25 BOOKS TO READ
READING IS DREAMING WITH YOUR EYES OPEN.
Below you will find books that have been carefully chosen for children in each year groups.
NURSERY
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
|
The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Eric Carle |
| We’re Going on a Bear Hunt | We’re Going on a Bear Hunt |
| The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
| What the Ladybird Heard | Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks |
| Guess How Much I Love You | Sam McBratney |
| Peace at Last | Jill Murphy |
| Dear Zoo | Rod Campbell |
| Where’s Spot? | Eric Hill |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | Bill Martin JR & Eric Carle |
| Favourite Nursery Rhymes | Ladybird |
| Elmer | Elmer |
| The Snowman | Raymond Briggs |
| Biscuit Bear | Mini Grey |
| Look After Us | Rod Campbell |
| Who’s at the Zoo? | Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks |
| Little Rabbit Foo Foo | Michael Rosen |
| Octopants | Suzy Senior & Claire Powell |
| The Tickle Book | Ian Whybrow & Axel Scheffler |
| Oi Frog! | Kes Gray & Jim Field |
| I Love You To The Moon and Back | Amelia Hepworth & Tim Warnes |
| The Hug | Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar |
| Ten Little Monkeys | Mike Brownlow & Simon Rickerty |
| Theres a Monster in your book | Tom Fletcher |
| Postman Bear | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
| Rosie’s Walk | Pat Hutchins |
| The Color Monster | Anna Llenas |
| Wriggle and Roar | Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt |
| Beware of the Bears | Alan MacDonald & Gwyneth Williamson |
| So Much! | Trish Cooke |
| Hug | Jez Alborough |
| Jaspers Beanstalk | Nick Butterworth & Mick Inkpen |
| Maisie’s Scrapbook | Samuel Narh & Jo Loring-Fisher |
RECEPTION
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Room on the Broom | Julia Donaldson |
| The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet | Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter |
| Stick Man | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
| The Rainbow Fish | The Rainbow Fish |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter |
| The Bog Baby | Jeanne Willis & Gwen Millward |
| Zog | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
| Slinky Malinki | Lynley Dodd |
| Owl Babies | Martin Waddell |
| Where The Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
| The Three Little Super Pigs | Claire Evans |
| Aliens Love Underpants | Claire Freedman & Ben Cort |
| Whatever Next! | Jill Murphy |
| Farmer Duck | Martin Waddell & Helen Oxenbury |
| The Lion Who Wanted to Love | Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz |
| The Lion Inside | Rachel Bright & Jim Field |
| Oliver’s Vegetables | Vivian French & Alison Bartlett |
| The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark | Jill Tomlinson |
| Mr Wolf’s Pancakes | Jan Fearnley |
| Paddington | Michael Bond |
| There's An Alien In Your Book | Tom Fletcher |
| How to Catch a Star | Oliver Jeffers |
| The Fish Who Could Wish | John Bush |
| Gorilla | Anthony Browne |
| Mr Big | Ed Vere |
| The Magic Paintbrush | Julia Donaldson |
| How Many Legs | Kes Gray & Jim Field |
| The Squirrels Who Squabbled | Rachel Bright & Jim Field |
| Spinderella | Julia Donaldson & Sebastien Braun |
| On The Way Home | Jill Murphy |
| One Hundred Steps | Captain Sir Tom Moore |
| Two Homes | Claire Masurel |
| Specs for Rex | Yasmeen Ismail |
YEAR 1
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Funny Bones | Allan Ahlberg & Andre Amstutz |
| A Bear Called Paddington | Michael Bond |
| Cops and Robbers | Janet & Allan Ahlber |
| Mister Magnolia | Quentin Blake |
| Look Up! | Nathan Bryan |
| Leo And The Octopus | Isabelle Marinov & Chris Nixon |
| The Dark | Lemony Snicket |
| Milo Imagines The World | Matt De La Pena & Christian Robinson |
| Mr Wolf’s Pancakes | Jan Fearnley |
| Hansel and Gretel | Brothers Grimm |
| The Three Little Pigs | DK Publishing |
| Little Red Riding Hood | Gaby Goldsack |
| Lost And Found | Oliver Jeffers |
| Supertato | Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet |
| Stevie Wonder | Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
| The Way Back Home | Oliver Jeffers |
| The Day The Crayons Quit | Oliver Jeffers |
| Night Monkey Day Monkey | Julia Donaldson & Lucy Richards |
| Each Peach Pear Plum | Janet & Allan Ahlberg |
| Mog The Forgetful Cat | Judith Kerr |
| Handa’s Hen | Eileen Browne |
| Handa’s Surprise | Eileen Browne |
| Dogger | Shirley Hughes |
| Zim Zam Zoom! | James Carter |
| Giraffes Can’t Dance | Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees |
YEAR 2
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Journey Home | Frann Preston-Gannon |
| The Worst Witch | Jill Murphy |
| The Enchanted Wood | Enid Blyton |
| The Tunnel | Anthony Browne |
| The Witch’s Cat | Ursula Moray Williams |
| Splash | Claire Cashmore |
| Magic Finger | Roald Dahl |
| Hair Love | Matthew A.Cherry |
| Not Now, Bernard | David Mckee |
| Oh The Places You’ll Go | Dr Seuss |
| Gorilla | Anthony Browne |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | Roald Dahl |
| The Dragon Machine | Helen Ward |
| The Bear and the Piano | David Litchfield |
| Mr Majeika | Humphrey Carpenter |
| The Princess and the Pea | Lauren Child |
| Fungus The Bogeyman | Raymond Briggs |
| The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog | Jeremy Strong |
| The Wonder | Faye Hanson |
| Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman & Caroline Binch |
| Horrid Henry | Francesca Simon |
| The King Who Banned the Dark | Emily Haworth-Booth |
| The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch | Ronda and David Armitage |
| The Mousehole Cat | Antonia Barber |
| The Secret of Black Rock | Joe Todd-Stanton |
YEAR 3
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl |
| Mayhem Mission | Burhana Islam |
| Stuart Little | E. B. White |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney |
| Runaway Robot | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
| The Firework-Maker’s Daughter | Philip Pullman |
| Very Best Big Sister | Sona Sharma |
| The Queen’s Nose | Dick King-Smith |
| The Hodgeheg | Dick King-Smith |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Cressida Cowell |
| The Reluctant Dragon | Kenneth Grahame |
| The 13-Story Treehouse | Andy Griffiths |
| Weird Wild & Wonderful | James Carter |
| Beast Quest | Adam Blade |
| The Twits | Roald Dahl |
| Flat Stanley | Jeff Brown |
| The Cat in the Hat | Dr Seuss |
| Captain Underpants | Dav Pilkey |
| The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! | Jon Scieszka |
| Charlotte’s Web | E. B. White |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | A. Milne |
| Stig of the Dump | Clive King |
| Harry the Poisonous Centipede | Lynne Reid Banks |
| The Diary of a Killer Cat | Anne Fine |
| Sam Wu is Not afraid of Ghosts | Katie & Kevin Tsang |
YEAR 4
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame |
| Dragons at Crumbling Castle | Terry Pratchett |
| The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm | Norman Hunter |
| Double Felix | Sally Harris |
| The Boy at the Back of the Class | Onjali Rauf |
| The Accidental Prime Minister | Tom Mclaughlin |
| The Brilliant World of Tom Gates | Liz Pichon |
| The Brightstorm Chronicles | Vashti Hardy |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| The Demon Headmaster | Gillian Cross |
| The Animals of Farthing Wood | Colin Dann |
| The Diamond Brothers In The Falcon’s Malteser | Anthony Horowitz |
| Why the Whales Came | Michael Morpurgo |
| The Children of Green Knowe | L. M. Boston |
| Lizzie Zipmouth | Jacqueline Wilson |
| Bill’s New Frock | Anne Fine |
| Voices In The Park | Anthony Browne |
| I Am Not A Label | Cerrie Burnell |
| Shackleton’s Journey | William Grill |
| Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick |
| The Secret of Platform 13 | Eva Ibbotson |
| Curse Of The Werewolf Boy | Chris Priestley |
| There’s A Werewolf In My Tent | Pamela Butchart |
| Operation Gadgetman! | Malorie Blackman |
| Oliver And The Seawigs | Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre |
YEAR 5
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Just Like Me | Louise Gooding |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Andrew Matthews & Tony Ross |
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Shadow Forest | Matt Haig |
| Hacker | Malorie Blackman |
| Stormbreaker | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Newt Scamander | J.K. Rowling |
| Gaslight | Elouise Williams |
| Clockwork or All Wound Up | Philip Pullman |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer |
| Sky Song | Abi Elphinstone |
| The Secrets of Sam and Sam | Susie Day |
| Dragon Mountain | Katie & Kevin Tsang |
| Heard it in the Playground | Allan Ahlberg |
| The Nowhere Emporium | Ross Mackenzie |
| Little Women | Louisa May Allcott |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J.K. Rowling |
| Ella on the Outside | Cath Howe |
| The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis |
| Millions the Not-So-Great Train Robbery | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
| Wonder | R. J. Palacio |
| The Borrowers | Mary Norton |
| Demon Dentist | David Walliams |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
YEAR 6
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean In An Armchair | Lara Williamson |
| Patina | Jason Reynolds |
| The Tigers in the Towler | Julia Golding |
| The Railway Children | E. Nesbit |
| No Ballet Shoes in Syria | Catherine Bruton |
| Northern Lights | Philip Pullman |
| Granny | Anthony Horowitz |
| A Place Called Perfect | Helena Duggan |
| The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club | Alex Bell |
| Rooftoppers | Katherine Rundell |
| Goodnight Mister Tom | Michelle Magorian |
| Boy In The Tower | Polly Ho-Yen |
| Amazing Women of the Middle East | Wafa’ Tarnowska |
| Tell Me No Lies | Malorie Blackman |
| The House with Chicken Legs | Sophie Anderson |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne |
| Divergent | Veronica Roth |
| Kensuke’s Kingdom | Michael Morpurgo |
| Carrie’s War | Nina Bawden |
| Skellig | David Almond |
| White Fang | Jack London |
| The Girl of Ink & Stars | Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
| The Machine Gunners | Robert Westall |
| Cogheart | Peter Bunzl |
| Pig Heart Boy | Malorie Blackman |