Waverley Children's Library - Reading Lists

Authors for readers 8-12 yrs

Authors for readers 12 yrs + 

Basketball

Children with special needs

Grandparents

Newbery Medal Winning Books

Passover

Survival Stories - 12 Yrs +

Time Travel - Up to 8 yrs

Time Travel - 8-12 yrs

Suggested authors for readers 8 to 12 years

AUTHOR

COUNTRY

SUBJECTS OF BOOKS

Joan AIKEN

British

Adventure; fantasy; ghosts

Vivian ALCOCK

British

Ghosts

Lloyd ALEXANDER

American

Fantasy

Allan BAILLIE

Scottish

Adventure

Nina BAWDEN

British

Family;survival, war

Judy BLUME

American

Family life, growing up

Enid BLYTON

British

Adventure, mystery, school life

Betsy BYARS

American

Family life, mystery

John CHRISTOPHER

British

Science fiction

Beverly CLEARY

American

Family life

Ilene COOPER

American

Family life, growing up

Susan COOPER

British

Fantasy

Helen CRESSWELL

British

Family life

Gillian CROSS

British

School life

Karen CUSHMAN

American

Historical

Paula DANZIGER

American

Family life

Barthe DE CLEMENTS

American

Family life, school

Anne DIGBY

British

School life

Ursula DUBOSARSKY

Australian

Family life

Anne FINE

British

Family life

Nicholas FISK

British

Science fiction

Thurley FOWLER

Australian

Family life

Jackie FRENCH

Australian

Fantasy, short stories

Simon FRENCH

Australian

School, family life

Leon GARFIELD

British

Historical fiction

Alan GARNER

British

Fantasy, family life

Morris GLEITZMAN

Australian

Family relationships

Libby GLEESON

Australian

Family life, humour

Constance C. GREENE

American

Family life, growing up

Elizabeth Starr HILL

American

Theatre

Odo HIRSCH

Australian

Family life

Helen HOKE

American

Supernatural

Johanna HURWITZ

American

School, family life

Paul JENNINGS

British

Humour; mystery

Captain W.E. JOHNS

British

Adventure

Gene KEMP

British

School

Dick KING-SMITH

British

Animal stories

Robin KLEIN

Australian

Family life, growing up

Margot LANAGAN

Australian

Fantasy

Madeleine L’ENGLE

American

Fantasy, science fiction

C S LEWIS

Irish

Fantasy

Lois LOWRY

American

Family life

Colleen O’Shaughnessy MCKENNA

American

Family life

Geoffrey McSKIMMING

Australian

Adventure

Margaret MAHY

New Zealander

Fantasy, supernatural

Jan MARK

British

Short stories

Sophie MASSON

Indonesian

Fantasy, life

Anthony MASTERS

British

Ghosts, conservation, mystery

William MAYNE

British

General

L.M. MONTGOMERY

Canadian

Family life

Phyllis Reynolds NAYLOR

American

Growing up, family life

Mary NORTON

British

Fantasy

Sally ODGERS

Australian

General

Wendy ORR

Canadian

General

Katherine PATERSON

American

General

Phillipa PEARCE

British

Ghost stories, general

K. M. PEYTON

British

Horses

Joan PHIPSON

Australian

General

Roy POND

African

Computers, thriller, adventure

Willard PRICE

American

Adventure

Christine PULLEIN-THOMPSON

British

Horse and pony stories

Diana PULLEIN-THOMPSON

British

Horse and pony stories

Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON

British

Horse and pony stories

Phillip RIDLEY

British

Fantasy

Nancy K. ROBINSON

American

Family life

Emily RODDA

Australian

Fantasy

Gillian RUBINSTEIN

British

Short stories, fantasy

Catherine SEFTON

Irish

Life, ghost stories

Moya SIMONS

Australian

Family life

Lemony SNICKET

American

Comedy

Zilpha Keatley SNYDER

American

General

Ivan SOUTHALL

Australian

Adventure, general

Elenor SPENCE

Australian

Life

Jerry SPINELLI

American

Science fiction, fantasy

Mary STEELE

American

Life

Joyce STRANGER

British

Horses

Noel STREATFIELD

British

Ballet stories, life

Rosemary SUTCLIFF

British

General

Robert SWINDELS

British

General

Colin THIELE

Australian

General

Jean URE

British

Ballet stories, life

Robert WESTALL

British

Cats, war

Laura Ingalls WILDER

American

Frontier and pioneer life

Nadia WHEATLEY

Australian

Life

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