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Reading for Pleasure

Reading for Pleasure

In addition to whole class reading books, we have a suggested book list for each year group. Children will find these books in the class or school libraries.

Year 6

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Inside Out and Back Again

Thannha Lai

Demon Dentist

David Walliams

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Stuart Little

E B White

A Bear Called Paddington

Michael Bond

Each Peach Pear Plum

Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Goodnight Mister Tom

Michelle Magorian

The Suitcase Kid

Jacqueline Wilson

The Butterfly Lion

Michael Morpurgo

The Battle of Bubble and Squeak

Phillips Pearce

Flat Stanley

Jeff Brown

The Snowman

Raymond Briggs

Mortal Engines

Philip Reeve

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

The Iron Man

Ted Hughes

War Game

Michael Foreman

Room On The Broom

Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler

Sox and Pals

B B Taylor

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

Christopher Edge

Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson

Varjak Paw

S F Said

The Last Castaways

Harry Horse

Lost and Found

Oliver Jeffers

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

Judith Kerr

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Sky Song

Abi Elphinstone

Diary Of A Wimp Kid

Jeff Kinney

Surf’s Up

Kwame Alexander

I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen

Not Now Bernard

David McKee

Time Travelling With a Hamster

Ross Welford

Matilda
Roald Dahl

The Railway Children

E Nesbit

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Owl Babies

Martin Waddell

I Will Never Not Eat A Tomato

Lauren Child

Room 13

Robert Swindells

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat

Pamela Butchart

Superato

Sue Henda

Where The Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Kick

Mitch Johnson

A monster Calls

Patrick Ness

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter

Phillip Pullman

Horrid Henry

Francesca Simon

Stanley’s Stick

John Hegley

I Can Only Draw Worms

Will Mabbit

House with Chicken Legs

Sophie Anderton

Diary Of A Wimp Kid

Jeff Kinney

Malkin Moonlight

Emma Cox

A Child Of Books

Oliver Jeffers

The Day The Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen

Street Child

Berlie Doherty

Charlotte’s Web

E B White

The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth

Eoin Colfer

Alison Hubble

Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingham

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

Cogheart

Peter Bunzl

Stig Of The Dump

Clive King

Billionaire Boy

David Walliams

The Worst Witch

Jill Murphy

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

Pam Adams

Gaslight

Eloise Williams

Cloud Busting

Malorie Blackman

The House That Sailed Away

Pat Hutchins

Fairy Tales

Terry Jones

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

The Tunnel

Anthony Browne

Phoenix

S F Said

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

JK Rowling

Cliffhanger

Jacqueline Wilson

Oliver and the Seawigs

Phillip Reeve

Avocado Baby

John Burningham

Mr Bump

Roger Hargreaves

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Lizzie Dripping

Helen Cresswel

Krindlekrax

Philip Ridley

The Book With No Pictures

BJ Novak

Aliens Love Underpants

Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

C S Lewis

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore

William Joyce

The Children of Green Knowe

L.M.Boston

The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish

Neiil Gaiman

The Mousehole Cat

Antonia Barber

Beegu

Alexis Deacon

1000 Year Old Boy

Ross Welford

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snickett

The Secret of Platform 13

Eva Ibbotson

The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair

Enid Blyton

The Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl

Meerkat Mail

Emily Gravett

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

Groosham Grange

Anthony Horowitz

A Nest Full of Stars

James Berry

The 13-Storey Treehouse

Andry Griffiths

The Jolly Postman

Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Meg and Mog

Helen Nicoll and Jan Piekowski

Beetle Boy

M G Leonard

The Indian In The Cupboard

Lynne Reed Banks

Perijee and Me

Ross Montgomery

Goodly and Grave

Justine Windsor

Pumpkin Soup

Helen Cooper

The Loudest Roar

Thomas Taylor

Clockwork

Phillip Pullman

Oranges in No Man’s Land

Elizabeth Laird

Belonging

Jeannie Baker

African Tales: A Barefoot Collection

GcinaMlophe

Traction Man

Mini Grey

Burglar Bill

Janet and Allan Ahlberg

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell

Operation Gadgetman!

Malorie Blackman

The Boy Who Went Magic

AP Winters

Giraffes Can’t Dance

Giles Andrea and Guy Parker Rees

The Bog Baby

Jenne Willis and Glen Millward

Wonder
RJ Palacio

A Girl Called Owl

Amy Wilson

Firebird

Saviour Pirotta

The Imaginary

A F Harold

Six Dinner Sid

Inga Moore

The Bear and The Piano

David Litchfield

Skellig

David Almond

Shadow Forest

Matt Haig

Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink

Jennifer Killick

The Falcon’s Malteser

Anthony Horowitz

The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs

Jon Scieska

The Bear Who Stared

Duncan Beedie

The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargraves

The Legend of Podkin One Ear

Kieran Larwood

Fly, Eagle Fly!

Christopher Gregorowski

Gorilla

Anthony Browne

Would You Rather…

John Burningham

Dave’s Cave

Frann Preston-Gannon

Holes

Louis Sachar

The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd

Running On The Roof Of The World

Jess Butterworth

Gregory Cool

Caroline Birch

Leon and the Place Between

Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith

Peace At Last

Jill Murphy

Once

Morris Gleitzmann

The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff

Andy Seed

Five Children and It

E Nesbit

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor

Jon Sciezka

The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark

Jill Tomlinson

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell and Helen Oxbury

The Nowhere Emporium

Ross Mackenzie

The Worst Children’s Jobs In History

Tony Robinson

The Great Chocoplot

Chris Callaghan

Leon and Bob

Simon James

Journey

Aaron Becker

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister

The Dreamsnatcher

Abi Elphinstone

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Joan Aiken

The What On Earth Wallbook

Christopher Lloyd

Eric Appleby: Zero to Hero
Dan Worsley

We’re All Wonders

RJ Palacio

A First Book Of Animals

Nicola Davies

Mold and the Poison Plot

Lorraine Gregory

The Queen’s Nose

Dick King-Smith

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn

Norman Hunter

Bill’s New Frock

Anne Fine

Funnybones

Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Jack and the Flumflum Tree

Julia Donaldson

Flour Babies

Anne Fine

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

The Kick Off

Dan Freedman

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Dodie Smith

The Tale Of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Elmer

Dacid McKee

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Terry Pratchett

The Demon Headmaster

Gillian Cross

The Green Ship

Quentin Blake

The Hodgeheg

Dick King-Smith

The Great Dog Bottom Swap

Peter Bently and Mel Matsuoka

Handa’s Surprise

Eileen Browne

Who Let The Gods Out?
Maz Evans

LionBoy

Zizou Corder

Ice Palace

Robert Swindells

The Pebble in my Pocket

Meredith Hooper

The Grumpalump

Sarah Hayes

Zagazoo

Quentin Blake

Nevermoor

Jessica Townsend

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Stone Mouse

Jenny Nimmo

The Great Elephant Chase

Gillian Cross

The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson

Dear Mother Goose

Michael Rosen and Nick Sharratt

The Wind Singer

William Nicholson

How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell

The Wolf’s Footprint

Susan Price

The Tinderbox

Hans Christian Andersen

The Tin Forest

Helen Ward and  Wayne Anderson

The Storm Whale

Benji Davies

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Judith Kerr

Pax

Sara Pennypacker

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

The Reluctant Dragon

Kenneth Grahame

Funny Fairy Tales

Laurence Anholt and Arthut Robins

The Giant Jam Sandwich

John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway

A Library of Lemons

Jo Cotterill

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

Liz Pichon

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age

Raymond Briggs

The Enormous Crocodile

Roald Dahl

Please Mr Panda

Steve Antony

The Bubble Boy

Stewart Foster

Black Powder

Ally Sherrick

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

Erica’s Elephant

Sylvia Bishop

Tattybogle

Sandra Horn and Ken Brown

Mama Panya’s Pancakes

Mary and Rich

The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair

Lara Williamson

Sweet Pizza

G R Gremin

A World of Information

Richard Platt

The Magic Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton

That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Bown

Cressida Coweel and Neal Layton

Badger’s Parting Gifts

Susan Varley

Cosmic

Frank Coteralll

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

Secrets According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

The Sticky Witch

Hillary Mckay

The Promise

Nicola Davies

Otto The Book Bear

Katie Cleminson

My Brother is a Superhero

David Solomons

Strange Star

Emma Carrooll

The Moonshine Dragon

Cornelia Funke

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

Kate Pankhurst

Rosie’s Walk

Pat Hutchinson

A Place To Call Home

Alexis Deacon

A Long Walk To Water

Linda Sue Park

Sad Book

Michael Rosen

I Am Not A Loser

The Sandwich Thief

Andre Marois

I’ll Take You To Mrs Cole

Nigel Gray

Tortuga

Paul Geraghty

The Arrival

Shaun Tan

Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

The Boy Who Biked The World

Alastair Humphreys

The Cat In The Hat

Dr Seuss

Are We There Yet?

Dan Santat

The Great Paper Caper

Oliver Jeffers

Carrie’s War

Nina Bawden

Watership Down

Richard Adams

Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

Footpath Flowers

Jon Arno Lawson

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls

Elena Favilli and  Francesca Cavallo

Peter Pan

JM Barrie

The Accidental Prime Minister

Tom McLaughlin

Dragons at Crumbling Castle

Terry Pratchett

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

The Story of Babar

Jean De Brunhoff

What to Do When You Worry Too Much

Dawn Huebner

Winter Magic

Stories by Various Authours

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Chris Riddell

Smile

Geraldine McCaughrean

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg

No, David!

David Shannon

The Invention of Huge Cabret

Brian Selznick

The Secret of Nightingale Wood

Lucy Strange

There May Be A Castle

Piers Torday

That Pesky Rat

Lauren Child

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus

Mo Willems

Howl’s Moving Castle


Diana Wynne Jones

There May Be A Castle

Piers Toarday

The Shrimp

Emily Smith

Mouse Noses on Toast

Darren Fletcher

Make Way For Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Knuffle Bunny

Mo Willems

101 Poems for Children

Carol Ann Duffy

Skullduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy

Shackleton’s Journey

William Grill

Fergus Crane

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No

Edward The Emu

Sheena Knowles

The Goldfish Boy

Lisa Thompson

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L Frank Baum

Frindle

Andrew Clements

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

Where The Forest Meets The Sea

Jeannie Baker

Who Sank The Boat?

Pamela Allen

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo

The Imaginary

A F Harold

The Year of Billy Miller

Kevin Henkes

The Whisperer

Nick Butterworth

The Creakers

Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst