St James Catholic
Primary School
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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.
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Year 6 |
Year 5 |
Year 4 |
Year 3 |
Year 2 |
Year 1 |
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Inside Out and Back Again Thannha Lai
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Demon Dentist David Walliams |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Stuart Little E B White
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A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond
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Each Peach Pear Plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian
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The Suitcase Kid Jacqueline Wilson
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The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo
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The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Phillips Pearce
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Flat Stanley Jeff Brown
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The Snowman Raymond Briggs
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Mortal Engines Philip Reeve
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick Riordan
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The Iron Man Ted Hughes
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War Game Michael Foreman
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Room On The Broom Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler
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Sox and Pals B B Taylor
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The Many Worlds of Albie Bright Christopher Edge
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Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson
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Varjak Paw S F Said
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The Last Castaways Harry Horse
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Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea Judith Kerr
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The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
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Sky Song Abi Elphinstone |
Diary Of A Wimp Kid Jeff Kinney
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Surf’s Up Kwame Alexander
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I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen
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Not Now Bernard David McKee
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Time Travelling With a Hamster Ross Welford
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Matilda
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The Railway Children E Nesbit
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A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Owl Babies Martin Waddell
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I Will Never Not Eat A Tomato Lauren Child
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Room 13 Robert Swindells
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Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo
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The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat Pamela Butchart
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Superato Sue Henda |
Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
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Kick Mitch Johnson
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A monster Calls Patrick Ness |
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter Phillip Pullman
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Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
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Stanley’s Stick John Hegley
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I Can Only Draw Worms Will Mabbit
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House with Chicken Legs Sophie Anderton |
Diary Of A Wimp Kid Jeff Kinney
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Malkin Moonlight Emma Cox
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A Child Of Books Oliver Jeffers
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The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt
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We’re Going On A Bear Hunt Michael Rosen
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Street Child Berlie Doherty
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Charlotte’s Web E B White
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The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth Eoin Colfer
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Alison Hubble Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingham
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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
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Cogheart Peter Bunzl
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Stig Of The Dump Clive King
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Billionaire Boy David Walliams
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The Worst Witch Jill Murphy
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Dogger Shirley Hughes
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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Pam Adams
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Gaslight Eloise Williams
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Cloud Busting Malorie Blackman |
The House That Sailed Away Pat Hutchins
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Fairy Tales Terry Jones
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The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson
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The Tunnel Anthony Browne
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Phoenix S F Said
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone JK Rowling
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Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson
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Oliver and the Seawigs Phillip Reeve
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Avocado Baby John Burningham
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Mr Bump Roger Hargreaves
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The Crossover Kwame Alexander
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The Borrowers Mary Norton
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Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswel
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Krindlekrax Philip Ridley
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The Book With No Pictures BJ Novak
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Aliens Love Underpants Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe C S Lewis
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore William Joyce
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The Children of Green Knowe L.M.Boston
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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish Neiil Gaiman
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The Mousehole Cat Antonia Barber
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Beegu Alexis Deacon
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1000 Year Old Boy Ross Welford |
A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snickett
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The Secret of Platform 13 Eva Ibbotson
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The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair Enid Blyton
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The Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl
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Meerkat Mail Emily Gravett
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Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
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Groosham Grange Anthony Horowitz
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A Nest Full of Stars James Berry
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The 13-Storey Treehouse Andry Griffiths
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The Jolly Postman Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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Meg and Mog Helen Nicoll and Jan Piekowski
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Beetle Boy M G Leonard
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The Indian In The Cupboard Lynne Reed Banks
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Perijee and Me Ross Montgomery
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Goodly and Grave Justine Windsor
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Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper
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The Loudest Roar Thomas Taylor
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Clockwork Phillip Pullman
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Oranges in No Man’s Land Elizabeth Laird
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Belonging Jeannie Baker
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African Tales: A Barefoot Collection GcinaMlophe
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Traction Man Mini Grey
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Burglar Bill Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Rooftoppers Katherine Rundell
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Operation Gadgetman! Malorie Blackman
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The Boy Who Went Magic AP Winters
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Giraffes Can’t Dance Giles Andrea and Guy Parker Rees
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The Bog Baby Jenne Willis and Glen Millward
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Wonder
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A Girl Called Owl Amy Wilson
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Firebird Saviour Pirotta
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The Imaginary A F Harold
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Six Dinner Sid Inga Moore
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The Bear and The Piano David Litchfield
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Skellig David Almond
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Shadow Forest Matt Haig
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Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink Jennifer Killick
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The Falcon’s Malteser Anthony Horowitz
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The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieska
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The Bear Who Stared Duncan Beedie
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The Girl of Ink and Stars Kiran Millwood Hargraves
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The Legend of Podkin One Ear Kieran Larwood
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Fly, Eagle Fly! Christopher Gregorowski
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Gorilla Anthony Browne
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Would You Rather… John Burningham
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Dave’s Cave Frann Preston-Gannon
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Holes Louis Sachar
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The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd
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Running On The Roof Of The World Jess Butterworth
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Gregory Cool Caroline Birch
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Leon and the Place Between Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith
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Peace At Last Jill Murphy
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Once Morris Gleitzmann
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The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff Andy Seed
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Five Children and It E Nesbit
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Sciezka
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The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark Jill Tomlinson
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Farmer Duck Martin Waddell and Helen Oxbury
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The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie
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The Worst Children’s Jobs In History Tony Robinson
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The Great Chocoplot Chris Callaghan
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Leon and Bob Simon James
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Journey Aaron Becker
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The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister
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The Dreamsnatcher Abi Elphinstone
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken
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The What On Earth Wallbook Christopher Lloyd
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Eric Appleby: Zero to Hero
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We’re All Wonders RJ Palacio
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A First Book Of Animals Nicola Davies
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Mold and the Poison Plot Lorraine Gregory
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The Queen’s Nose Dick King-Smith
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn Norman Hunter
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Bill’s New Frock Anne Fine
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Funnybones Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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Jack and the Flumflum Tree Julia Donaldson
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Flour Babies Anne Fine
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Black Beauty Anna Sewell
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The Kick Off Dan Freedman
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith
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The Tale Of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
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Elmer Dacid McKee
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The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett
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The Demon Headmaster
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The Green Ship Quentin Blake
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The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith
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The Great Dog Bottom Swap Peter Bently and Mel Matsuoka
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Handa’s Surprise Eileen Browne
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Who Let The Gods Out?
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LionBoy Zizou Corder
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Ice Palace Robert Swindells
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The Pebble in my Pocket Meredith Hooper
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The Grumpalump Sarah Hayes
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Zagazoo Quentin Blake
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Nevermoor Jessica Townsend
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The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
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The Stone Mouse Jenny Nimmo
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The Great Elephant Chase
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The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson
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Dear Mother Goose Michael Rosen and Nick Sharratt
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The Wind Singer William Nicholson
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How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell
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The Wolf’s Footprint Susan Price
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The Tinderbox Hans Christian Andersen
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The Tin Forest Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson
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The Storm Whale Benji Davies
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr
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Pax Sara Pennypacker
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The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster
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The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame
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Funny Fairy Tales Laurence Anholt and Arthut Robins
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The Giant Jam Sandwich John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway
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A Library of Lemons Jo Cotterill
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Liz Pichon
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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll
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Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age Raymond Briggs
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The Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl
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Please Mr Panda Steve Antony
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The Bubble Boy Stewart Foster
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Black Powder Ally Sherrick
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey
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Erica’s Elephant Sylvia Bishop
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Tattybogle Sandra Horn and Ken Brown
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Mama Panya’s Pancakes Mary and Rich |
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The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair Lara Williamson
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Sweet Pizza G R Gremin
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A World of Information Richard Platt
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The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton |
That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Bown Cressida Coweel and Neal Layton
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Badger’s Parting Gifts Susan Varley
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Cosmic Frank Coteralll |
Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome
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Secrets According to Humphrey Betty G. Birney
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The Sticky Witch Hillary Mckay
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The Promise Nicola Davies
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Otto The Book Bear Katie Cleminson
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My Brother is a Superhero David Solomons
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Strange Star Emma Carrooll
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The Moonshine Dragon Cornelia Funke
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World Kate Pankhurst
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Rosie’s Walk Pat Hutchinson
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A Place To Call Home Alexis Deacon
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A Long Walk To Water Linda Sue Park
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Sad Book Michael Rosen
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I Am Not A Loser
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The Sandwich Thief Andre Marois
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I’ll Take You To Mrs Cole Nigel Gray
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Tortuga Paul Geraghty
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The Arrival Shaun Tan
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Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild
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The Boy Who Biked The World Alastair Humphreys |
The Cat In The Hat Dr Seuss
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Are We There Yet? Dan Santat
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The Great Paper Caper Oliver Jeffers
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Carrie’s War Nina Bawden
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Watership Down Richard Adams
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Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume
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The Wild Robot Peter Brown
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Footpath Flowers Jon Arno Lawson
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The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats
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Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
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Peter Pan JM Barrie
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The Accidental Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin
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Dragons at Crumbling Castle Terry Pratchett
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The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
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The Story of Babar Jean De Brunhoff
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What to Do When You Worry Too Much Dawn Huebner
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Winter Magic
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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Chris Riddell
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Smile Geraldine McCaughrean
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The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
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No, David! David Shannon
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The Invention of Huge Cabret Brian Selznick
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The Secret of Nightingale Wood Lucy Strange
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There May Be A Castle Piers Torday
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That Pesky Rat Lauren Child
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Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown
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Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Mo Willems
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Howl’s Moving Castle
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There May Be A Castle Piers Toarday
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The Shrimp Emily Smith
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Mouse Noses on Toast Darren Fletcher
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Make Way For Ducklings Robert McCloskey
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Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems
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101 Poems for Children Carol Ann Duffy
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Skullduggery Pleasant Derek Landy
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Shackleton’s Journey William Grill
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Fergus Crane Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No |
Edward The Emu Sheena Knowles
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The Goldfish Boy Lisa Thompson
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L Frank Baum
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Frindle Andrew Clements
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The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo
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Where The Forest Meets The Sea Jeannie Baker
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Who Sank The Boat? Pamela Allen
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo
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The Imaginary A F Harold
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The Year of Billy Miller Kevin Henkes
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The Whisperer Nick Butterworth
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The Creakers |
Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst
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