Books, books, books!

So I like books. A lot. In fact, if I was allowed I would probably marry a book. But then I'd have to choose which book and it would be horrid and tricky.

Here are a few of my favourites (which I can just about choose - I'm incredibly indecisive...)


TOP 5 illustrated books from when I was little:

1. You're a Hero Daley B! by Jon Blake and Axel Scheffler (Walker Books)
2. Sally and the Limpet by Simon James (Walker Books)
3. Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten by Bob Graham (Walker Books)
4. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram (Walker Books)
5. Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)


TOP 5 illustrated books from now (nearly grown-up age):

1. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Walker Books)
2. Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts (Abrams)
3. Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight (Simon and Schuster)
4. Maude The Not-So-Noticeable Shrimpton by Lauren Child and Trisha Krauss (Puffin)
5. The Bear's Sea Escape by Benjamin Chaud (Chronicle Books)


TOP 5 middle grade books from when I was little:

1. The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Egmont)
2. Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan)
3. The Sophie Stories by Dick King-Smith (Walker Books)
4. Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds (Walker Books)
5. ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING BY JAQUELINE WILSON


TOP 5 middle grade books from now (getting closer to grown-up age):

1. The Undrowned Child by Michelle Lovric (Orion)
2. The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne (Doubleday)
3. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling (Bloomsbury)
4. Waffle Hearts by Maria Parr (Walker Books)
5. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner (Orion)


TOP 5 young adult books from now, because, you know, I am a young adult:

1. Vango: Between Sky and Earth & Vango: A Prince Without a Kingdom by Timothee de Fombelle (Walker Books)
2. Vivian Versus the Apocalypse by Katie Coyle (Hot Key Books)
3. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (Walker Books)
4. I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson (Walker Books)
5. The Savages & American Savage by Matt Whyman (Hot Key Books)


TOP 5 grown-up books to re-read when I am a bit more grown-up:

1. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Vintage)
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Black Swan)
3. The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Simon and Schuster)
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl (Penguin)

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