Recommended Book Lists
Recommended Books for EYFS
Last updated June 1st, 2023
30 books selected by our expert review panel of teachers, librarians and literacy specialists.
- I Am Hungry
by Michael Rosen - Sometimes I Am Furious
by Timothy Knapman - Lost In The City
by Alice Cortley - Colours, Colours, Everywhere
by Julia Donaldson - Pants
by Giles Andreae - Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
Recommended Books for Year 1
Last updated May 17th, 2023
30 books for year 1 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- Gustavo the Shy Ghost
by Flavia Z Drago - How to be Cooler than Cool
by Sean Taylor - The Blue-Footed Booby
by Rob Biddulph - Mister Boo
by Joyce Dunbar - Not Now Bernard
by David McKee - Beegu
by Alexis Deacon
Recommended Books for Year 2
Last updated May 15th, 2023
30 books for year 2 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- Milo Imagine the World
by Matt de la Pena - Aron Slater Illustrator
by Andrea Beaty - The Bear and the Wildcat
by Kazumi Yumoto - The Woman Who Turned Children Into Birds
by David Almond - Farmer Duck
by Martin Waddell - The Green Ship
by Quentin Blake
Recommended Books for Year 3
Last updated May 15th, 2023
30 books for year 3 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- Sona Sharma a Friend Indeed
by Chitra Soundar - Elisabeth and the Box of Colours
by Katherine Woodfine - Press Start: Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up
by Thomas Flintham - Worst Class in the World in the World Goes Wild
by Joanna Nadin - The Ice Palace
by Robert Swindells - The Worst Witch
by Jill Murphy
Recommended Books for Year 4
Last updated May 15th, 2023
30 books for year 4 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- Libby and the Parisian Puzzle
by Jo Clarke - The Beast and the Bethany
by Jack Meggitt-Phillips - Peanut Jones and the Twelve Portals
by Rob Biddulph - The Guardians of Magic
by Chris Riddell - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate diCamillo - Lob
by Linda Newbery
Recommended Books for Year 5
Last updated May 15th, 2023
30 books for year 5 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- The Treasure Hunter
by Lisa Thompson - The Lost Whale
by Hannah Gold - Xanthe and the Ruby Crown
by Jasbinder Bilan - Which Way to Anywhere
by Cressida Cowell - Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Patterson - The Last Wild
by Piers Torday
Recommended Books for Year 6
Last updated May 16th, 2023
30 books for year 6 chosen by our panel of expert teachers, librarians and literacy specialists
- Into the Faerie Hill
by H S Norup - I, Spy
by Rhian Tracey - Dread Wood
by Jennifer Killick - Crookhaven:The School for Thieves
by J J Arcanjo - The Haunting
by Margaret Mahy - The Viewer
by Gary Crew