Books to Read 📚

• The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont & Raymond Briggs

• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury

• Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne

• The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson

• I Will Never Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

• Rosie’s Walk by Pat and Laurence Hutchins

• One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth

• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

• Dogger by Shirley Hughes

• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

• Once Their Were Giants by Martin Waddell and Penny Dale

• Traditional Rhymes

• Alphabet Books

• Counting Books

• The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss

• The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

• Hairy Maclary by Lynley Dodd

• The Large Family Collection by Jill Murphy

• Charlie and Lola by Lauren Child

• The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

• The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson

• The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy

• The Whisperer by Nick Butterworth

• Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake

• The Trouble with Jack by Shirley Hughes

• My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough

• Avocado Baby by John Burningham

• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

• Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg

• The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith

• The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg

• Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake

• Katie Morag Series by Mairi Hedderwick

• Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

• The Princess and the Pea by Minnie Grey

• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

• Don’t Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins

• Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

• Collins Primary Dictionary

• Children’s First Encyclopaedia

• Children’s Atlas

• Topic Books, eg Old Toys, Homes in the Past

• Traditional Nursery Rhymes

• Traditional Fairy Stories

• The Cat Who Lost His Purr by Michelle Coxon

• Frightened Fred by Peta Coplans

• Friends by Kim Lewis

• Mog Stories by Judith Kerr

• Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley

• Frog is Frog by Max Velthuijis

• Cat and Mouse Story by Michael Rosen

• The Snow Lady by Shirley Hughes

• Grace and Family by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch

• The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

• The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine

• Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow

• The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

• Mrs Wobble the Waitress by Allan Alhberg

• Pirate School: Just a Bit of Wind by Jeremy Strong

• George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

• The Giraffe, Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

• The Guard Dog by Dick King-Smith

• Emily’s Legs by Dick King-Smith

• Children’s Illustrated Dictionary

Usborne Books

• The First Encyclopaedia of Science

• The First Encyclopaedia of the Human Body

• The First Encyclopaedia of Animals

• The First Encyclopaedia of Seas and Oceans

• The Children’s World Atlas (internet linked)

• Pocket Science Books

Watt’s Great Events Books:

• The Great Fire of London

• Gun Powder Plot

• Battle of Hastings

• Coronation of Elizabeth II

Watt’s Famous People Series:

• Florence Nightingale

• Louis Braille

• George Stephenson

• Thomas Edison

• Cool by Michael Morpurgo

• The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

• Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

• Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo

• The Twits by Roald Dahl

• Charlie and Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

• Matilda by Roald Dahl

• Danny The Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

• Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

• The BFG by Roald Dahl

• The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith

• Bill’s New Frock by Anne Fine

• The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong

• Return of the Hundred Mile an Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong

• The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton

• Secret Seven series by Enid Blyton

• Famous Five series by Enid Blyton

• Animal Ark series by Lucy Daniels

• Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon

• Charlotte’s Web by E B White

• Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

• Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

• Mystery Winklesea by Helen Cresswell

• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

• Mr Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter

• Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg

• The Sam Pig Story Book by Alison Uttley

• Railway Cat by Phyllis Arkle

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling

• A Caribbean Dozen by John Agard & Grace Nicholls

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

• Beowolf by Kevin Crossley-Holland

• The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman

• The Dragon's Child by Jenny Nimmo

• The Ghost Blades by Anthony Masters

• Sara, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

• Smart Girls by Robert Leeson

• Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers & Chief Seattle

• Robi Dobi by Madhur Jaffrey

• The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

• Flow by Pippa Goodhart

• Dragon Poems by John Foster & Korky Paul

• The Crazy Shoe Shuffle by Gillian Cross

• The Sea Piper by Helen Cresswell

• The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

• Spacebaby by Henrietta Branford

• Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch

• A Pot of Gold by Jill Bennett

• Fog Hounds Wind Cat Sea Mice by Joan Aiken

• The Clothes Horse by Allan Ahlberg

• It Was A Dark and Stormy Night by Allan Ahlberg

• The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo

• The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross

• Dog So Small by Phillipa Pearce

• Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner

• The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C O’Brien

• Stig of the Dump by Clive King

• Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

• A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson

• Greek Myths for Young Children by Marcia Williams

• The Orchard Book of Creation Stories by Margaret Mayo & Louise Brierley

• Water Wings by Morris Gleitzman

• Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman

• Belly Flop by Morris Gleitzman

• The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

• Walter and Me by Michael Morpurgo

• Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo

• Mister Monday by Garth Nix

• Aquila by Andrew Norris

• Harry and the Wrinklies by Alan Temperley

• The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson

• Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

• Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

• Journey To Jo’burg by Beverly Naidoo

• Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

• The Owl Service by Alan Garner

• Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

• Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

• Watership Down by Richard Adams

• The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

• Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

• Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

• Holes by Louis Sachar

• There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar

• Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson

• The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo

• Harry Potter series by J K Rowling

• Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden

• When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

• Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur

• The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding

• Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce

• Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt

• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

• Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

• Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

• Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

• Clockwork by Philip Pullman

• Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

• Peter Pan by J M Barrie

• Wizard of Oz by F Baum

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

• Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

• The Railway Children by E Nesbit

• The Borrowers by M Norton

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz

• My Story series by Various authors

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Ed. Otto H Frank

• Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman

• Sabriel by Garth Nix