Recommended Book List
EYFS
Book |
Author |
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Dear Zoo |
Rod Campbell |
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Each Peach Pear Plum |
Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg |
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Gruffalo |
Julia Donaldson |
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Peace At Last |
Jill Murphy |
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The Rainbow Fish |
Marcus Pfister |
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Room on the Broom |
Julia Donaldson |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Eric Carle |
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
Pam Adams |
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt |
Michael Rosen |
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Handa’s Surprise |
Eileen Browne |
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Dogger |
Shirley Hughes |
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Elmer |
David McKee |
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Guess How Much I Love You |
Sam McBratney |
Year 1
Book |
Author |
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The Cat in the Hat |
Dr Seuss |
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The Smartest Giant in Town |
Julia Donaldson |
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The Gruffalo’s Child |
Julia Donaldson |
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The Jolly Postman |
Allan Ahlberg |
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Charlie and Lola |
Lauren Child |
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
Jon Scieszka |
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea |
Judith Kerr |
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Amazing Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
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Funnybones |
Allan Ahlberg |
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Hairy Maclary |
Lynley Dodd |
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The Trouble With Jack |
Shirley Hughes |
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Non-fiction: Topic Books (e.g. Old Toys, Homes in the Past); Children’s First Atlas. |
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Poetry: Nursery Rhymes (Usborne or Puffin), Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar (John Foster) |
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Year 2
Book |
Author |
|---|---|
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The Diary of a Killer Cat |
Anne Fine |
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The Magic Finger |
Roald Dahl |
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The Famous Five |
Enid Blyton |
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Horrid Henry |
Francesca Simon |
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The Worst Witch |
Jill Murphy |
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Fantastic Mr Fox |
Roald Dahl |
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Charlotte’s Web |
E. B. White |
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Mr Magnolia |
Quentin Blake |
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The Sheep Pig |
Dick King Smith |
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A Bear Called Paddington |
Michael Bond |
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Non-fiction: The First Encyclopaedia of Science (Usborne) |
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Poetry: Please Mrs Butler (Alan Ahlberg), Revolting Rhymes (Roald Dahl) |
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Year 3
Book |
Author |
|---|---|
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Roald Dahl |
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The Firework Maker’s Daughter |
Phillip Pullman |
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How to Train your Dragon |
Cressida Cowell |
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Hodgeheg |
Dick King-Smith |
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
Lewis Carroll |
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Stig of the Dump |
Clive King |
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Flat Stanley |
Jeff Brown |
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Voices in the Park |
Anthony Browne |
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Oliver and the Seawigs |
Phillip Reeve |
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The Great Kapok Tree |
Lynne Cherr |
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The Enchanted Wood |
Enid Blyton |
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Non-fiction: Skara Brae (Dawn Finch); The History Detective Investigates: Stone Age to Iron Age (Clare Hibbert); Meet the Ancient Romans (James Davies); Eye Witness: Ancient Rome. |
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Poetry: The Lost Words (Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris); I Like This Poem: A classic anthology (Edited by Kaye Webb). |
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Year 4
Book |
Author |
|---|---|
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe |
C S Lewis |
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Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
John Steptoe |
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BFG |
Roald Dahl |
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The Dragon's Child |
Jenny Nimmo |
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The Reluctant Dragon |
Kenneth Grahame |
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Little House on the Prairie |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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The Sea Piper |
Helen Cresswell |
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Spacebaby |
Henrietta Branford |
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
Joan Aiken |
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The Demon Headmaster |
Gillian Cross |
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Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
Robert C O’Brien |
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Non-fiction: Lesser Spotted Animals (Martin Brown); 100 events in History (Jo Cottrill and Cathy Brett). |
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Poetry: Dragon Poems (John Foster & Korky Paul) |
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Year 5
Book |
Author |
|---|---|
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Harry Potter series |
J.K.Rowling |
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Listen to the Moon |
Michael Morpurgo |
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Matilda |
Roald Dahl |
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief |
Rick Riordan |
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Stormbreaker |
Antony Horowitz |
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The Box of Delights |
John Masefield |
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The Iron Man |
Ted Hughes |
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The Neverending Story |
Michael Ende |
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Tom’s Midnight Garden |
Phillipa Pearce |
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Whistling in the Dark |
Shirley Hughes |
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The Owl Service |
Alan Garner |
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Non-fiction: The Vicious Vikings (Horrible Histories) |
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Poetry: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry |
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Year 6
Book |
Author |
|---|---|
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Goodnight Mr Tom |
Michelle Magorian |
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A Christmas Carol |
Charles Dickens |
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Holes |
Louis Sachar |
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Skellig |
David Almond |
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A Stitch in Time |
Penelope Lively |
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Dark Materials series |
Philip Pullman |
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Carrie’s War |
Nina Bawden |
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The Borrowers |
Mary Norton |
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The Sword in the Stone |
TH White |
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Inkheart series |
Cornelia Funke |
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The Secret Garden |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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Treasure Island |
R.L. Stevenson |
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Tell Me No Lies |
Malorie Blackman |
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Lion Boy |
Zizou Corder |
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The Hobbit |
J.R.R Tolkien |
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Why the Wales Came |
Michael Morpurgo |
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Charmed Life |
Diana Wynne Jones |
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My Sister Jodie |
Jacqueline Wilson |
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The Stones are Hatching |
Geraldine McCaughrean |
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The Girl of Ink and Stars |
Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
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Black Beauty |
Ann Sewell |
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Non-fiction: Boy (Roald Dahl); Going Solo (Roald Dahl) |
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Poetry: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry |
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