I own a seven year old girl who is turning into a voracious reader. Much more than her older brother, who was never too interested. She's currently on book 7 of the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Now I'm a big reader myself, mostly fantasy novels huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, the Discworld series (and a lot of trashy fantasy books as well…) but it's been more than a few years since I was seven. So while I'm sure that at her current rate of progression she'll be reading some of the books from my bookshelf in a couple of years, I'm not completely sure what books and/or authors would be around the same level as Narnia and suitable for her right now.
I'm very aware that while I would love her to read something the Hobbit shorter books are probably a much better idea. My partner is desperate to get her reading the Harry Potter series as I was never a huge fan, so she really wants to have someone else in the house she can talk about the books with. We're aware that will probably need saving for a bit later.
Obviously it doesn't need to be fantasy, that's just what I'm most familiar with. If we get suggestions like Jacqueline Wilsons books, then we'll absolutely grab some of those.
So please, offer me some suggestions so I can start building up my little girls book shelf!
by thechosengobbo