Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Reception
Owl Babies, Martin Waddell
The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson
Handa’s Surprise, Eileen Browne (Walker Books)
Mr Gumpy’s Outing, John Burningham (Bloomsbury)
Rosie’s Walk, Pat Hutchins (Random House)
Six Dinner Sid, Inga Moore (Hodder)
Mrs Armitage, Quentin Blake
Whatever Next, Jill Murphy (Macmillan)
On the Way Home, Jill Murphy (Macmillan)
Farmer Duck, Martin Waddell (Walker Books)
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown (HarperCollins)
Shhh! Sally Grindley (Bloomsbury)
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes, Jan Fearnley
Oi Frog, Kes Gray and Jim Field
Flotsam, David Wiesner
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 1
Peace at Last, Jill Murphy (Macmillan
Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? Martin Waddell (Walker Books)
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)
The Elephant and the Bad Baby, Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs (Puffin)
Avocado Baby, John Burningham (Bloomsbury
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Judith Kerr (HarperCollins)
Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
Knuffle Bunny, Mo Willems (Hyperion Books)
Beegu, Alexis Deacon (Random House)
Dogger, Shirley Hughes (Random House)
Cops and Robbers, Alan and Janet Ahlberg (Puffin)
Elmer, David McKee (Andersen Press)
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael Rosen
Funny Bones, Janet and Alan Ahlberg
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 2
Traction Man is Here, Mini Grey (Random House)
Meerkat Mail, Emily Gravett (Macmillan)
Wolves, Emily Gravett (Macmillan)
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears, Emily Gravett (Macmillan).
Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman (Frances Lincoln)
Pumpkin Soup, Helen Cooper (Corgi)
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? Lauren Child (Orchard Books)
Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets, Tony Ross (Andersen Press)
Not Now Bernard, David McKee (Andersen Press)
Tuesday, David Wiesner (Andersen Press)
The Flower, John Light (Child’s Play)
Gorilla, Anthony Browne (Walker Books)
Emily Brown and the Thing, Cressida Cowell (Orchard Books)
Frog and Toad Together, Arnold Lobel
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Jill Tomlinson (Puffin)
Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl (Penguin)
The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me, Roald Dahl (Puffin)
The Hodgeheg, Dick King-Smith (Puffin)
Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown (HarperCollins)
Willa and old Miss Annie, Berlie Doherty (Catnip)
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 3
The Iron Man, Ted Hughes (Faber)
Leon and The Place Between, Grahame Baker-Smith
Cat Tales: Ice Cat, Linda Newberry (Usborne)
The Sheep-pig, Dick King-Smith (Puffin)
The Abominables, Eva Ibbotson (Scholastic)
The Diary of a Killer Cat, Anne Fine
Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan)
One Dog and his Boy, Eva Ibbotson (Marion Lloyd Books).
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis (HarperCollins)
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark, Jill Tomlinson
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak, Philippa Pearce (Penguin)
Hansel and Gretel, Anthony Browne (Walker Books)
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 4
Bill’s New Frock, Anne Fine (Egmont)
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Michael Morpurgo
How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell
Charlotte’s Web, EB White (Puffin)
Why the Whales Came, Michael Morpurgo (Egmont)
Billionaire Boy, David Walliams
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, Phillip Pullman (Random House)
The Scarecrow and his Servant, Phillip Pullman (Random House)
The Snow Walker’s Son, Catherine Fisher (Red Fox)
Perry Angel’s Suitcase, Glenda Millard (Phoenix Yard Books)
Voices in the Park, Anthony Browne (Random House)
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 5
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken (Red Fox)
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure, Vashti Hardy
Varjak Paw, SF Said (Random House)
Krindlekrax, Philip Ridley
Wolf Brother, Michelle Paver (Orion)
The Butterfly Lion, Michael Morpurgo
Street Child, Berlie Doherty (HarperCollins)
The Midnight Fox, Betsy Byars (Faber)
Tom’s Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce (Oxford University Press)
FArTHER, Grahame Baker-Smith (Templar)
The Nowhere Emporium, Ross Mackenzie
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Year 6
Holes, Louis Sachar
The Girl of Ink and Stars, Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Clockwork, Philip Pullman (Random House)
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein
Carrie’s War, Nina Bawden
Skellig, David Almond (Hodder)
River Boy, Tim Bowler (Oxford University Press)
The Arrival, Shaun Tan
The Island, Armin Greder (Allen & Unwin)
The City, Armin Greder (Allen & Unwin)
Roade English Hub Suggested Book Spine
Roade English Hub Suggested Rhymes and Songs for Reception
5 Little Ducks
Miss Polly had a Dolly
10 in the Bed
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
1,2,3,4,5 Once I saw a Fish Alive
10 Green Bottles
If You’re Happy and you Know it
Wheels on the Bus
Hickory Dickory Dock
Down in the Jungle
5 Little Speckled Frogs
5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Incy Wincy Spider
Row Row Row Your Boat
5 Current Buns
Old MacDonald