5 Classic Children’s Reads for the Summer Holidays

With summer upon us, it’s time to start building up your bookshelves with some engaging reads for your children. With the summer holidays often being a time for travel and adventure, Fiona McKenzie of Gabbitas Middle East shares her top five classic children’s adventure books, all published before 1950, to dig out for your child!

This enchanting story takes place in a forest where a gigantic magical tree grows. 3 children discover the tree that is so tall that its branches reach into the clouds and is wide enough to contain small houses in its trunk. Come along on their adventure to find out what they get up to!

This outdoor adventures book involves sailing, camping, fishing, exploration and pirates! The Walker children staying at a farm near Lake District meet the Blackett children and join forces against a common enemy. Read to find out the struggles they overcome, whether they are able to defeat their enemy.

This novel is set in the late 19th century, and follows the 11 year old Anne Shirley, an orphan who gets mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings who wanted a boy to help them on their farm. Find out about what Anne gets up to and how she makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

This is a classic adventure novel about buried gold, treasure maps, tropical islands, and even a one-legged pirates with a parrot on their shoulder.

Most children will already know this classic from the Disney movie and be familiar with the loving characters, but if they haven’t already the book is a must read!