Reddit mentions of Swallows and Amazons

A complete Beatrix Potter, James Herriot's children's stories (seriously, it's wonderful stuff for children), the whole Harry Potter series in hardcover (seriously, it'll get read enough to warrant it), a version of the Wind in the Willows with the original color plates, maybe this one , also splurge on the entire Swallows and Amazons series. Every child should read that or have it read to them and they'll still read them as they get older.

I was a fan of [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Swallows-Amazons-Godine-Storyteller-Ransome/dp/1567924204/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377819644&sr=1-1&keywords=swallows+and+amazons) when I was about that age, although it's very english. The guardian did bill it as 'the new harry potter' a few years ago, because there was supposed to be a new film about it made.