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Class Council Recommended Books

Year 1 children recommended:

The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson
The Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl
 Bruno the bravest man Lawrence Anholt/Tony Ross 
 Terrible Tuesday  Tony Ross/Hazel Townson
 The little red hen Michael Foreman 
 The very hungry caterpillar  Eric Carle
 The little red tractor books Elizabeth Laird 
 Dog Food Saxton Freyman/Joost Effers 
 Winnie in Winter Valerie Thomas/Korky Paul 
 Lily the lost puppy Jenny Dale 
 Pinocchio Carlo Collodi 
 Stories for six year olds Sara Corrin 
 Storm the lightning fairy  Daisy Meadows/Georgie Ripper
 James and the giant peach  Roald Dahl
 Charlie and the chocolate factory  Roald Dahl
 Otter in the outhouse  Lucy Daniels
 Jack Sparrow-the coming storm  Robb Kidd
 Where the wild things are Maurice Sendak 
 The tiger who came to tea Judith Kerr 
 Commotion in the ocean Giles Andrea 
There's no place like space Tish Rabe, Dr Seuss, Aristedes Ruiz

 Year 2 children recommended:

 Chameleon's crazy colours Nicola Grant/Michael Terry 
 Laura's star Klaus Baumgart 
 I will not ever never eat a tomato Lauren Child 
 Who's afraid of the big bad book? Lauren Child 
 The DK big book of dinosaurs Angela Wilkes 

 Passing and shooting(Usbourne soccer school)

 Gill Harvey
 Horrid Henry's bedtime Francesca Simon/Tony Ross 
 Football Crazy Colin McNaughton 
 George and the dragon Christopher Wormell 
 Katie Morag and the riddles Mairi Hedderwick 
 Hairy Maclary  Lynley Dodd
 The meanwhile adventure Roddy Doyle 
 My naughty little sister Dorothy Edwards 
 George's marvellous medicine  Roald Dahl
 The magic finger Roald Dahl 
 Where the forest meets the sea Jeannie Baker 
 It's your turn Roger Suzannah Gretz 
 Beaver Towers  Nigel Hinton
 The magic faraway tree Enid Blyton 
 Underwater things Louise Jackson 

Year 3 children recommended:

 The Twits Roald Dahl 
 Horrid Henry and the bogey babysitter  Francesca Simon
 The big clash Rob Childs 
 The Julian stories  Ann Cameron
 Connie and Rollo  Dick King Smith
 Revolting rhymes Roald Dahl 
 Cinderboy  Laurence Arnholt
 The worst witch  Jill Murphy
 George speaks  Dick King Smith
 Wanted:hundred mile an hour dog  Jeremy Strong
 The folk of the faraway tree  Enid Blyton
 Tracey Beaker  Jacqueline Wilson
 The adventures of Captain Underpants  Dav Pilkey
 The Dr Who storybook  Russell T Davies
 The awesome Egyptians  Terry Deary
 1001 really stupid jokes  Mike Philips
 The pony mad princess  Diana Kimpton
 How to eat fried worms  Thomas Rockwell
 The velveteen rabbit  Margery Williams
 Charlotte's web  E.B White
The iron man Ted Hughes

Year 4 children recommended:

 Cliffhanger Jacqueline Wilson 
 The Lottie project Jacqueline Wilson 
 Jacky Daydreeam  Jacqueline Wilson 
 The Giraffe the Pelly and Me  Roald Dahl
 Matilda  Roald Dahl
 How to handle your sister or brother  Roy Apps
 Fairy treasures  Gwyneth Rees
 Ace  Dick King Smith
 Stormbreaker  Antony Horowitz
 Guiness book of records 2007  
 The nutty footy book  martin Chatterton
 Captain underpants and the purple potty people  Dav Pilkey
 Harry Potter (any in the series)  J K Rowling
 Goal!  Rob Childs
 Great goal!  Rob Childs
 Tongue-tied  Paul Jennings
 Dr Who-The nightmare of Black Island  Mike Tucker/Anthony Head
 The amazing story of Adolphus Tips  Michael Morpurgo
 A series of unfortunate events  Lemony Snicket
 Bill's new frock  Anne Fine

Year 5 children recommended:

 Northern Lights  Philip Pullman
 The subtle knife  Philip Pullman
 The amber spyglass  Philip Pullman
 Chestnut Hill  Lauren Brooke
 Candyfloss  Jacqueline Wilson
 The art of destruction  Stephen Cole
 Bindi babes  Narinda Dhami
 The Princess diaries  Meg Cabot
 Angus, thongs and full frontal snogging  Louise Rennison
 Judy Moody  Megan McDonald
 Stink (Judy Moody's brother)  Megan McDonald
 The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe  C S Lewis
 The wee free men  Terry Pratchett
 Alone on a wide sea  Michael Morpurgo
 Friend or foe  Michael Morpurgo
 Dustbin baby  Jacqueline Wilson
 The dare game  Jacqueline Wilson
 Josie under fire  Anne Turnbull
 The famous five  Enid Blyton
 The wind in the willows  Kenneth Grahame

Year 6 children recommended:

 The legend of Spud Murphy  Eoin Colfer
 Clockwork  Philip Pullman
 Artemis Fowl  Eoin Colfer
 Venus Spring, stunt girl  Jonny Zucker
 The Discworld series  Terry Pratchet
 Circus de Freak  Darren Shan
 Holes  Louis Sachar
 Charlie Bone  Jenny Nimmo
 Just Binnie  Dick King Smith
 The Hardcore Diaries  Mick Foley
 Goosebumps  R L Stein
 Blitz  Robert Westall
 The Stone Cold Truth  Steve Austin
 The Rise and Fall of EWC  Thom Loverro
 Lord of the rings  J R R Tolkein
 Millions  Frank Cottrell Boyce
 Skellig  David Almond
 Sabriel  Garth Nix
 Lirael  Garth Nix
 Abhorson  Garth Nix


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