The greatest books for children aged 5 to 10

What to choose in the maze of books, books, booklets, comics and albums? It's probably not easy for you, either, to navigate among a whole lot of publishing novelties. Don't be fooled into buying the wrong book, as it can kill your child's desire to read for a long time. Boring, poorly put together, or overly archaic reading can do more harm than good.

We show you what to follow when buying books and what to pay attention to. We have selected for you the best and beautifully illustrated proposals for children aged 5 to 10 years.

What to pay attention to when choosing a book for a child?

• . publishers - proven good children's books include, for example, Dwa Siostry, Zakamarki, Druganoga, Mamania, Widnokrąg, Babaryba, Culture of Anger, Nasza Księgarnia, Bajka, Kropka, Poradnia K, Literatura and Zielona Sowa.
• authors and authors - known and liked are a guarantee of good fun
.
• . illustrations - if you feel you are not familiar with illustration, appreciated names like Emilia Dziubak, Ewa and Pawel Pawlak, Elzbieta Wasiuczyńdks
.
• . year of publication - especially when it comes to maps, atlases, or other factual publications - the administrative boundaries of countries and their names change, so it is worth buying as recent versions as possible.
• is there an editorial board, or even a scientific editorial board. Scientific editing is most important in items with a lot of facts and expertise, such as an atlas of mushrooms for children, or a book about customs on different continents. Linguistic editing, called editing, takes care of linguistic and stylistic correctness
.
• . translators and translators - look primarily at whether the book is translated from the original language and whether it is a contemporary translation. A good example is Andersen's Fairy Taleswhich Boguslawa Sochanska first translated into Polish from Danish several years ago. Earlier translations were done by German, which made many aspects of the text disappear. Older translations are not always bad, but the language will be more archaic, making it harder for younger readers to pick up. First readings should also familiarize you with the new vocabulary, but don't go right back to the 19th century. The next tip may be well-known and respected names of translators, which guarantee high quality translation. .

What book to choose for a five-year-old?

A five-year-old child often already knows the letters, but is unlikely to read on his own yet. This is often the last moment when an adult reads to a child and has a chance to bring up some of the more difficult topics that children should not be left alone with afterwards. This is often emphasized by bestselling children's author Martin Widmark. Younger children have a chance to feel safe and immediately ask what's bothering them if they're sitting cuddled up with a caregiver. It's also worth talking about feelings so that children learn to better recognize and deal with emotions that arise. The time has just come for important conversations about feelings.

Specially recommended:.

• . The Two Sisters: What Do Feelings Do?is a story that concretizes feelings by turning them into big fluffy creatures. It's immediately easier to imagine what such feelings do. This is a book that supports the emotional development of the child..
• Lotta Olsson's Strange Animals with illustrations by Maria Nilsson Thore - is just an interesting and funny story about otherness using the animal world as an example. Entertaining and teaching openness. There is even a children's play based on this book, and the little peanut is sure to appeal to children.
.
• . Liczypieski by Ewa Kozyra-Pawlak - a rhyming, beautifully and remarkably illustrated short story about taking in doggies. It will show care for homeless animals, teach counting and support your own reading, as there is little text - just right for beginning readers with adult support. In addition to feelings, little readers are now ready for larger portions of knowledge and discovery of the world. Books increasingly saturated with facts are slowly beginning to prove themselves. It is worth taking advantage of this stage of a child's development and not settle for incomplete or (oh, horror!) incorrect ones. It is during this period that one can begin to take a frantic interest in space rocket construction, genetics, botany, or foreign languages. It's a shame not to take advantage of this moment, because many times children remember interesting facts and unique information for many years..

• Our Bookstore: Facts and Gossip about Space Pirates - not really serious, but how it stimulates the imagination.
.
• . The "Little Greats" series - inspiring, showing the multiplicity of life choices and destinies, and beautifully illustrated. It will interest toddlers and adults! We meet Astrid Lindgren, Martin Luther King, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Steve Jobs and many others as young children. This could be the beginning of a fascinating journey! Seehere..
• . Staying in the mood of famous scientists and successful people, we propose a collective work entitled The Power of Numbers Publishers Dot. A fascinating journey through mathematical discoveries can inspire your own. It will also help in the understanding of mathematics..
• . Poradnia K: Zbigniew's Green Feather. Socks Counterattack - an amazingly fun and award-winning item to read together. Good fun guaranteed..
• Tales for Boys Who Want to Be Special -an item that was created in counterpoint to "Tales for Little Rebels" telling stories about extraordinary men such as the Dalai Lama, Ernö Rubiki, Socrates, "Little Prince" author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Banksy, Ed Sheeran and many others. Reading not only for guys!
.

What book to choose for a six-year-old girl?

At the age of six, children begin to read simple texts with large letters on their own. Such books usually have very large text and a lot of light on each page.

With the help of adults, of course, six-year-olds can already delve into more and more complicated books and learn more. Let's not forget about fun and entertainment. At this age, children continue to learn mainly through play and every reading is important. Any contact with literary language promotes further speech development, expands vocabulary, makes it easier to cope in school and takes care of our relationship with the child if we read aloud to him or talk about the book we read.

Let's not get crazy and burden kids with too much pressure on knowledge or performance or grades at school. During this period, it is important to develop self-esteem, cooperation skills and self-confidence. Rivalry and the pursuit of something result in the opposite effects and inhibit psychosocial development. So not only popular science literature for children, but also short stories and novels for younger children and comic books. Comicsis an ideal form for beginning readers (and not only!).

We especially recommend:

• . A highly acclaimed series for children six years and older is comics by Tadeusz Baranowski. We recommend, for example, volume Antresolka Professor Nerwosolka publishing house Ongrys - an interesting and entertaining proposal for reading six-year-olds, eight-year-olds.
• . Our Bookstore: 321 Intriguing Facts About Animalsis an intriguing title for knowledge-hungry kids. Featuring humorous illustrations by Louize Perdieus, we learn interesting facts written down by Mathilda Masters, such as how many teeth a shark has, how flies see, and how a seahorse declares love..
• . Our Bookstore: The Whole World Is a Wonder. An Illustrated Guide to the Mysteries of Nature is another item for those fascinated by nature.
• . Dinosaurs. Fossils and Feathers - for those eager to learn more about dinosaurs with text by M.K. Reed and illustrations by Joe Flood. .
• . Unfailing classics in the form of The Valley of the Mummies in Novemberand The Winter of the MumminsTove Jansson in an equally classic translation by Teresa Chłapowska. .
• . Our Bookstore: Rebel Princesses. Stories of Courage, Friendship and Other Values - stories about courage, friendship and other values are a must when you are just starting school.
• . Publishing Dot: Totally All About Sharks a comic book about the seas and oceans. Something feels like it will be read.

Staying with the Scandinavian climate, it is worth reading to children of this age The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf. Few people know that the Nobel Prize winner wrote this novel in a commissioned workbook for first-grade Swedish school children. In this way the children learned about all the regions of Sweden with their nature and traditions. The translation, too, is by Teresa Chlapowska, who translated the Muminki.

What to look out for when buying books for seven-year-olds?

Seven-year-old children can already focus attention for longer and are used to reading. At this point it is worth introducing books divided into chapters. To begin with, items with short chapters of a few pages. It is easier to get motivated to read one a day, for example, before bedtime. In this way, we help the child build his own reading habit and evening ritual. From that, it's only a step to giving a young avid reader or reader his or her own flashlight, so that they can read under the coversor in a tent at night. Who among us does not remember those moments, when with blazes on your face you read the exciting adventures of "Tom on the trail of the Yeti" or the skirmishes of Harry Potter and Hermione. This stage is just around the corner.

But in order to provide young students with a good foundation and the needed good reading speed and fluency, it is still worth reading aloud to them now. You can set aside a few evenings a week and take turns reading; once a child, once an adult. It is worth discussing new words and phenomena and what is described between the lines. The ability to read between the lines and at a good pace are crucial in becoming a good reader. A good reader is able to get through a lot of pages of text without difficulty. This is also the foundation for success in the later stages of education. With this in mind, we start calmly and with pleasure, because having fun is the most important thing!

Even longer stories, novels and encyclopedias for children will work well now. A lot of novel series are being written for seven-year-old toddlers, so there is plenty to choose from. Another good option are encyclopedias, information-rich books and comics for children.

We especially recommend:

• . Britannica. A New Encyclopedia for Kidsis up to 416 pages full of fascinating facts and illustrations. Text by Christopher Lloyd, illustrations by Adelina Sandecka, translation: Anna Bereś
• . The Two Sisters: Turons, Gendarmes, Herods-The Christmas and New Year's season is the best, but not only can you delve into old folk traditions masterfully illustrated and written by Anna Kazmierak. This is an activity book type of book, so it invites you to read interactively..
• . Lotta Olsson's The Sense of Life-This time a peanut and an anteater ponder the meaning of life. Maria Nilsson Thore's cheerful illustrations and familiar characters will guide you through important first philosophical musings.
• . Two Sisters: It's Not Another Math Book - math differently will encourage you to explore the queen of sciences.
• . Adamada: The Theory of Relativity and Its Mysteries - a good start is essential! And here we have both the science and the basics Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón has nailed down in a way suitable for seven-year-olds. Interesting and funny illustrations are courtesy of Eduardo Altarriba, and translated into Polish by Joanna Głębocka.
• . Bees by Piotr Sochais an item that has conquered foreign publishing markets. Not without reason, because the magnificent illustrations are breathtaking, and even adults will learn a great deal from this huge book .
• . Druganoga Publishing: Everybody Eats Pancakes. Recipe book -seven years old is also a good time for more complicated culinary experiments. Visually appealing and stimulating book very appetizingly encourages you to ... try ... your own strength and pancakes from the four corners of the world!.
• . the real Moomins in a comic book version for first graders to read on their own, e.g.Muminki, Volume 3by Egmont Publishing.
• The book is a great way to get a taste of ... the four corners of the world!
• . the next children's novel by bestselling author J.K. Rowling, namely Ikabogfrom Media Family publishing.

What book to choose for 8-year-olds?

The eight-year-old reader has already gained some practice, so he is increasingly reading or even swallowing children's titles on his own. At this age, you can already read long and multi-volume adventures and aspire to teenagers. Items in which the characters undergo a transformation and mature will work. Other genres that you should continue to reach for are more elaborate atlases, comic books of moral novels for young readers.

We offer a lot, read!

Which books are best for eight-year-olds?

Of course, the best ones! The best written, most imaginatively illustrated, most carefully edited and beautifully published.

The above advice continues to be valid, and eight-year-olds simply can already read longer, better and faster. Continue to stimulate their development and make sure they develop their vocabulary. Slowly children are beginning to learn terms from science, history, archaeology. Let's take advantage of the increased period of interest in such topics to expand communication and language skills. Knowing a lot of words from different children will pay off when physics, chemistry, biology and social studies are in school.

The following items will help absorb information in an easily accessible and imaginative form.

Specially recommended:

• . On the field. Soccer team games for those who want to move and not read and for those who read too much and could use some movement. A portion of knowledge and inspiration about various games starring the ball by sports journalist Lukasz Olkowicz .
• . Two Sisters: 8 + 2 and the First Christmas - a Norwegian book for children and the whole family. It is a story about mom, dad, Maren, Martin, Martha, Mads, Mona, Milly, Mina and Morten well, and also about their animals. You can see right away that there is a lot to read! There is a whole series of adventure volumesof Anne- Cath. Vestly .
• . Letter to the King -an adventure novel you may also associate with Netflix. The predicament of a group of teenagers who suddenly have to become adults. The book also draws in adults. We know what we're saying! .
• . Mysteries of the Wildernessa sequel to Letter to the King a gripping classic chivalric novel for young readers. The reader follows the development and maturation of the young characters..
• . Two Sisters: Dinosaur Cabinet -The mysteries of prehistory and great illustrations by the Carnovsky duo! This series also included a book about the mysteries of the human body The Cabinet of Anatomy by the same illustrators..
• . The whole series about the Pozyczalskisin a new layout came from the talented Emilia Dziubak. The final volume of Mary Norton's series,The Borrowers Avenged, is the longest, so it's a safe bet to read when your child is nine or ten years old.

Which books are best for nine-year-olds?

Nine- and 10-year-olds are recommended for longer and more complex novels. We know that both adventure and fantasy books are a whole lot, and it's hard to keep up with the new releases. That's why we focus on the classics in a beautiful edition and on proven publishers that specialize in children's literature. Let's try to give children good quality titles. At the same time, let's not kill the desire to read in them, if they themselves have chosen something that just to us may seem ridiculous, poor quality, or worthless. Maybe, just maybe, with this reading, someone who doesn't read much will get carried away by the adventure and will be lost without a clue for a few good hours in his room or on the couch, instead of surfing on his smartphone. What more could you want? It's time for coffee and relaxation for the parent without remorse!

Specially recommended:

Comics for nine-year-olds

• . The entire series for about Hilda by Luke Pearson published by Centrala. The first part is "Hilda and the Mountain Lords," translated by Hubert Brychczynski. The adventure story about Hilda has also been transferred to the silver screen and is available to watch on the Netflix platform. All the more reason to supplement the series by readingthe comic book volumes .
• . Margin Publishing: Institute for Bombastic Theoriesis crazy adventures in comic book form, plus a huge portion of knowledge given in an accessible and entertaining way by author Tom Gauld.
• . Two Sisters: Which Way to Yellowstone? - together with two animals from the Bialowieza Forest, the reader goes on an expedition through national parks in different corners of the Earth. Knowledge sunk into the plot..
• . The Two Sisters: Give a Bite. Tasty food stories - another book that is a serving of knowledge and deliciousness.

What we especially recommend for ten-year-olds and older children:

• . Our Bookstore: Archaeology. Mummies, gold and old shells, which is another portion of knowledge on topics of great interest to children of this age. Richly illustrated, so you can read it with interest..
• . Doctor Dolittle - a classic for children, especially for those who like animals. Sometimes it also works well read aloud to younger children. This edition was illustrated by Magdalena Kozieł-Nowak, translation by Wanda Kragen.
• . Comics by Polishabout Jonka, Jonek and Kleks by the well-liked Polish illustrator Szarlota Pawel, whom we remember from previous decades. It's time to go old school!
• . Egmont Publishing: About the Codes. At Sea - practical knowledge provided by Adelina Sandecka. It can be useful at sea, because knowledge is safety..
• . Two Sisters: Dirt. a stinking history of hygieneAnother book by Peter Socha that you can't tear yourself away from. This time together with the author of the text, Monika Utnik-Strugała, the past was taken. Ah this format, and oh these illustrations!.
• Papilon: GIRL POWER. Stories for girls who want to conquer the world - a must-have item for girls, but for boys too. It is not only inspiring characters, but also useful instructions and advice.
.

See your child's news and interests! Follow his passions and reading fascinations, and surely you too will learn something interesting. Shared moments with reading pay off for many years - a good relationship and a good vocabulary.

Enjoy your reading! :)