Here is the ultimate booklist to read before you're 14 chosen by experts. The list has been broken down into four age bands, with 25 titles in each band.
The best books for 6-8 years olds.
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Clarice Bean, That's Me by Lauren Child
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Story of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff
My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards
Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman & Caroline Binch
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
The Queen's Nose by Dick King-Smith
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Charlotte's Web by E B White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake