Reading Spine – Year 1
Book Summary
Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost. She is Beegu a friendly little creature, but the Earth People don’t by Alexis seem very welcoming at all. However, so far she has Deacon only met the BIGones. The little ones are a different Picture book matter...
The Hargraves want their new baby to grow up big and
strong. But the puny mite will hardly eat a thing. One Avocado baby day Mrs Hargraves finds an avocado in the fruit bowl, by Joe and the baby gobbles it up. Soon their baby is tackling
Picture book Burmingham burglars, carrying the shopping and keeping nasty bullies at bay!
Dogger Dogger is Dave’s beloved stuffed toy, and tears and by Shirley chaos ensue when Dogger is lost – until he is finally Hughes found again. Picture book
Ding dong! The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her The Tiger Who mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly Came to Tea be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door by Judith Kerr
Picture book is a big, furry, stripy orange tiger!
Little Bear just can’t sleep. It’s so dark in the bear cave.
Can’t You Not even Big Bear’s biggest lantern can light up the Sleep, Little darkness of the night. But then Big Bear has an idea, bear by Martin and shows Little Bear the Biggest Lantern of Them All.
Picture book Waddell Can the bright yellow moon and twinkling stars soothe Little Bear to sleep at last?
Where The When naughty Max makes mischief wearing his wolf Wild Things Are suit, he is sent to bed without any supper. But in the by Maurice night, a forest sprouts in his bedroom – and he sails to
Picture book Sendak the land of rumpus where the Wild Things are!
Ruby loves being Ruby. Until, one day, she finds a worry. At first it's not such a big worry, and that's all Ruby’s Worry right, but then it starts to grow. It gets bigger and bigger by Tom Percival every day and it makes Ruby sad. How can Ruby get rid Picture book of it and feel like herself again?
Book Summary
On Christmas Eve, villainy is afoot in London Town! Cops and London’s robbers have cooked up a plot to steal all the Robbers book toys they can lay their naughty hands upon! As brave by Janet Officer Pugh and his men leap into action to save the Ahlberg and
Picture children’s toys, will the heroic cops be able to stop Allan Ahlberg Grandma Swagg and co?
In a hot, hot country, ringed with mountains on one side and jungle on the other, lives a princess called
Cinnamon. Her eyes are made of pearls, which means Fable that she is blind. And, for reasons her parents the Rajah - Cinnamon and Rani cannot fathom, she will not talk. So they offer book
by Neil Gaiman a reward to anyone who can teach Cinnamon to speak. People travel from far and wide to attempt it, but nothing works. Until a mighty tiger, huge and fierce, Picture prowls into their palace and announces that he is here to teach the girl-cub to talk ...
It seems that wherever Aria goes, someone wants to Don’t touch my touch her hair. In the street, strangers reach for her hair fluffy curls; and even under the sea, in the jungle and in by Sharee Miller space, she's chased by a mermaid, monkeys and poked Picture book by aliens... until, finally, Aria has had enough!
Bears, deer, rabbits and teeny, tiny mice - who are all Goodnight beginning to feel really ... rather ... tired ... YAWN! Everyone "Dear me," says Great Big Bear, "it must be time for by Chris bed!" But Little Bear is certainly not sleepy - he's wide
Picture book Haughton awake! (For now...)
He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because
the nursery magic had made him Real. In the nursery, The Velveteen only the toys that are old and wise truly understand book Rabbit what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a by Margery newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most
Picture Williams knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being Real means. And so begins the Velveteen Rabbit's journey...
Giraffes Can’t A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story Dance by Giles about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence Andreae too. Picture book
A big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton live
in the dark cellar of a dark house on a dark hill. The Funnybones skeletons venture out one night to find someone to by Janet and scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves Allen Ahlberg
Picture book by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals in the zoo. Book Summary
Bernard's got a problem. He's found a monster in the Not Now, back garden but his mum and dad are just too busy to Bernard notice. So Bernard tries to befriend the monster… and by David Mckee
Picture book that doesn't go quite to plan.
Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her father's too busy to take her to the zoo - or for anything
else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her The Dark father for a gorilla - but is disappointed when she by Lemony discovers that the gorilla she's got is just a toy one. But Snicket
Picture book then something extraordinary happens ... the toy turns into a real gorilla, who puts on her father's hat and coat and takes her off for a magical visit to the zoo...
You Can’t Take While it may seem common sense never to put a camel An Elephant On in a sailing boat, or that it would be a bad idea to put a The Bus tiger on a train, and simply preposterous to put a whale by Patricia on a bicycle...that is exactly what happens in this Picture book Cleveland-Peck hilarious book.
Ben is delighted when he rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin!" says Ben.
Penguin says nothing. Ben tickles Penguin; he pulls his funniest face; he puts on a happy hat, sings a silly song book Penguin and does a dizzy dance. "Can't you talk?" says Ben. by Polly Dunbar Penguin says nothing. It isn't until a passing lion Picture intervenes that Penguin finally speaks...and when he does, Ben discovers something that was really worth the wait.
Imagine you could go anywhere, meet anyone and do
anything. Where would you live? Where would you You Choose sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would by Pippa you play? Go on . . . you choose! Goodhart With the help of Nick Sharratt's wonderfully detailed Picture book illustrations, Pippa Goodhart explores a whole range of scenarios where choosing is made fun!
Cat, Duck and Squirrel live in an old white cabin, with a pumpkin patch in the garden. Every day Cat slices up Pumpkin Soup some pumpkin, Squirrel stirs in some water and Duck by Helen Cooper tips in some salt to make the perfect pumpkin Picture book soup...Until the day Duck wants to do the stirring... Book Summary
Everyone in Hamelin was happy until the rats came. The Pied Piper One day, a man went to see the mayor. "I can make the of Hamelin rats leave Hamelin, " he said. Traditional Tale
s Bob is everyone's favourite man on the moon; follow
him on his daily adventures. Bob has a special job - Man On the looking after the moon. He keeps it clean and entertains Moon by Simon passing space tourists as well as giving guided tours. He Bartram
Picture book knows everything about the moon and that there is definitely no such thing as aliens!
Chocolate Cake Fantastically funny and full of silly noises, this is Michael by Michael Rosen's love letter to every child's favourite treat, Rosen chocolate cake. Picture book
Explore the beauty of the changing seasons in this
timeless peek-through book with beautiful artwork Tree: Seasons from Britta Teckentrup and accompanying rhyming text. come, Seasons Following the life-cycle of a tree through spring, Go by Patricia summer, autumn and winter, children will easily learn
Picture book Hegarty to recognise the signs of the seasons with this simple
yet striking picture book.
The Secret Giant. But he's not real!" Billy doesn't
believe his Grandad when he tells him there's a giant Granddad’s living in his town, doing good deeds for everyone. He Secret Giant knows that a giant is too big to keep himself hidden. by David And why would he want to keep himself a secret? But
Picture book Litchfield as time goes on, Billy learns that some secrets are too BIG to stay secret for long...
Paddington Bear first met the Brown family at a railway station - Paddington Station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and a label reading 'Please look
after this bear'. Without further ado, Mr and Mrs Brown Paddington welcomed the adventurous bear into their family, and by Michael in honour of their meeting place they named him Bond
Picture book Paddington. The Browns soon discover that Paddington is a most unusual bear, for ordinary things - like having a bath - become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around!