Blean Primary School’s Recommended Reads Below is a list of recommended reads for each year group. This is by no means an exhaustive list and is intended to be used alongside your knowledge of your child’s decoding and comprehension ability as well as their interests. It is important that children have the opportunity to read a broad range of styles, genres and authors in order to make informed book choices and develop as readers and develop a love of reading. Year R Recommended Reading list Title Author Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen The Blue Balloon Mick Inkpen Kipper Mick Inkpen Dogger Shirley Hughes My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes Eve Sutton The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson The Tiger who came to Tea Judith Kerr Dear Zoo Rod Campbell Each Peach Pear Plum Allan Ahlberg Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss Avocado Baby John Burningham The Princess and the Wizard Julia Donaldson Year 1 Recommended Reading list Title Author The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson Mr Gumpy’s Outing John Burningham Would You Rather John Burningham Traction Man Mini Grey Biscuit Bear Mini Grey The World of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt Stick Man Julia Donaldson The First Hippo on the Moon David Walliams Tabby McTat Julia Donaldson Tiddler Julia Donaldson Alfie’s Feet Shirley Hughes Where’s My Teddy Jez Alborough Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak The Snowman Raymond Briggs Whatever Next Jill Murphy Five Minutes Peace Jill Murphy Meerkat Mail Emily Gravett Dogs Emily Gravett I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Dr Seuss How to Catch a Star Oliver Jeffers Sugarlump and the Unicorn Julia Donaldson Poems to Perform Julia Donaldson Year 2 Recommended Reading list Title Author The Heart and the Bottle Oliver Jeffers Gorilla Anthony Browne I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen Willy the Wimp Anthony Browne Mister Magnolia Quentin Blake A Sailing Boat in the Sky Quentin Blake Piggy Book Anthony Browne Zoo Anthony Browne Katie Morag James Mayhew The three little wolves and the big bad pig Eugene Trivizaz and Helen Oxenbury The true story of the three little pigs Jon Scieszka The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairy Stupid Tales The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Jon Scieszka Marty Monster Malorie Blackman Once There Were Giants Martin Waddell The Kiss That Missed David Melling Horrid Henry Francesca Simon Owl Babies Martin Waddell The Great Paper Caper Oliver Jeffers Banana Spaghetti Anne Fine Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Jasper’s Beanstalk Nick Butterworth The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch Into the Forest Anthony Browne Mini Grey Cops and Robbers Allan Ahlberg The Unknown Planet Jean Ure Tadpole’s Promise Jeanne Willis The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Jill Tomlinson Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard (poems) Michael Rosen Heard it in the Playground (poems) Allan Ahlberg Year 3 Recommended Reading list Title Author Horrid Henry Francesca Simon Astrosaurs Steve Cole Voices in the Park Anthony Browne Martin’s Mice Dick King-Smith Diary of a Killer Cat Dick King-Smith Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Anna Hibiscus Atinuke Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson Flat Stanley – chapter book Jeff Brown Ivan the Terrible Anne Fine Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Please Mrs Butler (poems) Allan Ahlberg The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog Jeremy Strong The Worst Witch Jilly Murphy Timmy Failure Mistakes were Made Stephan Pastis You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum! Andy Stanton The Magic Finger Roald Dahl The Twits Roald Dahl Double Act Jacqueline Wilson The Longest Whale Song Jacqueline Wilson Year 4 Recommended Reading list Title Author Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl Roman Mysteries Caroline Lawrence The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Liz Pichon Charlotte’s Web E. B. White A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Dave Shelton How to Train your Dragon Cressida Cowell I was a Rat! Phillip Pullman Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog Jeremy Strong Lucky Chris Hill Mr Stink David Walliams My Life as a Goldfish and other poems Rachel Rooney Oliver and the Seawigs Philip Reeve Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Chris Riddell Sophie and the Albino Camel Stephen Davies Stig of the Dump Clive King Stuart Little E. B. White Battle of Bubble and Squeak Phillippa Pearce The Boy in the Dress David Walliams The Dancing Bear Michael Morpurgo The Firework Maker’s Daughter Phillip Pullman The Great Hamster Massacre Katie Davies The Grunts in Trouble Philip Ardagh The Iron Man Ted Hughes The Orca’s Song Volke Gordon Whale Boy Nicola Davies Dragons at Crumbling Castle Terry Pratchett Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson Year 5 Recommended Reading list Title Author Flour Babies Anne Fine Granny! Anthony Horowitz Carrie’s War Nina Bawden Cosmic Frank Cottrel Boyce Goblins Phillip Reeve Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J. K. Rowling Krindlekrax Philip Ridley Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo Matilda Roald Dahl Once. Morris Gleitzman Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick Riordan Ratburger David Walliams Redwall Brian Jacques Shadow Forest Matt Haig Skellig David Almond Sky Hawk Gill Lewis Alex Rider Anthony Horowitz The Boy who Swam with Piranhas David Almond The Box of Delights John Masefield The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Liz Pichon The Dark Wild Piers Torday The Girl who Walked on Air Emma Carroll The Granny Project Anne Fine Little Prince Antoine De Saint-exupery The Mouse and his Child Russell Hoban The Ogre of Oglefort Eva Ibbotson The Outsiders Michelle Paver The Owl Service Alan Garner The Parent Agency David Baddiel The Silver Sword Ian Seraillier The Sleeping Army Francesca Simon The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken The Young Inferno John Agard Tom’s Midnight Garden Phillippa Pearce The Queen’s Orangutan David Walliams Year 6 Recommended Reading list Title Author The Chronicles of Narnia C.S.Lewis Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo Northern Lights Philip Pullman Holes David Sachar Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian Five Children and It E. Nesbit Cosmic Disco Grace Nichols Circus of Thieves and the Raffle of Doom William Sutcliffe Artemis Fowl Eoin Coifer The Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K Le Guin The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton Hetty Feather Jacqueline Wilson The Hobbit JRR Tolkien Outsiders Kevin Crossley-Holland A Thief in the Village James Berry The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Chris van Allsberg Thief Malorie Blackman Out of the Ashes Michael Morpurgo Children of Winter Berlie Doherty Vision of Beauty Kathryn Lasky Boy Roald Dahl Wonder R J Palacio Alternative Anthem – Selected Poems John Agard
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