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Reading with your child is a lot more than just hearing them read their school books – here are some ideas to help you and your child develop a love of reading: Help them with their phonics sounds as they read Read to them; model how a story should be read with exciting pitch, tone, pause, punctuation and character voice Read a range of different types of text – NOT JUST THEIR SCHOOL BOOK! Discuss what they are reading: ask questions about what might happen next and about what has already happened Share your favourite books Visit the Shrewsbury Library – IT’S FREE! Make time for stories EVERY night: a routine is always good and story time can be a very special time for children and the parents/carers to share together. Please do contact your child’s teacher or the reading team if you would like any more advice about sharing reading with your child. The Reading Team 100 Books To Read Before You Leave Coleham! We LOVE reading at Coleham! Below is a list of 100 books we think every child should have a read of before they leave Coleham Primary School. The list is not exhaustive, nor exclusive – there are LOADS of excellent books that didn’t quite make it on to the list. However, it is a good range of different types of books for all children (and parents!) to enjoy. All traditional fairy tales, including: 1 The Magic Porridge Pot 2 The Gingerbread Man 3 Jack & The Beanstalk 4 Little Red Riding Hood 5 Three Little Pigs – Traditional Well-Loved Classic Picture Books: 6 The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle 7 Funnybones – Allan & Janet Ahlberg 8 Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak 9 The Tiger Who Came To Tea – Judith Kerr 10 Not Now, Bernard! – David McKee 11 Owl Babies – Martin Waddell & Patrick Benson 12 Peace at Last – Jill Murphy 13 Whatever Next! – Jill Murphy 14 On The Way Home – Jill Murphy 15 The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch – Ronda & David Armitage 16 The Jolly Postman – Allan & Janet Ahlberg 17 Dogger – Shirley Hughes 18 The Forest Child – Richard Edwards 19 Voices In The Park – Anthony Browne 20 Zoo – Anthony Browne 21 The Tunnel – Anthony Browne 22 The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson 23 Room On The Broom – Julia Donaldson 24 Fungus The Bogeyman – Raymond Briggs Contemporary Picture Books: 25 Emily Brown And The Thing – Cressida Cowell 26 The Selfish Crocodile – Faustin Charles 27 The Wolf’s Story – Toby Forward 28 Oi Frog! series – Kes Gray & Jim Field 29 The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water – Gemma Merino 30 Lost And Found – Oliver Jeffers 31 The Day The Crayons Quit – Oliver Jeffers 32 Open Very Carefully – Nick Bromley & Nicola O’Byrne 33 I want My Hat Back – Jon Klaasen 34 We Found A Hat – Jon Klassen 35 This Is Not My Hat – Jon Klaasen 36 Tuesday – David Wiesner 37 On Sudden Hill – Linda Sarah 38 Granddad’s Island – Benji Davies 39 Weasels – Elis Dolan 40 Rabbits – Shaun Tan 41 Window – Jeannie Baker (a book with no words) Narratives for Younger Children (KS1 – Lower KS2) 42 Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown 43 Mango & Bambang – Polly Faber & Clara Vulliamy 44 Pugs Of The Frozen North – Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre 45 The Twits – Roald Dahl 46 Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl 47 George’s Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl 48 James And The Giant Peach – Roald Dahl 49 The BFG – Roald Dahl 50 The Last Polar Bears – Harry Horse 51 The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark – Jill Tomlinson 52 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery & Irene Testot-Ferry 53 The Iron Man – Ted Hughes 54 How The Whale Became – Ted Hughes 55 Just-So Stories – Rudyard Kipling 56 Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White 57 The Wind In The Willows – Kenneth Grahame 58 The Firework Maker’s Daughter – Philip Pullman 59 The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling 60 The Odyssey - Homer 61 Mr Gum (series) – Andy Stanton Narratives for Older Children (Lower KS2 – Upper KS2) 62 Robin Hood – Traditional 63 The Labours Of Hercules – Ancient Greek Myth 64 Tales From 1001 Nights – Traditional Arabian 65 Kensuki’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo 66 Odd And The Frost Giants – Neil Gaiman 67 The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman 68 The Animals Of Farthing Wood – Colin Dann 69 The Witches – Roald Dahl 70 The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien 71 Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian 72 Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden 73 Watership Down – Richard Adams 74 Wonder – R.J. Palacio 75 Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson 76 The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins 77 Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling 78 The Call Of The Wild – Jack London 79 Holes – Louis Sachar 80 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea – Jules Verne 81 The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis 82 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne Poetry: 83 Michael Rosen’s A-Z Of Children’s Poetry – Michael Rosen 84 Please, Mrs Butler! – Allan Ahlberg 85 Gargling With Jelly – Brian Patten 86 The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes 87 The Rattlebag – Seamus Heaney 88 Revolting Rhymes – Roald Dahl 89 Dirty Beasts – Roald Dahl Shakespeare: 90 The Tempest 91 Macbeth 92 Julius Caesar 93 Henry V 94 Romeo & Juliet Biography: 95 The Diary Of Anne Frank – Anne Frnk 96 Star Stuff: Carl Sagan & The mysteries Of The Universe – Stephanie Roth Sisson 97 Boy – Roald Dahl 98 Little People, Big Dreams (series) – Various Authors 99 On A Beam Of Light: A Story Of Albert Einstein – Jennifer Berne 100 Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story Of Elizabeth Blackwell – Tanya Lee Stone Share Reading Support with Friends... 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