Recommended Reading

11+ Recommended

Reading List

Fiction

Treasure Island by H.G. Wells

Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery 

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Journey to the center of the earth by Jules Verne

Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne

Goodnight, Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Murpurgo 

The little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding 




Reception's Recommended Reading List

Love For Reading

Press Here by Henré Tullet

Let's Play by Herné Tullet

Oi Frog! by Kes Gray

We're Going On A Bear Hunt- by Michael Rosen 

Funnybones by Jocelyn Stevenson

Mixed by Arre Chung

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jnr, Eric Carle





Fiction

Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne

It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright

The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright 

Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts

Sleeping Handsome And The Princess Engineer by Kay Woodward

Not Again, Red Riding Hood by Kate Clynes

Slug Needs A Hug by Jeanne Willis



Non-Fiction

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World by Kate Pankhurst 

Whales And Dolphins by Susanna Davidson 

A Stroll Through Seasons by Kay Barnham

Real Superheroes by Julia Seal








Challenging

Stickman by Julia Donaldson 

Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Room On A Broom by Julia Donaldson 

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson

Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr

The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright





Year 1 and Year 2's Recommended Reading List

Love For Reading

Traction Man Is Here by Mini Grey 

Do Not Open This Book by Andy Lee

The Book With No Pictures by B.J Novak 

The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs!

The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Tuesday by David Weisner

Triangle by Mac Barnett






Fiction

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers

Traction Man Meets Robo-Dog by Mini Grey

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Beegu by Alexis Deacon



Non-Fiction

The Big Book of the blue by Yuval SZommer

Under Earth, Under Water by Alexander and 

Poo: A Natural History Of The Unmentionable by Nicola Davies

Dogs In Space by Vix Southgate








Challenging

The Adventures Of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey 

Zeraffa Giraffa by Dianne Hofmeyr

The Princess and the White Bear King by Tanya Robyn Batt

George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl 

The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge 





Year 3 and Year 4's Recommended Reading List

Love For Reading

The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine

The Twits by Roald Dahl

Demolition Dad by Phil Earl

Fortunately the Milk ... by Neil Gaiman

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell

Gaming Record Breakers by Clive Gifford

Children's Book of Art by DK





Fiction

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Fizzlebert Stump: The boy who ran away from the circus by A.F. Harrold

A World Full of Spooky Stories by Angela McAllister 

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? By Lauren Child

Jemmy Button by Jennifer Uman

If You Could See Laughter by Mandy Coe

Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes by Babette Cole

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman




Non-Fiction

So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome by Chae Strathie

Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference by Dougie Poynter

Terrible Tudors by Neil Tonge and Terry Deary

There’s a Rang -Tan in My Bedroom by James Sellick

Fantastic Footballers by Jean- Michele Billioud

Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky








Challenging

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling 

Beowulf by Micheal Morpurgo

Bill’s New Frock by Anne Fine

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond

The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said






Year 5 and Year 6's Recommended Reading List

Love For Reading

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Spirit Walker by Michelle Paver

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) By J. K. Rowling

Point Blanc (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz

Faery Tales by Carol Ann Duffy

George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawking






Fiction

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C. S. Lewis 

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce 

Michael Rosen’s A to Z: The Best Children’s Poetry

from Agard to Zephaniah. 

Beetle Boy by M G Leonard

Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling



Non-Fiction

Corpse Talk: Ground -Breaking Scientists (The Phoenix Presents) by Adam Murphy

Stand Up, Stand Out Hardcover by Kay Woodward

Robot: Meet the Machines of the Future Author: DK

foreword by Dr Lucy Rogers

A Walk in London by Salvatore Rubbino

The Bacteria Book: Gross Germs, Vile Viruses and Funky Fungi








Challenging

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerrl 

War Horse by Micheal Morpurgo

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie





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