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10 March 2014

Ten children's book suggestions by age



Reading, and being read to, are such important building blocks for children's education and learning. So, for your reading pleasure (and that of your nestlings) we have compiled a list of some of our favourite stories for each stage of your child's development. We hope you get hours of pleasure from these suggestions.

Babies & toddlers

Each Peach Pear Plum - Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratney
Where's Spot? - Eric Hill
Maisy's Bedtime - Lucy Cousins
Can't you Sleep, Little Bear? - Martin Waddell
There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake - Hazel Edwards
Rumble in the Jungle - Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz
Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox & Judy Horacek
The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle


Preschool - young readers

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - Lynley Dodd
The Tiger who came to Tea - Judith Kerr
Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers
Stick Man - Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog (Charlie & Lola) - Lauren Child
Meg and Mog - Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski
Mr Men and Little Miss stories - Roger Hargreaves
Knuffle Bunny - Mo Willems
Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
One Snowy Night - Nick Parks


Older readers

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
Alice Miranda at School - Jacqueline Harvey
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling
Sophie the Awesome - Lara Bergen
Beware of the Storybook Wolves - Lauren Child
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia - C S Lewis
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Happy reading!

The team at nestling.

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