Recommended Age Appropriate Many of these texts could be used in other year groups too, especially picture books. As always, read before you use and make decisions about what works for you and your class. EYFS Don’t Let the Pigeon the Bus – Mo Willems Knufflebunny – Mo Willems We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen What the Ladybird Heard – Julia Donaldson Superworm – Julia Donaldson I saw Anaconda – Jane Clarke Oi Frog - Kes Gray Oi Dog – Kes Gray Penguin – Dunbar Rosie’s Walk – Pat Hutchins Little Rabbit Foo Foo – Michael Rosen Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? Martin Waddell The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle The Naughty Bus – Jan Oke YEAR ONE They All Saw a Cat – Brendan Wenzel I Want My Hat Back – Jon Klassen Matilda’s Cat - Emily Gravett Monkey and Me – Emily Gravett Wolf Won’t Bite - Emily Gravett Egg Drop – Mini Grey Biscuit Bear – Mini Grey Click Clack Moo - Cows That Type - Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin Penguin - Polly Dunbar Handa’s Surprise - Eileen Browne Fortunately, Unfortunately - Michael Foreman Billy’s Bucket - Kes Gray Where’s My Teddy? - Jez Alborough Owl Babies - Martin Waddell Knuffle Bunny - Mo Willems Six Dinner Sid - Inga Moore Wild – Emily Hughes The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson The Storm Whale – Benji Davies Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak Possum – Mem Fox YEAR TWO Traction Man – Mini Grey The Pea and the Princess – Mini Grey Little Red – Lynne Roberts The Paper Bag Princess - Robert Munsch That Rabbit Belongs to Brown - Cressida Cowell The Smartest Giant in Town - Julia Donaldson Into the Forest - Anthony Browne Gorilla – Anthony Browne Meerkat Mail - Emily Gravett Scaredy Squirrel - Melanie Watt
Chapter Books Frindle – Andrew Clements The Boy in the Tower – Polly Ho-Yen The Magician’s Elephant – Kate diCamillo Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz Wolf Brother – Michelle Danny, Champion of the world – Roald Dahl The Bag of Bones – Vivian French Wolf Brother – Michelle Paver Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorican Aquila – Andrew Norris Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster The Daydreamer – Ian McEwan Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo Inventions of Hugo Cabret/Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick Holes – Louis Sachar Picture Books Night of the Gargoyles – Eve Bunting The Lost Endings – Carol Ann Duffy How to Live Forever – Colin Thompson Mirror – Jeannie Baker Journey/Quest/Return – Aaron Becker Voices in the Park – Anthony Brown Greenling – Levi Pinfold The – Vita and Ethan Murrow YEAR 6 Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden Tom’s Midnight Garden – Phillipa Pearce The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman The Nowhere Emporium – Ross MacKenzie The Middle of Nowhere – Geraldone McCaughrean Pax – Sara Penny-Packer The Weirdstone of Brisingamen – Alan Garner Marianne Dreams – Catherine Storr The Girl of Ink and Stars – Kiran Millwood Hargrave Pigheart Boy – Malorie Blackman My Name is Mina – David Almond Coraline – Neil Gaiman The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd The Giver – Lois Lowry Wonder – RJ Palachio The Arrival/ Rules of Summer/ The Lost Thing/ Tales of Outer Suburbia – Shaun Tan Shakleton’s Journey/ The Wolves of Currumpaw – William Grill Varmints – Helen Ward Rose Blanche – Roberto Innocenti Way Home – Libby Hathorn The Journey – Francesca The Promise – Nicola Davies Grandfather’s Journey – Say