Suggested Reading

Fiction

Emil and the Detectives – Erich Kastner

Fly, Eagle, Fly – Chistopher Gregowski

The Snow Leopard – Jackie Morris

Falling Angels – Colin Thompson

Mary Poppins – P L Travers

Bluebird – Bob Staake

The Matchbox Diary – Paul Fleischmann

Cloud Tea Monkeys – Mal Peet

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day – Colin McNaughton

The Borrowers – Mary Norton

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C S Lewis

The Iron Man – Ted Hughes

The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore – W E Joyce

Varmits – Helen Ward

Krindlekrax – Philip Ridley

Noah Barleywater Runs Away – John Boyne

The Dancing Bear – Michael Morpurgo

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate Di Camillo

Fox – Margaret Wild

Goth Girl – Chris Ridell

Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Princess and the White Bear King – Tanya Robyn Batt

Firebird – Saviour Pirotta

 

Author focus

Nicola Davies

Carol Ann Duffy

Neil Gaiman

David Weisner

Betsy Byars

 

Poetry

The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry – Brian Patten

Collected Poems for Children – Ted Hughes

101 Poems for Children – Carol Ann Duffy

I Had a Little Cat – Charles Causley

Michael Rosen’s A to Z of the Best Children’s Poetry

 

Non-fiction

Egyptology – Dugald Steer and Nick Harris

See Inside Ancient Egypt – Rob Lloyd Jones

Egyptians Things to Make and Do – Emily Bone

100 Facts on Ancient Egypt – Jane Walker

Rome and the Romans – Heather Amery

See Inside Ancient Rome – Katie Daynes

Utterly Amazing Human Body – Robert Winston

A River Story – Meredith Hooper

Water Cycle – Theresa Greenaway

The Wonder Garden – Jenny Broom