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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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