For a 9 year old

I read The Borrowers books again when I was an adult and still loved that series.

Emelle, Adaunas - did you know that there is a Chalet School society? They have a newsletter and, I think, occasional meetings. An acquaintance told me it ezpxisted when we were enthusiastically recalling Pamela Brown's Blue Door theatre books. She gave me an article about Pamela Brown, possibly from the CS newsletter.

I loved Little Women 70 years ago, felt the series trailed off a bit but read all four. Still have my original '48 copy which was often reread. Tried to reread LW again quite recently and found it had lost some of its charm. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood.

About 45 years ago I'd buy DD (in primary school then) paperback books every few weeks. Usually one of her choice and one of mine.
I encouraged DGD to keep reading by (at her request) sharing and discussing a bedtime chapter or two when she stayed with me. We both enjoyed the Hetty Feather stories until at 12/13 her phone took over. I still intend to read the last books in the series!

Pat60, I have said I would gently suggest she might enjoy something else. I would not discourage her from reading anything. As I was an EB fan myself. Surely there's no harm in showing her there are some wonderful books out there.
I have never been critical of her. There are some great suggestions on here.
I'm not asking her to read War and Peace!

I didn't enjoy the 'classics' until I was a little bit older. Read complete works of Enid Blyton - great. Like Grandma70s, What Katy Did and Anne of Green Gables were all time favourites, then Little Women. Sadly, these might be dated for today's children. My DGD's enjoyed Judy Moody, also Ramona. As others have suggested, take her to a bookshop. If she's a reader, she'll love browsing.

I don't understand why you would want to discourage your grand daughter from reading anything. In an age when youngsters seemed to be glued to computers, surely reading anything should be encouraged and surely it is up to her what she wants to read. Enid Blyton may not be the best, but to have Gran actively trying to change her reading material isn't ideal. In time she will grow up and find other author's books more interesting, some you probably won't approve of, so leave her alone and let her enjoy the innocence of childhood.

Them all as a child and they still sit on my bookcase for them to read when they visit.

Emelle, my daughters and granddaughters love the Chalet School books. I collected th

I remember loving the stories about Pippy Long Stocking. Oh and Heidi too.

DS was never a great reader of fiction, preferring factual books, but he did enjoy the Roald Dahl books - always a good stocking filler for him!

^ she'll move on when she's ready.^
I agree
I don't read Enid Blyton books now.

Emelle do you still have the Chalet School books - they are very collectable apparently!

I loved The Chalet School Books by Elinor M Brent Dyer at a similar age as does my GD now. Lovely school and adventure stories set in the Tirol and the Alps and there are about 60 in the series.

What a wonderful set of responses! Some excellent ideas here. I am a bit out of touch with what's around these days, so the suggestions are really helpful. Some I had forgotten about, others I had never heard of.
I have never criticised her choice of books, as that's the wrong attitude, but I just wanted to suggest nicely, 'here is a book you might enjoy,'. I was a EB fan as a child and we all grow out of it, but she does deserve credit for getting kids to read.
I was always reading as we didn't have all the distractions that are around nowadays, TV, Internet, social media etc.
Thanks again for all these recommendations. Appreciated ?

DH is 75 and still has to read the full set of books by an author. I think it started with Biggles.

My 9 yr old GS enjoys David Walliams, Roald Dahl, Tom Fletcher. He is currently on his 3rd Harry Potter. Surely these will be the classics of the future. Also agree with all of the previous suggestions.

Has she been introduced to Greek myths and legends? Most children find some fascination with them. Usborne do some decent ones, but there are ones for older children too.

I loved Enid Blyton books, Noddy when I was small then Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers etc.

I still read children's books and always seem to end up in the kids section of a bookshop.

Some of my favourite classics were
The Secret Garden
Oliver Twist
White Fang
Treasure Island (its not just a boys book)
Peter Pan
Tom Sawyer
Heidi
The Silver Sword
The Wind in the Willows
Black Beauty
The Railway Children
Winnie the Pooh
The Jungle Books

Some if these might seem too young for a 9 year old but I don't think you are ever too old to read a good story.

My eldest GD is also an avid reader and we love swapping books and discusssing them.

Five Children and It was a favourite of both my granddaughters, plus modern books like Demon Dentist and my older granddaughter has just finished reading a series of Fairy Tale stories with a twist.

my older son was hooked on Dr. Who books - and he continued to read them right through his a levels!! He weaned himself off them when he was ready (and got to a good uni and got a very good degree!). So, do not despair - she'll go on to better stuff when she's ready. Harry potter maybe?

I think, gillyknits, that the idea of the thread was that she should be moving on by now.

In my experience children fare best when left to satiate themselves of a craze on an author. It's useful to be able to read quickly and reading Blyton encourages this. I think she will stop more quickly if you don't put any pressure on her and don't say you're not in favour of the Author. After that there are thousands of good books! I think I found Daphne Du Maurier when I left Enid Blyton! People here have made such good suggestions, I needn't repeat!

Stig of the Dump, yes!
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler, with a great twist in the tail! No spoilers! It made me read it again!

Very much in agreement with kitnsimon,that as long as they are reading it doesn’t matter. Enid Blyton has been pilloried in the past by various educationalists but children begin to enjoy reading with these books and move on. Better than not reading anything.

There's an extremely good book by Lucy Mangan called Bookworm, a memoir of childhood reading. She says she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library, or to spend her pocket money on building up her own library!

chrissyh I was just going to suggest Heidi, My aunt gave me her childhood copy when I was 9 and I loved it. It's still in my bookshelf right next to me. Also, Children of the New Forest, Swallows and Amazons and The Railway Children. There are some lovely children's classics that are still around today as well as all the modern books. I run out of my books on holiday and read my son's Stig of the Dump, great book. How about Terry Pratchett's kid's stories too, or The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Hundreds to choose from.