Lower Key Stage Two Reading List
Years Three and Four
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Just William by Richmal Crompton
The Twits, The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne
Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Rudyard Kippling’s Just So Stories by Shoo Rayner
Stuart Little by E B White
The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg
The Monster Crisp Guzzler by Malorie Blackman
Happy Ever After by Tony Bradman
Agent Amelia by Michael Broad
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Wild Rescue: Ocean S.O.S by J Burchett
Clarice Bean by Lauren Child
Wicked Day! by Rob Childs
Animal Ark by Lucy Daniels
The Dragons of Wayward Crescent by Chris D’Lacey
The Starbuster by Berlie Doherty
Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
Witch in Training by Maeve Friel
Harry Rabbit on the Run by Adam Frost
Daisy by Kes Gray
The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow by Andy Griffiths
Invisible Brother by Pete Johnson
The Hodgeheg by Dick-King Smith
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
Fierce Milly and the Amazing Dog by Marilyn McLaughlin
The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo
Henrietta the Great Gogetter by Martine Murray
Invisible Vinnie by Jenny Nimmo
Alfie Green and the Magical Gift by Joe O’Brien
Winnie the Witch by Laura Owen
Impossible Parents by Brian Pattern
Soccer Squad: Stars by Bali Rai
Fairy Gold by Gwyneth Rees
Scratch and Sniff by Margaret Ryan
Rotten School by R L Stine
The Littlest Viking by Sandi Toksvig
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Boy Racer by Ian Whybrow
Video Rose by Jaqueline Wilson
Silyl Billy by Anthony Browne
Miaow said the Cow by Emma Dodd
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson
You Choose by Pippa Goodheart
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
Millie’s Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura
The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
There are Cats in this Book by Vivane Schwarz
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Skellig by David Almond
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
Flour Babies by Anne Fine
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The Adventures of Tintin by Herge
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Truckers by Terry Pratchett
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Little Prince by Antoine de Sainy-Exupery
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Fairy Tales by The Grimm Brothers
Moomin Valley by Tove Jannson
The Clock Tower Ghost by Gene Kemp
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Uncle Stories by J.P. Martin
Bed-knobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
The Boy who was a Bear by Charles Ashton
The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
Snow Dog by Malorie Blackman
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross
Knights Tale by Terry Deary
Princess Mirror-Belle by Julia Donaldson
Meanwhile Adventures by Roddy Doyle
The Country Pancake, Bill’s New Frock by Anne Fine
The Tiara Club, Sharp Sheep by Vivian French
Grandpa Chatterji Years, The Whistling Monster by Jamila Gavin
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
The Invisible Boy by Sally Gardner
Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman
Otto in the Time of the Warrior by Charlotte Haptie
Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry
Beaver Towers by Nigel Hinton
Something Fishy, Hazel Green! by Odo Hirsch
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
The French Confection by Anthony Horowitz
Spiggot’s Quest by Gary Kilworth
The Fox Busters; The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley
Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith
Scarlet Silver by Sarah McConnell
The House on Falling Star Hill by Michael Molloy
The Marble Crusher by Michael Morpurgo
The Owl Tree, The Bodigulpa by Jenny Nimmo
Silverwing Saga by Kenneth Oppel
Football Academy by Tom Palmer
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce
Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac
Cosmo and the Great Witch Escape by Gwyneth Rees
Scribbleboy; Zip’s Appollo by Phillip Ridley
Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell
Flood and Fang by Marcus Sedgewick
Lizzie Zipmouth by Jacqueline Wilson
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
A Gift from Wrinklesea by Helen Creswell
Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
Flow by Pippa Goodheart
The Phantom Tolbooth by Norton Juster
The Third Class Genie by Robert Leeson
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgreen
Count Karlstein by Phillip Pullman
Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Proysen
The Clumsies by Sorel Anderson
Billy Bonkers by Giles Andrae
Grubtown Tales by Phillip Ardagh
Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer
Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
Undone, Unbelievable by Paul Jennings
Charlie and the Big Birthday Bash by Hilary McKay
The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieska
The Adventures of Charlie Small by Charlie Small
The Hundred Mile and Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong
Harry and the Wrinklies by Alan Temperley
Pongwiffy by Kay Umansky
Sniff by Ian Whybrow
The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy
The Little Reindeer by Michael Foreman
The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes
Harry and Hopper by Margaret Wild
Bravo, William Shakespeare! by Marcia Williams