We invited a panel of teachers, literacy and reading experts, book reviewers and editors – see right – to choose their top 11 best books for under 11s. From picture books to older fiction, together they make an exciting and varied list of recommended reads for children from three to 11.
Pie Corbett, educational writer and poet
Dogger
by Shirley Hughes (Red Fox)
The Hobbit
by JR Tolkien (HarperCollins)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by CS Lewis (HarperCollins)
Tom’s Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce (OUP)
Skellig
by David Almond (Hodder)
The Iron Man
by Ted Hughes (Faber & Faber)
Charlotte’s Web
by EB White (Puffin)
The Sheep Pig
by Dick King-Smith (Puffin)
Voices in the Park
by Anthony Browne (Corgi)
Mr Gumpy's Outing
by John Burningham (Red Fox)
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak (Bodley Head)
11 best books to read before you're 11
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