Books for children aged 6 up to teens?

Question:

Books for children aged 6 up to teens?

I have been asked to order books for a library which is run totally by volunteers (ie we don't have any expert librarians!) and I have been given the task of ordering for children in two age groups - 6-10 and 11 upwards. Although I know of many great childrens authors, I would be really grateful if any of you could list your favourite books or authors for children in these categories as we have limited funds, and I want to order the best I can.

Thanks in advance!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am a junior school librarian. There are definitely two different categories of children's fiction. The good literature - and the one's the children will borrow most. I went to a local bookstore and asked them which were those that the children asked to be bought for them. That helped me to get up-to-date.

However, here are some suggestions:

Daisy Meadows: the "Rainbow Magic" series of fairy books. Easy reading for little girls.
Dav Pilkey: Captain Underpants books, and Ricky RIcotta books
Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry books
Jeremy Strong: Viking at School, Hundred Mile an Hour Dog, and many more
Roald Dahl books
Lucy Daniels: Animal Ark series, and little Animal Ark
Anholt and Robbins: quirky retelling of fairy stories with lots of illustrations
Nick Butterworth: Percy the Park Keeper stories

These bridge the gap to the 11 plus age group
J K Rowling: Harry Potter books
Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl books
Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider books and Power of Five books (for older readers)
Chris d'Lacey: The Fire Within
C S Lewis: Narnia books
Michael Morpurgo: vast selection
Jacqueline Wilson: Best Friends, Dare Game, Tracey Beaker, etc, etc
Caroline Lawrence: Roman mysteries
Garth Nix: Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, etc, etc

There are so many ..
If you want advice about any specific ones you are thinking of, please contact me.