Read Pippi Longstocking

A talking cat runs a Pied Piper con with talking rats; the first Discworld book for children, and a Carnegie Medal.

Tiffany Aching, a frying pan and the Nac Mac Feegle against the Queen of the Fairies.

Tiffany goes to learn witchcraft and something invisible follows her.

Tiffany dances with winter and winter falls in love with her.

Tiffany as her village's witch, facing a rising hatred of witches.

The last Discworld novel: Tiffany inherits a role she is not ready for, and the elves return.

Read the classic novella The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and the map with an X; every pirate cliche starts here.