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The Five Children and It

by E Nesbit

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Our most recommended books

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

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The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien

Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl

The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame

Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
by Raymond Briggs

Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga