Can anyone recommend really wonderful chapter books for a six-year-old (beyond the thumpingly obvious)? I feel like there is an abundance of excellent picture books - but the average bookshop selection of children's novels much less appealing.

Incidentally: I will cancel anyone who recommends David Walliams

My Googling has given me a strong urge to curl up with this... and indeed the whole series. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/1032/russian-fairy-tales-by-collected-by-aleksandr-afanasev/