Which books/ series would you want your children to read as they start growing up?

The theme of Nostalgia for WriteTribe's #WriteBravely blogging challenge got me thinking of the books I read growing up. Today's children have at their disposal a mobile well before they hit their teens and thus access to literally all sorts of reading material should they choose it. That makes the need to get them to read the right kind of literature really important. 
The list below is purely what got me addicted to literature as I grew up and I am sure there will be more valuable addit...