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  • Great Reads for Key Stage 1

    Favourite authors

    Roald Dahl

    Dick King Smith – mostly about animals

    Francesca Simon – Horrid Henry books

    Dr Seuss books

    Rainbow Magic books (fairies)

    Julia Donaldson – eg  The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom

    Giles Andreae – eg Rumble in the Jungle

    Jeff Kinney  - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

    Shirley Hughes – eg Dogger, Alfie books

    Enid Blyton - The Famous Five, The Secret Seven.

    The Worst Witch. Jill Murphy

    Rainbow Magic. Daisy Meadows.

    The Twits. Roald Dahl

    The Mr Gum series (6 books) Andy Stanton.

    Books we like

    History of Space

    Sally Kingberg

    Dinosaurs

    Ben Morgan

    Greedy Goose

    Julia Donaldson

    Where’s Wally books

    Martin Handford

    Animals

    Nathan Hamilton

    Bible Stories

    Jan Astley

    Hot Cross Bunny

    Christina Butler

    Beast Quest

    Adam Blade

    The Magic Faraway Tree

    Enid Blyton

    A Piece of Cake

    Jill Murphy

    The Biggest Baddest Wolf

    Nick Ward

    The Pirate Cruncher

    Jonny Duddle

    The Incredible Book-Eating Boy

    Oliver Jeffers

    Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

    Giles Andreae

    Captain Underpants

     Dav Pilkey

    Super Spud and the Stinky Space Rescue

    Sam Lloyd and Ben Cort

    Urgum the Axe Man

    Kjartan Poskitt

    Spy Pups books

    Andrew Cope

    Charlotte’s Web

    E B White

    The 100 Mile an Hour Dog Stories

    Jeremy Strong

    The Clumsies

    Sorrel Anderson

    The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

    Jill Tomlinson

    Gilbert the Hero

    Jane Clarke

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier

    Hans Christian Andersen

    You Can’t Eat a Princess

    Gillian Rogerson and Sarah McIntyre

    Best Friends

    Jacqueline Wilson

    The Cow that Laid an Egg

    Andy Cutbill

    The Princess Who Couldn’t Sleep

    Stuart Trotter

    Snow is My Favourite and My Best

     Lauren Child

    The Tangle Fairy

    Seema Barker

    A Perfect Princess Wish

    Kirsty Neale

    At the hospital

    Roderick Hunt

    That’s When I’m Happy

    Beth Shoshan

    Curious George

    H A Rey

    Alice in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll

    Walking Round the Garden

    John Prater

    The Duck with no Luck

     Jonathan Long

    Froggy Plays Football

    Jonathan London

    Beetle in the Bathroom

    Brian Moses and Sonia Holleyman

    Here Comes the Crocodile

    Kathryn White

    Star wars: The Phantom Menace

    Hannah Dolan

    Tabby the Wild Cat

    Dana Kubik

    Penguin 

     Polly Dunbar

    Say Hello to the Dinosaurs

    Ian Whybrow and Tim Warnes