Help me fill my son's bookcase up without it costing a fortune.

jopsey

I don't know if this will be any use because you said your library is only small,but our's every so often has a sale of used books ,the last lot I got for my son where 15 for £1 !! bargain

shiprob195

My son is now 10, but when he was 7 or 8 he used to love reading ROB CHILDS "football" story books, we got a job lot from a libary Saturday sale.

foreversomeday

I think he might be a bit young for some of the Philip Pullman books, but he is a fantastic author and has written some books for younger children. His Dark Materials is more for 12+ I'd say.

I wanted to second the Horrible Science books, I used to love the Horrible Histories (Got my first when I was in year 3) and found the Horrible Science books in year 5, I think they had only just come out, I was hooked and tried to collect the whole set! I actually re-read them all the way through secondary school as well and I'm sure they helped me understand some things in science lessons other children struggled with.

Can't recommend any other books I used to like I'm afraid as they were all very girly along the lines of Animal Ark!!

eyelinerprincess

My faves were also very girly I'm afraid, but I'd echo others' suggestions of ebay, freecycle, readitswapit, charity shops and car boots! I'd say the Horrible books for non fiction. Poundland had some Horrid Henry books in but I dunno if they'd be too young for him...

ailuro2

My DD who is 9, nearly 10 is almost finished the Philip Pullman Northern Lights trilogy - a long read, some quite difficult reading so might be challenging for him, in a good way - I've read them too and enjoyed them.

I just finished the Inkspell trilogy by Cornelia Funke - quite fantasy based, a bit dark and threatening in places, but my DD is loving them too.:D

Jenny Nimmo has plenty of books with boys as the main character - normally involving him keeping a secret dragon and finding out he has special powers. Great for an 8yo, imho, and available from the library - when I'n there without my DD I pick books for her - that's how we discovered Jenny Nimmo.:D

choccyface2006

My daughter is a similar age and loves Horried Henry but has read them all now. When browing the Book People leaflet this week she told me she wanted these Alistair Fury books...

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_138520_100_500020__category_

Good value too and don't forget quidco

Sarah x

conradmum

No one's mentioned The Hobbit yet, which he might like if he liked the films of The Lord of the Rings.

There's also a good trilogy about King Arthur for this age group. Can't remember the author's name now, but one of them is called The Crossing Place, or something like that.

He also might like the Redwall series. I got this very cheaply as a whole set from The Book People (who now also have the whole Dr. Seuss set for about £20, but this might be too young for him.)

slummymummyof3

Have you tried going to the Scholastic Warehouse Sales? They are held 3 times per year - at places like Coventry, Witney (in Oxfordshire), Wellington (Somerset) etc. You can get some amazing bargains - paperbacks etc are usually £1 each and they also sell packs of books at a reduced rate. Sales are usually end of November/early Dec, March/April, June/July. They are usually advertised on the Scholastic website only a few weeks before hand and are well worth going to.

Zoetoes

You've just reminded me, I think I have The Amber Spyglass somewhere, will dig it out, my 7 yr old might like that now, he's looking for more books to read.

tsstss7

My boy likes factual books such as his current fav "1000 disgusting facts" ....he's also keen on the factual style fiction such as the ology series -(eg dragonology, wizardology).