First published 1923

A wonderful rascal. Great language and absolutely hysterical! Also very good on audio! ( )

It's William!! A guaranteed rollicking read. Perhaps not as funny as some of the later books, but the spirit's still the same. :) ( )

I read the William books as a child, and despite being an obnoxiously well behaved child, I still wanted to think of myself as an "Outlaw".

I would recommend them to anyone of such an age. I think they are genuinely improving. Certainly my memory of William, as of the Swallows and Amazons, provides a well buried counter to my natural inclination towards the effete.

William also provides a good lesson in free will, independent spirit and free thought. Which cannot hurt. (Unless you wanted to make an extreme reading of the William stories as a prop to the capitalist establishment...)