The Amazing Read

Great reads

The following titles are suggested books for children aged 5 to 12  years. Why not print the list and take to the library next time you visit? Visit your local public library and speak to the staff about books, resources, activities and programs that they have available for you as part of the Summer Reading Club and throughout the year.

To find your closest public library, check the directories below.

QLD     NSW     VIC     SA     ACT     NT     TAS     WA
Great Reads – 5-7 Year Olds
  • A Monster Wrote Me a Letter – Nick Bland
  • An Aussie Day Before Christmas – Kilmeny Niland
  • Christmas Night, Fair and Bright – Julie Stiegemeyer
  • Clancy the Courageous Cow – Lachie Hume
  • Crazy Hair – Neil Gaiman
  • Mutt Dog – Stephen Michael King
  • Nobody Owns the Moon – Tohby Riddle
  • One Blue Sock – Emily Ballou
  • Passing On – Mike Dumbleton and Terry Denton
  • Priscilla and the Great Santa Search – Jocelyn and Nathaniel Hobbie
  • Rascal’s Trick – Paul Jennings
  • Sunday Chutney – Aaron Blabey
  • The Giraffe Who Got In A Knot – John Bush and Paul Geraghty
  • The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
  • The Legend of the Golden Snail – Graeme Base
  • The Story About Ping – Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
  • The Terrible Plop – Ursula Dubosarsky
  • The Terrible Underpants – Kaz Cooke
  • Tom Tom – Rosemary Sullivan
  • Too Loud Lily – Sofie Laguna
  • Tough Boris – Mem Fox and Kathryn Brown
  • Why I Love Australia – Bronwyn Bancroft
  • Wombat Stew – Marcia Vaughan and Pamela Lofts
  • Zebra’s Hiccups – David McKee

 

Great Reads – 7-9 Year Olds
  • Black Dog – Pamela Allen
  • Brick-a-Breck – Julia Donaldson
  • Captain Abdul’s Pirate School – Colin McNaughton
  • Flotsam and Jetsam – Tanya Landman
  • Invisible Stanley – Jeff Brown and Scott Nash
  • Madame Pamplemouse and Her Incredible Edibles – Rupert Kingfisher
  • Nim’s Island – Wendy Orr
  • One Small Island – Alison Lester
  • Sand Swimmers – Narelle Oliver
  • Star Jumps – Lorraine Marwood
  • Stunt Bunny: Showbiz Sensation – Tamsyn Murray
  • The Cat on the Mat is Flat – Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  • The Folk of the Faraway Tree – Enid Blyton
  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
  • The Homework Machine – Dan Gutman
  • The Lighthouse Keeper’s Christmas – Ronda and David Armitage
  • The Magic Paintbrush – Julia Donaldson and Joel Stewart
  • The Owl Tree – Jenny Nimmo
  • The Paper Bag Princess – Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko
  • The Tuckshop Kid – Pat Flynn
  • The Stone Mouse – Jenny Nimmo
  • Zac Power Test Drive – HI Larry
  • Zelda and Ivy – Laura McGee Kvasnosky

 

Great Reads – 9-12 Year Olds
  • Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
  • Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls – Meg Cabot
  • Cicada Summer – Kate Constable
  • Death by Eggplant – Susan Heyboer
  • Deep Water – Ann Turnball
  • Deltora Quest – Emily Rodda
  • Dog 37 – Johnny Danalis
  • Dog Tales – Emily Rodda
  • George’s Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
  • Horrendo’s Curse – Anna Fienberg
  • Jack Stalwart – Elizabeth Singer Hunt
  • Raven’s Mountain – Wendy Orr
  • Roland Wright, Brand New Page – Tony Davis
  • Rose – Holly Webb
  • Swashbuckler – James Moloney
  • The Clockwork Three – Matthew Kirby
  • The Clockwork Forest – Doug McLeod
  • The Day My Bum Went Psycho – Andy Griffiths
  • The Longest Whale Song – Jacqueline Wilson
  • The Museum of Mary Childs – Cassandra Gold
  • The Snow Spider Trilogy – Jenny Nimmo
  • The Story of the Orchestra – Robert Levine
  • The Tuckshop Kid – Pat Flynn
  • The Word Spy – Ursula Dubosarsky