The Roche School Reading List Year 3 As part of your child’s literary education, we recommend that by the end of Year 3 they are familiar with the following books. These books can be read independently or as a shared book, or audio book, at bedtime. Five on a Treasure Island Enid Blyton Lucy Willow Sally Gardener Storm* Kevin Crossley-Holland The BFG Roald Dahl The Railway Children E. Nesbit Why the Whales Came Michael Morpurgo Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame The following list of books is intended to help guide your child towards particular writers whose work in general we think they will like. All of these books are available in the school library and your local library; there are also links to other recommended reading lists on the school website. Aesop’s Funky Fables Vivan French Astrosaurs: Riddle of the Raptors Steve Cole Cannibal Adventure Willard Price Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting Fantastic Mr Fox and other titles Roald Dahl *Carnegie Medal Frindle Andrew Clements Harriet The Spy Louise Fitzhugh Harry and the Wrinklies Alan Temperley Horrid Henry Francesca Simon How to train your Dragon Cressida Cowell Igraine the Brave Cornelia Fluke Just William Richmal Crompton Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell Mary Poppins P. L. Travers Milly-Molly-Mandy stories Joyce Lankester Brisley Mr Majeika Humphrey Carpenter Mr Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater Mr Stink David Walliams Mrs Pepperpot Alf Proysen My Naughty Little Sister Dorothy Edwards Necklace of Raindrops Joan Aiken Norse Myths Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Raven Mysteries series Marcus Sedgwick Sam Pig Alison Uttley Seal Secret Aidan Chambers Skellig* David Almond The Angel of Nitshill Road Anne Fine The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book Arthur Rackham The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce The Boy in the Biscuit Tin Heather Dryer *Carnegie Medal The Butterfly Lion and other titles Michael Morpurgo The Firework-Maker’s Daughter Philip Pullman The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Magic Faraway Tree and other titles Enid Blyton The Rescuers Margery Sharp The Saga of Erik the Viking Terry Jones The Sheep-Pig and other titles Dick King-Smith The Spiderwick Chronicles T. Diterlizzi & H. Black Tintin series Herge Utterly me, Clarice Bean Lauren Child Woof! Allan Ahlberg Worzel Gummidge Barbara Euphan Todd You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum! Andy Stanton You’re thinking about Doughnuts Michael Rosen Non-Fiction 100 Best Poems for Children Roger McGough Fairy Poems Edited by Gaby Morgan Horrible Geography Anita Ganeri and Mike Phillips Horrible Histories Terry Deary Horrible Science Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles Planet Dinosaur Cavan Scott *Carnegie Medal .