What’s THE STORY?

NOTHING CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF A CHILD LIKE A BOOK

I’m bored!” is something you often hear from kids during the school holidays. Now’s the time to encourage them to read. If your children haven’t already discovered the delights of books, here are some bestsellers that will hopefully get them hooked.

PICTURE BOOKS

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Where the Wild Things

Are by Maurice Sendak

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

A Lion in the Meadow by Margaret Mahy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by

Lynley Dodd

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham

The Little Yellow Digger by Betty and Alan Gilderdale

Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley

I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. FOR YOUNGER READERS (UNDER 12)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Gangsta Granny by

David Walliams

Pippi Longstocking by

Astrid Lindgren

The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by

Jeff Kinney

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell

The Diamond Horse by

Stacy Gregg

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Bad Beginning: A Series of Unfortunate Events by

Lemony Snicket

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Utterly Me, Clarice Bean by Lauren Child

Wonder by R. J. Palacio.