Blean Primary School’s
Recommended Reads
Below is a list of recommended reads for each year group.
This is by no means an exhaustive list and is intended to
be used alongside your knowledge of your child’s decoding
and comprehension ability as well as their interests. It is
important that children have the opportunity to read a
broad range of styles, genres and authors in order to
make informed book choices and develop as readers and
develop a love of reading.
Year R Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
Lost and Found
Oliver Jeffers
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen
The Blue Balloon
Mick Inkpen
Kipper
Mick Inkpen
Dogger
Shirley Hughes
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes
Eve Sutton
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
The Tiger who came to Tea
Judith Kerr
Dear Zoo
Rod Campbell
Each Peach Pear Plum
Allan Ahlberg
Cat in the Hat
Dr Seuss
Avocado Baby
John Burningham
The Princess and the Wizard
Julia Donaldson
Year 1 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
The Snail and the Whale
Julia Donaldson
Mr Gumpy’s Outing
John Burningham
Would You Rather
John Burningham
Traction Man
Mini Grey
Biscuit Bear
Mini Grey
The World of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Stick Man
Julia Donaldson
The First Hippo on the Moon
David Walliams
Tabby McTat
Julia Donaldson
Tiddler
Julia Donaldson
Alfie’s Feet
Shirley Hughes
Where’s My Teddy
Jez Alborough
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
Whatever Next
Jill Murphy
Five Minutes Peace
Jill Murphy
Meerkat Mail
Emily Gravett
Dogs
Emily Gravett
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Dr Seuss
How to Catch a Star
Oliver Jeffers
Sugarlump and the Unicorn
Julia Donaldson
Poems to Perform
Julia Donaldson
Year 2 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
The Heart and the Bottle
Oliver Jeffers
Gorilla
Anthony Browne
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Willy the Wimp
Anthony Browne
Mister Magnolia
Quentin Blake
A Sailing Boat in the Sky
Quentin Blake
Piggy Book
Anthony Browne
Zoo
Anthony Browne
Katie Morag
James Mayhew
The three little wolves and the big bad pig
Eugene Trivizaz and Helen Oxenbury
The true story of the three little pigs
Jon Scieszka
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairy
Stupid Tales
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
Jon Scieszka
Marty Monster
Malorie Blackman
Once There Were Giants
Martin Waddell
The Kiss That Missed
David Melling
Horrid Henry
Francesca Simon
Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
The Great Paper Caper
Oliver Jeffers
Banana Spaghetti
Anne Fine
Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman
Jasper’s Beanstalk
Nick Butterworth
The Paper Bag Princess
Robert Munsch
Into the Forest
Anthony Browne
Mini Grey
Cops and Robbers
Allan Ahlberg
The Unknown Planet
Jean Ure
Tadpole’s Promise
Jeanne Willis
The Hodgeheg
Dick King-Smith
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Jill Tomlinson
Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard (poems)
Michael Rosen
Heard it in the Playground (poems)
Allan Ahlberg
Year 3 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
Horrid Henry
Francesca Simon
Astrosaurs
Steve Cole
Voices in the Park
Anthony Browne
Martin’s Mice
Dick King-Smith
Diary of a Killer Cat
Dick King-Smith
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Anna Hibiscus
Atinuke
Finn Family Moomintroll
Tove Jansson
Flat Stanley – chapter book
Jeff Brown
Ivan the Terrible
Anne Fine
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
Please Mrs Butler (poems)
Allan Ahlberg
The Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo
The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog
Jeremy Strong
The Worst Witch
Jilly Murphy
Timmy Failure Mistakes were Made
Stephan Pastis
You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum!
Andy Stanton
The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl
The Twits
Roald Dahl
Double Act
Jacqueline Wilson
The Longest Whale Song
Jacqueline Wilson
Year 4 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl
Roman Mysteries
Caroline Lawrence
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Liz Pichon
Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
Dave Shelton
How to Train your Dragon
Cressida Cowell
I was a Rat!
Phillip Pullman
Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog
Jeremy Strong
Lucky
Chris Hill
Mr Stink
David Walliams
My Life as a Goldfish and other poems
Rachel Rooney
Oliver and the Seawigs
Philip Reeve
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Chris Riddell
Sophie and the Albino Camel
Stephen Davies
Stig of the Dump
Clive King
Stuart Little
E. B. White
Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Phillippa Pearce
The Boy in the Dress
David Walliams
The Dancing Bear
Michael Morpurgo
The Firework Maker’s Daughter
Phillip Pullman
The Great Hamster Massacre
Katie Davies
The Grunts in Trouble
Philip Ardagh
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
The Orca’s Song
Volke Gordon
Whale Boy
Nicola Davies
Dragons at Crumbling Castle
Terry Pratchett
Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
Year 5 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
Flour Babies
Anne Fine
Granny!
Anthony Horowitz
Carrie’s War
Nina Bawden
Cosmic
Frank Cottrel Boyce
Goblins
Phillip Reeve
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
J. K. Rowling
Krindlekrax
Philip Ridley
Listen to the Moon
Michael Morpurgo
Matilda
Roald Dahl
Once.
Morris Gleitzman
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Ratburger
David Walliams
Redwall
Brian Jacques
Shadow Forest
Matt Haig
Skellig
David Almond
Sky Hawk
Gill Lewis
Alex Rider
Anthony Horowitz
The Boy who Swam with Piranhas
David Almond
The Box of Delights
John Masefield
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Liz Pichon
The Dark Wild
Piers Torday
The Girl who Walked on Air
Emma Carroll
The Granny Project
Anne Fine
Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-exupery
The Mouse and his Child
Russell Hoban
The Ogre of Oglefort
Eva Ibbotson
The Outsiders
Michelle Paver
The Owl Service
Alan Garner
The Parent Agency
David Baddiel
The Silver Sword
Ian Seraillier
The Sleeping Army
Francesca Simon
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Joan Aiken
The Young Inferno
John Agard
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Phillippa Pearce
The Queen’s Orangutan
David Walliams
Year 6 Recommended Reading list
Title
Author
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S.Lewis
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
Holes
David Sachar
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
Five Children and It
E. Nesbit
Cosmic Disco
Grace Nichols
Circus of Thieves and the Raffle of Doom
William Sutcliffe
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Coifer
The Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K Le Guin
The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton
Hetty Feather
Jacqueline Wilson
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien
Outsiders
Kevin Crossley-Holland
A Thief in the Village
James Berry
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Chris van Allsberg
Thief
Malorie Blackman
Out of the Ashes
Michael Morpurgo
Children of Winter
Berlie Doherty
Vision of Beauty
Kathryn Lasky
Boy
Roald Dahl
Wonder
R J Palacio
Alternative Anthem – Selected Poems
John Agard