Books to Read 📚

These are some of the age appropriate books we recommend to our Parkfielders.

How many have you read?

Reception

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jnr

  • Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

  • Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Garth Williams

  • The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

  • Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell

  • Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson

  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

  • Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

  • Not Now Bernard by David McKee

  • There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Jill Tomlinson

  • The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

  • Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul

  • 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

Year 1

  • 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

Year 2

  • 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

Year 3

  • 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

Year 4

  • 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

Year 5

  • 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

Year 6

  • 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