Book suggestions for 7 year old

ScaryGreen

Hi all,

I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction - i'm after some suggestions of books to get my 7 year old niece for christmas who's an avid reader. I know she's into 'The Famous Five' and the Rainbow Magic fairy books. but i've no idea where to start - there are 25,000 books listed on amazon for her age range...

Thanks in advance

Poppy9

have a look at www.thebookpeople.co.uk for children's box sets. Excellent value for money.

zfrl

Try Richard & Judy's site http://www.richardandjudybookclub.co.uk they have some good suggestions.

C_J

The "Animal Ark" series are very popular with that age group.

dianadors

I second the book people. They have some amazing sets of books that are really inexpensive.

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_92371_100_10008_10006_category_ 10 books for £9.99!!!!

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_92300_100_10008_10006_category_

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_88231_100_10008_10006_category_
http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_62563_100_10008_10006_category_ etc etc

Horace

You could try looking at the Secret Seven books too - I always loved them along with The Famous Five.

I second the book people - they have lots of good value books for all ages.

grotbags19

ScaryGreen wrote: »

Hi all,

I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction - i'm after some suggestions of books to get my 7 year old niece for christmas who's an avid reader. I know she's into 'The Famous Five' and the Rainbow Magic fairy books. but i've no idea where to start - there are 25,000 books listed on amazon for her age range...

Thanks in advance

How about Horrid Henry or Jaqueline Wilson? My daughter loved these books at that age and still does 3 years on. She won't part with them!

mellyp

try here too

http://www.redhouse.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=18201&langId=100

they are the same company as the book people, but specialise in children's books and P & P is free :j

haylibo

Lemony Snickett would be good for an advanced reader. There's a whole series called, I think, a Series of Unfortunate Events.
The Magic Faraway Tree books can be bought as a compendium quite cheaply, a hefty volume but simple writing. An insight into how girls were expected to behave in the 40s and 50s!
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe might be doable, my dd read it at 7/8 and then moved onto the whole 'Chronicles of Narnia' series. They can be bought as a boxed set.
Classics for that age: The Secret Garden which has a great female character lead. 101 Dalmations and it's sequel the Starlight Barking are much richer than the Disney movie, she'll be able to spot what bits they took from each to make the story for the movie. Anything by Hans Christian Anderson makes for a challenge, The Little Matchgirl for instance. Not as 'childish' as fairy stories and nowhere near as sugar coated.
Harry Potter of course, the early books are aimed at around age 9 but more in style than content so if she is an advanced reader she may give book1 a go.
The Sophie books such as Sophie's Snail tell the story of a spirited little girl who knows what she wants in life and despite being the youngest sibling manages to direct her own path. Some emotional stuff towards the end of the series as the characters become more complex.

Hope that helps.
Hayles

loobylou2

I agree with the previous posters about companies like Redhouse and The Book People. They do some excellent books for children and are very reasonably priced so I'd give them a try. My 8 year old daughter loves Animal Ark and Rainbow Magic but shes also into Horrid Henry( he"s not just for boys!!!) and The Magic Kitten as well as Humphrey the Hamster and The Killer Cat. If you really can"t decide what to get her then you could always get her a book token instead and then she"ll be able to choose for herself what she would like to read and you"ll know that your money has been spent in encouraging her to read as she won"t be able to spend the money on anything else!!!

Hope this helps, good luck.

Ellidee

All good suggestions so far. Just wanted to add that usually around now weekend papers start to feature articles along the lines of 'Best Books for Christmas' or 'Favourite Books of The Year' which usually mention children's books too. HTH