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“We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.”
The BFG
Published: 1982
Author: Roald Dahl
Bookworm Rating: 5 stars
Age Rating: 4+
Average Size: 200 pages
The clock strikes three and all is quiet at the orphanage. Only little Sophie is still awake. Looking out the window, she notices something amazing: a Giant creeping up the street! Sophie is soon carried away to a world of dreams, frobscottle and man-eating monsters.
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A Roald Dahl classic, The BFG was written to critical acclaim and featured in the 2007 "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" poll. A childhood classic none should miss out.
The Bookworm rates the BFG 4+ for its easy to read text (although featuring many of Dahl's best made-up words), and huge number of Quentin Blake illustrations.
"We must face the facts! Toad cried..."Farthing Wood is finished!"
The Animals of Farthing Wood
Published: 1979
Author: Colin Dann
Bookworm Rating: 4 stars
Age Rating: 6+
Average Size: 320 pages
The animals of Farthing Wood are in danger. Every day, humans push further into the woods. Soon, Badger, Fox and the others must find a new home.
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A children's classic, The Animals of Farthing Wood charts the perils that wildlife experience due to humanity. A delightful book that inspires a strong love of the natural world.
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The Animals of Farthing Wood is perfect for nature lovers. The novel perfectly bridges the gap between co-dependent and independent reading. Written in clear, easy to follow language. The Bookworm rates this title as a 9+.
Malory Towers
Published: 1946
Author: Enid Blyton
Bookworm Rating: 3 stars
Age Rating: 6+
Darrell Rivers has arrived at Malory Towers! At school she must learn to navigate her way from first to sixth form, having midnight feasts, playing tricks, making friends and avoiding trouble along the way.
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First Term at Malory Towers, the first of six books in the Malory Towers series was written by Enid Blyton in 1946 and quickly gained enormous popularity. In 2009 Pamela Cox wrote six additional novels that follow Felicity Rivers, Darrell's younger sister, whose character was introduced by Blyton in the fourth novel.
Modern readers might not appreciate the style of humor and vocabulary used in these books, but these works still provide a wonderful flavor of life at a girls boarding school. Rated 6+.
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you...”
Watership Down
Published: 1972
Author: Richard Adams
Bookworm Rating: 5 stars
Age Rating: 12+
Average Size: 430-496 pages
Set in the picturesque Hampshire Downs, the novel follows the tribulations of a group of rabbits who leave their home warren in search of safety and prosperity. The rabbits encounter many opponents on their journey, including predators, humans, and fellow rabbits, but with their wise leader Hazel, gruff strongman Bigwig, and otherworldly visionary Fiver, they may prevail against all odds.
Watership Down is a modern masterpiece that skillfully blends the complexity of personality with the candor of nature.
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The Bookworm rates Watership Down as 12+ due to the title size, and sequences that depict combat, hunting, and human-caused destruction.
Nonetheless, each scenario is depicted with dignity and strictly relevant descriptions. A Bookworm favourite. ​
Little House on the Prairie
Published: 1935
Author: E. Nesbit
Bookworm Rating: 5 stars
Age Rating: 6+
Average Size: 270 pages
Laura Ingalls and her family leave behind their life in the The Big Woods and journey across late 1860s America to find a new home on the Kansas Prairie.
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Little House on the Prairie is an autobiographical novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The novel is the third installment in a series of eight books, and covers the family's attempt to settle in Osage territory.
In 2012, Little House on the Prairie ranked number 27 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Combining descriptive prowess with simple storytelling, the Bookworm gives Little House on the Prairie a rating of 6+.