This is a list of books which we hope your child will enjoy reading. The books cover a wide interest and ability range and it is not meant to be definitive, or to circumscribe the books your child reads. We hope you find these suggestions informative and helpful in promoting the reading habit.
Recommended Reads – YEAR ONE
A bear called Paddington - Michael Bond
Katie Morag - Mairi Hedderwick
The Tiger Who Came to Tea - Judith Kerr
Frog and Toad are friends - Arnold Lobel
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Jon Scieszka
Hairy Maclary - Lynley Dodd
The Large Family Collection - Jill Murphy
Charlie and Lola - Lauren Child
Room on the Broom – Julia Donaldson
The Smartest Giant in Town - Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo’s Child - Julia Donaldson
Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae
The Gigantic Turnip - Aleksei Tolstoy
The Whisperer - Nick Butterworth
Mrs Armitage on Wheels - Quentin Blake
The Trouble with Jack - Shirley Hughes
My Friend Bear - Jez Alborough
Avocado Baby - John Burningham
Funnybones - Allan Ahlberg
The Hodgeheg - Dick King-Smith
The Jolly Postman - Allan Ahlberg
Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake
The Princess and the Pea - Minnie Grey
Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman
Don’t Forget the Bacon - Pat Hutchins
Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers
The Fairy Books – Daisy Meadows
Poems To Perform- Julia Donaldson
Meg and Mog - Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski
Dirty Bertie - Alan McDonald
Roald Dahl stories
Children's First Encyclopaedia
Collins Primary Dictionary
Children's Atlas
Traditional Nursery Rhymes
Traditional Stories