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Recommended book lists
Silly Billy – Anthony Browne
The Man on the Moon – Simon Bartram
Burglar Bill – Janet and Allen Ahlberg
Something Else – Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell
Wolves – Emily Gravett
Wiffy Wilson, the wolf who wouldn’t go to bed – Caryl Hart
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam – Tracey Corderoy
The Bear and the Piano – David Litchfield
Oi Frog – Kes Gray and Jim Field
Zog – Julia Donaldson
Little Rabbit Foo Foo – Michael Rosen
Grandad’s Island – Benji Davies
Journey – Aaron Becker
Mr. Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
Mrs. Pepperpot Stories – Alf Proysen
Leon and the Place Between – Graham Baker-Smith
The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales – Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk – Colin Stimpson
I’ll Take you to Mrs. Cole! – Nigel Gray and Michael Foreman
A Bear Called Paddington – Michael Bond
Clarice Bean, Utterly Me – Lauren Child
Anna Hibiscus – Atinuke and Lauren Tobia
The Pirate Cruncher – Jonny Duddle
Winne and Wilbur – Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
More Able Readers
The Rover Adventures – Roddy Doyle
The Last Wolf – Michael Murpurgo
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlison
Beware of the Killer Tomatoes – Jeremy Strong
The Enormous Crocodile – Roald Dahl
Butterfly Lion – Michael Murpurgo
The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy
Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
Daisy and the trouble with Vampires – Kes Gray
The Queen’s Nose – Dick King-Smith
Ice Palace – Robert Swindells
Beaver Towers – Nigel Hinton
The Tale of Depereaux – Kate DiCamillo
One Hundred and One Dalmatians – Dodie Smith
The Legend of Podkin One Ear – Kieran Larwood
The Hundred-Mile-and-Hour Dog – Jeremy Strong
Akimbo Adventure – Alexander McCall Smith
Wigglebottom Primary: The Shark in the Pool – Pamela Butchart
The World’s Worst Children – David Walliams
Reluctant Readers
Giraffe, Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl
Owl Diaries – Rebecca Elliott
Goozillas – Dexter Green
Hank Zipper – Lin Oliver
Bird and Squirrel – James Burks
Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
Rainbow Magic – Daisy Meadows
Horrid Henry – Francesca Simon
More Able Readers
Operation Rhino – Lauren St John
Spectre Collectors: Too Ghoul for School – Barry Hutchinson
Bookshop Girl – Sylvia Bishop and Ashely King
Carbonel – Barbara Sleigh
The Great Chocoplot – Chris Callaghan
Olga da Polga – Michael Bond
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler – Gene Kemp
Dead Man’s Cove – Lauren St John
Sky Hawk – Gill Lewis
Krindlekrax – Philip Ridley
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulance – Kate DiCamillo
Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Liz Pichon
The White Giraffe – Lauren St John
The Boy who Swam with Piranhas – David Almond
Mr. Skip – Michael Murpurgo
Reluctant readers
The Werepuppy – Jacqueline Wilson
The Diary of Dennis the Menace – Steven Butler and Steve May
Esio Trot – Roald Dahl
Mr. Gum – Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
The Giggler Treatment – Roddy Doyle
The 13 Storey Tree House – Andy Griffiths
More Able Readers
Adolphus Tips – Michael Murpurgo
The Borrowers – Mary Norton
Why the Whales Came – Michael Murpurgo
Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Liz Pichon
Fox Craft – Inbali Iserles
Snow Spider – Jenny Nimmo
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
Floodland – Marcus Sedgwick
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom – Louis Sachar
Beetle Boy – M.G. Leonard
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
Room 13 – Robert Swindells
Mr. Stink – David Walliams
Boy in the Tower – Polly Ho-Yen
The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd
Wonder – R. J. Palacio
Reluctant Readers
Grandpa’s Great Escape – David Walliams
Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine
Goosebumps – R. L. Stine
The Secret Diary of Pig – Emer Stamp
Worst Witch – Jill Murphy
The Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell
More Able Readers
Private Peaceful – Michael Murpurgo
Smith – Leon Garfield
Skellig – David Almond
Lockwood – Jonathan Stroud
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
Gregor the Overlander – Suzanne Collins
Holes – Louis Sachar
A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
Neverending Story – Michael Ende
Ink Heart – Cornelia Funke
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Cogheart – Peter Bunzi
The Girl of Ink and Stars – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Phoenix – S. F. Said
Mortal Engines – Philip Reeve
Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll
Wolf Hollow – Lauren Wolk
Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
The Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain – John Boyne
Once – Morris Gleitzman
Reluctant Readers
Fuzzy Mud – Louis Sachar
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum – Julia Donaldson
Alex Rider – Anthony Horowitz
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Murpurgo
Jamie Johnson – Kick Off – Dan Freedman
The Number Seven Shirt – Alan Gibbons
Dream Team – Alan Gibbons
More Able Readers
Waterfire Saga: Deep Blue – Jennifer Donnelly
The Guggenheim Mystery – Robin Stevens
Whistling in the Dark – Shirley Hughes
Children of the King -Sonya Hartnett
Valentine Joe – Rebecca Stevens
The Light Jar – Lisa Thompson
The 1000 Year old Boy – Ross Welford
Brightstorm – Vashi Hardy
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