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Encouraging your children to read
is one of the best gifts you can give
them. If you are not sure where to
start, here are some recommended
books broken down by age group to
get you started:

For young children
(ages 0-5):
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise
Brown
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice
Sendak
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Any book by Julia Donaldson

For foundation phase
children (ages 6-9):
• Giraffe’s Knot by Michaël Escoffier and
Kris Di Giacomo
• Angry Owl Goes Swimming by Kerryn
Ponter
• The Elephant Who Was Scared By Rachel
Elliot
• The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
• The Twits by Roald Dahl
• George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald
Dahl
• Any book by David Walliams
• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

For intermediate phase
children (ages 10-13):
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• The Fablehaven book series by Brandon
Mull
• The Land of Stories series by American
Chris Colfer
• Any book by David Walliams
• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• The Witches by Roald Dahl
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

For teenagers (ages 13-18):
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by
Stephen Chbosky
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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