Editorial

Answers for bookworm parents, by an English teacher

Recommendations and answers to the reading-life questions parents ask — from an English teacher who curates every book in the Little Reads library.

Adventure

Best books for a long car journey (ages 9–11)

“Are we there yet?” A question banned on long car journeys up to Scotland when I was a kid. We were one of those families where the only person allowed to talk was the radio. Everything else was banned. Thank goodness I had my Walkman, a stack of books, and a generous supply of cheese […]

7 min readUpdated May 2026

Fantasy

What to read after Harry Potter (for the child who wants more of the same magic)

Butterbeer. The Hogwarts Express. Quidditch. Hedwig. Privet Drive. Honestly, even just typing those words has set off a wave of childhood nostalgia. I’m of the age where we queued outside WHSmith for the next book. I’d dodge certain people at school so I didn’t catch a spoiler. And I’d get the most FOMO when my […]

10 min readUpdated May 2026

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