Now the ‘Lights Out’ visitors are gone, we thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of the children’s books that they liked reading undercover, and the ones they thought they’d like reading if they were reading after lights out today. So here’s a list! (Some of them might be out of print, but libraries will often have a copy of books that are out of print. Check your school library or your local public library. Ask your librarian!)
- The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds
- Swallows & Amazons series,
- Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
- The Queen’s Music
- Deb Abela’s ‘Max Remy’ series
- Enid Blyton’s The Secret Seven series The Famous Five series, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Enchanted Wood, The Folk of the Faraway Tree, The Wishing Chair series.
- The Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Roald Dahl books: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG
- The Pippi Longstocking books by Astrid Lindgren
- Dr. Suess, in particular Green Eggs and Ham and Horton Hears a Who, and Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
- Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are
- Whiteoaks of Jalna Chronicles’ by Mazo de la Roche
- Artemis Fowl
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- The Shark in Charlie’s Window
- The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
- Thai-riffic by Oliver Phommavanh
- Zac Power
- Specky Magee
- Bonnie and Sam
- Captain Underpants
- CS Lewis’s Narnia series, including The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
- Jaguar Warrior by Sandy Fussell
- Silver Curlew by Eleanor Farjeon
- David Grimstone’s Gladiator Boy series
- Little Women
- Black Beauty
- What Katy Did
- Heidi
- My Friend Flicka
- Thunderhead
- Betsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace, the adventures of a young teen in 1907.
- The Works of Lewis Carroll
- Hardy Boys
- Nancy Drew
- Nine True Dolphin Stories by Margaret Davidson
- Fast-talking Dolphin by Carson Davidson
- Mrs Piggle Wiggle books
What about you? Do you have any books you’d recommend? Tell us in the comments!
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