Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough Lists A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic Look Out! He’s Behind You! by Tony Bradman Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Spot books by Eric Hill Meg and Mog Stories by Helen Nicoll How Do I Put It On? by Watanabe Shigeo We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Oh Dear by Rod Campbell While You Were Sleeping by Alexis Deacon Have You seen the Crocodile? by Colin West Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins Maisy Stories by Lucy Cousins Ten Little Crocodiles by Colin West Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell The Rabbit by John Burningham Jasper’s Beanstalk by Mick Inkpen Titch by Pat Hutchins Kipper books by Mick Inkpen Would You Rather? by John Burningham Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins Eat Up, Gemma by Sarah Hayes Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Ian Beck The Trouble with Gran by Babette Cole Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts Owl Babies by Lists Mr. Archimedes’ Bath by Pamela Allen Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic Willy books by Anthony Browne

The Pig in the Pond by Martin Waddell Five Minutes’ Peace by Jill Murphy

Silly Billy by Pat Hutchins On the Way Home by Jill Murphy

Mr. Gumpy books by John Burningham A Piece of Cake by Jill Murphy

Elmer by David McKee Grace and Family by Mary Hoffman

Frog and Toad Stories by Arnold Lobel Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole

The Shopping Basket by John Burningham The Three Robbers by

Camille and the Sunflowers by Lawrence Anholt But Martin! by June Counsel

All Join In by Two Can Toucan by David McKee

Dogger by Shirley Hughes SuperDad the Superhero by Shoo Rayner

Emeka’s Gift by Ifeoma Onyefulu Winnie the Witch by Paul Korky

Peace at Last by Jill Murphy Dave and the Tooth Fairy by Verna Wilkins

Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barbara/Nicola Lists Bayley

Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic Dragon Ride by Helen Cresswell

Tales Told in Tents by Sally Pomme Clayton/ Sophie The Queen’s Knickers by Nicola Allen Herxheimer Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone by Fiona French The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb Cup Final Kid by Martin Waddell The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Happy Families Series by Alan Ahlberg Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman The Cat Who got Carried Away by Allan Ahlberg The Finger Eater by Dick King-Smith Finding Fizz by J Alexander Hmm… by Colin McNaughton Dinner Ladies Don’t Count by Bernard Ashley The Snow Maze by Jan Mark Marvin Redpost – Why pick on me? by Louis Sachar Jamaica and Brianna by Janita Havill The Wolf’s Story by Toby Forward and Izhar Cohen Beware of Girls by Tony Blundell Tadpole’s Promise by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross Rapunzel by James Reeves Scarface Claw byLinley Dodd

Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo Lists Henrietta the Great Gogetter by Martine Murray Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic Invisible Vinnie by Jenny Nimmo Fair’s Fair by Leon Garfield Princess Mirror-Belle series by The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate by Grandpa Chatterji by Jamila Gavin The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Undone, Unbelievable by Paul Jennings The Last Wolf by Ann Turnbull The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieska Blessu and Dumpling by Dick King-Smith The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong The Owl Tree by Jenny Nimmo Pongwiffy series by Kay Umansky Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine Just So Stories by Shoo Rayner The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg Raven Boy by Pippa Goodheart The Monster Crisp Guzzler by Malorie Blackman Team Trouble by Sophie Smiley Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown The Marble Crusher by Michael Morpurgo Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts Mrs Frisby & the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien Lists 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield The Emperor’s New Clothes by Naomi Lewis

Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley Charlotte’s Web by E B White

Outsiders by Kevin Crossley-Holland Goggle Eyes by Anne Fine

The Fib and Other Stories by George Layton War Boy by Michael Foreman

Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird Stickybeak by Morris Gleitzman

Varjak Paw by SF Said Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman

The 18th Emergency by Betsy Byars The Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Selina Hastings A Dog so Small by Philippa Pearce Iron Man by Ted Hughes I Was a Rat by Phillp Pullman Eye of the Wolf by Baniel Pennac The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman The Borrowers by Mary Norton The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sacher

Any of the texts noted in the Planning with Quality Texts The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo Lists Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo Non-fiction books linked to the curriculum topic Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman Skellig by Coraline by Neil Gaiman Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz A Bag of Moonshine by Alan Garner Street Child by Berlie Doherty How to Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida Cowell The Adventure’s Of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton/Daniel Morden The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler by Gene Kemp

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively

The Indian in the Cupboard Series by Lynne Reid Banks Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Clockwork by Phillip Pullman Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

Box of Delights by John Masefield Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riodan

Five Children & It by E Nesbit The Silver Sword by Ian Seraillier

The Railway Children by E Nesbit The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne-Jones

Year 3 Year 4 The Wolf’s Footprint by Susan Price The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman

The Angel of Nitshill Road by Anne Fine Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman

The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine The Owl Tree by Jenny Nimmo

A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke by Anne Fine Stig of the Dump by Clive King

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine Storr Flood and Fang by Marcus Sedgewick

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke The Invisible Boy by Sally Gardner

Julian Stories by Ann Cameron Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes Dragon’s Child by Jenny Nimmo

The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells Grandpa Chatterji by Jamila Gavin

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson I Was a Rat! By Philip Pullman

The Finger Eater by Dick King-Smith Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown The Battle of Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce

Tom and the Sausage Lion by Michael Morpurgo Snow Dog by Malorie Blackman Year 5 Year 6 Clockwork by Philip Pullman Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan

Skellig by David Almond Holes by Louis Sacher

The Borrowers by Mary Norton The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo The Fib and Other Stories by George Layton

Varjak Paw by S F Said Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird

Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo

Watership Down by Richard Adams Trash by Andy Mulligan

The Phoenix and the Carpet by E Nesbit Private Peaceful by Michael Morpugo

Hacker by Malorie Blackman The Railway Children by E Nesbit

Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Goggle Eyes by Anne Fine The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

The following pages offer some suggestions for good quality books. Although they are grouped into ages, many of the books are interchangeable and can be used across the school with any year group.

Good sources for text suggestions can be found at the websites below: www.lovereading4kids.co.uk www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk www.literacytrust.org.uk www.booksforkeeps.co.uk www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers Not Now, Bernard by David McKee

Penguin by Polly Dunbar T.Rex by Vivian French and Alison Bartlett

Shark in the Park! by Nick Sharratt Where the Wild Things Are by

Aaaargh, Spider! by Lydia Monks Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram and Satoshi Kitamura

Scaredy Squirrel books by Melanie Watt Angus Rides the Goods Train by Alan Durant and Chris Riddell Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atinuke, Belonging by Jeannie Baker Ask Me by Antje Damm Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown Traction Man by Mini Grey I will not ever NEVER eat a tomato by Lauren Child The Leopard’s Drum by Jessica Souhami J is for Jamaica by Benjamin Zephaniah and Prodeepta Das The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett

Lima’s Red Hot Chilli by David Mills and Derek Brazell Wolves by Emily Gravett

Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley Spells by Emily Gravett

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Willy Books by Anthony Browne

Owl Babies by Martin Wadell The Acorn by Edward Gibbs

The Tin Forest by Helen Ward Footprints in the Snow by Mei Matsuoka

The Flower by John Light Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen

Unfortunately by Allan Durant Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch

Beegu by Alexis Deacon Look Back by Trish Cooke

Jamil’s Clever Cat by Fiona French Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker

Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway Little Beauty by Anthony Browne

The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen

Solomon Crocodile by Catherine Rayner The Great Green Forest by Paul Geraghty

Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey

Blue Kangaroo books by Emma Chichester Clark Toys in Space by Mini Grey

Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate by Margaret Mahy

The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

Castles by Colin Thompson Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit by Chris Fly, Chick, Fly by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross Wormell

The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry Black Dog by Levi Pinfold

Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner? by John Kelly Fox by Margaret Wild

Daft Jack and the Bean Stack by Laurence Anholt Until I Met Dudley by Roger McGough illustrated by Arthur Robins Fly, Eagle, Fly by Christopher Gregorowski If the World Were a Village, by David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong Gorilla by Anthony Browne

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett The Tunnel by Anthony Browne

Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett The Village that Vanished by Ann Grifalconi

Into the Forest by Anthony Browne Think of an Eel by Karen Wallace

Tuesday by David Weisner The Tunnel by Anthony Browne

The Lost and Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy Bloomsbury Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

Falling Angels by Colin Thompson Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman

Tower to the Sun by Colin Thompson Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne

How to Live Forever by Colin Thompson The Princess and the White Bear King by Tanya Robyn Batt Freefall by David Weisner Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson Zoo by Anthony Browne

Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt

Into the Forest by Anthony Browne Escape From Pompeii by Christina Balt

The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy How the Camel Got His Hump by Shoo Rayner

The Little Reindeer by Michael Foreman The Paperbag Princess by Colin Thompson

The Lion & the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes Dolphin Boy by Michael Morpurgo

Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish by Michael Foreman

Three by the Sea by Mini Grey Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson

The Three Pigs by David Weisner The Green Ship by Quentin Blake

Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age by Raymond Briggs Clown by Quentin Blake

Winter’s Child by Angela McAllister Hurricane by David Weisner

Wild Child by Jeanne Willis Jim by Hilaire Belloc

There’s a Pebble in My Pocket by Meredith Hooper The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman

The Red Tree by Shaun Tan Rose Blanche by Ian McEwan

The Spider and the Fly by Tony di Terlizzi The Rabbits by Shaun Tan

The Boy, the Bear, the Baron and the Bard by Gregory The Arrival by Shaun Tan Rogers

The Watertower by Gary Crewe The Man who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai

The Viewer by Gary Crewe Way Home by Gregory Rogers Anderson

Flotsam by David Weisner Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet

The Princess’ Blankets by Carol Ann Duffy The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy Night of the Gargoyles by Eve Bunting

Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAlllister and The Island by Armin Greder Grahame Baker-Smith

The City by Armin Greder The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers

War and Peas by Michael Foreman Farther by Grahame Baker-Smith

The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy Varmits by Helen Ward

Black and White by David Macaulay Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers

The Second Forever by Colin Thompson Archie’s War by Marcia Williams

Journey by Aaron Becker The Paradise Garden by Colin Thompson

The Whales’ Song by Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe Mr. Wuffles by David Weisner

The Silence Seeker by Ben Morley The Red Book by Barbara Lehman

Death, Duck and the Tulip by Unspoken by Henry Cole

The Starnger by Chris Van Allsburg Bluebird by Bob Staake

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg Fossil by Bill Thomson

The Great Bear by Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder Window by Jeannie Baker

I Am Thomas by Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder Mirror by Jeannie Baker

If The World Were a Village by David J Smith Midsummer Knight by Gregory Rogers

Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan Instructions by Neil Gaiman

Memorial by Gary Crew Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner? by Cathy Ticknell

The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick Scoop by Cathy Ticknell

Locomotive by Brian Floca The Stone Lion by Margaret Wild

Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer The Girl in Red by Aaron Frisch and Roberto Innocenti