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Katherine Applegate
A family under financial pressure is at the heart of this story. Jackson’s imaginary cat brings humour and companionship as he faces the possibility that his family’s housing troubles may return.
Liza Donnelly
A playful, repetitive family comedy centres on a child whose extraordinary claims are ignored until events prove her right. The animals, feeding, busy relatives, and final revelation create opportunities for prediction and shared laughter.
F. R. Hitchcock
A lively, fast-moving adventure blends slapstick humour with the playful fascination of miniature things. Its central appeal lies in the collision between an ordinary boy’s unusual power and consequences he cannot control, alongside friendship and school tensions.
Monica Brown
Choose this for a short introduction to Gabriela Mistral, especially if the child enjoys poetry, languages, imaginative pictures or stories about how childhood interests can develop into creative and educational work.
Julie Andrews, Julie Edwards
This is an imaginative quest with playful creatures and a strong emphasis on noticing the world, stretching imagination and remaining open to discovery. Its genetics strand adds moral complexity beyond the fantasy adventure.
Johanna Bell
This is an inviting, fact-rich beach exploration book: a repeated search pattern encourages participation, while illustrations and tucked-away information reward close observation. The final foldout shifts discovery towards imagination.
Brendan Wenzel
Choose this for a reflective shared read about sunlight, living things and big questions. Its strongest experience is visual: children can trace connections across scenes and wonder aloud rather than follow a conventional plot.
Melissa Albert
A dark, atmospheric fantasy for readers who enjoy folklore, mystery and psychological unease. Alice’s search for her mother carries questions about trust, belonging and who has the right to shape a story.
Zanib Mian
A lively school-and-family story about handling change, friendship and unfair treatment through humour and imagination. Omar’s Muslim identity is part of everyday life, not a separate lesson.
Katherine Paterson
This is an emotionally serious friendship story rather than a straightforward adventure. Its imagined kingdom, school conflicts and family pressures lead into an unsoftened account of bereavement.
David Almond
This is a mysterious, emotionally serious novel about a child helping a strange being while his family faces a baby’s dangerous illness. Its imaginative uncertainty and lyrical language may appeal to readers who enjoy stories that leave some questions open.
Chris Riddell
Expect a surreal bedtime adventure rather than a conventional quest. The emperor moves through an imaginative landscape of bedroom-inspired objects, searches for a scarf, encounters dragons and eventually returns to bed.
Joseph Coelho
Choose this for shared, lively poetry reading: it combines performance, humour and imaginative wordplay with opportunities to experiment with poetic forms and invent poems together.
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