Key Stage 1 Reading List

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