The Roche School Reading List
Year 3
As part of your child’s literary education, we recommend that by the end of Year 3 they are familiar with the following books. These books can be read independently or as a shared book, or audio book, at bedtime.
Five on a Treasure Island Enid Blyton
Lucy Willow Sally Gardener
Storm* Kevin Crossley-Holland
The BFG Roald Dahl
The Railway Children E. Nesbit
Why the Whales Came Michael Morpurgo
Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
The following list of books is intended to help guide your child towards particular writers whose work in general we think they will like. All of these books are available in the school library and your local library; there are also links to other recommended reading lists on the school website.
Aesop’s Funky Fables Vivan French
Astrosaurs: Riddle of the Raptors Steve Cole
Cannibal Adventure Willard Price
Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson
Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting
Fantastic Mr Fox and other titles Roald Dahl
*Carnegie Medal
Frindle Andrew Clements
Harriet The Spy Louise Fitzhugh
Harry and the Wrinklies Alan Temperley
Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
How to train your Dragon Cressida Cowell
Igraine the Brave Cornelia Fluke
Just William Richmal Crompton
Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell
Mary Poppins P. L. Travers
Milly-Molly-Mandy stories Joyce Lankester Brisley
Mr Majeika Humphrey Carpenter
Mr Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater
Mr Stink David Walliams
Mrs Pepperpot Alf Proysen
My Naughty Little Sister Dorothy Edwards
Necklace of Raindrops Joan Aiken
Norse Myths
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
Raven Mysteries series Marcus Sedgwick
Sam Pig Alison Uttley
Seal Secret Aidan Chambers
Skellig* David Almond
The Angel of Nitshill Road Anne Fine
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book Arthur Rackham
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce
The Boy in the Biscuit Tin Heather Dryer
*Carnegie Medal
The Butterfly Lion and other titles Michael Morpurgo
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter Philip Pullman
The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde
The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Magic Faraway Tree and other titles Enid Blyton
The Rescuers Margery Sharp
The Saga of Erik the Viking Terry Jones
The Sheep-Pig and other titles Dick King-Smith
The Spiderwick Chronicles T. Diterlizzi & H. Black
Tintin series Herge
Utterly me, Clarice Bean Lauren Child
Woof! Allan Ahlberg
Worzel Gummidge Barbara Euphan Todd
You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum! Andy Stanton
You’re thinking about Doughnuts Michael Rosen
Non-Fiction
100 Best Poems for Children Roger McGough
Fairy Poems Edited by Gaby Morgan
Horrible Geography Anita Ganeri and Mike Phillips
Horrible Histories Terry Deary
Horrible Science Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
Planet Dinosaur Cavan Scott
*Carnegie Medal