We invited a panel of teachers, literacy and reading experts, book reviewers and editors – see right – to choose their top 11 best books for under 11s. From picture books to older fiction, together they make an exciting and varied list of recommended reads for children from three to 11.
Anne Faundez, writer and reviewer
Mr Magnolia
by Quentin Blake (Red Fox)
Clown
by Quentin Blake (Red Fox)
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch (Frances Lincoln)
Skellig
by David Almond (Hodder)
Matilda
by Roald Dahl (Puffin)
Bill’s New Frock
by Anne Fine (Egmont)
Charlotte’s Web
by EB White (Puffin)
How to Train your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell (Hodder)
Why the Whales Came
by Michael Morpurgo (Hodder)
The Jolly Postman
by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin)
Gorilla
by Anthony Browne (Walker)
11 best books to read before you're 11
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