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Fiction for children
Age range: 9 and older
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Braille for children
(Many of these titles are also available in uncontracted Braille.)
Aiken, Joan.
Go saddle the sea. 1978. 5v.
Book 1 in the Felix series. Tired of living in Spain with his grandfather and unfriendly great-aunt, Felix gets on his mule one day and sets out to find a place which he thinks is called Bath.
Banks, Lynne Reid
The Indian in the cupboard. 1981. 3v.
Book 1 in the Indian in the cupboard series (other books in the series are also available). Omri was disappointed to get a boring little plastic Red Indian as a birthday present. But then his brother gave him a very special cupboard which can make the Indian come alive.
Bawden, Nina
The Peppermint pig. 1975. 3v.
Johnnie was the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.
Blackman, Malorie
Hacker. 1992. 4v.
Vicky's father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works. Vicky is determined to prove his innocence, although all the evidence is hidden in computer files. Helped by her brother Gib and his best friend Chaucy, Vicky decides to try and hack into the bank's computers. But can she find the answers before the real thief finds her?
Blyton, Enid
First term at MaloryTowers. 1946. 4v.
Book 1 in the MaloryTowers series (other books in the series are also available). Darrell and her friends grow together as they share their school days. There are new students to induct, sporting matches to be won, tempers to control and tricks to play on teachers. This work presents stories about life at boarding school as readers follow the girls' lives through six years at MaloryTowers.
Blyton, Enid
Five on a treasure island. 1942. 3v.
Book 1 in the Famous Five series (other books in the series are also available). A shipwreck off KirrinIsland! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five follow the clues - but they're not alone. Somebody else has joined the treasure hunt. Can Julian, Anne, Dick, George and Timmy the dog solve the mystery in time?
Blyton, Enid
Shadow the sheepdog. 1950. 4v.
Johnny has always longed for a dog of his own. His dream comes true when he is allowed to keep Shadow, the naughtiest of Jessie's pups. Shadow finds that life on the farm is hard work, but he learns fast and grows up to be a real champion. Then comes the day when all his skill, courage and experience are needed to save Johnny's life.
Blyton, Enid
The Naughtiest girl in the school. 1940. 3v.
Book 1 in the Naughtiest Girl series (other books in the series are also available). Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and selfish. When she is sent away to boarding school she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest girl in the school.
Boston, L. M.
The children of Green Knowe. 1954. 3v.
Book 1 in the Green Knowe series (other books in the series are also available). Toseland - "Tolly" - aged seven, is on his way to stay with his great-grandmother at Green Knowe. Her name is Mrs Oldknow, the station is Penny Soaky and the floods so deep that he arrives at the front door of the "Ark" in a rowing boat. Could anything be more strange? He is to find out that it can.
Brent-Dyer, Elinor
Chalet school fete. 1983. 2v.
A book from the ChaletSchool series (other books in the series are also available). "I hope it beats the biggest success the ChaletSchool has had so far." With these words Princess Elizaveta declares the ChaletSchool fete open! For weeks, the girls have been preparing, and suddenly the great day has arrived!
Buckeridge, Anthony
Jennings again! 1991. 3v.
Linbury Court school has not changed: the headmaster, Mr Pemberton-Oakes, is still putting his foot firmly down - this time on the question of litter and the conservation of the earth' precious resources. As always, Jennings and Darbishire are doing their best; it's not their fault that Jennings' wheezes so often land them in trouble.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A little princess. 1905. 4v.
When Sarah Crewe arrived at Miss Minchin's school, she was like a little princess. But she was soon to be very unhappy and lonely and it was some time before her fortunes changed again.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
The secret garden. 1911. 5v.
Mary Lennox, lonely and unwanted, arrives from India to live with
her uncle in Yorkshire. Left to herself there is little to do apart from explore the huge, gloomy house and its surroundings
until, one sunny morning, she stumbles across a secret garden,
hidden behind ivy-clad walls.
Byars, Betsy
The two-thousand pound goldfish. 1982. 2v.
Warren's 'Mom', an urban terrorist, is more concerned with keeping
one jump ahead of the FBI than with what's for supper. Grandma is
a bit unusual too. Warren, however, copes admirably.
Childs, Rob
The big match. 1987. 2v.
Will Chris be unbeatable when he is picked to stand in for the regular school team goalkeeper in a vital cup game against ShenbySchool, their main rivals? For Chris is several years younger than the rest of the team - and they aren't all sure of his skill.
Coolidge, Susan
What Katy did. 1872. 4v.
Book 1 in the Katy did series (the sequel What Katy did at school, is also available). Katy was irrepressibly full of accident. Then she learned patience the hard way, sitting still
and managing the family from her chair until the great day when
her health was quite restored.
Cooper, Susan
Over sea under stone. 1965. 4v.
Book 1 in the Dark is Rising series (other books in the series are also available). Three children, on holiday in Cornwall embark on a quest for treasure which lies 'over sea, under stone'. They find themselves beset by deadly dangers, but Great Uncle Merry seems to know how to protect them.
Crompton, Richmal
Just William. 1922. 3v.
William and the Outlaws are in trouble and misunderstood as usual.
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the chocolate factory. 1967. 2v.
Charlie's specially conducted tour of Mr Wonka's chocolate factory fulfils his dearest wish, but there are dangers in store as well as food.
Dahl, Roald
Danny the champion of the world. 1975. 2v.
Danny's father had looked after him ever since his mother died
when he was four months old. They had always been close, which was why Danny was so surprised to discover that his father had a deep, dark secret that was to lead them both into a wild and difficult scheme - and a lot of trouble.
Dahl, Roald
Matilda. 1988. 3v.
Matilda is a very intelligent little girl, but her parents, Mr and
Mrs Wormwood, never seem to notice and treat her more like a scab than a daughter. Before the age of five, she has read Dickens, Steinbeck, Hemingway and Kipling. Her parents are no match for her genius, and when she is attacked by Miss Turnbull the headmistress, she discovers she has a psychic power that can save her school and her friend and teacher, Miss Honey.
Daniels, Lucy
Animal ark favourites. 1998. 2v.
Mandy Hope loves animals more than anything else. She knows quite a lot about them too as both of her parents are vets and Mandy helps out in their surgery, Animal Ark. This is a collection of nine Animal Ark short stories, featuring favourite animals and characters from the series in brand new adventures.
Ferguson, Ruby
Jill has two ponies. 1980. 2v.
Jill acquires a new pony but takes an instant dislike to him, but
her friends and riding teacher tell her to persevere.
Garner, Alan
Elidor. 1965. 2v.
For want of something better to do one cold Manchester afternoon,
four children go in search of a street called Thursday. It turns
out to be nothing but a pile of rubble, a ruined church the only
building left standing. But it is here that the fabric of time and
place is so weak that they are drawn through it into the strange
world of Elidor, a land threatened by the powers of evil.
Grahame, Kenneth
The wind in the willows . 1971. 12v.
'The Mole had been working very hard all the morning,
spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with
dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs...' The tale of
Mole and Rat, Badger and Toad, which has been enjoyed by countless children.
Hughes, Ted
Iron man. 1968. 1v.
Hughes's classic about a huge iron man who struggles to put
himself together after being smashed to pieces falling from a
cliff, and then takes on a giant dragon in an unfair contest.
King, Clive
Stig of the dump. 1963. 2v.
he adventures of Barney, an eight year old, and Stig, 'somebody
with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes' whom he meets
in a disused chalk pit.
Kinney, Jeff
Diary of a wimpy kid: Greg Heffley's journal. 2008. 2v.
Book 1 in the Dairy of a wimpy kid series (some other books in the series are also available).Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage.
Marryat, F. W.
Children of the New Forest. 1847. 5v.
A story of adventure in the wild countryside during the troubled
times following the defeat of Charles I, and of the children of a
cavalier family forced to live in hiding while their father's enemies ruled the land.
Montgomery, L. M.
Anne of Green Gables. 1908. 7v.
Book 1 in the Anne Shirley series. When Anne Shirley enters the Cuthberts's lives, they don't realize how fond they will become of the red-haired orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its adopted daughter.
Pratchett, Terry.
Truckers. 1989. 3v.
Book 1 in the Bromeliad series (the other books in the series are also available). To the thousands of tiny nomes living under the floorboards of a large department store, most of whom have never even set eyes upon the outside world, things like Day and Night and Sun and Rain don't really exist. They're just daft old legends. But soon a devastating piece of news is to shatter the nomes' existence: the Store - their world - is to be demolished.
Streatfeild, Noel
Ballet shoes. 1936. 4v.
Pauline longs to be an actress. Petrova is happiest playing with cars and engines. And if she could . . . Posy would dance all day!But when their benefactor Great-Uncle Matthew disappears, the Fossil girls share a future of a dazzling life on stage, where their dreams and fears will soon come true . . .
Travers, P. L.
Mary Poppins. 1934. 3v.
Book 1 in the Mary Poppins series. When Mary Poppins takes charge of the Banks children, she changes their lives forever. Unlike other nannies, she makes ordinary events extraordinary. Who else could slide up bannisters, lead the children on magical adventures and still tuck them in at the end of the day.
Ure, Jean
Fruit and nutcase. 1999. 2v.
Mandy Small has trouble writing, so Cat, her teacher, suggests
that she tells her life story into a tape recorder. So begins
Mandy's funny, and sometimes sad, story of life with her loving but irresponsible parents, her troubles at school and her
interfering grandmother, who thinks that Mandy's parents aren't
fit to look after her. With so many things to worry about, Mandy
begins to think that she's in danger of turning into a real fruit
and nutcase!
White, E.B.
Stuart Little. 1946. 1v.
Follows the adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little house on the prairie. 1957. 3v.
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighbouring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
Wilson, Jacqueline.
Bad girls. 1997. 3v.
Mandy had been picked on at school for as long as she could remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn't that happy - she thinks Tanya is a "bad girl" and a bad influence. Mandy's sure that Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into it... or could she?
Wilson, Jacqueline
The bed and breakfast star. 1995. 5v.
Elsa, is going to be a big star one day. She does her best to cheer her family up - but no-one seems to laugh any more. Not since they lost their lovely house and had to move into a bed and breakfast hotel.
Wilson, Jacqueline.
Best friends. 2004. 2v.
Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem's brothers, or perhaps her grandad, can do to help?
Wilson, Jacqueline
Candyfloss. 2006. 5v.
Floss loves spending weekends with her dad in his greasy spoon cafe, even if it isn't the smartest place in town and only has three regular customers. Even Floss's best friend Rhiannon turns her nose up at it. When Floss's mum and her new husband Steve move to Australia, Floss faces a difficult choice, but decides to stay at home with Dad. He's not too good at ironing school clothes or putting up garden swings, but they muddle along happily on a diet of chip butties and candyfloss from the local funfair. But then, disaster strikes and they find themselves homeless. Will their new fairground friends help out? Could Dad and Floss be destined for a life on the road?
Wilson, Jacqueline
Clean break. 2005. 5v.
When Dad and Mum break up, Em does her best to cheer her little brother and sister, even though she's miserable too. She dances around and tells wonderful tales all about their favourite glove puppet. Em knows how a good story can make life seem better. She is always cheered up by reading one of her favourite books. If Em got to meet the author, it would be a dream come true. But could her other greatest wish be granted? Is any story powerful enough to bring Dad back?
Wilson, Jacqueline.
Cookie. 2008. 5v.
Beauty Cookson is really not very beautiful. She's plain and timid, and all the girls at school are super-confident and snooty. They think her name is ridiculous and have come up with a new one for her - Ugly!
Wilson, Jacqueline
Hetty Feather. 2009. 6v.
Book 1 in the Hetty Feather series (The second book in the series, Sapphire Battersea, is also available). London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the FoundlingHospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children - but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but with her 'brothers' Jem and Gideon, she helps in the fields and plays imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus and Hetty is mesmerised by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses. But Hetty's happiness is threatened once more when she is returned to the FoundlingHospital. The new life of awful uniforms and terrible food is a struggle for her. But now she has the chance to find her real mother.
Wilson, Jacqueline
The illustrated mum. 1999. 5v.
"I think Marigold's the most bright, beautiful mum in the world. She's totally covered in tattoos - she had a new one done for her birthday. Most people think she's a dreadful mother. Even my big sister gets cross when she forgets to buy food or pay the bills. But I know Marigold loves us and she never means to stay out all night and leave us on our own".