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This list is not intended to be definitive. But we hope it will help you and your children and teenagers plunge in and develop your own tastes -
A regular series, covering everything from Dr Seuss to Rudyard Kipling -
Barkbelly, Little Darlings, You Have Ghost Mail and other great reads for this age group -
From these books it is no leap at all into the big pond of adult fiction, merely a swallow dive
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It is never too soon to buy your child's first book. Even the tiniest baby can learn about the world from looking at books and about language from hearing you read. These very first books will be as loved, misused and possibly as chewed as a teddy bear (many of the most popular titles now come in sturdy board versions) -
This is probably the most difficult age to choose for. There has been a huge boom in books for this age group; but sadly a very high proportion are not about reading but about learning to read, which is something entirely different -
This is the age at which reading starts to get interesting, both for you and them. Around now most children will be reading fluently on their own and will start to develop their own distinct taste in books, although, like aliens, yo-yos and skipping, particular writers go in and out of fashion in the playground
