Recommended reading | Slippery Snake

Usually the recommended reading lists refer to child’s age and ability to read. Here we suggest you a list of British and world literature classics and you may choose either adapted versions from Ladybird, Usborne Young Reading, etc. or full original stories which would suit 10 – 14 year olds. Reading is very beneficial for children. It helps to form their views, develop personality. Also reading:

Is is an active mental process: Unlike sitting in front of the idiot box (TV), reading makes you use your brain.
Reading improves your vocabulary.
Gives you a glimpse into other cultures and places of the world. It is a brilliant tool to learn and understand history!
Improves concentration and focus.
Builds self-esteem: The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become. With more knowledge comes more confidence.
Improves memory.
Improves your discipline.
Improves creativity.
You always have something to talk about.

Famous British authors	Famous authors from the rest of the world
Ashley Bernard – Johnnie’s Blitz - 1995 Ballantyne Robert Michael – The Coral Island – 1857 Barrie James Matthew – Peter Pan - 1904 Bawden Nina – Carrie’s War – 1973 Blackmore Richard Doddridge – Lorna Doone – 1869 Burnett Frances Hodgson – A Little Princess – 1905 Burnett Frances Hodgson – Little Lord Fauntleroy – 1886 Burnett Frances Hodgson – The Secret Garden – 1911 Carroll Lewis – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 1865 Carroll Lewis – Through the Looking Glass – 1871 Dahl Roald – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 1964 Dahl Roald – Witches – 1983 Defoe Daniel – Robinson Crusoe – 1719 Dickens Charles – Oliver Twist – 1846 Dickens Charles – David Copperfield – 1850 Doyle Arthur Conan – The Lost World – 1912 Grahame Kenneth – The Wind in the Willows – 1908 Haggard Henry Rider – King Solomon’s Mines – 1885 Kipling Rudyard – The Jungle Book – 1894 Leeson Robert – Red, White and Blue: Finding Out the Hard Way Leeson Robert – Tom’s War Patrol Leeson Robert – Tom’s Private War – 1998 MacDonald George – At the Back of the North Wind – 1871 MacDonald George – The Princess and the Goblin – 1871 Morpurgo Michael – Billy the Kid - 2000 Nesbit Edith – The Railway Children – 1906 Nesbit Edith – The Story of the Treasure Seekers – 1899 Norton Mary – The Borrowers – 1952 Ridley Philip – Scribbleboy – 1997 Scott Walter – Ivanhoe – 1819 Sewell Anna – Black Beauty – 1877 Stevenson Robert Louis – Kidnapped – 1886 Stevenson Robert Louis – Treasure Island – 1883 Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris - Beyond the Deepwoods – 1998 Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris - Stormchaser – 1999 Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris – Midnight Over Sanctaphrax – 2000 Swindells Robert– Hurricane Summer – 1997 Tolkien John Ronald Reuel – The Hobbit – 1937 Turnbull Ann – No Friend of Mine Turnbull Ann – A Long Way Home Walsh Jill Paton – Fireweed – 1970 Walsh Jill Paton – The Dolphin Crossing – 1969	Alcott Louisa May– Little Women – 1868 Baum Lyman Frank – The Wonderfull Wizard of Oz – 1900 Dodge Mary Mapes – Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates – 1865 Dumas Alexandre – The Three Musketeers – 1844 Gripe Maria – Hugo and Josephine – 1969 Harris Joel Chandler – Nights with Uncle Remus – 1883 Hautzig Esther – The Endless Steppe – 1968 Kerr Judith – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – 1971 Lindgren Astrid – Emil of Lönneberga – 1963 Lindgren Astrid – Pippi Longstocking – 1945 Lindgren Astrid - The Brothers Lionheart – 1973 London Jack – The Call of the Wild – 1903 London Jack – White Fang – 1906 May Karl - Winnetou – 1842 Montgomery Lucy Maud – Anne of Green Gables – 1908 Porter Eleanor Hodgman – Pollyanna – 1913 Preußler Otfried – The Little Ghost – 1966 Preußler Otfried – The Robber Hotzenplotz – 1962 Pyle Howard – King Arthur and His Knights – 1903 Pyle Howard – The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 1883 Saint-Exupéry Antoine de – The Little Prince – 1943 Salten Felix – Bambi. A Life in the Woods – 1923 Spyri Johanna – Heidi – 1880 Stowe Harriet Beecher - Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 1852 Swift Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels – 1726 Turner Ethel – Seven Little Australians – 1894 Twain Mark – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 1884 Twain Mark – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – 1876 Twain Mark – The Prince and the Pauper – 1881 Verne Jules – Around the World in Eighty Days – 1873 Verne Jules – A Journey to the Center of the Earth – 1864 Verne Jules – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – 1870 Wiggin Kate Douglas – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm – 1903 Wilde Oscar – The Happy Prince and Other Tales – 1888 Wyss Johann Rudolf – The Swiss Family Robinson – 1813

Famous British authors

Famous authors from the rest of the world

Ashley Bernard – Johnnie’s Blitz - 1995
Ballantyne Robert Michael – The Coral Island – 1857
Barrie James Matthew – Peter Pan - 1904
Bawden Nina – Carrie’s War – 1973
Blackmore Richard Doddridge – Lorna Doone – 1869
Burnett Frances Hodgson – A Little Princess – 1905
Burnett Frances Hodgson – Little Lord Fauntleroy – 1886
Burnett Frances Hodgson – The Secret Garden – 1911
Carroll Lewis – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 1865
Carroll Lewis – Through the Looking Glass – 1871
Dahl Roald – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 1964
Dahl Roald – Witches – 1983
Defoe Daniel – Robinson Crusoe – 1719
Dickens Charles – Oliver Twist – 1846
Dickens Charles – David Copperfield – 1850
Doyle Arthur Conan – The Lost World – 1912
Grahame Kenneth – The Wind in the Willows – 1908
Haggard Henry Rider – King Solomon’s Mines – 1885
Kipling Rudyard – The Jungle Book – 1894
Leeson Robert – Red, White and Blue: Finding Out the Hard Way
Leeson Robert – Tom’s War Patrol
Leeson Robert – Tom’s Private War – 1998
MacDonald George – At the Back of the North Wind – 1871
MacDonald George – The Princess and the Goblin – 1871
Morpurgo Michael – Billy the Kid - 2000
Nesbit Edith – The Railway Children – 1906
Nesbit Edith – The Story of the Treasure Seekers – 1899
Norton Mary – The Borrowers – 1952
Ridley Philip – Scribbleboy – 1997
Scott Walter – Ivanhoe – 1819
Sewell Anna – Black Beauty – 1877
Stevenson Robert Louis – Kidnapped – 1886
Stevenson Robert Louis – Treasure Island – 1883
Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris - Beyond the Deepwoods – 1998
Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris - Stormchaser – 1999
Stewart Paul and Riddell Chris – Midnight Over Sanctaphrax – 2000
Swindells Robert– Hurricane Summer – 1997
Tolkien John Ronald Reuel – The Hobbit – 1937
Turnbull Ann – No Friend of Mine
Turnbull Ann – A Long Way Home
Walsh Jill Paton – Fireweed – 1970
Walsh Jill Paton – The Dolphin Crossing – 1969

Alcott Louisa May– Little Women – 1868
Baum Lyman Frank – The Wonderfull Wizard of Oz – 1900
Dodge Mary Mapes – Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates – 1865
Dumas Alexandre – The Three Musketeers – 1844
Gripe Maria – Hugo and Josephine – 1969
Harris Joel Chandler – Nights with Uncle Remus – 1883
Hautzig Esther – The Endless Steppe – 1968
Kerr Judith – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – 1971
Lindgren Astrid – Emil of Lönneberga – 1963
Lindgren Astrid – Pippi Longstocking – 1945
Lindgren Astrid - The Brothers Lionheart – 1973
London Jack – The Call of the Wild – 1903
London Jack – White Fang – 1906
May Karl - Winnetou – 1842
Montgomery Lucy Maud – Anne of Green Gables – 1908
Porter Eleanor Hodgman – Pollyanna – 1913
Preußler Otfried – The Little Ghost – 1966
Preußler Otfried – The Robber Hotzenplotz – 1962
Pyle Howard – King Arthur and His Knights – 1903
Pyle Howard – The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 1883
Saint-Exupéry Antoine de – The Little Prince – 1943
Salten Felix – Bambi. A Life in the Woods – 1923
Spyri Johanna – Heidi – 1880
Stowe Harriet Beecher - Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 1852
Swift Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels – 1726
Turner Ethel – Seven Little Australians – 1894
Twain Mark – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 1884
Twain Mark – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – 1876
Twain Mark – The Prince and the Pauper – 1881
Verne Jules – Around the World in Eighty Days – 1873
Verne Jules – A Journey to the Center of the Earth – 1864
Verne Jules – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – 1870
Wiggin Kate Douglas – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm – 1903
Wilde Oscar – The Happy Prince and Other Tales – 1888
Wyss Johann Rudolf – The Swiss Family Robinson – 1813