Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 6-9) Bargain Book Box SP4156

Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 6-9) Bargain Book Box SP4156

Eighteen chapter books for a girl who’s just started reading alone: two Dork Diaries, EJ12, Rainbow Magic, Go Girl, Airy Fairy, Clementine Rose three-in-one, Saddle Club, two Holly Webb animal books, two Libby Gleesons, Pippi Longstocking, Letty on the Land, Magic School Bus, Secret Seven, and two Roald Dahls.

1. Skating on Sand — Libby Gleeson — Hannah wants to roller-skate and lives at the beach, where there’s nothing but sand. Ann James’s pictures; Gleeson’s warm, small Australian story.
2. Airy Fairy: Magic Mischief! — Margaret Ryan — Airy Fairy’s spells go wrong at fairy school, and the Christmas tree is the latest casualty. First in the series.
3. Go Girl!: Sleep Over! — Rowan McAuley — A first sleepover, a best friend, and the moment at midnight when you want to go home. The Australian series for girls stepping up from readers.
4. Esio Trot — Roald Dahl — Mr Hoppy loves Mrs Silver, Mrs Silver loves her tortoise Alfie, and his plan involves 140 tortoises and a spell written backwards. Short, sweet, and funnier than it sounds. Quentin Blake.
5. Fantastic Mr Fox — Roald Dahl — Three farmers dig up the whole hill to get Mr Fox, and he digs down into their chicken houses instead. The best read-aloud on the shelf. Young Puffin Modern Classics.
6. Animal Magic: Hamstermagic — Holly Webb — Lottie’s uncle’s pet shop has animals that talk, and a hamster with a secret. Webb for the animal-mad reader.
7. Dork Diaries: Pop Star — Rachel Renée Russell — Nikki’s band enters a talent contest and MacKenzie, of course, sabotages it. Book three.
8. Our Australian Girl: Letty on the Land — Alison Lloyd — 1841: Letty, a convict’s daughter, on a farm in the colony. Book three of Letty’s story in the Our Australian Girl series.
9. The Magic School Bus Chapter Book: Polar Bear Patrol — The class goes to the Arctic to study polar bears. Science inside the story.
10. Hannah Plus One — Libby Gleeson — Hannah’s mum is having twins and Hannah has opinions. CBCA Honour Book, Ann James pictures.
11. The Secret Seven — Enid Blyton — The one that started it: a shed, a password, and a sleigh track in the snow that leads to a house where someone is being held. Everything that makes the series work is in this first book.
12. The Saddle Club: Stray Horse — Bonnie Bryant — A stray horse at Pine Hollow and the three girls who want to keep it. TV tie-in edition.
13. Pippi Longstocking — Astrid Lindgren — Pippi lives alone with a horse and a monkey, lifts policemen over her head and has a suitcase of gold. The World of Astrid Lindgren edition with Mini Grey’s drawings.
14. EJ12 Girl Hero: Fashion Fraud — Susannah McFarlane — Emma Jacks, shy ten-year-old, is secret agent EJ12, and this mission is in Paris. One of the most-loved Australian series for girls.
15. Rainbow Magic: Bethany the Ballet Fairy — Daisy Meadows — The first Dance Fairy, with Jack Frost’s goblins stealing the ribbon. The series that gets girls reading alone.
16. Dork Diaries — Rachel Renée Russell — Nikki Maxwell starts at a new school on a scholarship, and the popular girl is MacKenzie. The first Dork Diaries.
17. Smudge the Stolen Kitten — Holly Webb — A kitten, a cat-napper, and Olivia who has to get Smudge back. Webb’s animal stories in the pet-photo covers.
18. Clementine Rose Collection Two — Jacqueline Harvey — Three books in one: Clementine, her teacup pig Lavender, and Penberthy House. From the Alice-Miranda author.