Reference Book List for “Reading to Learn”
(Key Learning Area: English Language Education)
Key Stage 1
Title / Author / Editor / PublisherA Scab on the Knee / Jenny Alexander / Pearson Education Australia
All by Myself / Mercer Mayer / Random House
Animal Communication / Phil Gates / CambridgeUniversity Press
Ask Mr. Bear / Marjorie Flack / Aladdin Paperbacks
Ben Biggins' House / Judith Nicholls / Longman
Big Bird's Copycat Day / Sharon Lerner / Random House
Big Machines / Karen Wallace / Dorling Kindersley
Bubbles / Dot Meharry / Learning Media
Cat on the Mat / Susan Schade & Jon Buller / Random House
Caterpillar's Dream / Keith Faulkner / Silver Dolphin
Collecting Things Is Fun / Kimberlee Graves / Creative Teaching Press
Countries of the World: China / Michael Dehl / Capstone
Daisy Is a Mummy / Lisa Kopper / Puffin Books
Day at SeagullBeach / Dorling Kinderley / Dorling Kindersley
Dipsy Dance / Scholastic Books / Scholastic
Don't Cut My Hair / Hans Wilhelm / Cartwheel
Earth (The Four Elements) / Carme Sole Vendrell & J. M. Parramon / Barron's Juveniles
Easter Parade / Eileen Curran / Troll Communications
Eggs / Graeme Viljoen / CambridgeUniversity Press
Elmer Blunt's Open House / Matt Novak / Scholastic
Granny's Teeth / June Crebbin / CambridgeUniversity Press
Great Day for Up / Dr. Seuss / Random House
Guess What I'll be / Anni Axworthy / Walker Books
I Love My Family / Kathleen Beal / Addison Wesley
I Spy / Caitlin Haynes / Random House
Jack and the Beanstalk / Emma Dodd / Ladybird
Kipper's Birthday / Roderick Hunt / OxfordUniversity Press
Let's Dance / George Ancona / HarperCollins
Living Together / Jo Windsor / Rigby
Lots of Hearts / Maryann Cocca-Leffler / Grosset & Dunlap
Make Colours / Gill Budgell / CambridgeUniversity Press
Making a Plate / Jennifer Jacobson / Silver Burdett Ginn
Minnie and Me - What Will I Wear? / Lyn Calder / Golden Press
My Dad Can't Dance / Lorraine Horsley / Ladybird
My Dog's Party / Bill Gillham / CambridgeUniversity Press
My Dog's the Best! / Stephanie Calmenson / Cartwheel
My Friends / Taro Gomi / Chronicle Books
Numbers All around Me / Trisha Callella-Jones / Creative Teaching Press
Our Favourite Rhymes / David McKee / Longman
Our Grandad / Jullian Cutting / The Wright Group
Our Senses / Brenda Parkes / Pearson Education Australia
Oxford Poem Tree / John Foster / OxfordUniversity Press
Party Food / Heather Hammonds / Cengage Learning
Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly / Sue Heap & Nick Sharratt / Puffin Books
Seeing Things Up Close / Kate McGough / National Geographic Society
Shadow Play / Claire Llewellyn / CambridgeUniversity Press
Sound and Music / David Evans and Claudette Williams / Dorling Kindersley
Sounds All Around / Wendy Pfeffer / Harper Trophy
Spot's Walk in the Wood / Eric Hill / Puffin Books
Taking Care of Our World / Thelna Rea / Rosen Publishing Group
Tall and Small / Gina Foster & Kelli Erickson / Barron's Juveniles
The Bad, Good Manners Book / Babette Cole / Puffin Books
The Biggest Cookie in the World / Joseph Ewers / Random House
The Catnapped Caper / Maria Barbo / Scholastic
The Chinese New Year / Joanna Troughton / CambridgeUniversity Press
The Chocolate Cake / Kimberly Randell / Cengage Learning
The Ginger Bread Man / M. Walker / Addison Wesley
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear / Don and Audrey Wood / Masters Press
The Magic Porridge Pot / Alan McDonald / Ladybird
The Monster under My Bed / Suzanne Gruber / Troll Communications
The Moons of Jupiter / Sarah Fleming / CambridgeUniversity Press
The Nose Book / Al Perkins / Random House
The Royal Dinner / John Burge & Brenda Parkes / Kingscourt / McGraw-Hill
The Time Song / Rozanne Lanczak Williams / Creative Teaching Press
This is Our House / Michael Rosen / Candlewick
Tooth Fairy / Ralph Peters / Troll Communications
Touch / Mandy Suhr / Hodder Wayland
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bug / Katharine Ross / Random House
Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh and the Very Big Bear / Joan Phillips & Bill Langley / Golden Press
What Does Greedy Cat Like? / Joy Cowley / Learning Media
What's the Time, Mr Wolf? / Gill Budgell & Kate Ruttle / CambridgeUniversity Press
When I Was Young in the Mountain / Cynthia Rylant / Dutton Juvenile
Why Is Soap So Slippery? / Catherine Ripley / Maple Tree Press
Willy the Dreamer / Anthony Browne / Candlewick
Yummy, Yummy / Judith Grey / Troll Communications
Key Stage 2
Title / Author / Editor / PublisherA Bargain for Frances / Russell Hoban / Harper Trophy
A Day in London / Roderick Hunt / OxfordUniversity Press
A Scary Story Night / Rob Lewis / Prentice Hall
All about Owls / Jim Arnosky / Scholastic
Arnie and the New Kid / Nancy Carlson / Puffin Books
Arts and Crafts Skills: Painting / Jane Bower / Children's Press
Arts and Crafts Skills: Printing / Susan Niner Janes / Children's Press
At Home with Science: Dig and Sow! How Do Plants Grow? / Janice Lobb / Kingfisher
Bears Can't Fly / Val Biro / Ladybird
Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream / Stan & Jan Berenstain / Random House
Bridges Are to Cross / Philemon Sturges / Putnam Juvenile
Dinosaur Babies / Lucille Rech Penner / Random House
Don't Talk to Strangers, Pooh! / Kathleen Zoehfeld & Robin Cuddy / Disney Press
Famous Children: Chopin / Ann Rachlin / Barron's Education Series
First Flight / David McPhail / Little, Brown & Co.
Foxy and Friends Go Racing / Colin & Jacqui Hawkins / HarperCollins
Frog & Toad Are Friends / Arnold Lobel / Scholastic
Giraffes / Jill Anderson / Northword Press
Hear Your Heart / Paul Showers / Harper Collins
Heidi / Johanna Spyri / Ladybird
HilltopHospital: Heart Trouble at Hilltop / Nicholas Allan / Hutchinson
History from Objects: Toys / Karen Bryant-Mole / Hodder Wayland
I Don't Care!' - Learning about Respect / Brian Moses & Mike Gordon / Hodder Wayland
I Know How My Cells Make Me Grow / Kate Rowan / Walker Books
I Love Gymnastics / Jane Feldman / Random House
I'll Always Love You / Hans Wilhelm / Dragonfly Books
Japan / Ena Keo / Steck-Vaughn
Jobs People Do / Christopher Maynard / Dorling Kindersley
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors / Sue Kassirer / Aladdin
Just Enough Carrots / Stuart Murphy / Harper Trophy
Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly up to the Sky / Demi / Dragonfly Books
Let's Talk about Needing Attention / Joy Berry / Scholastic
Life on the Land / Maria Rius & J M Parramon / Barron's Education Series
Little Miss Wise / Roger Hargreaves / Bt Bound
Look inside a Computer / Emily Sollinger / Grosset & Dunlap
Magic in the Playroom / Enid Blyton / Grandreams Limited
Making Puppets / James Dunbar / Longman
Mrs Lather's Laundry / Allan Ahlberg / Puffin Books
My Brother, Ant / Betsy Byars / Puffin Books
My First Book about the Internet / Sharon Cromwell / Troll Communications
No Smoking / Toni Goffe / Child's Play International
Noddy to the Rescue / Enid Blyton / Penguin Character
Octave and His Flute / Gerard Moncomble / Foulsham Educational
Oh, Bother! Someone Won't Share! / Betty Birney / Golden Books
Oliver's Fruit Salad / Vivian French / Hodder Wayland
People Poems / John Foster / OxfordUniversity Press
Piggybook / Anthony Browne / Dragonfly Books
Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping / Amy Axelrod / Aladdin
Pizza for Everyone / Alan Barnes / Steck-Vaughn
Presto Change-O / Audrey Wood / Child's Play International
Rabbit's Tail / Duncan Williamson & Linda Williamson / CambridgeUniversity Press
Recycle! / Gail Gibbons / Little, Brown Young Readers
Round the World: Cookbook / Jane Asher / Longman
Samantha the Snob / Kathryn Cristaldi / Random House
Splish Splash Splosh! / Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom / Franklin Watts
Sports / Gallimard Jeunesse & Pierre-Marie Valat / Scholastic
The Bridge / Meredith Hooper / CambridgeUniversity Press
The Bug Book / Kathy Kranking / Golden Books
The Case of the Hungry Stranger / Crosby Bonsall / Harper Trophy
The Children's Book of Manners / Susan Lloyd / Award Publications Limited
The Emergency / Mike Poulton / OxfordUniversity Press
The Forest / Isidro Sanchez & Carme Peris / Barron's Juveniles
The Human Body / Judy Nayer / McClanahan Book Company
The Life and Times of the Honeybee / Charles Micucci / Houghton Mifflin
The Prince Who Wrote a Letter / Ann Love / Child's Play International
The School Trip / Nick Butterworth & Mick Inkpen / Hodder Wayland
The Wonder of Sound / Bonita Searle-Barnes / Lion Publishing
Tight Times / Barbara Shook Hazen / Puffin Books
What Happens to Your Food? / Alastair Smith / Usborne Publishing
What's Wrong with Bertie? / Tony Bradman / Ladybird
When Mum Turned into a Monster / Joanna Harrison / Collins
Wild Cats! / Diane Muldrow / Learning Horizons
William's Mistake / Adam Coleman / OxfordUniversity Press
Wishing Moon / Lesley Harker / Ladybird
Young Mozart / Rachel Isadora / Puffin Books
Key Stage 3
Title / Author / Editor / Publisher2050 Voyage of the Starseeker Books 2: Rescue in Space / Elaine Raphael & Don Bolognese / Scholastic
7th Heaven: Matt's Story / Brenda Hampton & Ron Darien / Random House
A Door to Secrets: Riddles in Rhyme / Tony Mitton / CambridgeUniversity Press
A Twist in the Tale - Five Short Stories / Penny Cameron / Penguin
A View to a Kill / Easy Reading Edition (Longman Movieworld) / Longman
Artists and Their Art / Michael Medearis / Steck-Vaughn Company
Beethoven / Ann Rachlin / Aladdin
Breath of the Dragon / Gail Giles / Yearling Book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Roald Dahl / Puffin
Charlie Chaplin / Pam Brown / Longman
Chinese Myths I / Penny Cameron / Witman
Claws / John Landon / Heinemann
Constellations / C. E. Thompson / Grosset & Dunlap
Creatures in Crisis / Chris Kratt & Martin Kratt / Scholastic
Dear Jan. . .Love Ruth / Nick Mciver / Heinemann
Death of a Pop Star / Peter Etherton / Jing Kung Educational Press
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson / Random House
Dracula / Bram Stoker / Penguin
Dracula is a Pain in The Neck / Elizabeth Levy / Harper Collins
Dribble, Shoot, Score! / Joe Layden / Scholastic
Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor / Elizabeth Levy / Harper Trophy
Hey Arnold!: Arnold for President / Craig Bartlett / Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
How to Clone a Sheep / Hazel Richardson / OxfordUniversity Press
I Have a Dream / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Scholastic
I Wonder Why the Sun Rises and Other Quesitons About Time and Seasons / Brenda Walpole / Kingfisher
Identity Kit / Kate McGough / Nelson
Incredible Journeys / Rick Wilkinson / Allen & Unwin
Indian Ghost Mystery / Bonnie Highsmith Taylor / Perfection Learning
Informania Vampires / Martin Jenkins / Candlewick Press
Kid's Book of Gross Facts & Feats / Todd Strasser / Watermill Press
Lisa Goes to London / H. Q. Mitchell / MM Publications
Look What Came From Germany / Kevin Davis / Franklin Watts
Men in Black / James Patrick / Scholastic
More Bible Stories for Children / Jane Carruth / Award Publications
Mother Teresa / Nina Morgan / Wayland
My Dad is an Armed Robber! / Stephen Cole / BBC
NBA Action from A to Z / James Preller / Scholastic
Nightmare Hour / R. L. Stine / Harper Collins
Noisy Poems / Jill Bennett / OxfordUniversity Press
Our Wonderful World / Neil Morris / Miles Kelly
Prime Suspect / Lynda la Plante / Penguin
Psyche and Eros / Marcia Williams / CambridgeUniversity Press
Rain Man / Leonore Fleischer / Penguin
Sad Underwear and Other Complications / Judith Viorst / Aladdin
Science and Technology / -- / Kingfisher
Secrets of the Mummies / Harriet Griffey / Dorling Kindersley
Sing a Song of Sixpence / Vince Cross / OxfordUniversity Press
Special Effects / Sandra Iversen / Lands End Publishing
Sporting Heroes / Peter Weiniger / Nelson
Star Trek - First Contact / John Vornholt / Pocket books
Stories from Greek Tragedies / Kieran McGovern / OxfordUniversity Press
Street Action / James Alcock-Roberts / Lands End Publishing
Tales of Crime and Detection / David Foulds / OxfordUniversity Press
Tales of Silliness / Janice Kuharski / Perfection Learning Corporation
Tales of the Seven Wonders / Paula J. Reece / Perfection Learning
Tales of William Shakespeare: The Comedies / Paula J. Reece / Perfection Learning
Taste Bud Travels / John Parsons / Nelson
The Bear and the Trolls / Beverly Randell / Nelson
The Canterville Ghost / Oscar Wilde / MM Publications
The Creepy Computer Mystery / Elizabeth Levy / Scholastic
The Dalai Lama / Demi / Henry Holt
The Emperor's New Groove / Kathleen W. Zoehfeld / Disney Press
The Evil House / Christopher Pike / Minstrel
The Forgotten Angel / Suzanne Weyn / Troll
The Greek Gods / Evslin, Evslin & Hoopes / Scholastic
The Hitch-Hiker / Tim Vicary / OxfordUniversity Press
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Gina Ingoglia / Disney Press
The Little Mermaid II / Amy Edgar / Disney Press
The Locked Room & Other Horror Stories / M. R. James / Penguin
The Number Devil / Hans Magnus Enzensberger / Granta Books
The Smugglers' Caves and Othe Stories / Enid Blyton / Award Publications
The Titanic is Sinking / K. R. Cripwell / Nelson
Walking with Dinosaures / Tim Haines / BBC
Weather / David Lambert / Troll
William Shakespeare & the Globe / Aliki / Harper Collins
Key Stage 4
Title / Author / Editor / Publisher160 Ways to Help the World / Linda Leeb Duper / Facts On File
201 Ways to Manage Your Time Better / Alan Axelrod & Jim Holtje / McGraw-Hill
A Light in the Attic / Shel Silverstein / Harper Collins
A Look at Life in the Seventies / R.G. Grant / Wayland
A Time to Kill / John Grisham / Penguin
American Short Stories of Today / Esmor Jones / Penguin
Animal Farm / George Orwell / Penguin
Anna and the King / Elizabeth Hand / Harper Entertainment
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret / Judy Blume / Macmillan
Being Happy: A Handbook to Greater Confidene and Security / Andrew Matthews / Media Masters
Better Ways to Express Politeness / Heidi Platt / Federal Publications
Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson / Heinemann
Chicken Soup for the Soul / Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen / Health Communications Inc.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II / Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Kimberly Kirberger / Health Communications Inc.
Chinese Customs and Taboos / Ann Wan Seng / Shah Alam
Culture Shock! Japan / Rex Shelley / Times Book International
Danny the Champion of the World / Roald Dahl / Puffin
Dead Poets Society / N. H. Kleinbaum / Bantam
Earth and Space / Martin Lunn / BBC Educational Publishing
Energy and Power / Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan / Kingfisher
Environment / Keith Bishop / BBC Educational Publishing
Face Off / Clark Carlton / Harper Prism
Forever X / Geraldine McCaughrean / OxfordUniversity Press
Four Weddings and a Funeral / Richard Curtis / Penguin
Freedom Train / Dorothy Sterling / Scholastic
Fun with Chinese Festivals / Tan Huay Peng / Federal Publications
Girls Under Pressure / Jacqueline Wilson / Corgi Books
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat / Ursula Moray Williams / Puffin
Going Solo / Roald Dahl / Puffin
Great People of Our Time / Carol Christian / Macmillan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / J. K. Rowling / Bloomsbury
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone / J. K. Rowling / Bloomsbury
Hello? Is Anybody There? / Jostein Gaarder / Dolphin
How I Changed My Life / Todd Strasser / Aladdin
How Nature Works / David Burnie / Dorling Kindersley
How to be Entertaining / Andrew Wright / Cambridge Unviersity Press
How to Win Friends and Influence People / Dale Carnegie / Pocket Books
I Like This Poem / Edited by Kaye Webb / Puffin
Introducing Psychology / Nigel C. Benson / Icon Books
Leonardo DiCaprio: Modern-day Romeo / Grace Catalano / Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Lost for Words / Elizabethe Lutzeier / Macmillan
Making Friends: A Guide to Getting along with People / Andrew Matthews / Media Masters
Maniac Magee / Jerry Spinelli / Little, Brown and Company
Matilda / Roald Dahl / Puffin
Meet Steven Speilberg / Thomas Conklin / Random House
Misery / Stephen King / Penguin
Prince William: Prince of Hearts / Lisa Degnen / Warner Books
Princess Diana / Katherine Krohn / Lerner Publications
Real People, Real Places / Angela Barrs (Ed.) / Heinemann
Searching for David's Heart / Cherie Bennett / Scholastic
Sports Stories / Alan Durant / Kingfisher
Star Child on Clark Street / Jamila Gavin / Cambridge Unviersity Press
Taste and Other Tales / Roald Dahl / Longman
The 20th Century What Really Happened / Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore / Kingfisher
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change / Stephen R. Covey / Simon & Schuster
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens / Sean Covey / Fireside
The Animorphs Series #22: The Solution / Katherine A. Applegate / Scholastic
The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book / Bill Watterson / Warner Books
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / C.S. Lewis / Harper Collins
The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank / Puffin
The Human Element: A Course in Resourceful Thinking / Thomas Clearly / Shambhala
The Little Prince / Antoine De Saint-Exupery / Wordsworth Editions Limited
The Midwife's Apprentice / Karen Cushman / Macmillan
The New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems / Michael Harrison & Christopher Stuart-Clark / OxfordUniversity Press
The Oxford Treaury of Classic Poems / Michael Harrison & Christopher Stuart-Clark / OxfordUniversity Press
The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry / Edited by Brian Patten / Puffin
The Sixth Sense / M.Night Shyamalan / Scholastic
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar / Roald Dahl / Puffin
The X Files #2: DarknessFalls / Les Martin / Harper Trophy
Uncovered / Paul Jennings / Puffin
Uncovered Mysteries: Powers of the Mind / Brian Innes / Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Unsolved Mysteries: Millennium Prophecies / Brian Innes / Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
What's the Big Idea? Genetics / Martin Brookes / Hodder
Who Moved My Cheese / Dr. Spencer Johnson / Vermilion
Writing Tall / American Teen Writers / Bookman Books, Ltd.
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