Age 7+

Seriously Good Series

Baby Aliens

by Pamela Buchart

Follow the lively and often hilarious adventures of Izzy, her friends and Izzy’s vivid imagination.

• Book 1: Baby Aliens Got My Teacher
• Book 2: The Spy Who Loved School Dinners
• Book 3: My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat
• Book 4: The Demon Dinner Ladies
• Book 5: To Wee or Not to Wee
• Book 6: There’s a Werewolf in my Tent
• Book 7: The Phantom Lollipop Man
• Book 8: There’s a Yeti in the Playground
• Book 9: Icarus was Ridiculous

How To Train Your Dragon

by Cressida Cowellwell

Set in a mythical Viking world this series of books follows the main character Hiccup and his challenge to become a hero, “the hard way”. This is a funny, quirky series full of adventure and dragons.

• Book 1: How to Train Your Dragon
• Book 2: How to Be a Pirate
• Book 3: How to Speak Dragonese
• Book 4: How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse
• Book 5: How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale
• Book 6: A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons
• Book 7: How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm
• Book 8: How to Break a Dragon’s Heart
• Book 9: How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword
• Book 10: How to Seize a Dragon’s Jewel
• Book 11: How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero
• Book 12: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
• How to Train Your Dragon: Incomplete book of Dragons

Amelia Fang

by Laura Ellen Anderson

These beautifully illustrated books tell the story of a little vampire girl Amelia Fang who lives in the world of Nocturnia with her pet pumpkin Squashy. It is a dark and gloomy world where glitter and unicorns are frightening but monsters and beasts are the norm. We follow Amelia and her friends on their adventures. Cute in a beastly, monstrous way.

• Book 1: Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball
• Book 2: Amelia Fang and the Unicorn Lords
• Book 3: Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief
• Book 4: Amelia Fang and the Half-Moon Holiday
• Book 6: Amelia Fang and the Naughty Caticorns
• Book 7: Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads

World Book Day Book: Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang

Ottoline

by Chris Riddell

Ottoline and her hairy, bog creature friend Mr Munroe embark on various adventures as they solve mysteries in this highly illustrated, fun and easy to read books.

• Book 1: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
• Book 2: Ottoline Goes to School
• Book 3: Ottoline at Sea:
• Book 4: Ottoline and the Purple Fox

Phoebe And Her Unicorn

by Dana Simpson

Set in a mythical Viking world this series of books follows the main character Hiccup and his challenge to become a hero, “the hard way”. This is a funny, quirky series full of adventure and dragons.

• Book 1: Phoebe and Her Unicorn
• Book 2: Unicorn on a Roll
• Book 3: Unicorn vs Goblins
• Book 4: Razzle Dazzle Unicorn
• Book 5: Unicorn Crossing
• Book 6: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in the Magic Storm
• Book 7: Unicorn of Many Hats
• Book 8: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theatre
• Book 9: Today I’ll Be a Unicorn
• Book 10: Unicorn Bowling
• Book 11: The Unicorn Whisperer
• Book 12: Camping with Unicorns

Spiderwick Chronicles

by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black

The Spiderwick Chronicles follow the adventures of the Grace children. The siblings move to the Spiderwick Estate and discover a strange old book which used to belong to their Great Uncle and draws them into adventures involving fairies, goblins, elves and other creatures.

• Book 1: The Field Guide
• Book 2: The Seeing Stone
• Book 3: Lucinda’s Secret
• Book 4: The Ironwood Tree
• Book 5: The Wrath of Mulgarath

Goth Girl

by Chris Riddell

Goth Girl follows the adventures of Ada Goth, the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall where Ada finds herself surrounded by oddball characters and spooky mysteries to solve. Full of detailed illustrations and musical and literary references.

• Book 1: Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
• Book 2: Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death
• Book 2.5: Goth Girl and the Pirate Queen
• Book 3: Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright
• Book 4: Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony

The Worst Witch

by Jill Murphy

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle’s school for Witches. Although she is accident-prone and often tends to land herself in trouble, she is very likeable and works hard to pull herself out of whatever mess she finds herself in.

• Book 1: The Worst Witch
• Book 2: The Worst Witch Strikes Again
• Book 3: A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
• Book 4: The Worst Witch All At Sea
• Book 5: The Worst Witch Saves the Day
• Book 5: The Worst Witch to the Rescue
• Book 6: The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
• Book 7: First Prize for the Worst Witch

Football Academy

by Tom Palmer

These books follow a Premier League under-twelves team and the lives of its young players. Each book follows a different player, their footballing dreams and their challenges and achievements on and off the pitch.

• Book 1: Boys United
• Book 2: Striking Out
• Book 3: The Real Thing
• Book 4: Reading the Game
• Book 5: Free Kick
• Book 6: Captain Fantastic