Title: Charlotte’s Web
Author: E. B. White

An all-time favourite – your mums and dads might even remember reading this when they did the MS Readathon! This is the tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig, Wilbur, from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.

Title: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan

If you’ve ever thought learning about the Greek Gods sounded a bit boring, Percy Jackson is here to tell you to think again! This story really brings Greek mythology to life, and is pure excitement from start to finish!

This book is the first in a series, where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged WAR OF THE GODS ERUPTS?

Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl

Mr Wonka's inventions are out of this world. He's thought up every kind of sweet imaginable in his amazing chocolate factory, but no one has ever seen inside, or met Mr Wonka.

Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a golden ticket and wins the trip of a lifetime around the famous chocolate factory. He still could never have dreamed what surprises were in store. It’s a child’s wonderland with all the amazing inventions inside the factory!

So read the book, watch the movie… and eat the chocolate!

Title: Nim’s Island
Author: Wendy Orr

A fantastic story about a young girl living out a true wildlife adventure! Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her email. No one else in the world lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn't swap places with anyone. (We asked, and she said no, thanks!)

PS: If you love this book, try out Nim at Sea as well! We hope someone makes that into a movie soon too!

Title: Nanny McPhee – the collected tales of Nurse Matilda
Author: Christianna Brand

Mr. and Mrs. Brown were forever having trouble with their numerous and incredibly naughty children . . . until the day Nurse Matilda entered their lives. First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-"Nurse Matilda Goes to Town" and "Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital"-have charmed readers ever since.

Now the inspiration for the major motion picture ‘Nanny McPhee’ all three beloved books are available once again in a paperback omnibus edition which features the three complete books. We all know how much you love the movies – why not give the books a go?

Title: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
Author: Judy Barrett

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. The town was a mess and the people feared for their lives. Something had to be done, and in a hurry!

Title: Horton hears a who
Author: Dr Seuss

Surely among the most lovable of all Dr. Seuss creations, Horton the Elephant represents kindness, trustworthiness, and perseverance, all wrapped up, thank goodness, in a comical and even absurd package. Horton hears a cry for help from a speck of dust, and spends much of the book trying to protect the infinitesimal creatures who live on it from the derision and trickery of other animals, who think their elephant friend has gone quite nutty. But worse is in store: an eagle carries away the clover in which Horton has placed the life-bearing speck, and "let that small clover drop somewhere inside / of a great patch of clovers a hundred miles wide!" But Horton eventually convinces everyone that 'A person's a person, no matter how small'!

Title: Spiderwick Chronicles
Author: Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi

The Grace family - Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mum - have moved into Uncle Spiderwick's old house and are beginning a new chapter in their lives. Strange occurrences lead the children to discover Uncle Spiderwick's work and the magical, unseen creatures that surround the home.

Title: A series of unfortunate events
Author:

Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events tells the story of the misadventures of the three Baudelaire orphans – 14 year-old Violet (The Inventor), her younger brother Klaus (The Reader), and baby sister, Sunny (The Biter). After the mysterious deaths of their parents in a fire, the three kids are sent to live with their ‘closest relative’, the scary Count Olaf. The story, narrated by Snicket, retells the adventures of the kids in trying to escape the crazy Count and find their places in the world.

Title: Inkheart
Author: Cornelia Funke

Meggie lives quietly with her father, Mo, a book-restorer. But a new chapter in her life begins the night a stranger called Dustfinger knocks at their door. It is soon revealed that Meggie's father has an extraordinary secret-he can bring books to life simply by reading aloud. Meggie learns that long ago, Mo read from a book called Inkheart, accidentally releasing the villainous book character, Capricorn, into the world. Now Capricorn has returned to ruthlessly destroy every last copy of the book-the only thing capable of binding his power. It will take all of Meggie's courage to send him back to the pages where he belongs. A taut, masterful, magical adventure about books themselves and the magic they inspire.