Wouldham All Saints Church of England Primary School

KS1 Suggested Reading List

4 years and upwards:

Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross I Hate School

Rosemary Wells Bunny Cakes

Martin Waddell, illustrated by Owl Babies Patrick Benson Julia Donaldson, illustrated by A Squash and a Squeeze Axel Scheffler Martin Waddell, illustrated by The Big Big Sea Jennifer Eachus

Lauren Child My Uncle is a Hunkle Says Clarice

Sylvia Plath The It-Doesn’t Matter Suit

Russell Hoban, illustrated by The Sea-Thing Child Patrick Benson

Martin Waddell and Penny Dale Rosie’s Babies

Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat

Shirley Hughes Dogger

Shelia MacGill-Callahan The Children of Lir

Raymond Briggs The Snowman

Michael Rosen Poems for the Very Young

Compiled by John Foster Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar

Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat

Ian Beck The Teddy Robber

John Burningham Avocado Baby Anthony Browne Willy’s Pictures

Beatrix Potter The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Hiawyn Oram Reckless Ruby

Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas Winnie the Witch

David McKee Not Now, Bernard

Babette Cole Princess Smartypants

Allan Alberg Mrs Wobble the Waitress

Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell Something Else

AA Milne Winnie the Pooh

5 years and upwards:

Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters

6 years and upwards:

Jacqueline Wilson The Dinosaur’s Packed Lunch

Philip Pullman Mossycoat

Roald Dahl The Enormous Crocodile

Kenneth Grahame, abridged and The Adventures of Mr Toad illustrated by Inga Moore

7 years and upwards:

Magdalen Nabb The Enchanted Horse

Jeremy Strong The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog

Laurence Anholt Snow White and the Seven Aliens

Jill Murphy The Worst Witch

Humphrey Carpenter Mr Majeika

Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish McKean Edited by Barry Cunningham Once Upon A Poem

Sean Taylor Boing!

Oliver Jeffers How to Catch a Star

Tony Ross Is It Because?

Mark Sperring Wanda’s First Day

Jo Redman, illustrated by Ley The World Came to My Place Today Honor Roberts Roger McGough, illustrated by Moonthief Penny Dann

Lauren Child Utterly Me, Clarice Bean

Gerard Greverand, illustrated by Tell Me If You Like… Magali Bardos

Tony Blundell Beware of Girls

Jamie Rix, illustrated by John Looking After Murphy Bendall-Brunello

Simon Bartram Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob)

Adrienne Geoghegan All Your Own Teeth

Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales Marketa Prachaticka Adrienne Geoghegan, illustrated All Your Own Teeth by Cathy Gale

Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking

Allan Ahlberg Please Mrs Butler

Allan Ahlberg Woof!