Reading List for Reception Children Rosie’s Walk by Pat and Lawrence Hutchins Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Brown Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Marting Jnr We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenburg Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Elmer by David McKee The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Bedtime Bear by Ian Whybrow The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Reading List for Year 1 pupils The Cat in the Hat by Dr Suess The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr Hairy Maclary by Lynley Dodd Not Now Bernard by David McKee My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough Funny Bones by Allan Ahlberg The Large Family collection by Jill Murphy Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freeman Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray I can only draw worms by Will Mabbit Good Night Everyone by Chris Haughton Peace at Last by Jill Murphy The Bad Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Meg and Mog by Helen Nicol A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown Dogger by Shirley Hughes Penguin by Polly Dunbar The Dark by Lemony Snicket
Reading List for Year 2 pupils Mog the Cat (Series of books) by Judith Kerr The Lighthouse Keeper (series of books) by Ronda and David Armitage One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth Pirate School: Just A Bit of Wind by Jeremy Strong The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl Katy Morag series by Mairi Hedderwick Oliver and the Seawigs by Phillip Reeve Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson Cops and Robbers by Allan Ahlberg Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs The Dragon Sitter by Josh Lacey Clarice Bean, That’s Me by Lauren Child Winnie the Witch series by Valerie Thomas Mrs Wobble the Waitress by Allan Ahlberg The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Gobbolino The Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams
Reading List for Year 3 pupils
It was a Dark and Stormy Night Janet Ahlberg The Railway Cat Phyllis Arkle The World according to Humphrey Betty G Birney Harry the Poisonous Centipede Lynne Reid Banks Dilly the Dinosaur Tony Bradman The Invisible Boy Trudy Ludwig Flat Stanley Jeff Brown The Secret World of Polly Flint Helen Cresswell Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl Wilf the Mighty Worrier Saves the World Georgia Pritchett The Magic Finger Roald Dahl Dog in the Dungeon Lucy Daniels Willa and Old Miss Annie Berlie Doherty My Naughty Little Sister Dorothy Edwards The Diary of a Killer Cat Anne Fine Picasso Perkins Adele Geras The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame The Charlie Moon Collection Shirley Hughes All Because of Jackson Dick King-Smith The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths Saviour Pirotta Winnie-the-Pooh Collection A.A.Milne Mrs Cockle’s Cat Philippa Pearce Mrs Pepperpot Stories Alf Proysen Unusual Day Sandi Toksvig The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark Jill Tomlinson Pippi Longstocking Gift Edition Astrid Lindgren The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss Who’s in the Loo? Jeanne Willis The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka
Reading List for Year 4
Desirable Frank Cottrell Boyce The 13 Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Frank Enstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Scieszka The Peppermint Pig Nina Bawden Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell The Great Elephant Chase Gillian Cross Operation Gadgetman! Malorie Blackman The Children of Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell The Twits Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl War Game Michael Foreman Toad Rage Morris Gleitzman The Last Castaways Harry Horse I Know What You Did Last Wednesday Anthony Horowitz The House that Sailed Away Pat Hutchins Fairy Tales Terry Jones The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith The Worst Witch Jill Murphy The Way to Sattin Shore Philippa Pearce The Firework Maker’s Daughter Philip Pullman The Suitcase Kid Jacqueline Wilson George’s Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl Billionaire Boy David Walliams Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth Eoin Colfer The Invisible Dog Dick King-Smith The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce Give Peas a Chance Morris Gleitzman The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Michael Morpurgo
Reading List for Year 5
Boy in the Tower Polly Ho-Yen The Wolf Wilder Katherine Rundell Heidi Johanna Spyri The Wonder Garden Jenny Bloom and Kristjana Williams The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo Charlotte’s Web E.B White Clockwork Philip Pullman Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke Emil and the Detectives Erich Kastner Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl The What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline Christopher Lloyd of Big History Dial a Ghost Eva Ibbotson The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm Norman Hunter The Falcon’s Malteser Anthony Horowitz The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively Grandpa Chatterji Jamila Gavin Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling Heard it in the Playground Allan Ahlberg The Ultimate Alphabet Mike Wilkes the Hundred and One Dalmations Dodie Smith The Iron Man Ted Hughes Krindlekrax Philip Ridley Scribbleboy Philip Ridley Stig of the Dump Clive King Hacker Malorie Blackman When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr Moondial Helen Cresswell The Demon Headmaster Gillian Cross The Witches Roald Dahl Bill’s New Frock Anne Fine The Mouse and his Father Russell Hoban The Clocktower Ghost Gene Kemp The Sheep-pig Dick King-Smith King of the Forest Clouds Michael Morpurgo Woof! Allan Ahlberg The Phoenix and the Carpet E. Nesbit The Scarecrow and his Servant Philip Pullman A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket The Factory Made Boy Christine Nostlinger Aquila Andrew Norriss
Reading List for Year 6
Eren Simon P Clark The Railway Children E.Nesbit Abomination Robert Swindells Carrie’s War Nina Bawden From Hereabout Hill Michael Morpurgo Fruit and Nutcase Jean Ure What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline of Nature Christopher Lloyd The Crowstarver Dick King-Smith Awful End Philip Ardagh Granny Anthony Horowitz The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Moropurgo Lion Boy Zizou Corder The Machine Gunners Robert Westall Silverfin Charlie Higson Oranges in No Man’s Land Elizabeth Laird Why the Whales Came Michael Morpurgo The Borrowers Mary Norton The Wheel of Surya Jamilla Gavin The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian Skellig David Almond Superfudge Judy Bloom Tell Me No Lies Malorie Blackman The Weathermonger Peter Dickinson What Katy Did Next Susan Coolidge The Viewer Simon Crew My Swordhand is Singing Marcus Sedgewick Once Morris Gleitzman The Other Side of the Truth Beverley Naidoo Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier