And some more, because I can’t help myself:
For some reason, when I was ten, I couldn’t get enough children’s books with jewish characters. My faves were: “Witch of 4th Street: And Other Stories” by Myron Levoy, “All-of-a-kind Family” by Sydney Taylor (this is a series), “Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories” by Isaac Bashevis Singer, “Carp in the Bathtub” by Barbara Cohen, and “The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia” by Esther Hautzig.
I also enjoyed British children’s literature- the aforementioned Arthur Ransome novels, Alan Garner’s “Elidor”, all of E. Nesbit’s fantasies, Enid Blyton (difficult to find in this country), and Susan Cooper’s “Dark is Rising” sequence.
Special mention must go to the books of Americans Edward Eager (”Half Magic” and many other fun fantasies) and Eleanor Estes (all good, but if “The Witch Family” doesn’t become your daughter’s favourite book, I’ll eat my pointy hat).
I’ll try and stop now.
Except I forgot to mention “The Egypt Game”. You have to read this one.
Oh! And “The Westing Game”! How could I forget....
(someone shut me up...darnit darnit...haven’t worked in a children’s library for a decade...must...stop....)
The books by Rosemary Sutcliffe.