Books that Inspire Travel to England
As with previous posts, I’ve put together a list of books we have read with our children or recommend for reading with children before traveling abroad. These books will hopefully provide some inspiration before heading to England or maybe they will tide you over if you need a “Downton Abbey” fix before the next season. Don’t miss these books about England to read before your next trip.
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Books About England for Young Children (Preschool Age)
The Queen’s Knickers by Nicholas Allan
Madeline in London by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Paddington Treasury: Six Classic Bedtime Stories by Michael Bond
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola
B is for Big Ben: An England Alphabet by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Dodsworth in London by Tim Egan
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
A Beatrix Potter Treasury (Peter Rabbit) by Beatrix Potter
Books Set in England for Grade School Students
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Katie in London by James Mayhew
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England by Kathryn Lasky
Who Was William Shakespeare? by Celeste Mannis
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #22: Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright on a Summer Night by Mary Pope Osborne
This is London by Miroslav Sasek
Books Set in England for Middle School and High School Students
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer
The Cross of Lead (Crispin) by Avi
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Squire’s Tale by Gerald Morris
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling
The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of London by Elvira Woodruff
Books Set in England for Adults
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel by Philippa Gregory
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: A Novel by Helen Simonson
The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons
