Books for 5-Year-Olds Who Love Magic and Fantasy

Five is the year many children start recognising words on the page. Read-aloud picture books and simple early readers both have a place. Wizards, fairies, giants and impossible worlds: books that feed imagination and big ideas.

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  • The three Little Misses and the Big Bad Wolf

    Roger Hargreaves · ages 3–5

  • The Princess and the Wizard

    Julia Donaldson · ages 4–6

  • I dont want to go to the Hospital: A little Princess Story

    Tony Ross · ages 4–6

  • A dragon on the doorstep

    Stella Backstone · ages 4–6

  • How to catch a mermaid

    Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton · ages 4–6

  • Ten minutes to bed Where is Little Unicorn

    Rhiannan Fielding Chris Chatterton · ages 3–5

  • Bear Hunt

    Anthony Browne · ages 4–5

  • Amma tell me about : How Hanuman Crossed the ocean

    Bhakti Mathur · ages 4–9

  • Amma tell me about Holi

    Bhakti Mathur · ages 4–9

  • Amma tell me about Durga Puja

    Bhakti Mathur · ages 4–9

  • The Christmas Tree Mystery

    Bharti Singh | Urvashi Dubey · ages 3–5

  • Peppa Pig- Mr Fox's Shop

    ages 3–5

  • Peppa's first glasses

    ages 3–5

  • Ten Minutes To Bed- Little Dinosaur's Big Race

    Rhiannon Fielding and Chris Chatterton · ages 3–6

  • Peppa's Super Noisy Sound Book

    Peppa Pig · ages 3–5

  • ZOG

    Julia Donaldson · ages 3–5