Recommended Reading for 4th to 6th Class

Beverly Cleary Ramona Series

Francesca Simon Horrid Henry Series

Megan McDonald Judy Moody Series

Michael Morpurgo Cool! (He also writes for older The Butterfly Lion readers, any of his books are The Dancing Bear well worth reading) Private Peaceful Twist of Gold Waiting for Anya Shadow Toro! Toro! Lois Lowry Number the Stars All about Sam Ian Serrallier The Silver Sword

Dick King Smith The Sheep-Pig Lady Daisy Jeff Brown Flat Stanley A Lamp for the Lambchops Stanley in Space Marita Conlon McKenna Famine Trilogy Safe Harbour No Goodbye Peter Gunning Stanley The 18th Emergency The Fox The Suitcase Kid (Also writes for older age groups Tracey Beaker and deals with “problem issues”) Double Trouble The Bed and Breakfast Star Cliff Hanger Jill Murphy The Worst Witch Series

Siobhán Parkinson No Peace for Amelia Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows and One Witch- maybe

Patricia McLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall

Anne Fine Bill’s New Frock The Same Old Story Every Year The Angel of Nitshill Road Phillipa Pearce The Battle of Bubble and Squeak

E.B. White Charlotte’s Web Stuart Little The Trumpet of the Swan Stephanie Dagg Oh, Mum! Oh, Dad! Lauren Child Clarice Bean

J.K Rowling Harry Potter Series

C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia

Judi Curtin Alice Series

Judi Curtin & Róisín Meaney See if I Care

Roddy Doyle The Giggler Treatment Rover saves Christmas Wilderness Eoin Colfer Benny and Omar Artemis Fowl Vincent McDonnell The Boy Who Saved Christmas

Judith Kerr When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit A Small Person Far Away The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider Series

Aubrey Flag Katie’s War

Gerard Whelan The Gun’s of Easter

Roald Dahl Suggested Books for 9 - 11 Year Olds

Susan Shieve Jonah L.M Montgomery Anne of Green Gables Joan Aiken The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Johanna Spyri Heidi Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden A Little Princess Anne Fine Up on Cloud Nine Gene Kemp The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler E Nesbit Five Children and It (Puffin Classics) David Almond Skellig Nina Bawden Carrie’s War (Puffin Modern Classics) Judith Kerr When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Roald Dahl Jacqueline Wilson Wendelin Van Draanen Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Nick Arnold Spying on Lions Judy Blume Double Fudge Helen Dunmore The Silver Bead JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Catherine MacPhail Granny Nothing Lemony Snicket The Bad Beginning Morris Gleitzman Blabber Mouth Joan O Neill Daisy Chain War Karen Wallace Raspberries on the Yangtze

1. Jonah - Susan Shreve. 2. Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery 3. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken 4. Heidi - Johanna Spyri 5. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 6. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett 7. Up on Cloud Nine - Anne Fine 8. Harry and the Wrinklies - Alan Temperley and Tania Hurt-Newton (illustrator) 9. Terrible Tudors Awful Anniversary Pack - by Terry Deary and Martin Brown 10. Ruthless Romans (Horrible Histories)- by Terry Deary and Martin Brown 11. Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens (Horrible Science) - Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles 12. The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler - Gene Kemp 13. Five Children and It (Puffin Classics) - E. Nesbit and H.R. Millar (Illustrator) 14. Kit's Wilderness - David Almond 15. Skellig - David Almond 16. Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics) - Nina Bawden 17. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr 18. The Little White Horse - Elizabeth Goudge 19. Vicky's Angel - Jacqueline Wilson 20. - Jacqueline Wilson 21. - Jacqueline Wilson 22. - Jacqueline Wilson 23. The Witches - Roald Dahl 24. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 25. George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl 26. The BFG - Roald Dahl 27. Matilda - Roald Dahl 28. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief - Wendelin Van Draanen. 29. Spying on Lions (Wild Lives) - Nick Arnold 30. The Silver Bead - Helen Dunmore 31. Breaking Free (Heartland) - by Lauren Brooke 32. Double Fudge - Judy Blume 33. Blubber - Judy Blume 34. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling 35. Granny Nothing - Catherine MacPhail 36. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket 37. Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones 38. Blabber Mouth - Morris Gleitzman 39. Uncanny! - Paul Jennings 40. Daisy Chain War - Joan O'Neill 41. Raspberries on the Yangtze - Karen Wallace 42. Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson 43. Animal Ark 1: Kittens in the Kitchen - Lucy Daniels 44. The Haunted Car (Goosebumps) - R. L. Stine