Library Book Recommendation The School Reading List Year 1 Book’s name Author 1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle 2 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen 3 Peace At Last Jill Murphy 4 The Bad-tempered Ladybird Eric Carle 5 Funnybones Alllan Ahlberg 6 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 7 A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond 8 A Lion In The Meadow Margaret Mahy 9 Cops and Robbers Allan Ahlberg 10 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy Lynley Dodd 11 Owl Babies Martin Waddell 12 The Emperor of Absurdia Chris Riddell 13 There Are Cats in This Book Viviane Schwarz 14 Mister Magnolia Quentin Blake 15 Katie Morag’s Island Stories Mairi Hedderwick 16 My Friend Bear Jez Alborough 17 Avocado Baby John Burningham 18 The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr 19 Meg and Mog Helen Nichol 20 Not Now, Bernard David McKee 21 A Dark, Dark Tale Ruth Brown 22 Dogger Shirley Hughes 23 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 24 The Dark Lemony Snicket 25 You Can’t Take An Elephant On the Bus Patricia Cleveland-Peck 26 Penguin Polly Dunbar 27 You Choose! Pippa Goodhart 28 Stanley’s Stick Neale Layton 29 What to do if an Elephant Stands on your Foot Michelle Robinson 30 How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Michelle Robinson 31 Dinosaurs in the Supermarket! Timothy Knapman Year 2 Book’s name Author 1 The Legend of Spud Murphy Eoin Colfer 2 Mr Majeika Humphrey Carpenter 3 Jinnie Ghost Berlie Doherty 4 I Was a Rat!: Or, the Scarlet Slipper Philip Pullman 5 The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt 6 Beaver Towers Nigel Hinton 7 Fungus the Bogeyman Raymond Briggs 8 Mrs Wobble the Waitress Allan Ahlberg 9 The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 10 The Dunderheads Paul Fleischman 11 The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate Margaret Mahy 12 Pirate School: Just a Bit of Wind Jeremy Strong 13 The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Roald Dahl 14 Mog Time Treasury: Six Stories About Mog the Forgetful Cat Judith Kerr 15 Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Michael Rosen 16 Mr Wolf’s Pancakes Jan Fearnley 17 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat Ursula Williams 18 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 19 Clarice Bean, That’s Me Lauren Child 20 The Story of Babar Jean De Brunhoff 21 Nim’s Island Wendy Orr 22 Fluff the Farting Fish Michael Rosen 23 The Tear Thief Carol Ann Duffy 24 How To Live Forever Colin Thompson 25 Press Here Herve Tullet 26 The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall 27 The Dragonsitter Josh Lacey Year 3 Book’s name Author 1 The World According to Humphrey Betty G. Birney 2 Harry the poisonous centipede Lynne Reid Banks 3 Dilly the Dinosaur Tony Bradman 4 The Invisible Boy Trudy Ludwig 5 Flat Stanley Jeff Brown 6 The Secret World of Polly Flint Helen Cresswell 7 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 8 Wilf the Mighty Worrier Saves the World Georgia Pritchett 9 The Magic Finger Roald Dahl 10 Dog in the Dungeon Lucy Daniels 11 Willa and Old Miss Annie Berlie Doherty 12 My Naughty Little Sister Dorothy Edwards 13 The Diary of a Killer Cat Anne Fine 14 Picasso Perkins Adele Geras 15 The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame 16 The Charlie Moon Collection Shirley Hughes 17 Lullabyhullaballoo Mick Inkpen 18 All Because of Jackson Dick King-Smith 19 The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths Saviour Pirotta 20 Winnie-the-Pooh Collection A.A.Milne 21 Mrs Cockle’s Cat Philippa Pearce 22 Mrs Pepperpot Stories Alf Proysen 23 Unusual Day Sandi Toksvig 24 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Jill Tomlinson 25 Pippi Longstocking Gift Edition Astrid Lindgren 26 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss 27 Who’s in the Loo? Jeanne Willis 28 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka 29 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night Janet Ahlberg 30 The Railway Cat Phyllis Arkle 31 The Giving Tree Shel Siverstein 32 Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Year 4 Book’s name Author 1 Desirable Frank Cottrell Boyce 2 The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths 3 Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Scieszka 4 The Peppermint Pig Nina Bawden 5 Operation Gadgetman! Malorie Blackman 6 The Children of Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston 7 How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell 8 Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell 9 The Great Elephant Chase Gillian Cross 10 The Twits Roald Dahl 11 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl 12 War Game Michael Foreman 13 Toad Rage Morris Gleitzman 14 The Last Castaways Harry Horse 15 The Falcon’s Malteser Anthony Horowitz 16 The House That Sailed Away Pat Hutchins 17 Fairy Tales Terry Jones 18 The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith 19 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 20 The Way to Sattin Shore Philippa Pearce 21 The Firework Maker’s Daughter Philip Pullman 22 The Suitcase Kid Jacqueline Wilson 23 George’s Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 24 Billionaire Boy David Walliams 25 Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson 26 The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth Eoin Colfer 27 The Invisible Dog Dick King-Smith 28 The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce 29 Give Peas A Chance Morris Gleitzman 30 The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Michael Morpurgo 31 The Yearling Marjorie Rawlings Year 5 Book’s name Author 1 Who Let the Gods Out Maz Evans 2 Boy in the Tower Polly Ho-Yen 3 The Wolf Wilder Katherine Rundell 4 Heidi Johanna Spyri 5 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 6 The Wonder Garden Jenny Bloom and Kristjana Williams 7 The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis 8 The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo 9 Charlotte’s Web E.B.White 10 Clockwork Philip Pullman 11 Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl 12 The What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline of Big History Christopher Lloyd 13 Dial a Ghost Eva Ibbotson 14 Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke 15 Emil and the Detectives Erich Kastner 16 The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm Norman Hunter 17 I Know What You Did Last Wednesday Anthony Horowitz 18 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively 19 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling 20 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 21 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J. K. Rowling 22 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 23 Heard it in the Playground Allan Ahlberg 24 The Ultimate Alphabet Mike Wilkes 25 The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith 26 The Iron Man Ted Hughes 27 Krindlekrax Philip Ridley 28 Scribbleboy Philip Ridley 29 Stig of the Dump Clive King 30 Hacker Malorie Blackman 31 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 32 Moondial Helen Cresswell 33 The Demon Headmaster Gillian Cross 34 The Witches Roald Dahl 35 Bill’s New Frock Anne Fine 36 The Mouse and his Child Russell Hoban 37 The Clocktower Ghost Gene Kemp 38 The Sheep-pig Dick King-Smith 39 King of the Forest Clouds Michael Morpurgo 40 The Phoenix and the Carpet E. Nesbit 41 The Scarecrow and his Servant Philip Pullman 42 A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 43 Woof! Allan Ahlberg 44 Laughter is an Egg John Agard 45 The Factory Made Boy Christine Nostlinger 46 Aquila Andrew Norriss 47 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo Year 6 Book’s name Author 1 Eren Simon P Clark 2 The Railway Children E Nesbit 3 Abomination Robert Swindells 4 Carrie’s War Nina Bawden 5 The What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline of Nature Christopher Lloyd 6 Raspberries on the Yangtze Karen Wallace 7 The Crowstarver Dick King-Smith 8 Awful End Philip Ardagh 9 From Hereabout Hill Michael Morpurgo 10 Fruit and Nutcase Jean Ure 11 Granny Anthony Horowitz 12 The Hobbit JRR Tolkien 13 Kensuke’s kingdom Michael Morpurgo 14 Lion Boy Zizou Corder 15 The Machine Gunners Robert Westall 16 The Viewer Simon Crew 17 My Swordhand is Singing Marcus Sedgewick 18 Once Morris Gleitzman 19 The Other Side of the Truth Beverley Naidoo 20 The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier 21 Skelling David Almond 22 Superfudge Judy Bloom 23 Tell Me No Lies Malorie Blackman 24 The Weathermonger Peter Dickinson 25 What Katy Did Next Susan Coolidge 26 The Wheel of Surya Jamila Gavin 27 The Lion the Witch and Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 28 Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian 29 Why the Whales Came Michael Morpurgo 30 The Borrowers Mary Norton 31 Siverfin Charlie Higson 32 Oranges in No Man’s Land Elizabeth Laird Advanced Reading List – Key Stage 3 Book’s Name Author 1. Watership Down Richard Adams 2. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken 3. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie 4. The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper 5. Wolf Gillian Cross 6. The Seeing Stone Kevin Crossley-Holland 7. Boy and Going Solo Roald Dahl 8. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 9. The Weirdstone of Brisingasmen Alan Garner 10. Minders Diana Hendry 11. A Winkle in Time Madeline L’Engle 12. Across the Barricades Joan Lingard 13. Tug of War Catherine Forde 14. War Horse Michael Morpurgo 15. Stone Cold Robert Swindells 16. Northern Lights Philip Pullman 17. The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 18. The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 19. The Indian in the Cupboard Triology Lynne Reid Banks 20. Black Beauty Anna Sewell 21. The Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe 22. The Car Theodore Taylor 23. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend 24. Cue for Treason Geoffrey Trease 25. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 26. Blitzcat Robert Westall 27. The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 28. Raptor Paul Zindel 29. The Hunger Games Series Suzanne Collins 30. Pig Heart Boy Malorie Blackman 31. Framed Frank Cottrell Boyce 32. The Garbage King Elizabeth Laird 33. Wonder R. J. Palacio 34. The Book Thief Marcus Zusak 35. Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief Rick Riordan 36. The Box of Delights John Masefield 37. The Call of the Wild Jack London 38. Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo 39. Holes Louis Sachar 40. Twelve Minutes to Midnight Christopher Edge 41. The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 42. Joby Stan Barstow 43. Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson 44. The Giver Lois Lowry 45. Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 46. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 47. Unbearable Paul Jennings 48. Treasure Island R. L. Stevenson 49. Z for Zachariah Robert O’Brien 50. Shadowmancer G. P. Taylor
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