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