Upton Junior School

100 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU ARE ELEVEN 0 - 5 year olds

The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss Brown Bear Brown Bear What Can You See? by Bill Martin Jr Kipper by Mick Inkpen Tickle Tickle by Helen Oxenbury Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Diary by Lynley Dodd I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? by Barbara Firth My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Lynley Dodd I Want my Potty by Tony Ross Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson I Will Not Ever Never Eat Tomatoes by Lauren Child Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers Meg and Mog by Helen Nicholl & Jan Pierkowski Not Now, Bernard by David Mckee Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Where the Wild Things Are by Would you Rather? by John Burningham Princess Smarty Pants by Babette Cole The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Gorilla by The Owl and the Pussy Cat The Three Robbers by Tomi Ungerer Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson The Ugly Ducking by Hans Christian Anderson Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs The Snowman by Raymond Briggs Aesop’s Fables by Micheal Rosen Beegu by Alexis Deacon The Haunted House by Jan Pienkowski The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson 6 - 8 year olds

Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas Burglar Bill by Allan Ahlberg Mog and the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr Clarice Bean, That’s Me by Lauren Child Mister Magnolia by The Adventures of the Dish and Spoon by Mini Grey Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Wolves by Emily Gravett Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo I Hate School by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Oh, the places you’ll go by Dr Seuss Anancy Spiderman by James Berry and Joseph Oiobu Mr Majeika by Frank Roders The Paperbag Princess by Michael Martchenko The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy The Queen’s Nose by Dick King Smith Pippi Longstocking by Dinosaurs and all the Rubbish by Michael Foreman The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton The Diary of a Killer Cat by Ann Fine Matilda by Roald Dahl The BFG by Roald Dahl The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis

9 – 11 year olds

Charlotte’s Web by E B White Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton The Diary of Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Krindlekrax by Philip Pullman The Adventures of Tin Tin by Hergé Wolves in the Walls by Dave McKean The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson Flour Babies by Anne Fine A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony Di’Terlizzi The Arrival by Shaun Tan The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick The Graveyard Book by Chris Riddell Stig of the Dump by Clive King Skellig by Truckers: The First Book of Gnomes by Terry Pratchett Wonder by R J Palacio The Witches by Roald Dahl Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome The Hobbit by J R Tolkien The Borrowers by Mary Norton Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce Alex Rider Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian Holes by Louis Sachar Private Peaceful by Michael Murgporgo