10 best books for readers ages 7 to 9

Ten delightful literary adventures for young readers aged 7 to 9.

3. 'The Enormous Egg,' by Oliver Butterworth, illustrated by Louis Darling

Nate Twitchell finds himself tenderly caring for a gigantic egg, inexplicably hatched by an average farm hen. The triceratops that eventually emerges, dubbed "Mr. Beazley," turns Nate's town upside down and sends his family in search of a suitable home for Mr. Beazley, a journey that leads them all the way to the nation's capital. 

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