Every Child's Library Survey

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* 1. The best picture books!

Possum Magic by Mem Fox & Julie Vivas

Where's Spot? by Eric Hill

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

The Magic Beach by Alison Lester

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd

The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen

Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker

The Jolly Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram

John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagner & Ron Brooks

Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin

Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement

Somebody's Land by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing & David Hardy

Anything by Dr Seuss!

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy.

Other (please specify)

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* 2. The best books for younger readers!

The Muddleheaded Wombat by Ruth Park & Noela Young

Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs

The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay

Peter Pan by J M Barrie

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Any books by Roald Dahl!

Charlotte's Web by E B White

Animalia by Graeme Base

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis

Once by Morris Gleitzman

Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien

Holes by Louis Sachar

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What about some iconic series?

'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman

'Harry Potter' series by J K Rowling

'Treehouse' series by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

'Percy Jackson' series by Rick Riordan

'The Deltora Quest' series by Emily Rodda

'Tashi' series by Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg

''Alice-Miranda' series by Jacqueline Harvey

'The Billie B Brown' series by Sally Rippin

'The Famous Five' series by Enid Blyton

'The Secret Seven' series by Enid Blyton

'The Magic Faraway Tree' series by Enid Blyton

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' by Jeff Kinney

'Clarice Bean' by Lauren Child

'Asterix' by René Goscinny

'TinTin' by Herge

'My Naughty Little Sister' by Dorothy Edwards

'Ranger’s Apprentice' by John Flanagan

'Moomin Trolls' by Tove Jansson

Other (please specify)

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* 4. And don't forget about non-fiction! What are your favourites?

Finding Our Heart: A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor & Blak Douglas

Welcome To Country by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy

The Story of Australia: For the Young (and the Curious) by Don Watson

Explore Your World: #1 Weird, Wild, Amazing! by Prof. Tim Flannery & Sam Caldwell

Explore Your World: #2 Deep Dive into Deep Sea by Prof. Tim Flannery & Sam Caldwell

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly

Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle

Took the Children Away by Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter

There's a Zoo in My Poo by Felice Jacka & Rob Craw

How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Awesome Structures by Roma Agrawal & Katie Hickey

My Place by Nadia Wheatley & Donna Rawlins

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst

Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story by Joanna Grochowicz

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World: Illustrated Edition by Peter Frankopan

'Horrible Histories' series by Terry Deary

Everest: Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by Alexandra Stewart, Joe Todd-Stanton and Illustrated by Ranulph Fiennes

Other (please specify)