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Age 8

Hand-picked Books for 8-year-olds

Worlds to disappear into for whole afternoons. The books bookworms talk about at school.

623 books for 8-year-olds

The Area 51 Files

Julie Buxbaum

The Battle for Roar

Jenny McLachlan

The Battle of Bubble and Squeak

Philippa Pearce

The Beak Speaks

Jeremy Strong

The Beast and the Bethany

Jack Meggitt-Phillips

The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep

Emily-Jane Clark

The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Rise of the Zombie Pigs

Emily-Jane Clark

The BFG

Roald Dahl

The Book Smugglers

Anna James

The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond

Amy Sparkes

The Boy in the Dress

David Walliams

The Boy Who Flew with Dragons

Andy Shepherd

The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous

David Baddiel

The Boy Who Grew Dragons

Andy Shepherd

The Boy Who Lived with Dragons

Andy Shepherd

The Boy Who Made the World Disappear

Ben Miller

The Boy Who Sang with Dragons

Andy Shepherd

The Boy Who Stole the Pharaoh’s Lunch

Karen McCombie

The Chicken Gave it to Me

Anne Fine

The Christmas Carrolls

Mel Taylor-Bessent

The Christmas Pig

J.K. Rowling

The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian

C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia – The Horse and His Boy

C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia – The Last Battle

C. S. Lewis
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