Greta is currently raving about The Fleurville Trilogy (translated from French), and her other recent faves would of course be the Ramona series & Judy Moody. We both love books by David Almond too (My Dad’s a Birdman especially) & anything from the New York Review Children’s collection – delightful.

PS: i love the tones on your pics. are your actions???

There’s this author called Susie Morgenstern. She’s american but wrote most of her books in French but I think some were translated. I think they’ll be age appropriate for Gemma in a couple of years (9yo and up) if you want to keep that reference under your belt. Beautiful stories with a lot of heart and soul. My all times favorite of her is “Secret letters from 0 to 10.”

As for Miss Gemma of the sensitive soul, loves to read variety, right now (or soon) I would recommend Ida B by Katherine Hannigan. It’s about a girl about Gemma’s age who has to deal with a whole lot of change in her life when her mom is diagnosed with cancer. It is very well written and wonderful. Two other series that I devoured when I was Gemma’s age are The Little House on the Prairie books and Ramona by Beverly Cleary.

And when she’s a little older, Anne of Green Gables, anything by John Green (well, maybe when she is 12), and Jerry Spinelli. Also, Robin McKinnley, who retells fairy tales in a delightful way (but more aimed at teenagers, probably)

My son Josh (also 4) loves his bedtime story time too. We always go back to these favourites:
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- Mog and the V.E.T
- Bushranger Bill
- The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters
- The Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster

I still have many of my books when I was a kid.

Like you, I wanted my son to be a book lover. Luckily he is now.

He’s 11 and loves Nightmare Academy books by Dean Lorey. He’s been through a Beast Quest stage. He’s also into wildlife and nature non-fiction books.

And he’s also into writing his own stuff.