Recommended book lists Year 1 & 2
Year 1
Cinamon – Neil Gaiman
I can only draw words – Will Mabbitt
The very hungrey caterpillar – Eric Carle
Goodnight everyone – Chris Haughton
We’re going on a bear hunt – Michael Rosen
Peace at last – Jill Murphy
The bad tempered ladybird – Eric Carle
Funnybones – Allan Ahlberg
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
A Bear called Paddington – Michael Bond
A lion in the meadow – Margret Mahy
Cops and Robbers – Allan Ahlberg
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Julia Donaldson
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell
The Emperor of Absurdia – Chris Riddell
There are cats in this book – Viviane Schwarz
Mr Magnolia – Quentin Blake
Katie Morag’s Island stories – Mairi Hedderwick
My Friend Bear – Jez Alborough
Avocado baby – John Burningham
The Tiger who came to tea – Judith Kerr
Meg and Mog – Helen Nichol
Not now Bernard – David McKee
A Dark Dark Tale – Ruth Brown
Dogger – Shirley Hughes
I want my hat back – Jon Klassen
The Dark – Lemoney Snicket
You can’t take and Elephant on the bus – Patricia Cleveland – Peck
Penguin – Polly Dunbar
You choose – Pippa Goodhart
Stanley’s stick – Neale Layton and John Hegley
What to do if an elephant stands on your foot – Michelle Robinson
How to wash a wooley mamouth – Michelle Robinson
Dinosaurs in the supermarket – Timothy Knapman
The adventures of the dish and the spoon – Mini Grey
Year 2
Salty dogs – Matty Long
Don’t look in this book - Samuel Langley-Swain
Gorilla – Anthony Browne
Dr Xargle’s book of Earthlets – Jeanne Willis
The legend of Spud Murphy – Eoin Colfer
Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
Jinnie Ghost – Berlie Doherty
I was a Rat; or the Scarlett Slippers – Phillip Pullman
The day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt
Tuesday – David Wiesner
Beaver Towers – Nigel Hinton
A royal lullabyhullabaloo – Mick Inkpen
Triangle – Mac Barnett
Fungus and the Bogeyman – Raymond Briggs
Mr Wobble and the Waitress – Allan Ahberg
The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
The Dunderheads – Paul Fleischman
The man whose mother was a Pirate – Margret Mahy
Pirate School: Just a bit of wind – Jeremy Strong
The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl
Mog Time Treasury: Six stories about Mog the Forgetful Cat – Judith Kerr
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed – Michael Rosen
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes – Jan Fearnley
Gobbolino the Witches Cat – Ursula Williams
The Enchanted Wood – Enid Blyton
Clarice Bean, That’s me – Lauren Child
The Story of Babar – Jean de Brunhoff
Nim’s Island – Wendy Orr
Fluff the Farting Fish – Michael Rosen
The Tear Fish – Carol Ann Duffy
How to live forever – Colin Thompson
Press Here – Herve Tullett
The Penderwicks – Jeanne Birdsall
The Dragonsitter – Josh Lacey
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