For the five-year-old (and the two-year-old might also enjoy it), there's an adorable book called Press Here, by Herve Tullet. The pictures are dots, in different colors. You do what the book tells you ("Touch the middle dot") and turn the page, and behold! Something has changed!
For the nine year old - Elizabeth Enright. Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away, and the four Melendy books. Depending on how well she reads, she may need a little help with them but they're wonderful. If she likes horses, has she read the Misty of Chincoteague books? Pippi Longstocking? The Oz books? The Little House books? I second Edward Eager and Mrs. Frisby and Officer Buckle and Frances. (I'm big into the older books, as you can tell).
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Date: 12/9/12 05:24 am (UTC)For the nine year old - Elizabeth Enright. Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away, and the four Melendy books. Depending on how well she reads, she may need a little help with them but they're wonderful. If she likes horses, has she read the Misty of Chincoteague books? Pippi Longstocking? The Oz books? The Little House books? I second Edward Eager and Mrs. Frisby and Officer Buckle and Frances. (I'm big into the older books, as you can tell).