More Milly Molly Mandy
10 best books like More Milly Molly Mandy (Joyce Lankester Brisley): The Alley, What Katy Did, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, The Worst Witch, Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot, Swallows and Amazons, Stig of the Dump, The Twins at St Clare's, The Tiger Who Came to Tea
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
| ISBN | 0152049185 |
In the heart of Brooklyn, New York, there is an alley that is the most beautiful place to live in the whole wide world. Or so Connie Ives believes. The alley is the perfect location to sharpen Connie's swinging skills, hold practices for the Alley Conservatory of Music, and convict a burglar by trial.
From...
| Author | Susan Coolidge |
| ISBN | 0543904709 |
Twelve-year-old Katy is constantly making and quickly breaking resolutions about how she will change her ways and treat others, especially her five younger brothers and sisters, with more respect and compassion. When Katy meets her Cousin Helen, an invalid, Katy is awed by her kindness, prettiness,...
| Author | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| ISBN | 1934169234 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric Errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly...
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
| Author | Lynley Dodd |
| ISBN | 0670913502 |
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so I’ve decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my BEDTIME STORIES list.
I have a little boy...
| Author | Jill Murphy |
| ISBN | 0141319623 |
This is the perfect book for young reluctant readers.
It’s engaging, fun, fast-paced and actually a really great story. There’s a magic school, great friendship, antiheroes and a series of unfortunate events.
And let’s not forget the lovely illustrations. This is no Harry...
| Author | Alf Prøysen |
| ISBN | 0099380501 |
This isn't the first time I'm reading the stories of Teskedsgumman, but it's the first time I'm reading them for myself rather than having them being read to me. In this book, other stories are included as well - like one about abandoned toys coming to life one special night so that they can find their way...
Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003.
Swallows and Amazons, despite it being a popular old-fashioned children's book that almost every adult in England would have read, has never been on my radar and I don't think I'd ever even heard...
| Author | Clive King |
| ISBN | 0140364501 |
This book surprised me. I was expecting it to be a simple, fun, mildly enjoyable read, which I would have better appreciated had I read it at 9 years old (which is when everyone else seemed to read it). Instead, I was wowed by the levels of humour and social commentary and astute observation and depth within...
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0603559581 |
The Twins at St Clare's (St Clare's, #1), Enid Blyton
The Twins at St Clare's is a children's novel by Enid Blyton set in an English girls' boarding school. It is the first of the original six novels in the St. Clare's series of school stories. First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters...
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
| Author | Judith Kerr |
| ISBN | 0006640613 |
I learnt important life lessons from this book:
*Don't try to drink all the water from the tap
*Drinking tea from the pot via the spout gets you a mouth full of tea leaves
*A single tin of tiger food will fill you up as much as an entire household full of food
The story is a simple one - what...
Five on a Treasure Island
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0340796146 |
The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea....
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0749748001 |
Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the magic Faraway Tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends – Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man. Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land...
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0749732105 |
"A land at the top of a tree!" said Connie. "I don't believe a word of it."
Jo, Bessie and Fanny are fed up when Connie comes to stay - she's so stuck-up and bossy. But they don't let her stop them having fun with their tree-friends, Silky, Moon-Face and the Saucepan Man. Together they climb through...
I had almost forgotten just how good this is. Shirley Hughes manages to tread that fine line between emotionally affecting and twee without ever falling into the cutesy pie.
The story of how Dave loses his beloved Dogger was always a favourite, especially with daughter number one, who had her own...
| Author | Dorothy Edwards |
| ISBN | 1405202890 |
How did I never read this as a child? I'm trying to catch up on classics I someone missed, and this was on the list.
It's a very nostalgic read, but also timeless - small children will always be mischievous, get into scrapes, do naughty and greedy things, and probably after saying sorry, do something...
The last four gnomes in Britain live by a Warwickshire brook. But when one of them decides to go and explore and doesn't return, it's up to the remaining three to build a boat and set out to find him. This is the story of the gnomes' epic journey in search of Cloudberry and is set against the background of the...
| Author | Elinor M. Brent-Dyer |
| ISBN | 0006925170 |
Well, I've reread about ten of these today (not going to rate them all, thinking of your poor feeds), and I've only got about twenty in the series, which must contain over fifty books...
I tend to divide the copies I've got into two sets. The first set is the beginning of the school, which is a boarding...
First Term at Malory Towers
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0749744812 |
My mother was 3 years old when this book came out in 1946. Her copy was on my shelf as a child and after reading 20 or so Famous Five books I reluctantly picked it up, trusting Blyton to make even a girls' school interesting. I have vague memories of thinking it was OK.
I got my daughter Celyn the books...
