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RRL_booklet0912.indd 1 09/12/21 11:03 Contents Genres For Level D and above, use the genre icons below to help you find books you will enjoy. Introduction

...... Action & Adventure What is the Kumon Recommended Reading List? Introduction 1 Exciting tales for all ages, from The Saga of Erik the Viking Information for Parents ....2 (D-29) to The Three Musketeers (Further Reading 20). The Kumon Recommended Reading List (RRL) is a list of 380 books intended to help Kumon students find books that they will enjoy reading, and to ...... Read Together 4 Crime & Mystery encourage them to read books from a wide range of genres and styles. Level 2A ...... 8 Suspenseful stories, guaranteed to keep you guessing, like Five on a Treasure Island (D-28) and The Thirty-Nine Steps How are the Books Chosen? Level A ...... 10 (H-1). The books on the RRL have been selected because they are popular, award Level B ...... 12 Fairy Tale, Myth & Legend Amazing books full of fantastic places and feats, like The Iliad winning, or recognised literary classics. They were all available from major Level C ...... 14 and the Odyssey (F-1) and One Thousand and One Arabian online bookshops (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Dymocks.com.au and Nights (G-27). Level D ...... 16 Waterstones.com) at the time of writing. Fantasy Level E ...... 18 Magic, adventure and imaginary worlds await readers in How are the Books Arranged? ...... incredible books like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Level F 20 (E-21) and The Hobbit (H-3). The books are divided into twelve sections, broadly corresponding to the levels of the Kumon English Programme. Like the Kumon worksheets, the RRL is Level G ...... 22 Historical Fiction designed so that each student can start reading books at a comfortable level Level H ...... 24 Tales set in the past, from ancient times in books like The Kin (H-7) to the more recent past in books like Number the and progress, step by step, to those that are more difficult. Each title includes Level I ...... 26 Stars (F-2). a short blurb to help students choose books, and students can colour in stars Further Reading ...... 28 Humour ( ) to rate the books they have read or listened to. Funny books guaranteed to raise a giggle, from You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! (D-4) to The Code of the Woosters (I-10). Read Together

Non-Fiction This section was created for children who haven’t started reading independently Amazing tales from the real world, including a playful look yet. The fifty books were selected because they are particularly suited to being at our oceans in Odious Oceans (Horrible Geography) (E-16) read aloud to children, with the simplest at number one. and fascinating biographies such as Boy (G-22). Poetry Level 2A to Level I Modern and classic, funny and serious poems all have a place, The thirty books in each level from Level 2A to Level I are listed in order from Gargling With Jelly (D-16) to The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems (I-19). of difficulty, with the easiest at number one. For Level D and above, genre Realistic Fiction icons are included to help readers navigate the list. Please refer to the genre Gripping tales that really could happen, from Journey to definitions (opposite) for details. Jo’Burg (D-3) to A Kestrel for a Knave (H-13). Further Reading Romance These thirty books are recommended for more confident, mature readers. Love is in the air in these stories, from amorous vampires in Twilight (G-9) to light-hearted matchmaking in Pride and They include classics and seminal works from a range of genres and periods, Prejudice (Further Reading 15). and are listed in order of difficulty. Science Fiction A Wide Range of Books for a Wide Range of Readers! Futuristic tales featuring fantastic characters, from the sole survivor in Z for Zachariah (G-1) to the telepathic children The RRL contains something for everyone. Each level includes books aimed in The Chrysalids (I-15). at younger readers, as well as books more suited to older, more mature readers. Supernatural Not every book will be appropriate for every student, but everyone will find Ghostly goings-on take centre stage in haunting tales like Skellig (F-4) and The Fall of the House of Usher and Other something he or she will enjoy! Writings (Further Reading 29).

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The following information is intended to help parents make the best use • The ‘Read Together’ part of the RRL includes fifty books that are ideal for of the Recommended Reading List (RRL), and to give ideas on how to help reading aloud, but any other books on the RRL may also be read aloud. inspire in children a lifelong love of reading. • Don’t stop reading to your child as soon as he or she is able to read independently. Try reading longer books a chapter at a time. Your child will enjoy listening to books that are more difficult than his or her own reading Creating a ‘Reading-Friendly’ Environment at Home ability. • Store your child’s books within his or her reach. Create a reading corner and Encouraging Your Child to Become an Independent Reader put some child-sized bookshelves nearby. Children who are just beginning to read feel an enormous sense of achievement • Visit the local library with your child and borrow books together. when they can read a whole book by themselves. • Take an active interest in what your child is reading. • Listen to your child read, give encouragement and help out with difficult • Children learn by example. If you and other family members read and talk words. Read books together, taking turns to read a sentence or a page each. about books, your child will do the same. • Start with short, simple books with large print and few words on each page. Recommending Books The books on the RRL in Level 2A have been specifically selected to suit children taking their first steps in reading. • Children should read books that match their ability and interests, which may • As your child gains confidence, he or she will be ready to try the stories in not correspond to their age or school year. This is why the books on the Levels A and B, most of which are still picture books. RRL are listed according to difficulty rather than age. It may mean that a preschool child chooses to read longer books, while an older primary-school • In Level B the RRL introduces longer books, in which the story is told student is more comfortable reading picture books. mainly through text rather than pictures and is spread over a number of chapters. • Use the genre icons and book blurbs to help your child choose books. More Confident Readers Reading Aloud to Your Child Even after your child becomes an independent reader, continue to talk about The stories you read aloud to your child are his or her first introduction to the and recommend books. world of books. Reading aloud is important, not only because it shows how much fun reading can be, but also for its many other benefits. These include • Many of the books on the RRL are part of a series or written by well-known getting a feel for the sounds and rhythms of language, helping to develop authors of children’s books. Encourage your child to read more books in the imagination and creativity, and widening a child’s experience of the world. same series or other titles by the same author. • Let your child choose the books he or she wants you to read. Young children • Use the genre icons to help your child find more books from genres he or enjoy having picture books read to them, particularly books that include she likes, or to encourage him or her to try a different genre. repetition, rhythm, or rhyme, and will often want you to reread the same • Don’t force your child to read, and try not to be judgmental about his or her book many times. reading choices. • Read at a pace that allows your child to follow the story, and talk about the • Encourage your child to read more of what he or she enjoys; above all, story and the pictures as you read. reading should be satisfying and fun.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 2 09/12/21 11:03RRL_booklet0912.indd 3 09/12/21 11:03 Read Together 11 Dogger 18 Peepo! Read Shirley Hughes Janet and Allan Ahlberg Dogger, the well-loved stuffed dog, gets lost. Here’s a great book. One, two, three. It’s full Together Can Dave find him? of rhymes and pictures. It’s lov-er-ly!

12 Handa’s Surprise 19 We All Went on Safari: This section was created for children who haven’t started reading independently yet. Eileen Browne A Counting Journey through Tanzania It contains books that are particularly suited to being read aloud to children, with the Generous Handa wants to carry some fruit Laurie Krebs and Julia Cairns simplest at number one. to her friend Akeyo as a surprise. But what A lovely counting rhyme based in Tanzania happens to the fruit on the way? that is full of all kinds of African animals. 1 Dear Zoo 6 I’m Not Scared! 13 Crocodile Beat 20 Look Out, Suzy Goose Rod Campbell Jonathan Allen Gail Jorgensen and Patricia Mullins Petr Horáček I wrote to the zoo, but what did they send me? A fearless baby owl goes for a night-time Crocodile is hungry, but the noisy animals The other geese are too noisy for Suzy Goose, Lift the flaps to find out. adventure with his jumpy best friend. don’t intend to be his dinner. so she decides to go for a walk in the woods. But who else is there? 2 Maisy’s Bedtime 7 Each Peach Pear Plum 14 Quacky Quack-Quack! 21 Queenie the Bantam Lucy Cousins Janet and Allan Ahlberg Ian Whybrow and Russell Ayto Bob Graham Maisy the mouse goes through her bedtime A wonderful rhyme featuring lots of nursery- What a racket! A little baby won’t feed the After being saved from a lake in the nick of routine. rhyme characters in a nursery-rhyme world. ducks, so they start to quack and then everyone time, hen Queenie becomes part of Caitlin’s joins in. family. 3 Where’s Spot? 8 Owl Babies 15 Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? 22 The Blue Balloon Eric Hill Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth Mick Inkpen Spot the dog is hiding. Can you lift the flaps Where has the baby owls’ mother gone? Will In this lovingly illustrated book Big Bear cares Kipper finds a blue balloon that is truly unique. and find him? she come back in time? for sleepless Little Bear.

4 Parsnip 9 Bear on a Bike 16 Kipper’s A to Z 23 Whizz Bang Orang-Utan Sue Porter Stella Blackstone and Debbie Harter Mick Inkpen John Foster (comp.) On a bitterly cold night little lamb Parsnip A bear on a bike travels to some wonderful Kipper the dog capers through the alphabet These funny, energetic poems, written makes friends and hunts for her mummy in places in this lovely bedtime book. with his friends and a zealous zebra. especially for young children, are bursting this classic lift-the-flap book. with fun and a love of life. 5 Dig Dig Digging 10 So Much! 17 Possum Magic 24 Where’s My Teddy? Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe Trish Cooke and Helen Oxenbury Mem Fox and Julie Vivas Jez Alborough Diggers, tractors, cranes and more. Dig Dig Mum and the baby weren’t doing much at An invisible baby possum and his grandma A great rhyming story in which Eddy can’t Digging shows you how good machines are home until everyone came to visit. tour Australia to find that special, magical find Freddy and Bear can’t find Ted, until… at doing their stuff. ingredient to make him visible again.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 4 09/12/21 11:03RRL_booklet0912.indd 5 09/12/21 11:03 Read Together 37 Something Else 44 Click, Clack, Moo: Read Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell Cows That Type A weird-looking creature isn’t accepted by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin the ‘normal’ animals, but finds friendship in A herd of uncomfortable cows find a typewriter, Together the end. and decide to send the farmer an ultimatum.

25 Little Polar Bear 31 Harold and the Purple 38 Wombat Goes Walkabout 45 Rotten and Rascal: Hans de Beer Crayon Crockett Johnson Michael Morpurgo and Christian Birmingham The Two Terrible Pterosaur Twins Lars’s first hunting trip becomes quite an Harold creates a wonderful world with his Wombat goes looking for his mum. On the way Paul Geraghty adventure! Can he get home? magical purple crayon. he meets lots of rude animals who don’t want Two pterosaurs bicker over a fish. Passing to help him, until something scary happens. dino chums chip in, but Rex has the last word. 26 Yuck! 32 Dino-Dinners 39 Don’t Let the Pigeon 46 The Shopping Basket Mick Manning and Brita Granström Mick Manning and Brita Granström Drive the Bus! Mo Willems John Burningham Baby animals eat all kinds of slimy, crunchy, A cheeky rhyming book about dinosaurs. Fact The bus driver’s instructions are clear, but the Steven pops down to the shops but has to furry things, but surely that’s not what human sheets are included for young palaeontologists. pigeon really, really wants to drive the bus. get past lots of nasty bullying animals on the babies eat . . . Or is it? What will you do? way home. 27 Leo the Late Bloomer 33 Hairy Maclary from 40 Toot and Puddle 47 The Emperor of Absurdia Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego Donaldson’s Dairy Holly Hobbie Chris Riddell Leo’s father is rather worried about him, but Lynley Dodd World traveller Toot writes postcards to In this fantastically illustrated book a little boy will Leo make it in the end? What makes Hairy and his doggy friends run stay-at-home Puddle. Both like different things dreams up an amazing world full of live toys. and hide? but remain the best of friends. Wonderful!

28 Who Sank the Boat? 34 The Puffin Book of Fantastic 41 Dr Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing 48 The Colour of Home Pamela Allen First Poems June Crebbin (ed.) Alphabet Book! Dr Seuss Mary Hoffman and Karin Littlewood All the animals got in, but can you guess which This wonderful anthology is perfect for sharing. Dr Seuss’s alphabet, filled with weird and The moving story of a Somali refugee child one sank the boat? With funny animal poems and warm bedtime wonderful animals, educates while it entertains. who is getting used to life in a British school. rhymes there is something for every occasion.

29 Pumpkin Soup 35 The Tiger Who Came to Tea 42 Where the Wild Things Are 49 The Iron Man: A Children’s Story Helen Cooper Judith Kerr Maurice Sendak in Five Nights Ted Hughes Duck, Cat and Squirrel are a supreme What do you do when a big, furry, stripy tiger Mischief-making Max is sent to bed. From his A gigantic iron man appears from nowhere soup-making team. comes to tea? room he goes on an incredible journey meeting, and terrorises the countryside. and then becoming king of, the wild things. 30 Would You Rather… 36 The Gruffalo 43 Revolting Rhymes 50 Winnie-the-Pooh John Burningham Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake A A Milne and E H Shepard Would you rather be crushed by a snake or A clever mouse meets a lot of hungry animals, Did Little Red Riding Hood really get eaten? Join Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends on their eaten by a crocodile? There are some difficult but even the scariest snake is afraid of the Did Cinderella really marry a handsome prince? adventures in and around the Hundred Acre choices to be made. gruffalo. Find out in this belly-wobblingly funny book. Wood.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 6 09/12/21 11:03RRL_booklet0912.indd 7 09/12/21 11:03 2A 15 There’s a Nightmare in My 23 The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Closet Mercer Mayer (I Can Read! Beginning Reading) You might be scared of monsters, but they Nurit Karlin might be even more scared of you. When the cat is left home alone all sorts of 2A trouble starts! 1 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 8 This is the Bear 16 Pants 24 The Magic Porridge Pot What Do You See? Sarah Hayes and Helen Craig Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt (Read it Yourself: Level 1) Ladybird Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle Dog pushes Bear into the bin, and poor Bear Pants, pants, everywhere, on your head and A strange old woman gives a poor, hungry A fantastic rhyming book full of wonderfully ends up at the rubbish dump. in the air! girl a magic pot that makes porridge. But the colourful animals. girl’s mum doesn’t know how to make it stop. 2 Rosie’s Walk 9 Duck in the Truck 17 Meg and Mog 25 Green Eggs and Ham Pat Hutchins Jez Alborough Helen Nicoll and Jan Pieńkowski Dr Seuss Rosie the hen decides to wander around the Duck’s got a truck, and it’s got stuck in the Witch Meg and her cat Mog go to a big Would you eat green eggs and ham? No? But farmyard, but watch out! There’s a sneaky muck! How will he get it out? Hallowe’en party in the woods. they’re delicious, don’t you know? fox out to get her.

3 Titch 10 A Dark, Dark Tale 18 Penguin 26 My First Pet (First Times) Pat Hutchins Ruth Brown Polly Dunbar Rebecca Hunter Titch is the smallest in his family and always A spooky book that will surprise you! No matter what Ben does Penguin won’t talk. Having a pet is exciting and fun, but also gets the smallest things, but when he plants a worrisome! tiny seed something special happens. 4 Old Hat New Hat 11 Mouse Moves House 19 Mr Gumpy’s Outing 27 The Magic Footprints Stan and Jan Berenstain (Usborne Phonics Readers) John Burningham (Green Bananas) A dog wants a new hat but can’t find any that Phil Roxbee Cox and Stephen Cartwright When Mr Gumpy decides to go out on his Melissa Balfour and Russell Julian fit properly. What will he do? Jack helps Mack, but what about Fat Cat? boat everyone wants to come along. When Lola gives Tim a strange birthday present an amazing adventure begins. 5 Clifford the Big Red Dog 12 Go, Dog. Go! 20 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 28 A Fly Went By Norman Bridwell P D Eastman Eric Carle Mike McClintock and Fritz Seibel Clifford isn’t just big, he’s enormous! High speed hounds who like to race round A caterpillar gets bigger and bigger, eating If you like rhymes and flies don’t let this book and round. Don’t miss them! so much food that he might even explode! pass you by.

6 Doing the Garden 13 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 21 Not Now, Bernard 29 The Cat in the Hat Sarah Garland Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury David McKee Dr Seuss We’re doing the gardening today. Want to There’s a bear about, so let’s search him out! Bernard’s parents never listen to him, not even Everyone’s favourite cat helps you read and join us? when he tells them that there’s a great big, rhyme. hungry-looking monster in the back garden.

7 Come on, Daisy 14 I Wish I Were a Dog 22 Jump, Frog, Jump! 30 Jungle School (Green Bananas) Jane Simmons Lydia Monks Robert Kalan and Byron Barton Elizabeth Laird, Roz Davison and David Sim Daisy the duckling loves flopping about around Kitty thinks that dogs have much more fun Frog jumps into the pond, then more and more Jani the monkey is worried about her first day the pond and finding new things. than cats. What do you think? things keep happening – try to keep up! at school. Will the other monkeys be friends with her?

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 8 09/12/21 11:03RRL_booklet0912.indd 9 09/12/21 11:04 A 15 The Gingerbread Man 23 The Gift of the Sun: A Tale from Barbara Baumgartner and Norman Messenger South Africa Dianne Stewart and Jude Daly The Gingerbread Man is a very tasty-looking Thulani is a lazy farmer who thinks that selling little fellow, which means that everyone wants his cow for a goat will make life easier. But A to gobble him up! what will his wife think? 1 The Rainbow Fish 8 Six Dinner Sid 16 Farmer Duck 24 The Tunnel Marcus Pfister Inga Moore Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury Anthony Browne The Rainbow Fish has beautiful scales but Sid is a very charming cat – so charming, in Poor Duck has to do everything around the Rose and her brother have fallen out, but when nobody will be his friend. The starfish thinks fact, that he can get six dinners a day from farm! Will anybody help? he crawls into a scary tunnel and doesn’t come he knows why. six different people. back she gets scared and crawls in after him. 2 Peace at Last 9 A Lion in the Meadow 17 Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten 25 Big Dog and Little Dog Go Jill Murphy Margaret Mahy and Jenny Williams Bob Graham Flying (Blue Bananas) Selina Young Mr Bear really wants to sleep, but every room If there was a lion in the meadow how would Mr Wintergarten is a mean old prune of a man, Big Dog and Little Dog make a plane and go in the house is so noisy. Where will he go? you scare it away? One little boy’s mum thinks but Rose really wants her ball back. Thankfully, on an amazing flying adventure. But they’ve a dragon might do the trick! Mum’s hot cakes come to the rescue. forgotten one thing: the landing button! 3 Harry the Dirty Dog 10 Little Beaver and the Echo 18 Elizabeti’s Doll 26 Remember Me Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham Amy MacDonald and Sarah Fox-Davies Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen and Christy Hale Margaret Wild and Dee Huxley Harry the dog gets so dirty that his family Little Beaver is really lonely, but when he When Elizabeti’s mum has a baby Elizabeti In this heart-warming story a grandchild helps don’t even know who he is. Will he have to hears a voice over the lake he thinks that he decides to look after her very own, cute little her grandma remember. get a wash? may have found a friend. baby. . . rock! 4 I Want a Friend 11 The Three Billy Goats Gruff 19 May I Bring a Friend? 27 Louis Braille Tony Ross Paul Galdone Beatrice Schenk de Regniers and Beni Montresor (Famous People Famous Lives) It’s the Little Princess’s first day at school The grass looks lovely on the other side of The King and Queen are a lovely couple, and Tessa Potter and she wants to make lots of new friends. the river, but to get to it the goats will have always tell the boy he can bring a friend to tea. The amazing true story of the man who to deal with a smelly, hairy, disgusting troll. But all his friends seem to be from the zoo! changed the world for blind people. 5 Ginger 12 Eat Your Peas 20 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald 28 Don’t Be Horrid, Henry! Charlotte Voake Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt Partridge Mem Fox and Julie Vivas Francesca Simon and Tony Ross Ginger is a really spoiled cat, and when a cute Daisy hates peas, but if her mum offers her an Wilfrid wants to know what a memory is, and Henry’s younger brother Peter is a bit too little kitten arrives on the scene he is absolutely extra pudding for dessert, and a space rocket, asks all his friends in the old people’s home perfect, and Henry really wants to get him furious. Will they ever be friends? do you think she will eat some? if they know anything about it. into trouble!

6 The Queen’s Knickers 13 A Quiet Night In 21 A Fish Out of Water 29 The Pig in the Pond Nicholas Allan Jill Murphy Helen Palmer and P D Eastman Martin Waddell and Jill Barton This book contains TOP SECRET information It’s Mr Large’s birthday and Mrs Large is If you give your fish too much food who knows How is a hot pig supposed to cool off? By about the Queen and her underwear. Don’t planning a quiet night in. However, the Large what might happen! joining the ducks and geese in the pond! tell anyone! children have other ideas. 7 Mister Magnolia 14 Winnie the Witch 22 I am Not Sleepy and I Will 30 That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Quentin Blake Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas Not Go to Bed Lauren Child Brown Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton Mr Magnolia has a very serious problem: he Everything in Winnie’s house is black, which Lola loves staying up late, so Charlie tries The dastardly Queen has stolen Stanley the only has one boot, which makes splashing makes looking for things very hard, and life everything, including shooting whales down rabbit, and Emily Brown wants him back! through puddles a soggy experience. very dangerous for her poor little black cat. the plughole, to wear her out.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 10 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 11 09/12/21 11:04 B 15 Think of an Eel 23 Borka Karen Wallace and Mike Bostock John Burningham Eels are amazing creatures with an amazing life Borka the goose has no feathers, so her mum cycle. Find out why in this brilliant book! knits her a jumper. But when all the other geese B fly south for the winter, what will Borka do? 1 Mr Archimedes’ Bath 8 Zoo 16 The Incredible Book 24 The Little House Pamela Allen Anthony Browne Eating Boy Oliver Jeffers Virginia Lee Burton When Mr Archimedes jumps in the bath lots of Looking at animals in cages can be boring. Books are meant for reading, not eating. But for The Little House enjoys living in the country, water splashes out, and he can’t work out why. Thankfully monkey hats, burgers and Dad’s Henry the more books he eats the cleverer he gets. but when new roads are built she gets swallowed Maybe his animal friends can help him. weird sense of humour help make the day an up by the big city. interesting one. 2 The Elves and the Shoemaker 9 One Snowy Night: A Tale from 17 Bones (Little Genius) 25 The Dinosaur’s Packed Lunch (Ladybird Tales) Vera Southgate Percy’s Park Nick Butterworth Kate Lennard and Eivind Gulliksen Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt The shoemaker and his wife are really poor, so Percy the park keeper has a cosy little house. Find out how bones stop us from looking like Dinah thinks life is pretty boring and wishes she two little elf friends decide to make fantastic So cosy, in fact, that all the park animals want big blobs of jelly in this really colourful book. had a mum to make her a packed lunch. She gets shoes for them to sell. to spend the night there! her wish – kind of – with a lot more besides.

3 Ape 10 Mia’s Story 18 The Giant Jam Sandwich 26 Thomas the Tank Engine Martin Jenkins and Vicky White Michael Foreman John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway (The Railway Series) Rev W Awdry Orangutans, gorillas, bonobos and chimps – Every day Mia’s dad goes into the city to sell What’s the best way to get rid of a swarm of Thomas is a cheeky little train who really wants you’ll find out lots about them in this brilliant junk. Then one day Mia finds another way of wasps? Make a giant jam sandwich, of course! to impress. If he works hard enough maybe he book. making money that smells very sweet indeed! will be given his own line.

4 Elmer 11 Curious George Takes a Job 19 Hocus Pocus Hound 27 Living With Vampires David McKee H A Rey Samantha Hay and Nathan Reed Jeremy Strong Elmer is a very colourful elephant, but one day Everyone’s favourite cheeky monkey takes a job Marvo the Magician needs a new assistant, and Kevin has a big problem: his parents are he decides he doesn’t want to be different any as a window cleaner. settles on a scruffy old dog. Will Hocus Pocus vampires! Making sure they don’t do anything more. Will he be happier? Hound be the best assistant ever? too gruesome is a full-time job.

5 Camille and the Sunflowers 12 Little Tim and the Brave 20 Mr Tickle 28 Flat Stanley Laurence Anholt Sea Captain Edward Ardizzone Roger Hargreaves Jeff Brown A new person comes to stay in Camille’s town. Tim thinks that being a sailor would be great. Mr Tickle has fabulously long arms, and hands Stanley Lambchop has been squashed flat! He He’s got a strange beard and loves painting. His But when he stows away on a big steam boat that are perfect for…tickling! soon discovers that being pancake-thin can be name is Vincent van Gogh. Have you heard of he finds out that life at sea isn’t so wonderful. very useful indeed. him? 6 Where the Forest Meets 13 Max 21 006 and a Bit 29 Meerkat Mail the Sea Jeannie Baker Bob Graham Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt Emily Gravett A young boy follows a stream into an Australian Max’s whole family are superheroes, and even Daisy becomes a spy, but can’t find anyone who A meerkat gets itchy feet and decides to spend rainforest and discovers all kinds of wonderful though he can walk and talk Max still can’t fly. understands her secret spy code. some time abroad with his cousins. things. His parents are getting worried!

7 Uno’s Garden 14 When a Monster is Born 22 Sniffer and Naughty Nancy 30 Tashi and the Giants Graeme Base Sean Taylor and Nick Sharratt Roger Abbott and Colin West Anna and Barbara Fienberg Uno moves into a wilderness full of bizarre When a monster does something one of two Naughty Nancy’s dog, Sniffer, has a super nose and Kim Gamble creatures. But more and more settlers arrive and (usually very strange) things can happen. that can sniff out gold, but when he steals the Tashi loves telling stories, especially when giants the wilderness slowly disappears… King’s crown they are in trouble! and bloodthirsty bandits are involved.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 12 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 13 09/12/21 11:04 C 15 Sophie Hits Six 23 The Adventures of Captain Dick King-Smith Underpants Dav Pilkey Sophie is a mischievous little girl who really Is it a pair of socks? Is it a giant vest? No, it’s wants to be a farmer. In this book she makes Captain Underpants, school headmaster turned friends with a farmer’s boy and even gets some (sort of) superhero! C kittens. 1 The Lighthouse Keeper’s 8 Badger’s Parting Gifts 16 Astrid, the Au Pair from 24 Stella by the Sea Rescue Ronda and David Armitage Susan Varley Outer Space Emily Smith Ruth Starke Mr Grinling is getting old and keeps forgetting Badger’s getting old and wants to leave something Harry’s new au pair is a bit odd. She keeps asking Stella lives in a fantastic apartment with her mum to turn the lighthouse lamp on. But when a whale for each of his friends. all kinds of strange questions and her suitcase and dad, but what she really wants is her own gets stuck on the beach he has a chance to prove turns into a spaceship. playhouse by the sea. that he’s still handy. 2 The Eyes of Gray Wolf 9 Happy Birthday x 3 17 George Saves the World by Lunchtime 25 Mr Majeika Jonathan London and Jon Van Zyle Libby Gleeson and David Cox Jo Readman and Ley Honor Roberts Humphrey Carpenter A lone wolf, struggling to survive the harsh Imagine having two sisters who were born at the George wants to go out and save the world, like Class Three are gobsmacked when their new winter, crosses paths with a large wolf pack. same time as you. What would you get them for Superman, but his Grandpa shows him that, by teacher flies into class on a magic carpet. Their What will happen next? their birthday? doing a few simple things every day, he can save lessons will never be the same again. the world from home. 3 Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: 10 The Shrinking of Treehorn 18 Fantastic Mr Fox 26 The Legend of Spud An African Tale John Steptoe Florence Parry Heide and Edward Gorey Roald Dahl Murphy Eoin Colfer The King is looking for a wife and Mufaro’s Poor Treehorn has a serious problem: he keeps Mr Fox is the cleverest chap you will ever meet. Will and Marty get dumped in the library by their daughters are the most beautiful in the land. How getting smaller and smaller, and the worst thing But when three devious farmers gang together mum. Will they survive with Spud Murphy, the will he choose between them? is nobody seems to care! old Foxy’s days might be numbered! scariest librarian in the world, in charge?

4 First Fairy Tales 11 The Diary of a Killer Cat 19 Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick 27 Martin’s Mice Margaret Mayo and Selina Young Anne Fine Francesca Simon and Tony Ross Dick King-Smith A super collection of nine famous fairy tales that Tuffy. It sounds like a cute name for a cat, but Henry is wicked! He ruins the school sports All cats are supposed to catch mice but Martin includes Cinderella, Puss in Boots, The Sleeping he’s a cold-blooded bird and mouse killer. Can day, runs away from home and comes up with is different: he keeps them as pets! What will Beauty and Rumpelstiltskin. Each title is also Ellie get him to change his ways? a cunning plan to make himself very rich. happen when his dad finds out? available separately. 5 Poison Island (Zac Power) 12 Stone Age Boy 20 The Shadow Brumby (Bonnie & Sam) 28 Nim’s Island H I Larry Satoshi Kitamura Alison Lester and Roland Harvey Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard Twelve-year-old super spy Zac Power has twenty- A boy travels back in time to the Stone Age, A wild horse storms into town and takes the place Nim and her dad live on a tropical island with four hours to stop the evil scientist Dr Drastic. where he learns how to do all sorts of cool Stone- of a police horse. Can Bonnie and Sam, experts an iguana, a sea lion and a turtle. Nim loves it, Age stuff! on all things horse, sort it out? but when her dad goes missing she emails her favourite adventure writer for help. 6 Stanley Bagshaw and the Short- 13 Alien Teeth 21 The Worst Witch 29 The Forests of Silence Sighted Football Trainer Bob Wilson Ian MacDonald Jill Murphy (Deltora Quest) Emily Rodda Football-mad Stanley looks set to miss his Young Owen accidentally finds some alien teeth. Miss Cackle’s Academy is a great school for Two unlikely companions set off on a quest to favourite team playing in an important cup match They belong to Emperor Zarg, who is so angry learning how to cast spells and make potions, find the seven stones that will rid Deltora of the until a short-sighted trainer turns him into a hero. that he might even blow up Earth! but Mildred can’t seem to get anything right! evil Shadow Lord.

7 Hans Christian Andersen 14 The Milk Makers 22 Monster Stones: The Story of 30 The Butterfly Lion Andrew Langley Gail Gibbons a Dinosaur Fossil (Science Works) Michael Morpurgo When Hans was a boy he didn’t have many Ever wondered how milk gets from cow to Jacqui Bailey and Matthew Lilly When Bertie rescued a lion from certain death friends, but he always loved making up stories kitchen table? This book explains all. How did dinosaurs end up as hard bits of stone he never thought that he would meet it again, and would later become one of the most famous called fossils? Monster Stones explains all! many years later, in war-torn France. writers in the world.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 14 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 15 09/12/21 11:04 D 15 James and the Giant Peach 23 The Cay Roald Dahl Theodore Taylor Poor James gets sent to live with his wicked When a young boy is marooned on an island aunts, but some magic crystals and an with a wise old man, he must face his fears enormous peach lead to an extraordinary and prejudices. A gripping tale of survival, D adventure. acceptance and hope. 1 Sadako and the Thousand 8 Sarah, Plain and Tall 16 Gargling With Jelly 24 Ella Enchanted Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr Patricia MacLachlan Brian Patten Gail Carson Levine The touching true story of a girl who became A heart-warming tale about love, loss and A great collection of funny, entertaining Ella bravely battles against her ‘gift’ of ill as a result of the nuclear bombs dropped family set in nineteenth-century Midwest poems. obedience, meeting elves, ogres and a on Japan. America. handsome prince along the way.

2 Rainforest (Eye Wonder) 9 The Little Prince 17 The Firework-Maker’s 25 Stig of the Dump Dorling Kindersley Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Daughter Philip Pullman Clive King Meet the amazing animals and plants that A pilot crashes in the desert and meets the little According to her father, firework-making is Barney makes friends with a Stone Age man live in the rainforest, including tigers, snakes, prince, who is full of strange and amazing not a suitable job for a girl, but Lila disagrees who is living and recycling in a rubbish dump. stinkhorns and orchids. stories about the things he has seen. and sets out to prove him wrong in this wonderful adventure.

3 Journey to Jo’Burg: 10 Mrs Frisby and the Rats of 18 Bartlett and the Ice Voyage 26 Where the Red Fern Grows A South African Story Beverley Naidoo NIMH Robert C O’Brien Odo Hirsch Wilson Rawls A poignant story about life in apartheid-era A family of mice face a race against the clock Brave Bartlett must find a way of bringing a The exciting, dramatic story of a boy and his South Africa. When their baby sister falls ill, to save their home, with the help of super- delicious melidrop fruit to the Queen before brave, loyal dogs. Naledi and Tiro set off to find their mother, intelligent rats. it meets a very sticky (and smelly) end. Will who works in Johannesburg. he succeed? 4 You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! 11 My Life with the 19 A Bear Called Paddington 27 Mary Poppins Andy Stanton Chimpanzees Jane Goodall Michael Bond P L Travers A very, very funny story about grumpy Mr Jane Goodall’s own account of her adventures Fabulous, funny stories about the loveable Mary Poppins is a nanny with a big difference Gum that will have you laughing like a tickled in Africa, living among a group of chimpanzees. bear Paddington’s adventures. – she’s magic! seal.

5 Double Act 12 Mama’s Bank Account 20 Peter Pan 28 Five on a Treasure Island Jacqueline Wilson Kathryn Forbes J M Barrie Enid Blyton The amusing story of Ruby and Garnet, twin A touching, humorous look at a loving family Wendy, John and Michael fly off to Neverland The first book in the Famous Five series finds sisters who look the same, but have very led by Mama, a strong Norwegian-American with Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up. An our heroes on an exciting search for gold! But different personalities. matriarch. unforgettable adventure featuring mermaids, they’re not alone… fairies and evil pirates. 6 Who Was Albert Einstein? 13 The Breadwinner 21 My Side of the Mountain 29 The Saga of Erik the Viking Jess Brallier and Robert Andrew Parker Deborah Ellis Jean Craighead George Terry Jones Find out about the life and science of the man Based on real accounts from Afghan refugees, Young Sam learns about survival, courage, An action-packed adventure featuring who discovered that E=mc2 in this fascinating The Breadwinner is a deeply affecting tale of danger and the meaning of family during a Vikings, dragons and giants! biography of the world-famous scientist. a young girl who supports her family under year that will change his life. trying and dangerous conditions. 7 Tales of a Fourth Grade 14 Emil and the Detectives 22 The Indian in the Cupboard 30 The Toothpaste Millionaire Nothing Judy Blume Erich Kästner Lynne Reid Banks Jean Merrill A very funny story featuring the long-suffering A country lad, in Berlin for the day, gets Omri’s unwanted birthday present becomes When young Rufus discovers that there’s Peter and his tearaway little brother. robbed and meets a good-natured gang who the most precious, magical – and dangerous money to be made in toothpaste not even huge help him in his hunt for the thief. – present ever! toothpaste companies can stand in his way.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 16 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 17 09/12/21 11:04 E 15 The Borrowers 23 Tom’s Midnight Garden Mary Norton Philippa Pearce Lost anything recently? Perhaps it has been Tom thinks that staying with his aunt and borrowed. Under the grandfather clock, behind uncle will be boring, until the clock strikes the wainscot there’s a hole where someone thirteen and a magical adventure begins. E tiny lives. Meet Pod, Homily and Arriety. 1 Ramona Forever 8 Charlie and the Chocolate 16 Odious Oceans 24 The Phoenix and the Carpet Beverley Cleary Factory Roald Dahl (Horrible Geography) Anita Ganeri E Nesbit A funny, often touching book featuring young Young Charlie wins a chance to visit the A book for those interested in everything over, Wrapped in the new nursery carpet the Ramona, a girl who is never far from trouble. famous Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, beginning on, in and under the sea. You’ll be amazed! children find a very special egg. This is a a hilarious adventure. You’ll certainly be amused! fantastic adventure featuring flying carpets and mythical beasts. 2 Varjak Paw 9 Harriet the Spy 17 Seven Little Australians 25 Black Beauty S F Said Louise Fitzhugh Ethel Turner Anna Sewell An action-packed mix of mystery and martial arts. Harriet spies on people and writes about them When one of the mischievous Woolcot A dramatic and heart-warming tale with a Varjak, a pedigree cat, must venture ‘Outside’, in her secret notebook. When her classmates children’s pranks goes too far, wild Judy difference, as the horse tells the story. face gangs of cats and solve the mystery of the find the book and read it aloud Harriet finds gets sent away to school and everything Vanishings in a battle to save his family. herself a lonely outcast. starts to change. 3 Charlotte’s Web 10 Maniac Magee 18 The Wolves of Willoughby 26 The Lion, the Witch and E B White Jerry Spinelli Chase Joan Aiken the Wardrobe When Wilbur the pig learns what is about to Maniac Magee doesn’t have a home, but his Winter wolves and a wicked governess’s (The Chronicles of Narnia) C S Lewis happen to him, Charlotte the spider comes amazing antics are enough to make him a dastardly dealings test tough Bonnie and sickly A classic tale following the adventures of to his rescue. A wonderful, humorous book. local legend. Sylvia in this action-packed adventure set in Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy in the wintry a Britain where not everything is as it seems. land through the wardrobe. 4 Castle Diary: 11 Journey to the River Sea 19 Bridge to Terabithia 27 Dragon Keeper The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page Eva Ibbotson Katherine Paterson Carole Wilkinson Richard Platt and Chris Riddell A breathtaking adventure story about Maia, Jess and his new friend Leslie create a secret A dramatic mix of myth and historical fact A fascinating look at life in a thirteenth- an orphan, who is sent to live with grumpy place where they are king and queen. But as young Ping begins an epic adventure with century English castle through the eyes of relatives in the wild Amazon rainforest. tragedy is around the corner. (May not be the last dragon of the Han Dynasty in ancient young Tobias Burgess. suitable for younger readers.) China. 5 Island of the Blue Dolphins 12 Walk Two Moons 20 The Sign of the Beaver 28 At Her Majesty’s Request: Scott O’Dell Sharon Creech Elizabeth George Speare An African Princess in Victorian England A young girl has to learn to fend for herself Thirteen-year-old Salamanca travels across An excellent story of survival, friendship Walter Dean Myers after being stranded on an island. Based on America to find her mother in this excellent, and difficult choices made in the American A young African girl is plucked from her tribe a true story. touching and amusing story. wilderness. and literally lives like a princess in England.

6 The Wizard of Oz 13 Fire, Bed and Bone 21 Harry Potter and the 29 George’s Secret Key to the L Frank Baum Henrietta Branford Philosopher’s Stone J K Rowling Universe Lucy and Stephen Hawking A tornado sweeps Dorothy to the magical A hunting dog narrates the ups and downs of The book that began the incredibly popular George’s scientist neighbour has an amazing Land of Oz, where she and Toto meet the her owner’s family in post-plague fourteenth- series is a brilliant, funny and magical computer that can transport a person to any Lion, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow. century England. story that introduces us to the amazing boy point in the universe. But someone else wants But only the Wizard can get her home. magician. it and is willing to do nearly anything to get it.

7 Anne of Green Gables 14 Artemis Fowl 22 River Boy 30 Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent L M Montgomery Eoin Colfer Tim Bowler Magicians and Their Amazing Feats Paul Kieve When Anne arrives at Green Gables, the Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Jess’s grandfather is dying, but he refuses A brilliant book for budding conjurors Cuthberts are disappointed that she is not the Fowl kidnaps a fairy to get his hands on fairy to go to hospital until he finishes his final combining the stories of some of the world’s boy they expected. But Anne’s bubbliness and gold, but the LEPrecon police squad are out painting; a painting which leads to an amazing greatest magicians with step-by-step guides imaginative character soon win them over. to foil his plan. encounter in this touching, supernatural tale. to performing their tricks!

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 18 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 19 09/12/21 11:04 F 15 Out of India: 23 The Secret Garden An Anglo-Indian Childhood Jamila Gavin Frances Hodgson Burnett A fascinating account of growing up in two Sickly orphan Mary finds a long-neglected very different cultures during some world- garden. As the garden blooms she learns to F changing events. love life and makes new friends. 1 The Iliad and the Odyssey 8 Foxspell 16 The House of Dies Drear 24 The Wind in the Willows Marcia Williams Gillian Rubinstein Virginia Hamilton Kenneth Grahame The original adventure stories are brilliantly A remarkable book in which a young boy Set in the early 1960s, a modern African- A wonderful tale of adventure and friendship retold in this amazing graphic novel. faces a truly life-changing decision. What American family moves into a house that featuring Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the would you do? was a major ‘station’ on the Underground mischievous Toad. Railroad for slaves. This is a real page-turner! 2 Number the Stars 9 The Second World War 17 The Red Pony 25 Treasure Island Lois Lowry (Usborne True Stories) Paul Dowswell John Steinbeck Robert Louis Stevenson Set in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, This is an immensely readable, straightforward Four excellent, related stories trace Jody A brilliant adventure story featuring sneaky ten-year-old Annemarie embarks on a account of war in all its horror, including the Tiflin’s adolescence as he learns about pirates, a hunt for treasure in far-off, exotic courageous and dangerous mission to save Soviet Air Force’s heroic women pilots and courage, responsibility and loss. lands and lots of action on the high seas. her best friend. the ‘destroyer of worlds’. 3 Matilda 10 The Book of Three 18 The World in the Time of 26 Just William Roald Dahl Lloyd Alexander Marco Polo Fiona Macdonald Richmal Crompton A wonderfully comic book packed with This, the compelling first part of the Do you want to know what the world was Funny stories set in 1920s Britain following eccentric characters, evil relatives and lots Chronicles of Prydain, follows Taran, assistant like when the legendary explorer was alive? the antics of cheeky schoolboy William of laughs. pig-keeper, and his strange companions on a This is the book for you! Brown. pursuit through perilous woods.

4 Skellig 11 A Wizard of Earthsea 19 SilverFin (Young Bond) 27 Framed David Almond Ursula Le Guin Charlie Higson Frank Cottrell Boyce Life looks grim for Michael, with a sick sister, Young wizard Ged battles a sinister creature A brilliant, action-packed tale depicting the In difficult times the National Gallery in a new home and no friends, until he finds as he comes to realise that his fate may be far early life of the world’s best-known superspy: London sends its collection to a remote Skellig and things start to improve in strange, more important than he ever dreamt possible. James Bond. Welsh mountain, where the art inspires the haunting ways in this uplifting, eerie tale. inhabitants of a nearby village. 5 The Incredible Journey 12 Lyddie 20 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs 28 Redwall Sheila Burnford Katherine Paterson Basil E Frankweiler E L Konigsburg Brian Jacques Three animal friends set out on an emotional, After a huge black bear breaks into the kitchen Two children run away from home to the A gripping tale of good versus evil as the mice dramatic and truly incredible journey across Lyddie’s life is thrown into turmoil. This Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York of Redwall Abbey have to protect their home the Canadian wilderness to find their owners. uplifting tale follows her determined efforts City. There they attempt to solve a mystery from the wicked rat warlords. to survive and reunite her family. involving a statue and a very rich old lady.

6 Volcanoes (100 Facts) 13 Little Brother 21 Wolf 29 The Railway Children Chris Oxlade Allan Baillie Gillian Cross E Nesbit All you wanted to know about volcanoes – In this gripping tale of courage and survival Young Cassy realises that a recurring Roberta, Peter and Phyllis begin a series of and more! This book is full of amazing facts two brothers embark on a terrifying journey nightmare, glimpses of a mysterious stranger exciting adventures while trying to solve the and spectacular photographs. through deadly Khmer Rouge-run Cambodia. and memories of her father may mean that mystery of their father’s disappearance. her grandmother’s life is in danger. 7 The Summer of the Swans 14 Walkabout 22 The Sword in the Stone 30 Alice in Wonderland Betsy Byars James Vance Marshall T H White Lewis Carroll Sara is busy feeling sorry for herself until the Two children survive a plane crash, but, stranded A fantastic adventure, full of magic and Join Alice on her weird, wonderful adventures disappearance of her younger brother leads in a hot, dry Australian desert, their future looks humour, that traces the story of the legendary down the rabbit hole. A classic book full of her to question what is really important. bleak. Out of nowhere an Aboriginal boy appears King Arthur and the amazing characters that humour and unforgettable characters. to save them. A haunting tale of survival. surround him.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 20 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 21 09/12/21 11:04 G 15 Goodnight Mister Tom 23 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Michelle Magorian Mildred D Taylor A heart-warming tale about Willie Beech, A young girl learns the painful truth about a sad, deprived inner-city child who is what it means to be African American in 1930s evacuated from a soon-to-be-bombed London Mississippi. G to the quiet British countryside. 1 Z for Zachariah 8 Madame Doubtfire 16 Coraline 24 The Call of the Wild Robert C O'Brien Anne Fine Neil Gaiman Jack London A riveting story of a young girl’s survival in A hilarious story in which an out-of-work Coraline steps through a door and into a strange The powerful story of Buck, a family dog the ravaged wastes of a nuclear-devastated actor dad takes on his greatest role in order mirror reality. This creepy tale pits her against who is abducted and forced into pulling world. to spend more time with his three children. her horribly possessive, button-eyed ‘other’ sledges in the frozen, unforgiving wilds of parents. Can she escape back to her own world? gold rush-era Canada. 2 Holes 9 Twilight 17 Bad Alice 25 A Little History of the World Louis Sachar Stephenie Meyer Jean Ure E H Gombrich In a remote juvenile detention centre the In this vampire romance, Bella thinks that moving In this deeply moving story a young misfit An engaging look at a fascinating subject: the inmates are forced to dig holes in a dried-up to a dreary town can only lead to a boring life. boy befriends bold, bad Alice. Nobody stops development of human society, from cavemen lake bed. What are they looking for? Stanley But then she meets the alluring Edward and her to question why she is the way she is. May to the Second World War. This is probably Yelnats is the boy to find out. life changes in exciting, and terrifying, ways. not be suitable for younger readers. the best starter in world history.

3 A Gathering Light 10 The Snake Scientist (Scientists in 18 The Giver 26 Moonfleet Jennifer Donnelly the Field) Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop Lois Lowry J Meade Falkner Mattie, a gifted country girl whose family Imagine 18,000 snakes writhing in a pit In a future where ‘sameness’ is everything Jonas is In this wonderful swashbuckling adventure responsibilities are smothering her dream of somewhere in the Canadian wilderness. chosen to become the new ‘Receiver of Memory’. young John Trenchard falls in with local becoming a writer, finds herself entranced by Most people would run a mile, but not these But as the memories are given to him, he learns smugglers and finds himself an outlaw. the love letters of a murdered girl. intrepid scientists. the horrible truth about his ‘perfect’ society.

4 The Yearling 11 The Old Man and the Sea 19 Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story 27 One Thousand and One Arabian Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Ernest Hemingway of an Unwanted Daughter Adeline Yen Mah Nights Geraldine McCaughrean The touching story of Jody, who lives in the The magnificent story of an old fisherman, a In this heart-rending tale, set in turbulent Each day Shahrazad’s husband declares that wild frontier forests and craves a companion. young boy and a huge marlin in an epic battle 1940s China, Adeline Yen Mah, shunned this day will be her last, but she, quick-witted One day he finds a fawn, which opens up a for survival off the coast of Cuba. by her family, struggles to gain acceptance and beautiful, weaves fantastic tales that keep new world of friendship. against all the odds. him enthralled night after night. 5 The Owl Service 12 The Recruit (CHERUB) 20 Tales of the Greek Heroes 28 Tomorrow, When the War Began Alan Garner Robert Muchamore Roger Lancelyn Green John Marsden An eerie tale of three young people, a The exciting story of orphaned tearaway This great book retells the extraordinary exploits The compelling first book in a series about a legendary power and their struggle to break James as he battles to join CHERUB, Britain’s of the heroes and gods of ancient Greece, such group of teenagers living on their wits in an with their destiny. top secret spy agency for kids. Contains adult as Theseus’s battle with the Minotaur and the occupied Australia. It deals with their friendships, themes. adventures of Jason and the Argonauts. losses and courage in the face of adversity.

6 The Philosophy Files 13 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe 21 The Diary of a Young Girl: 29 Chemical Chaos (Horrible Science) Stephen Law and Daniel Postgate Penelope Lively The Definitive Edition Anne Frank Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles Should you eat meat? What is ‘real’ and how James is haunted by a mischievous A life-affirming tale of survival against the This fascinating book, which is all about the do you know? A fascinating book for budding seventeenth-century sorcerer who wants a inhumanity of Nazi rule, as told through the messy, noisy and smelly side of science, is philosophers that explores these questions new apprentice. How can he satisfy the ghost engaging words of a vivacious teenager. presented in a light-hearted, chaotic mix of and many more. and stop it from getting him into trouble? comic strips and fact files. 7 Face 14 Del-Del 22 Boy: Tales of Childhood 30 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Benjamin Zephaniah Victor Kelleher Roald Dahl Mark Twain A ne’er-do-well teenager falls in with the In this hair-raising thriller a young boy is One of the world’s best-loved children’s The entertaining story of Tom’s madcap wrong crowd, with terrible consequences. possessed by a malicious spirit called Del-Del, writers tells the fascinating, often painful, capers with his friends in nineteenth-century Includes some strong language. who is bent on destruction. story of his own boyhood with warmth and Missouri. humour.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 22 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 23 09/12/21 11:04 H 15 Don’t Know Much About 23 Old Possum’s Book of Geography Kenneth C Davis Practical Cats T S Eliot Told in a light-hearted, user-friendly style, Good cats, bad cats, magical cats, ordinary this is an eye-opening look at the Earth from cats and many more beasts of the purring the big bang into the space age, via global kind – lovingly penned short poems by a H warming and the oceans. world-renowned poet. 1 The Thirty-Nine Steps 8 Of Mice and Men 16 Charlotte Sometimes 24 A Little Piece of Ground John Buchan John Steinbeck Penelope Farmer Elizabeth Laird In this relentless tale of murder, intrigue and In this brilliant story of life lived on the Charlotte and Clare board at the same school Twelve-year-old Palestinian Karim Aboudi lives mistaken identity the reader is taken from edge, the child-like Lennie and his street- but live about forty years apart, and every for football. With friends, he finds and clears a London to the Scottish countryside and back wise companion George are penniless migrant other day they swap lives. In this magical piece of wasteland and, dodging curfews and in a whirlwind of high adventure. workers in pursuit of their dreams. tale the girls face their future and their past. tanks, enjoys his little piece of ground. 2 Rebecca 9 Rice Without Rain 17 All Creatures Great and 25 The Lost World Daphne du Maurier Minfong Ho Small James Herriot Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The haunting mystery surrounding Rebecca’s In a gripping story of one family’s tough This is James Herriot’s hilarious account of Journalist Edward Malone and his intrepid death gradually unfolds, with devastating life in rural Thailand, Jinda finds romance the ups and downs of life as a newly-qualified companions trek through impenetrable effect. against a background of drought, injustice vet in the unforgiving, but beautiful, Yorkshire Amazonian rainforest in search of a and student-led protests. Dales. mysterious lost world. 3 The Hobbit 10 Kidnapped 18 A Wrinkle in Time 26 Around the World in J R R Tolkien Robert Louis Stevenson Madeleine L’Engle Eighty Days Jules Verne Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is dragged out of his Young David Balfour, betrayed by his uncle, When a mysterious stranger drops in, Meg In this thrilling mix of adventure, exploration comfortable hole into a world of adventure in kidnapped and on his way to a life of slavery, and Charles find themselves involved in two and a race against time Phileas Fogg attempts a quest to steal the dragon Smaug’s treasure. survives a shipwreck and falls in with a life-changing events: a galactic battle between the impossible. desperate outlaw. good and evil and a quest to save their own family.

4 The Princess Bride 11 Cry, the Beloved Country 19 Coal: A Human History 27 Little Women William Goldman Alan Paton Barbara Freese Louisa M Alcott The spellbinding tale of beautiful Buttercup This wonderful book, set in a country ripped From jewellery to the fuel of the Industrial The heart-warming tale of four sisters whose and heroic Westley. The pair seem destined apart by racial injustice, is the moving story of Revolution this black fossilised rock is bound kindness and enthusiasm in the face of poverty for each other but murderers, giant wrestlers dignified Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo, who faces into the very substance of civilisation. A and civil war inspire all who meet them. and insane princes constantly interfere. impossible odds in order to reunite his family. fascinating look at this most dirty of subjects. 5 Across the Nightingale Floor 12 Northern Lights 20 The Changeover 28 Noughts and Crosses (Tales of the Otori) Lian Hearn (His Dark Materials) Philip Pullman Margaret Mahy Malorie Blackman Takeo, the sole survivor of a massacre, is In this first novel of the trilogy eleven-year- Laura, gifted with the power of premonition, In this breathtaking romance Callum and pursued by The Tribe for his special skills, old Lyra and her dæmon overhear forbidden knows that something awful is going to happen to Sephy have to come to terms with their until he meets the untouchable Kaede and secrets, secrets that set them on a desperate her brother. Only she can save his life, and only divided world and deal with the choices that realises his life is no longer his own. chase to the icy Arctic wastes. the mysterious Sorensen Carlisle can help her. life has dealt them. Contains adult themes. 6 So Much to Tell You 13 A Kestrel for a Knave 21 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to 29 Shipwreck at the Bottom John Marsden Barry Hines the Galaxy Douglas Adams of the World Jennifer Armstrong Given the task of writing a daily journal, Billy, a bullied loner about to leave school When Arthur Dent’s planet, Earth, is Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out in fourteen-year-old Marina, whose traumatic with no qualifications, little hope for the future demolished he is plunged into a universe of the Endurance, well-prepared and seemingly past has robbed her of the power of speech, and no desire to work ‘down the pit’ has one paranoid androids, translating fish and the destined to reach the South Pole. But things records her thoughts in this touching story. special, perhaps unique, gift. impossibly named Improbability Drive. don’t always go as planned.

7 The Kin 14 The Dark is Rising (The Dark 22 Forensics (Kingfisher Knowledge) 30 Do Androids Dream of Peter Dickinson is Rising Sequence) Susan Cooper Richard Platt Electric Sheep? Philip K Dick Facing natural disasters, wild animals and Will, turning eleven, finds himself imbued In this look at the real life of forensic science Bounty hunter Rick Deckard hunts six murderous clans, four children – the last of with the power of the Old Ones and must the reader is taken through the incredible murderous androids through the ruins of a the tribes – cross hostile valleys and plains in defeat the magic of the Dark. This haunting detective work that unmasks even the most devastated San Francisco in this thoughtful, this epic quest for the elusive ‘good places’. fantasy is the second episode in the sequence. devious of criminals. dark thriller.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 24 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 25 09/12/21 11:04 I 15 The Chrysalids 23 The Knife of Never Letting John Wyndham Go (Chaos Walking) Patrick Ness To be different can be fatal in the community Surrounded by ‘Noise’, there are no secrets in of Waknuk. When David and a band of friends Prentisstown. But when Todd discovers a patch discover they have telepathic abilities can they of silence he suddenly finds himself in a dramatic I keep it a secret for long enough to escape? race for survival. Contains adult themes. 1 The Boy in the Striped 8 Life of Pi 16 The Hound of the Baskervilles 24 Frankenstein Pyjamas John Boyne Yann Martel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mary Shelley Wartime Nazi Germany: Bruno’s dad has an One small boy, an enormous Bengal tiger and Tackling the apparently supernatural mystery Gifted and driven Victor Frankenstein creates a important new job in a place called ‘Out-With’. a tiny lifeboat adrift in the Pacific Ocean set of Sir Baskerville’s death, Holmes travels to living being from leftover body parts. Unable to Bruno goes exploring and finds a big fence, the scene for this tale of companionship and Dartmoor to disprove the existence of the live with his creation, Frankenstein flees, leaving and a boy in pyjamas on the other side of it. survival in the most unlikely of circumstances. devil hound and solve the case. the child-like monster with a thirst for vengeance. 2 Fahrenheit 451 9 Watership Down 17 I, Robot 25 The Dispossessed Ray Bradbury Richard Adams Isaac Asimov Ursula Le Guin Owning a book is a crime and fireman Guy The compelling story of rabbit Hazel and In this glimpse of the future, robots have become A brilliant physicist leaves his supposedly utopian Montag loves his job: burning books and the his small band of brave bunny rebels who man’s best friend, until, for one reason or another, anarchist planet for its luxurious neighbour, but houses in which they are found. But an encounter risk everything in this magnificent tale of they go wrong and, from the surface of Mercury events soon go horrifically out of his control. A with a teenage girl turns his world upside down. adventure and heroism. to Earth’s orbit, somebody has to go and fix them. fascinating book for mature readers. 3 The Joy Luck Club 10 The Code of the Woosters 18 Three Men in a Boat 26 To Kill a Mockingbird Amy Tan P G Wodehouse Jerome K Jerome Harper Lee This is an extraordinary tale of the escape of Bertram Wooster is in trouble. Once again he is at Hypochondriac J and two of his equally ‘ill’ Told through the eyes of a young girl, this four Chinese women from war-torn China the mercy of one of his aunts, blackmailed by an friends decide that a jaunt up the River Thames Depression-era story of injustice and growing and their complicated relationships with their old flame and threatened by a wannabe dictator. would do them good. But their little excursion up exposes the racial prejudices that troubled Chinese-American daughters. Can servant Jeeves save the day once more? soon turns into a highly amusing expedition. America’s Deep South. Contains adult themes. 4 Flowers for Algernon 11 Wide Sargasso Sea 19 The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems 27 Seven Wonders of the Daniel Keyes Jean Rhys Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark (eds.) Industrial World Deborah Cadbury In this moving novel of self-discovery Charlie Caught in a passionate tangle of hearsay, This excellent, beautifully illustrated anthology This amazing book details seven of the most Gordon (IQ 68) tells, in his own faltering words, suspicion and history, heiress Antoinette includes well-loved and well-known poems. significant feats of engineering in modern the poignant story of his rise from baker’s Cosway’s marriage starts to unravel in the Recommended for all budding poetry lovers. history, from the steamship Great Eastern assistant to super-genius. Contains adult themes. sinister jungles of the post-slavery Caribbean. to the Hoover Dam. 5 Animal Farm 12 Cat’s Cradle 20 A Walk in the Woods 28 Empire of the Sun George Orwell Kurt Vonnegut Bill Bryson J G Ballard This timeless fable describes how the animals, An almost unclassifiable, brilliantly written A side-splittingly funny account of two under- Jim, a privileged European schoolboy, lives a led by the pigs, took over Manor Farm – with book of stupendous reach that encompasses prepared friends who trek through the Appalachian cocooned life in Shanghai until Japan bombs unforeseen consequences. life, death, religion, politics, misguided Mountains – one of America’s great wildernesses Pearl Harbor. What follows is an authentic science and apocalyptic war. – dodging bears, snakes and rain on the way. tale of survival in the brutal civilian camps. 6 Brighton Rock 13 Cider With Rosie 21 The Time Machine 29 The Colour of Magic Graham Greene Laurie Lee H G Wells (Discworld) Terry Pratchett Up-and-coming gangster Pinkie will do anything Laurie Lee’s heart-warming account of his A scientist travels 800,000 years into the In this magical fantasy a tourist, his to conceal a murder he committed. Will Ida be childhood in a long lost rural England conjures future, where he discovers a beautiful, many-legged luggage and an earnest wizard able to expose him before an innocent girl up an atmosphere of bucolic nostalgia. peaceful people. But his initial impressions do their best to avoid Death, guards and the becomes his next victim? Contains adult themes. are rudely shattered in a dramatic encounter. edge of the world. 7 Silent Spring 14 Jane Eyre 22 David Copperfield 30 Nathaniel’s Nutmeg Rachel Carson Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Giles Milton Rachel Carson’s classic exposé of the use of Harassed and abused by all she comes across, The ups and downs of David Copperfield’s life, A fascinating true story of intrigue, betrayal a harmful pesticide created a stir and acted governess Jane Eyre copes with everything from his poor, unhappy childhood to his eventual and war between the Dutch and the English as a call to arms for eco-warriors worldwide. that life throws at her in this celebration of success and prosperity as a novelist, are told with over the remote Banda Islands and their endurance and individuality. Dickens’s customary wit and sharp dialogue. precious crop of nutmeg.

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RRL_booklet0912.indd 26 09/12/21 11:04RRL_booklet0912.indd 27 09/12/21 11:04 Further Reading 15 Pride and Prejudice 23 Brave New World Further Jane Austen Aldous Huxley A wonderful, quick-witted romance set among The leaders of the world have created a the middle- and upper-classes of Georgian ‘perfect’ society, free of war, hunger and Reading England. disease. But the price of perfection is very high indeed. Contains adult themes. 1 Lord of the Flies 8 The Importance of Being 16 All Quiet on the Western 24 Wuthering Heights William Golding Earnest Oscar Wilde Front Erich Maria Remarque Emily Brontë A disturbing tale for mature readers about Oscar Wilde’s classic play centres around The horrors of the First World War as seen A powerful, almost supernaturally strong, a group of schoolboys who find themselves two English gentlemen who get themselves through the eyes of a young German soldier. bond exists between adopted street urchin stranded on a deserted island. They try to set into a comical tangle when they start to tell Contains adult themes. Heathcliff and his step-sister Catherine, one so up their own laws, with disastrous results. some very tall tales. strong that it threatens to tear their lives apart. 2 The Catcher in the Rye 9 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of 17 Metamorphosis and 25 Farewell, My Lovely J D Salinger the Mount Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer Other Stories Franz Kafka Raymond Chandler Two crazy days in the life of Holden Caulfield, The shocking first-hand account of an Imagine waking up one day to discover that A gripping detective story in which a private a seventeen-year-old misfit, who has just been ill-fated expedition to reach the summit of you’ve become a giant insect. What would eye finds himself searching for a missing girl expelled from an expensive private school. Mount Everest and its tragic consequences. you do? A compelling, strange and classic among the colourful characters of 1940s Los Contains adult themes. Contains adult themes. collection. Angeles. Contains adult themes.

3 To Sir, with Love 10 Dracula 18 Captain James Cook: 26 Heart of Darkness E R Braithwaite Bram Stoker A Biography Richard Hough Joseph Conrad London, 1950s: Young, handsome and intelligent, When vampire Count Dracula buys a house From humble beginnings, James Cook rose Ferry captain Marlow is sent upriver into the E R Braithwaite is the ideal teacher, but for many in London, a terror that was once confined to become one of the greatest navigators the wild, untamed heart of the Belgian Congo to of his students the colour of his skin is a barrier to the Transylvanian mountains takes root in world has ever seen. This vivid account of his bring back Kurtz, a mysterious ivory trader that will take time and patience to break down. England’s capital city. life and voyages is truly inspiring. who may or may not be alive. 4 The Code Book 11 The Lord of the Rings 19 The Spy Who Came in 27 On the Road Simon Singh J R R Tolkien from the Cold John le Carré Jack Kerouac Making codes and code-breaking is as old Pint-sized hobbit Frodo Baggins embarks on British spy Alec Leamas has had enough of One of the most influential novels of the as civilisation itself. The secrets and history the most important quest in the history of Berlin and the Cold War. But before he can twentieth century, On the Road is Kerouac’s of this mysterious art are revealed in this Middle Earth: to destroy the One Ring before come in from the cold he must undertake unconventional account of his travels across fascinating book. it falls into the hands of the Dark Lord Sauron. one final assignment. Contains adult themes. the United States. Contains adult themes.

5 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 12 Things Fall Apart 20 The Three Musketeers 28 A Brief History of Time: From the Robert Louis Stevenson Chinua Achebe Alexandre Dumas Big Bang to Black Holes Stephen Hawking Dr Jekyll has created a potion so powerful that Okonkwo, a Nigerian tribesman, is desperate A rip-roaring romantic adventure that pits a A fascinating book that attempts to explain it can change him into Mr Hyde, a frightful to save his people’s culture and traditions from band of honourable warriors against the might some of the most baffling theories of modern and savage brute who is capable of realising the influence of European missionaries. Can of Cardinal Richelieu’s guards. cosmology, such as black holes and dark his wickedest desires. he succeed? Contains adult themes. matter, in plain, easy-to-understand terms. 6 The Great Gatsby 13 The Motorcycle Diaries 21 New Selected Poems 29 The Fall of the House of Usher F Scott Fitzgerald Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara 1966–1987 Seamus Heaney and Other Writings Edgar Allan Poe Charismatic, wealthy and party-loving, In 1952 two young Argentinian doctors The work of one of Ireland’s greatest poets is A collection of poems and spine-tingling the ‘great’ Jay Gatsby is a mystery to all. travelled across South America by motorcycle. brought together in this wonderful collection, stories that will leave you thankful that the This fast-paced story brings 1920s America This is the story of the adventures and mishaps which will appeal to a wide range of tastes. real world isn’t quite so strange . . . Or is it? vibrantly to life. they encountered on the way. 7 Nineteen Eighty-Four 14 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 22 An Unsuitable Job 30 The Death of Ivan Ilyich George Orwell and Other Pieces James Thurber for a Woman P D James Leo Tolstoy In this dystopian nightmare the past is A delightful collection of short stories from Cordelia Gray’s first case as a detective – a Ivan, a well-respected Russian judge, finds rewritten to suit the devilish wants of the one of America’s greatest comic writers. suicide – seems fairly straightforward, but himself staring death in the face. During his Party and its omnipotent leader, Big Brother. the deeper she delves, the more perilous her long, often uncomfortable, wait for the inevitable Contains adult themes. own life becomes. Contains adult themes. he contemplates the meaning of his life.

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