Recommended Reading List
Year 3
Books recommended by Bucks Schol Library Service.
Titles in italic recommended by pupils of Edlesborough School.
® indicates review provided by pupils of Edlesborough School.
Ahlberg, Allan – The Giant Baby
Akimbo by Alexander McCall Smith
Allen, Jonathan – Fowl Play
Allen, Nicholas – Hilltop Hospital
Anholt, Laurence – Daft Jack and the Bean Stack
Anholt, Laurence – Seriously Silly stories
Arkle, Phyllis – The Railway Cat
Ashley, Chris – Wasim in the Deep End
Atwater, Florence – Mr Popper’s Penguins
Banks, Lynn Reid – Harry the Poisonous Centipede
Bawden, Nina – Keeping Henry
Bedford, David – The Football Machine
Benjamin, Floella – Skip Across the Ocean
Bentley, Sue – Magic Kitten series
Birney, Betty G. – The World According the Humphrey ®
Blackman, Malorie – Operation Gadgetman
Blackman, Malorie – Whizziwig
Blake, Quentin – Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave
Blyton, Enid – The Magic Faraway Tree
Blyton, Enid – The Magic Wood
Blyton, Enid – Famous Five series ®
Blyton, Enid – The Naughtiest Girl in the School ®
Bradman, Tony – Sam the Girl Detective
Broad, Michael – Jake Cake series
Brown, marc – Arthur Baby–Sits
Carpenter, Humphrey – Mr Majeika series
Cartwright, Ann – The Winter Hedgehog
Child, Lauren – Charlie & Lola
Childs, Rob – The Big Match
Clover, Peter – Sheltie
Coleman, Michael – Angels FC series
Colfer, Eoin – The Legend of Spud Murphy
Crossley– Holland – Storm
D’Lacey, Chris – Dragons of Wayward Crescent
Dahl, Roald – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ®
Dahl, Roald – The Witches ®
Dale, Jenny – Puppy Patrol
Daly, Niki – Jamela’s Dress
Daniels, Lucy – Animal Ark
Dunmore, Helen – Amina’s Blanket
Durant, Alan – Leggs Utd
Fearnley, Jan – Mr Wolf’s Pancakes
Fine, Anne – Diary of a Killer Cat
French, Fiona – Little Inchkin
French, Vivian – Aesop’s Funky Fables
French, Vivian – Draglins in Danger
French, Vivian – Tiara Club series
Gardner, Sally – The Boy Who Could fly
Gates, Susan – Superloo: Henry VIII’s Privy ®
Gates, Susan – The Revolting Rabbles
Godden, Rumer – The Story of Holly and Ivy
Hedderwick, Mairi – Katie Morag and the Wedding
Horse, Harry – The Last Cowboys
Hughes, Ted – The Iron Man ®
Inkpen, Mick – Nothing Mick
Jansson, Tove – The Moomins
Jennings, Paul – The Cabbage Patch Fib
Johnson, Pete – Pirate Brother
Kemp, Gene – Dog’s Journey The
King–Smith, Dick – Happy Mouseday ®
King–Smith, Dick – Hodgeheg
Lankster, Joyce – Milly Molly Mandy series
Layton, Neal – Mammoth Academy series
McBratney, Sam – Jimmy Zest
McKay, Hilary – Charlie and the Haunted Tent
McNaughton, Colin – Have You Seen Who’s Just Moved in Next Door to Us?
Meadows, Daisy – Bella the Bunny Fairy ®
Morpurgo, Michael – series
Murphy, Jill – The Large Family series
Murphy, Jill – The Worst Witch Strikes Again ®
Newbery, Linda – A Dog called Whatnot
Pearce, Philippa – The Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Pilky, Dav – Captain Underpants series
Rees, Gwyneth – Fairy series
Riddell, Chris – Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost
Stone, Rex – Dinosaur Cove
Tomlinson, Jill – The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Umansky, Kaye – Clover Twig and the Perilous Path
Ure, Jean – Daisy May
Uttley, Alison – Sam Pig
White, E. B. – Charlotte’s Web
Whybrow, Ian – Little Wolf series
Williams, Ursula – Gobbolina, the Witch’s Cat
Wilson, David Henry – Jeremy James series
Wilson, Jacqueline – The Monster Story Teller
Wood, Jack – Digging for Victory Antinuke – Anna Hibiscus
Wooderson, Philip – Nile Files series
Book Reviews
provided by pupils of Edlesborough School
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
It is a very adventurous book and fun to read and sometimes very funny. I have read this book
several times and I enjoy it every time. Oliver Ryan
The Witches by Roald Dahl
A very, very good book! Hannah Indge
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
Read about the escapades of Humphrey the classroom hamster. It is a very funny book. Dillon Ambrose
The Worst Witch Strikes Again by Jill Murphy
The worst witch gets into trouble and she nearly gets expelled because she has so
many accidents. Maddy Mead
Bella the Bunny Fairy by Daisy Meadows
Jack Frost has stolen the Pet Fairy’s magical pets. Fairyland is in uproar. Daisy Potton
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Iron man eats all the ion at the scrapyard. He enjoys eating cars, tractors and trains. James Fielding
Happy Mouseday by Dick King–Smith
A boy called Pete really wants a mouse so he asks him mum and dad, but the answer
is ‘No’. Read this book and find out if he gets his mouse. Jemma Sage
Famous Series by Enid Blyton
Whenever Julian, Dick, Georgina, Anne and dog Timmy get together they seem to fall into a
lot of danger! Sophie Owen
The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton
Elizabeth is a spoilt little girl. She is sent away to school, read on . . . Hannah Garnham
Superloo: Henry VIII’s Privy by Susan Gates
Tales of a time-travelling toilet! Branon