Surrey


<p>Here, Mrs Jenny Bennett, the Librarian and Clubs Coordinator at <a href="https://www.rowanprepschool.co.uk/">Rowan Prep School </a>in Claygate, gives us her top choices for kids aged from 6 to 12 years.</p>



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<p><strong>Books for kids in Years 2 &amp; 3 (age 6+ )</strong></p>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/book_hotel-flamingo_alex-milway.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Hotel Flamingo</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Alex Milway</strong></p><p>The perfect series for children starting out on the chapter book journey, Hotel Flamingo is a delightful and fanciful tale that follows the adventures of Anna, a bright young girl who runs a hotel for animals.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/book_harper-and-the-scarlet-umbrella_cerrie-burnell.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Cerrie Burnell</strong></p><p>Good for new confident readers, this is the first in a series of four books about a girl called Harper who lives in the City of Clouds with her Great Aunt Sassy and her cat, Midnight. It&#8217;s a charming story, that&#8217;s beautifully written.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_gobbolino-the-witches-cat_ursula-moray-williams.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Gobbolino the Witch&#8217;s Cat</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Ursula Moray Williams</strong></p><p>A lovely classic tale that&#8217;s been a favourite for many generations of children &#8211; it&#8217;s about a little cat called Gobbolino, who doesn&#8217;t want to follow in the witchey paw prints of his mother.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_picklewitch-and-jack_claire-barker.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Picklewitch and Jack</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Claire Barker</strong></p><p>The first in Claire Barker&#8217;s series about brainbox Jack and a mischievous young witch is clever, very funny and at times touching, and touches on themes of friendship. It&#8217;s also beautifully illustrated.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_mr-majeika_humphrey-carpenter.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Mr Majeika</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Humphrey Carpenter</strong></p><p>A magical adventure for children who have developed reading fluency. It&#8217;s part of a series which revolves around an extraordinary teacher with magical powers.</p></div></div></div></div>



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<p><strong>Books for kids in Years 4 -6 (age 8+)</strong></p>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_the-children-of-castle-rock_natasha-farrant.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Children of Castle Rock</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Natasha Farrant</strong></p><p>Perfect for lovers of Enid Blyton novels, The Children of Castle Rock is both funny and heartfelt following the adventures of Alice Mistlethwaite who is shipped off to an unusual boarding school in Scotland.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_wonder_R-J-palacio.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Wonder</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By R J Palacio</strong></p><p>Year 5 pupils love this emotional story about a 10-year-old boy called August, or Auggie, with a worthy message about friendship and about not judging people by their looks.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_being-miss-nobody_tamsin-winter.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Being Miss Nobody</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Tamsin Winter</strong></p><p>A popular book among the Year 5 and Year 6 girls, it covers friendships and bullying issues. It&#8217;s about a girl called Rosalind who has selective mutism, which makes it hard for her to speak.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_a-place-called-perfect_helena-duggan.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">A Place Called Perfect</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Helena Duggan</strong></p><p>A creepy adventure story full of twists and turns about a girl called Violet who lives in a place called Perfect, were nothing is quite as it seems.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_the-midnight-guardians_ross-montgomery.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Midnight Guardians</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Ross Montgomery</strong></p><p>A mixture of historical fiction, myths and legends, and fantasy. It&#8217;s set during  the Blitz in World War Two and follows an evacuated boy, Col, as he races back to London to save his sister from a bombing raid &#8211; supported by his guardians, his childhood imaginary friends.  </p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_cool_michael-morpugo.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Cool!</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Michael Morpurgo</strong></p><p>Ideal for kids who like a quick read, this emotional short story is about a young boy who ends up in a coma after getting hit by a car.</p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://surrey.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/books_listen-to-the-moon_michael-morpugo.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Listen to the Moon</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p><strong>By Michael Morpurgo</strong></p><p>Set during the First World War, it&#8217;s the story of a girl who is stranded on the Scilly Isles and saved by a local family.</p></div></div></div></div>


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