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The Sophie books by Dick King Smith – and other Dick King Smith books like The Sheep Pig Together with Blyton’s Adventure series, they were the books that made me into an independent reader, but they left my own children absolutely cold.
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#HURRAH FOR OLD NOSEY SERIES#
Lots of Rumer Godden (The Story of Holly and Ivy, The Diddakoi, The Doll’s House (oh! The Doll’s House), Miss Happiness and Miss FlowerĪny of the interminable but absolutely compelling Rainbow Magic series (made my own girls into independent readers, so I am forever grateful) Here are a few that immediately spring to mind.Īlmost anything by Roald Dahl, but The BFG would top my list. Upload Download Add to wardrobe 4px arm (Classic) Background British 33rd Regiment on Foot Gallerious. Of course there are other great books for seven year old girls that aren’t published by Nosy Crow. So, long after our blog post about Best Books for Seven Year Old Boys and after a recent bit of a controversy about whether it’s OK to designate books as ‘books for boys’ and ‘books for girls’ at all, (Krishnan Guru-Murthy) has asked on Twitter for recommendations of books for seven year-old girls.įor girls who like to draw, the Magical Mix-ups booksįor girls who (hooray!) still like picture books, The Princess and the Peas, Goldilocks and Just the One Bear, Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble and Whizz Pop, Granny Stop.Ī bit less girly, but bang on the nail for seven year-old readers is our Vulgar the Viking seriesĪnd The Grunts in Trouble would be a fun not-too-girly read-aloud book too.įinally, our Cinderella app entertains a lot of seven year-old girls too.