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!