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best books for fans of the 13 storey treehouse

If you like the 13-Storey Treehouse Series, try these…

The Treehouse books form an enormously popular children’s book series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. The series features a fun-loving pair of friends who live in an imaginative treehouse with lots of fun extra rooms. As the series progresses, the treehouse expands and before long contains everything from a movie theatre, dinosaur petting zoo, marshmallow-toasting volcano and a ninja snail academy. Highly illustrated with comic-style line drawings, treehouse diagrams and speech bubbles, these books are popular with children aged 7 to 10. The high image-to-text ratio coupled with its wacky sense of humour have helped the series to earn its reputation for hooking children into reading.

It’s no surprise that many teachers and parents whose children are hooked ask us for what to read next after the Treehouse books. We’ve put together a list of ten books like the 13 Storey Treehouse. Readers who love getting silly with the absurd humour of the Treehouse stories could also try Dave Pigeon or Bunny vs Monkey. For children looking for more stories featuring plenty of comic-style line illustrations and not too much writing on each page, try Max and the Midknights or Murray and Bun. If you like laugh-out-loud action to entertain you while you read, try A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch and Fairy vs Wizard, or you might like to try the graphic novels Stitch Head or Peng and Spanners.

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best books for children who love you chooseIf you’re looking for books like You Choose, try these…

The You Choose books have seen enormous popularity and are well-loved by children because of the premise of letting the reader choose items from an appealing illustrated scene on each page. Readers are invited to select their favourite food, destination, clothing, hobby and family from a mix of plausible and not-so-plausible cartoon options, illustrated by the inimitable Nick Sharratt. These engaging books have mileage to be read over and over again, and children love interacting with them together with friends or family as they discuss their choices.

Although there is nothing that can quite take the place of these fantastically engaging books, we’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of You Choose. Children looking for more books that put readers’ decisions at the heart might like to try Pick a Story or Which Food Will You Choose. For more books with pages filled with a multitude of smaller pictures to pore over and choose between, try the transport-themed We Catch the Bus or Why Do We Wear Clothes?. If you’re searching for more read-it-again books with interactive mix-and-match elements try Mixed Up Fairy Tales or Story Path, or for a simple this-or-that discussion, dive into all the fun of John Burningham’s Would You Rather.

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best books for fans of daisy by kes grayIf you like Daisy by Kes Gray, try these…

The Daisy and the Trouble With… books by Kes Gray are a hit with younger readers getting to grips with the independent reading of chapter books. Children enjoy the funny, illustrated adventures recounting the ups and downs of Daisy’s life as she gives her take on visits to the zoo, going on holiday, having a birthday or taking part in sports day. Mishaps seem to follow Daisy wherever she goes and she finds herself in plenty of sticky situations to sort out. Kes Gray’s line illustrations add a familiar warmth and humour to these popular chapter books.

We’ve put together a list of ten similar books for fans of the Daisy books. Readers who love the humour of well-meaning mischief and misadventure might enjoy the madcap babysitter in Marge in Charge or the Naughtiest Unicorn series. If you are looking for another highly collectable series after Daisy, try Anisha Accidental Detective or The Naughtiest Girl. For those looking for a brand new adventure coupled with plenty of fun illustrations alongside the story, try Rainbow Grey or Sophy Henn’s super-cool Pizazz series. Finally, for another story with a feisty female lead at its centre, try The Princess Rules or Leonora Bolt.

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best books for fans of goosebumps
If you like Goosebumps, try these…

The Goosebumps books by R. L. Stine first rose to popularity in the 1990s. In recent years, the comedy-horror genre has grown in traction again in the Middle Grade (ages 8-12) book market and a new run of Goosebumps books has been printed, combining popular favourites from the original series with some newly written stories. The books are standalone adventures featuring children in spooky situations – from creepy encounters with puppets that come alive to garden gnomes that want to take over. The elements of horror in the books are tinged with an edge of comedy, usually with what starts as mildly scary situations escalating into ridiculously unrealistic outcomes.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of the Goosebumps books. Readers who love stories of children coming up against fantastical beasts and monsters might enjoy The Beast and Bethany or The Maker of Monsters. Children looking for more chilling horror stories should try Jennifer Killick’s hugely popular Crater Lake or The Haunting of Aveline Jones. For edge-of-your-seat fantasy thrillers that require readers to suspend their disbelief, try The Day No One Woke Up or Christopher Edge’s sci-fi themed The Black Hole Cinema Club.

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best books for fans of artemis fowlIf you like Artemis Fowl, try these…

The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer is loved by fans of action and fantasy. Filled with high-octane supernatural creatures (the author describes the premise as “Die Hard with Fairies”), the books follow the adventures of loveable young criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, who encounters fairy kidnappings, gangs of goblins and power-hungry pixies in his cunning underworld escapades.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of the Artemis Fowl books. Readers who love a twisted, action-filled take on the world of supernatural beings like elves and unicorns might enjoy Skandar and the Unicorn Thief or the Shadows of Winterspell. If you are looking for more high-octane adventure stories like Artemis Fowl, you might like to try Running Out of Time or the highly popular Percy Jackson series. For more stories of criminal masterminds, try the Crookhaven series or Skulduggery Pleasant. If you want to discover quests and battles in different cultural settings, visit Ancient China with the Dragon Mountain books or explore West African mythology with Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.

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books for fans of ultimate football heroesIf you like Ultimate Football Heroes, try these…

The Ultimate Football Heroes books score big with football-loving children in Key Stage 2.  With over 50 books in the collections, these biographies tell the life story of a famous footballer, covering the journey from each player’s earliest childhood moments to their latest successes on the pitch and beyond.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of Ultimate Football Heroes. Readers who enjoy discovering all the facts about real footballers might like Football School Star Players or Three Lionesses. If you want to get stuck into some gripping football-themed fiction, try Tom Palmer’s Football Academy series or I Am Lenny Brown. For interesting historical stories of footballers from the past, we recommend A Different Kind of Freedom or Respect: The Walter Tull Story. Children looking for a fun adventure series from a well-known football hero might like to try Marcus Rashford’s Breakfast Club Adventures. For more ideas, you can also check out our list of children’s books about football.

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books for children who love elmer

If you like Elmer, try these…

Making his first appearance in 1968, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant has been entertaining young readers for decades and remains one of the most iconic and well-known children’s book characters of all time. The Elmer stories feature a bright and multicoloured main character who inspires readers to embrace inclusivity, connect with friends and find joy in celebrating difference.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of Elmer. Readers looking for more stories about larger-than-life elephant characters might enjoy Ernest the Elephant or Lo Cole’s Doris. For more characters who love spreading colour and joy among their friends, try The Rainbow Fish or The Artist. Some readers want more books about celebrating individuality, and we recommend The Bumblebear or the classic Dogs Don’t Do Ballet.  If you’re searching for more fun EYFS stories about animal friends, try Lots of Dots or Giraffes Can’t Dance. You can also head over to our Animals topic booklist or our list of children’s books about colours.

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Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to DRAMA and RUNNING AROUND and even some FAINTING!
When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange noises in the ward at night, missing cuddly toys and a sandwich trolley that only ever has TUNA sandwiches. Could Maisie’s leg be CURSED? If it is, and it DEFINITELY IS, then everything is DOOMED!

Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.


If you like Percy Jackson, try these…

The Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan form a multi-million-selling series that has also been televised with Disney and is hugely popular in Key Stage 2 among fans of action and adventure. Percy Jackson’s modern world is turned upside down when he finds out he is descended from Greek gods. What follows is battles with monsters and epic quests in an action-packed series that merges Greek mythology with the modern world.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of the Percy Jackson books. Readers who love mythical beasts and fantastic creatures might enjoy trying Skandar and the Unicorn Thief or Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures and those who are inspired by Percy Jackson to get stuck into more Ancient Greek mythology might like Tales of the Greek Heroes or Who Let the Gods Out.

Readers looking for another collectable action series after Percy Jackson should try the Artemis Fowl books or Michelle Paver’s prehistoric Wolf Brother series. For more quests and battles of good-versus-evil in different cultural settings, visit Ancient China with the Dragon Mountain books or explore West African mythology with Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.

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books for fans of dork diaries
If you like Dork Diaries, try these…

The bestselling Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell follows Nikki Maxwell as she documents the ups and downs of her teen years of life through diary entries and comic-style doodles. The stories cover familiar topics such as moving to a new school and navigating friendship groups, bullies and crushes. The Dork Diaries books have earned enormous popularity for their easy-to-read style, casual humour and relatable scenarios.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of Dork Diaries. Readers who love doodle-style diaries will enjoy trying the Lottie Brooks books or The Super Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson and those who want to get stuck into more stories of real-life drama like Dork Diaries will enjoy Maddy Yip’s Guide to Life and The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.

Readers looking for another collectable series after Dork Diaries should try the Anisha Accidental Detective books or for more stories to make them laugh out loud try Trixie Pickle Art Avenger or Danny Wallace’s The Boss of Everyone. If you like the high ratio of illustration to text found in Dork Diaries, you might like to try graphic novels like Roller Girl or Frankie’s World.

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