’s Books

  Stories about naughty characters have been told for centuries, and Horrid Henry is a modern-day rogue in the tradition of Dennis the Menace and Just William.

• Winnie-the-Pooh

  Author: A A Milne Illustrator: E H Shepherd
  Publisher: Egmont Books

  No child’s library could be complete without A A Milne’s stories about Pooh, Christopher Robin and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

• The Story of Babar

  Author: Jean De Brunhoff Translator: Merle S. Haas
  Publisher: Egmont

  ‘ In the great forest, a litle elephant was born. His name was Babar…’

• Little House in the Big Woods

  Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Publisher: Egmont

  Inside the little house live the Ingalls family: Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura and baby Carrie.

• The Enchanted Wood

  Author: Enid Blyton
  Publisher: Egmont

  When Joe, Beth and Frannie move into a new home, they discover a mysterious wood on their very doorstep.

• My Naughty Little Sister

  Author: Dorothy Edwards Illustrator: Shirley Hughes
  Publisher: Egmont

  This affectionate portrait of family life is the story of a naughty three-year-old sister who is obstinate, inquisitive and full of mischief.

• Charlotte’s Web

  Author: E B White Illustrator: Garth Williams
  Publisher: Puffin

  This is the tale of how a little girl named Fern – with the help of a friendly talking spider called Charlotte – saved her pig, Wilbur, from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.

• Flat Stanley

  Author: Jeff Brown Illustrator: Scott Nash
  Publisher: Egmont

  Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning to find he is only half an inch thick

• The Worst Witch

  Author: Jill Murphy
  Publisher: Puffin

  Long before Harry Potter first went to Hogwarts, trainee witch Mildred Hubble embarked on life at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches…

• The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook

  Author: Joyce Lankester Brisley
  Publisher: Macmillan

  Milly-Molly-Mandy lives with her mother, father, uncle, aunt, grandmother and grandfather in a ‘nice white cottage with a thatched roof’.

• The Arrival

  Author: Shaun Tan
  Publisher: Hachette

  In this unusual book, we follow a young man as he packs his bags and leaves his family to go and start a new life in another country

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