Reading list

Funnybones
Allan & Janet Ahlberg
Age: 5
A skeleton family live in a dark, dark cellar in a dark, dark house, in a dark, dark town. They're looking for someone to scare - will it be you?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Age: 5
This all-time favourite follows the very hungry caterpillar as it grows from egg to cocoon to beautiful butterfly, teaching your child along the way.

The Snow Whale
Caroline Pitcher
Age: 6
One frosty morning Laurie and Leo decide to build a snow whale. As they shovel and dig and pat, the whale starts to takes on a life of its own.

Chalk and Cheese
Adele Geras
Age: 6
Lily and Jo are sisters, but as different as chalk and cheese. Jo loves ballet while Lily wants to learn judo. What will happen when disaster strikes?

We Animals Would Like a Word with You
John Agard
Age: 7
An amusing and clever collection of poems, written through the eyes of different animals and delivering a moral message to children.

Mr Majeika
Humphrey Carpenter
Age: 7
When their new teacher Mr Majeika flies in through the window on a magic carpet, the children know they're in for the most exciting school term ever.

The Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo
Age: 8
A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with an orphaned white lion cub who is sold to the circus.

The Worst Witch
Jill Murphy
Age: 8
With her poor displays of witchcraft, Mildred Hubble is the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, causing all sorts of chaos.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
JK Rowling
Age: 9
JK Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel about a young wizard called Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
CS Lewis
Age: 9
The classic tale of Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan's adventure into the magical land of Narnia, and their quest to rid the country of the White Witch.