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The Snail and the Whale JULIA DONALDSON, ILLUSTRATED BY AXEL SCHEFFLER
Rosie’s Walk PAT HUTCHINS
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My TOVE JANSSON
Not a Box ANTOINETTE PORTIS
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt MICHAEL ROSEN, ILLUSTRATED BY HELEN OXENBURY
Down the Bright Stream BB
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L FRANK BAUM
Circus Mirandus CASSIE BEASLEY
The Magic Faraway Tree ENID BLYTON
The Child’s Elephant RACHEL CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON
The Mouse and the Motorcycle BEVERLY CLEARY
The Saturdays (Melendy Quartet) ELIZABETH ENRIGHT
The Snow Merchant SAM GAYTON, ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS RIDDELL
The Mouse and His Child RUSSELL HOBAN
Biggles Goes to War CAPTAIN WE JOHNS
The Phantom Tollbooth NORTON JUSTER
Sparks ALLY KENNEN
Stig of the Dump CLIVE KING, ILLUSTRATED BY EDWARD ARDIZZONE
Island of Thieves JOSH LACEY
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (and Starry River of the Sky) GRACE LIN
The Story of Doctor Dolittle HUGH LOFTING
The Children of the New Forest CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT
The Apothecary MAILE MELOY
Ribblestrop ANDY MULLIGAN
Five Children and It EDITH NESBIT
Amazon Adventure WILLARD PRICE
The Firework Maker’s Daughter PHILIP PULLMAN
Mortal Engines PHILIP REEVE
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children RANSOM RIGGS
Haroun and the Sea of Stories SALMAN RUSHDIE
The Invention of Hugo Cabret BRIAN SELZNICK
Amazon Summer (Amy Wild) HELEN SKELTON
The Egypt Game ZILPHA KEATLEY SNYDER
Kidnapped ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Treasure Island ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Stuart Little EB WHITE
The Swiss Family Robinson JOHANN DAVID WYSS
The Last Unicorn PETER S BEAGLE
The Westing Game ELLEN RASKIN
SEE ALSO: bored, being • family outings • summer holidays
alcohol
SEE: drugs • peer pressure
allergies
The Princess and the Peanut SUE GANZ-SCHMITT, ILLUSTRATED BY MICAH CHAMBERS-GOLDBERG
Shadow Jumper JM FORSTER
There’s nothing fun for kids about having an allergy. Not only do they have to make sure they don’t come into contact with whatever triggers a reaction – be it pollen, poodles or peanuts (see: worrying) – but they have to deal with the effects on their social life and close relationships as well. A child with severe allergies can end up feeling cut off from all the fun and more fragile than everyone else (see: different, feeling; friends, finding it hard to make). Sue Ganz-Schmitt’s delightful twist on the classic Princess and the Pea fairytale is doubly welcome, therefore, for bringing levity to the issue – and showing that allergies can actually make you rather special. When a wet and soggy waif turns up at the palace door claiming to be a ‘real princess’,
