Dewey No / AUTHOR / TITLE / ISBN / PUBLISHER / Suggested reading LEVEL / SUBJECT/ADDITIONAL NOTES
179 / Swift, Frazer / RSPCA / 0431027579 / Heinemann / Y5/6 / Report. Recount
332 / Price, Gareth / Money yesterday, today and tomorrow / 0007139209 / Collins / Y4
363 / Brian, Janeen / Rescues
(4 books in set) / 186374035x / Era / Y6 / Newspaper reports
363 / Davies, Martin / Get rid of that rubbish! / 0007139241 / Collins / Y5
394 / Dawson, Susis / India; its festivals and traditions / 0749640294 / Franklin Watts / Y4 - Y6 / Includes instructions
398 / French, Vivian / Funky tales / 0140565469 / Puffin Books / Y3 / Versions of Traditional Tales
398 / Geras, Adèle / Cinderella / 0750019956 / MacDonald / Y3 / Traditional tale
398 / Grindley, Sally / Ugly Duckling / 0750019999 / MacDonald / Y3 / Traditional tale
398 / McCaughrean, Geraldine / Golden myths and legends of the world / 1858816750 / Orion / Y5/6
398 / McCaughrean, Geraldine / Hope on a rope / 0582337402 / Longman / Y3/4 / Traditional tale
398 / Morpurgo, Michael / Robin of Sherwood / 0340690143 / Hodder / Y6
398 / Poole, Josephine / Jack and the beanstalk / 075001993x / MacDonald / Y3
398 / Scieszka, Jon / Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales / 0140548963 / Puffin / Y5
398 / Scieszka, Jon / True story of 3 little pigs by A Wolf / 0140540563 / Puffin / Y3
398 / Steptoe, John / Mufaro's beautiful daughters / 0140559469 / Puffin / Y3 / An African folk tale
398 / Troughton, Joanna / Tortoise's Dream : / 0140506713 / Puffin / Y3 / An African folk tale
398 / Williams, Marcia / The Adventures of Robin Hood / 1406311375 / Walker / Y3-6 / Cartoon Strip format
500 / Orme, David & Bird, Helen / Famous scientific procedures / 0007138377 / HarperCollins / Y6
551 / Coltman, Penny / World Weather / 0582334128 / Longman / Y4 - Y6 / Explanation. Different ways of presenting information
551 / Linfield, Rachel / Mountains / 0582551374 / Longman / Y6
568 / Davis, Lee / Dinosaur dinners / 0751357383 / Dorling Kindersley / Y3
581 / Greenaway, Theresa / Plant life / 0750234768 / Hodder Wayland / Y5
583 / Back, Christine / Broad Bean / 0713634952 / A & C Black / Y4
590 / Croser, Josephine / Which is which?
(4 books in set) / 0947212752 / Era / Y3/4 / Report
595 / Llewellyn, Claire / Awesome facts about bugs / 0749639385 / Aladdin Books / Y4 - Y6 / Explanation. Question and answer approach
595 / Gilpin, Rebecca / Spiders / 0746047576 / Usborne / Y3
595 / Watts, Barrie / Butterfly and caterpillar / 0713627093 / A & C Black / Y4
597 / Wallace, Karen / Think of an eel / 0744536391 / Walker / Y3 / Report
599 / Miller-Schroeder, Patricia / Blue Whales / 0713657480 / A & C Black / Y6 / Report. Explanation. Discussion
612 / Coltman, Penny / The Human Body / 0582338921 / Longman / Y4/5 / Explanation
612 / Powell, Jillian / A book of teeth / 0582551188 / Longman / Y3
612 / Yates, Irene / All About Touch / 1855617765 / Belitha Press / Y3
629 / Graham, Ian / Mighty cars / 0749675868 / Franklin Watts / Y3
629 / Martin, Rodney / First Lunar Landing
(4 books in set) / 0812365348 / Era / Y6
629 / Wilkinson, Philip / Spacebusters: The Race to the Moon / 0751357367 / Dorling Kindersley / Y4
636 / Snedden, Robert / Animals in the police / 0749633158 / Franklin Watts / Y4 - Y6 / Report
641 / Garnett, Julie / Recipes from different countries / 0582551153 / Longman / Y3
641 / Graves, Sue / Why do you eat that? / 0007139187 / Collins / Y4
686 / Johnson, Paul / You can make your own book / 0582337380 / Longman / Y4 / Instructions
690 / Freeman, Maggie / Building together / 0007139195 / Longman / Y4
793 / Wood, Dominic / Simply Magic / 0099413965 / Red Fox / Y5
796 / Behr, Steve / Mountain biking / 0749636114 / Watts / Y4-6
808 / Norman, Tony / Simply the best? / 0582551455 / Longman / Y5
820 / Garnett, Julie / Children’s letters / 0582551579 / Longman / Y3
820 / Hamley, David / Writers' Lives / 0582338840 / Longman / Y4/5 / Biography
821 / Ahlberg, Allan / Heard it in the playground / 0140328246 / Puffin / Y4
821 / Ahlberg, Allan / Please Mrs Butler / 0140314946 / Puffin / Y3
821 / Barr, Myra / Saucepan on his head / 0744568838 / Walker / Y3/4 / Nonsense poems
821 / Body, Wendy / Story poems / 0582337550 / Longman / Y4
821 / June Crebbin / The Puffin book of fantastic first poems / 0141308982 / Penguin / Y3-6
821 / Eccleshare, Julia (comp) / First poems / 1852139560 / Orchard / Y3/4 / Popular modern poets
821 / Foster, John (comp) / Twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar / 0192761250 / OUP / Y3/4
821 / Harrison, Michael / Oxford Book of Story Poems / 019276103x / OUP / Y5
821 / Harrison, Michael / Year full of poems / 0192761498 / OUP / Y6 / Poems for each month
821 / Mitchell, Adrian (comp) / Thirteen secrets of poetry / 075001380x / Simon & Schuster / Y5
821 / Moses, Brian / Favourite Poets / 0750227915 / Hodder Wayland / Y5/6 / Biography
821 / Nicholls, Judith / Earthways, earthwise : Poems on conservation / 0192722484 / OUP / Y4/5
821 / Peters, Andrew Fusek / Sadderday and Funday / 0750235500 / Hodder Wayland / Y4
821 / Phinn, Gervase / It takes one to know one / 0141309016 / Puffin / Y4 - Y6 / School and family themes
821 / Rosen, Michael / Don't put mustard in the custard / 0590542362 / Scholastic / Y3/4 / Familiar settings
821 / Rosen, Michael / Even more nonsense / 0750228814 / Hodder Wayland / Y3 - Y6 / Fun poetry
821 / Rosen, Michael, (comp) / Kingfisher book of children's poetry / 0862727847 / Kingfisher / Y6 / Includes classic poets and poetic forms
821 / Rosen, Michael / Mustard, custard, grumble belly and gravy / 0747587388 / Bloomsbury / Y3-4 / Fun poetry
821 / Rosen, Michael, (comp) / Poems for the very young / 0753400227 / Kingfisher / Y3 / Includes traditional and nonsense rhymes
821 / Rosen , Michael / Uncle Billy Being Silly / 0141300213 / Puffin Books / Y3
821 / Rosen, Michael (sel) / World of Poetry / 0185697221 / Kingfisher / Y6 / Collection of poems from around the world
821 / Rosen, Michael / You can't catch me / 0140503803 / Puffin / Y3/4 / Humorous poetry about life as a child
821 / Rosen, Michael / You wait till I'm older than you / 0140380140 / Puffin / Y6
821 / Styles, Morag / Ink Slinger / 0713633204 / A & C Black / Y5/6 / Poems about writing poetry
821 / Wilkins, Verna / Benjamin Zephaniah – A Profile / 1870516389 / Tamarind / Y6 / Biography
822 / Butterfield, Moira / Hansel and Gretel / 043108145x / Heinemann / Y4 / Play. Instructions
822 / Butterfield, Moira / Little Red Riding Hood / 0431081484 / Heinemann / Y4 / Play. Instructions
822 / Butterfield, Moira / Sleeping Beauty / 0431081476 / Heinemann / Y4 / Play. Instructions
822 / Butterfield, Moira / Ugly Duckling / 0431034834 / Heinemann / Y4 / Play. Instructions
822 / Ciantar, George / Elliot and the Kelly Cats / 0435003623 / Heinemann / Y4/5 / Play
822 / Ciantar, George / Goats and the Troll / 0435002627 / Heinemann / Y4 / Play
822 / Dahl, Roald / BFG / 014036367x / Puffin / Y4/5 / Seven short plays
822 / Dahl, Roald / James and the giant peach / 0140314644 / Puffin / Y5/6 / Play
822 / Dahl, Roald / Witches / 0573050996 / Samuel French / Y5/6 / Play
822 / Deproost, Steven / Finger of fate / 0435213008 / Heinnemann / Y3
822 / Deproost, Steven / A shot in the dark / 0435214195 / Heinbemann / Y4
822 / Fine, Anne / Bill's new frock / 0582095565 / Longman / Y4 / Play
822 / Marsh, Linda / Introduction to a Midsummer Night’s Dream / 0582338859 / Longman / Y6 / Includes extracts from play
822 / Orme, David / Theseus and the Minotaur / 0582339022 / Longman / Y5/6 / Play based on myth
822 / Pearce, Philippa / Battle of Bubble and Squeak / 0706252217 / Ward Lock International / Y4 / Play
822 / Wilson, Jacqueline / Double Act / 0440866316 / Corgi Yearling / Y5 / Play
823 / Body, Wendy / World War II Anthology / 0582337518 / Longman / Y5/6 / Prose and Poetry
823 / Dahl, Roald / Boy / 0140089179 / Penguin / Y6 / Autobiography
823 / Fox, Mem / Memories
(4 books in set) / 1863740252 / Era / Y5 / Autobiography
823 / Fraser, Lindsay / An interview with J K Rowling / 0749743948 / Mammoth / Y5/6 / Biography
823 / Middleton, Hadyn / Roald Dahl / 0431086141 / Heinemann / Y6 / Biography
910 / Dubowski, David / Titanic / 0751358606 / Dorling Kindersley / Y6
910 / Moses, Brian / Dangerous journeys / 0007138377 / Longman / Y6
919 / Hasick, Jim / Antarctic Journal
(4 books in set) / 1863740554 / Era / Y5 / Recount. Diary
938 / Freeman, Maggie / Great Archimedes / 0007138636 / Longman / Y6
942.08 / Wright, Sue / It’s official! Print from WW2 / 058243338 / Longman / Y6
948 / Ross, Stewart / Vikings / 0749650826 / Watts / Y3-4
N.B. The majority of book sets are made up of six books. Where this is not the case the number of books in a set is indicated next to the book title.
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