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Recommended reads
Books we recommend for primary school readers, by year group and interest. Children can use our Book finder to pick for themselves.
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150 books
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A Great Big Cuddle
by Michael Rosen
Bouncy, playful poems for younger children to join in with, full of noise, nonsense and cuddles.
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Aliens Love Underpants
by Claire Freedman
Aliens don't come to Earth to meet people: they come for our underpants, and they'll do anything to get them.
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Billy and the Beast
by Nadia Shireen
When a greedy beast starts gobbling up Billy's friends, Billy and her dog Fluff come up with a brave and clever plan.
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Blown Away
by Rob Biddulph
Penguin Blue's new kite catches a gust of wind and carries him and his friends far away from home.
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Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
by Giles Andreae
Flinn finds a pirate ship in the school cupboard and sails off to rescue Captain Stubble from a crew of pirate dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur Roar!
by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
Big ones, small ones, spiky ones and slow ones: a rhyming parade of dinosaurs who are all very different.
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
The bus driver has to pop out for a minute, and the pigeon will try anything to get you to let him drive.
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Funnybones
by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Funnybones, book 1
In the cellar of a dark dark house live a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton, who go out one night to frighten somebody.
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Giraffes Can't Dance
by Giles Andreae
Gerald the giraffe longs to dance at the Jungle Dance, but his legs are wobbly and the other animals laugh, until he finds his own music.
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Hair Love
by Matthew A. Cherry
Zuri's hair has a mind of its own, and on a very special day her dad learns how to style it just right.
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Handa's Surprise
by Eileen Browne
Handa carries a basket of fruit on her head to give to her friend, but the animals she passes on the way have other ideas.
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Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs
by Ian Whybrow
Harry finds some old plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic and takes them everywhere with him, so when they go missing he has to get them back.
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How to Catch a Star
by Oliver Jeffers
A boy loves stars so much that he decides to catch one of his very own.
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I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen
A bear has lost his hat and asks every animal he meets whether they've seen it.
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
by Lauren Child
Charlie and Lola
Lola is a very fussy eater, so her big brother Charlie gets her to try new foods by giving them wonderful made-up names.
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Julian Is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
Julian sees three women dressed as mermaids on the train and dreams of being a mermaid too, and his abuela understands.
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Look Up!
by Nathan Bryon
Rocket, book 1
Rocket wants to be the greatest astronaut ever, and she's determined to get everyone in her town to look up at a meteor shower.
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Lost and Found
by Oliver Jeffers
A boy finds a penguin at his door and decides to row it all the way back to the South Pole.
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Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob
by Simon Bartram
Bob goes to work on the Moon every day, showing tourists round and tidying up, and he's quite sure aliens don't exist.
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Meg and Mog
by Helen Nicoll and Jan PieΕkowski
Meg and Mog, book 1
Meg the witch and her cat Mog set off for a spell party at Halloween, but Meg's spells don't always go to plan.
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Not Now, Bernard
by David McKee
Bernard tries to tell his mum and dad there's a monster in the garden, but they're always too busy to listen.
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Owl Babies
by Martin Waddell
Three baby owls wake up in the night to find their mother has gone, and wait together for her to come home.
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Please, Mr Panda
by Steve Antony
Mr Panda, book 1
Mr Panda has a box of doughnuts to share, but only with someone who remembers their manners.
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Room on the Broom
by Julia Donaldson
A kind witch keeps dropping things on a windy flight, and every animal who helps her find them asks for a ride on her broom.
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So Much!
by Trish Cooke
The doorbell keeps ringing as more and more of the family arrive, and every one of them wants to squeeze the baby so much.
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Supertato
by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
Supertato, book 1
When the supermarket closes, the vegetables come to life, and an evil pea is causing chaos. Luckily Supertato is here to save the day.
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Superworm
by Julia Donaldson
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and he's always helping the other garden creatures, until a wicked Wizard Lizard wants him for himself.
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
On a rainy day, two bored children get a surprise visitor: a cat in a tall hat who brings a whole lot of chaos with him.
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The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt
Duncan opens his box of crayons and finds a pile of letters: his crayons have had enough, and every one of them has a complaint.
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The Detective Dog
by Julia Donaldson
Nell the dog has a brilliant nose for sniffing out clues, so when something goes missing from Peter's school she's on the case.
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The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo, book 1
A clever little mouse takes a walk through the deep dark wood and keeps the hungry animals he meets at bay with tales of a terrifying monster.
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The Gruffalo's Child
by Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo, book 2
On a snowy night, the Gruffalo's child creeps out into the wood to look for the Big Bad Mouse her dad has warned her about.
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat
by Edward Lear
The famous nonsense poem about an owl and a cat who go to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat.
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The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
When a dragon smashes her castle and carries off Prince Ronald, Princess Elizabeth puts on a paper bag and sets out to outwit it.
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The Pirates Next Door
by Jonny Duddle
The Jolley-Rogers pirate family move into quiet Dull-on-Sea, and the neighbours aren't happy, but young Matilda thinks they're wonderful.
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The Snail and the Whale
by Julia Donaldson
A tiny snail longs to see the world, so she hitches a ride on the tail of a great humpback whale.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
by Judith Kerr
Sophie and her mummy are just sitting down to tea when the doorbell rings, and a very hungry tiger asks to join them.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
A tiny caterpillar eats his way through a whole week of food, one hole at a time.
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Tyrannosaurus Drip
by Julia Donaldson
A gentle duck-billed dinosaur hatches into a family of fierce tyrannosaurs and has to find out where he really belongs.
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We Are in a Book!
by Mo Willems
Elephant and Piggie
Gerald the elephant and Piggie discover that someone is reading them, and decide to have some fun with their reader.
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen
A family sets off on a bear hunt, swishing, squelching and tiptoeing through long grass, thick mud and a dark forest.
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Whatever Next!
by Jill Murphy
Baby Bear finds a rocket (a cardboard box), a space helmet (a saucepan) and some wellies, and sets off for the Moon.
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Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Sent to bed without any supper, Max sails away to the land of the wild things and becomes their king.
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Zog
by Julia Donaldson
Zog is the keenest dragon at dragon school, and also the clumsiest, but a kind young princess is always there to patch him up.
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Ada Twist, Scientist
by Andrea Beaty
Ada has a head full of questions and sets out to answer them like a real scientist, with experiments, notes and a lot of mess.
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Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman
Grace loves acting out stories and wants to play Peter Pan in the school play, even though some of her classmates say she can't.
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Claude in the City
by Alex T. Smith
Claude, book 1
Claude the dog, who wears a beret and a lovely red jumper, heads into the city with his best friend Sir Bobblysock for a very busy day out.
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Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad, book 1
Five short, gentle stories about two best friends who look after each other through lost buttons, cold swims and waiting for the post.
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I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree
by Fiona Waters
A nature poem for every day of the year, by poets old and new, with beautiful illustrations.
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Isadora Moon Goes to School
by Harriet Muncaster
Isadora Moon, book 1
Isadora is half fairy and half vampire, and she isn't sure whether she belongs at fairy school or vampire school.
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Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue
by Paula Harrison
Kitty, book 1
Kitty has cat-like superpowers, just like her mum, and with a crew of cats she sets off on her first night-time rescue.
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Malala's Magic Pencil
by Malala Yousafzai
Malala tells the story of her own childhood in Pakistan, when she wished for a magic pencil to make the world a better place.
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Nate the Great
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great, book 1
Nate the Great is a boy detective who loves pancakes, and his friend Annie needs him to find a missing picture.
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Rapunzel
by Bethan Woollvin
This Rapunzel isn't waiting to be rescued: she has her own plans for the witch who locked her in a tower.
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Ruby the Red Fairy
by Daisy Meadows
Rainbow Magic, book 1
Rachel and Kirsty meet Ruby, the first of the seven Rainbow Fairies, and set out to bring colour back to Fairyland.
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Stone Girl, Bone Girl
by Laurence Anholt
The true story of Mary Anning, who found amazing fossils on the beach at Lyme Regis when she was still a child.
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The Big Book of Bugs
by Yuval Zommer
Meet beetles, butterflies, spiders and more in this big, friendly book of creepy-crawly facts.
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The Enormous Crocodile
by Roald Dahl
A greedy crocodile has secret plans and clever tricks for catching a child for his lunch, but the other jungle animals have other ideas.
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
by Jill Tomlinson
Plop the baby barn owl is scared of the dark, so his mother sends him out to find out what the dark is really like.
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The Princess in Black
by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
The Princess in Black, book 1
Princess Magnolia seems perfectly prim and proper, but when the monster alarm rings she becomes the Princess in Black.
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The Proudest Blue
by Ibtihaj Muhammad
On the first day of school, Faizah is proud of her big sister Asiya, who is wearing her first hijab in a beautiful shade of blue.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
Gentle, funny adventures with Pooh Bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, lovely for reading aloud.
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Wolves
by Emily Gravett
Rabbit borrows a library book about wolves and gets so wrapped up in it that he doesn't notice what's creeping up behind him.
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A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
Paddington, book 1
A small bear from Darkest Peru is found at Paddington station and taken home by the Brown family, where he gets into all sorts of scrapes.
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Amelia Fang and the Barbarian Ball
by Laura Ellen Anderson
Amelia Fang, book 1
Amelia is a vampire who would much rather play with her pet pumpkin than go to balls, and when a spoilt prince causes trouble she and her friends must save the day.
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Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House, book 1
Jack and Annie find a magic tree house full of books, and one of them whisks them back to the time of the dinosaurs.
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Dog Man
by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man, book 1
Part dog, part policeman, all hero: Dog Man chases villains (and the odd squirrel) in this very silly comic.
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Fantastic Mr Fox
by Roald Dahl
Three nasty farmers are out to catch Mr Fox, but he has a plan to outwit them and feed his family.
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Frankie vs the Pirate Pillagers
by Frank Lampard
Frankie's Magic Football, book 1
Frankie and his friends love football, and their magic ball whisks them off to a match against a crew of pirates.
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
by Margot Lee Shetterly
The true story of four Black women who were brilliant at maths and helped NASA send astronauts into space.
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Hilda and the Troll
by Luke Pearson
Hilda, book 1
Fearless Hilda loves exploring the wild hills around her home, where she sketches trolls and meets some very strange creatures.
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Horrid Henry
by Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry, book 1
Henry is horrid and his brother Peter is perfect, and these four short stories show just how much trouble Henry can cause.
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Please Mrs Butler
by Allan Ahlberg
Funny poems about life in a busy primary school classroom, from lost pencils to wet playtimes.
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The Bad Guys
by Aaron Blabey
The Bad Guys, book 1
Mr Wolf, Mr Snake, Mr Piranha and Mr Shark are tired of being the bad guys, so they set out to do good deeds, whether anyone likes it or not.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The true story of William, who taught himself to build a windmill from scraps to bring electricity to his village in Malawi.
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Animalium
by Jenny Broom and Katie Scott
A museum in a book, with beautifully detailed drawings of animals from all over the world and facts about how they live.
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
by Serena Patel
Anisha, Accidental Detective, book 1
Anisha's auntie's wedding is in chaos when the groom goes missing, so Anisha sets out to solve the mystery.
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Bunny vs Monkey
by Jamie Smart
Bunny vs Monkey, book 1
When Monkey crash-lands in the peaceful woods he decides to take over, and sensible Bunny has to put a stop to his wild schemes.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Charlie, book 1
Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket and wins a trip round Willy Wonka's extraordinary chocolate factory.
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Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
Wilbur the pig is in danger, so his clever friend Charlotte the spider spins words into her web to help him.
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Fortunately, the Milk
by Neil Gaiman
Dad pops out for milk and takes a very long time, and his explanation involves aliens, pirates and a dinosaur in a hot-air balloon.
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
One-page stories about remarkable women from history and today, each with a portrait by a different artist.
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Grimwood
by Nadia Shireen
Grimwood, book 1
Fox cubs Ted and Nancy escape the big city and end up in Grimwood, a wild and very silly place in the countryside.
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
by Vashti Harrison
Short, inspiring life stories of Black women who changed the world, with gentle, beautiful illustrations.
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Mr Gum: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!
by Andy Stanton
Mr Gum, book 1
Mr Gum is a horrible old man who can't stand children or animals, but Polly and her friends are about to put a stop to him.
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T. S. Eliot
Playful poems about a gang of very particular cats, from Macavity the mystery cat to Mr Mistoffelees.
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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
by Chris Riddell
Ottoline, book 1
Ottoline and her hairy friend Mr Munroe set out to solve a string of mysterious burglaries in Big City.
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Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
by Zanib Mian
Planet Omar, book 1
Omar's family move to a new house and he starts a new school, and his huge imagination helps him deal with a grumpy neighbour and a bully.
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Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space
by Dominic Walliman and Ben Newman
Professor Astro Cat takes you on a tour of the solar system and beyond, explaining stars, planets and rockets.
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Pugs of the Frozen North
by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Shen and Sika enter a race to the top of the world on a sledge pulled by sixty-six pugs.
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Revolting Rhymes
by Roald Dahl
Six famous fairy tales retold in rhyme, with twists you won't see coming.
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Stig of the Dump
by Clive King
Barney falls into an old chalk pit and meets Stig, a boy who seems to have come straight from the Stone Age.
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants, book 1
George and Harold love making comics and playing pranks, and they accidentally turn their grumpy head teacher into a superhero.
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The BFG
by Roald Dahl
Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant, but luckily he's the Big Friendly Giant, who catches dreams and won't eat children.
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The Diary of a Killer Cat
by Anne Fine
Killer Cat, book 1
Tuffy the cat tells his side of the story in his diary, and it isn't his fault that things keep being dragged in through the cat flap.
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The Iron Man
by Ted Hughes
A giant metal man appears on the clifftop, and a boy called Hogarth is the only one who wants to understand him.
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The Lost Words
by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Spell-poems and beautiful paintings that bring back words for wild things, from acorn to wren.
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The Sheep-Pig
by Dick King-Smith
Babe the piglet is brought up by a sheepdog and learns to round up sheep in his own very polite way.
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The Worst Witch
by Jill Murphy
The Worst Witch, book 1
Mildred Hubble is the clumsiest pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, and her spells keep going wrong.
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Werewolf Club Rules!
by Joseph Coelho
Lively, funny poems about school, families and the odd werewolf, from a former Children's Laureate.
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Asterix the Gaul
by RenΓ© Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
Asterix, book 1
One small village of Gauls holds out against the Roman Empire, thanks to a magic potion and the clever little warrior Asterix.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
In this true story told as a comic, Cece loses her hearing when she's small and starts school with a big hearing aid, which gives her a secret superpower.
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Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton
The Famous Five, book 1
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog explore an island with an old shipwreck and stumble on a treasure mystery.
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Football School: Where Football Explains the World
by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton
Football School, book 1
Football facts, jokes and true stories that teach you about science, history, maths and more along the way.
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Gangsta Granny
by David Walliams
Ben thinks staying with his granny is boring, until he discovers she has a very surprising secret.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter, book 1
On his eleventh birthday, Harry finds out he's a wizard and is invited to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
by Judd Winick
Hilo, book 1
A boy falls out of the sky with no memory and amazing powers, and DJ and Gina help him find out who he is.
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How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon, book 1
Hiccup is a small Viking who doesn't look much like a hero, and now he has to catch and train a dragon of his own.
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Matilda is a brilliant reader with awful parents and a terrifying head teacher, but she has a special power of her own.
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Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
by Richard Platt
Jake's diary tells what life was like as a young sailor at sea in the 1700s, and what happens when pirates come aboard.
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Shackleton's Journey
by William Grill
The story of Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica, told through detailed drawings of the ship, the crew and the dogs.
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The Boy at the Back of the Class
by Onjali Q. RaΓΊf
A new boy arrives in class who hardly says a word, and his classmates set out to help him when they learn he's a refugee separated from his family.
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The Boy in the Dress
by David Walliams
Dennis is the star of the school football team, and he's also found out he loves fashion, which causes quite a stir.
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
by Liz Pichon
Tom Gates, book 1
Tom is great at doodling and making excuses, and his notebook is packed with drawings, jokes and plans for his band.
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The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, book 1
Greg Heffley writes about his first year at middle school in his diary (not a journal!), with cartoons of all the embarrassing bits.
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter
by Philip Pullman
Lila wants to be a firework-maker like her father, and must travel to the volcano of the Fire-Fiend to learn the final secret.
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The Imaginary
by A. F. Harrold
Rudger is Amanda's imaginary friend and only she can see him, until a sinister stranger arrives who hunts imaginaries.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
Four children step through a wardrobe into Narnia, a land of talking animals kept in endless winter by the White Witch.
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The Rotten Romans
by Terry Deary
Horrible Histories
The funny, gruesome side of life in Roman times, with cartoons, quizzes and facts your teacher might not tell you.
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The Story of Tracy Beaker
by Jacqueline Wilson
Tracy Beaker, book 1
Tracy lives in a children's home and writes her own story, full of big plans, bad tempers and the hope that her mum will come for her.
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The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
Despereaux is a very small mouse with very large ears who falls in love with a princess and becomes an unlikely hero.
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The Way Things Work Now
by David Macaulay
How do machines work? From zips to smartphones, with the help of a woolly mammoth, this book explains the science behind everyday things.
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The Witches
by Roald Dahl
Real witches look just like ordinary women and hate children, and a boy and his grandmother find themselves in a hotel full of them.
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Zita the Spacegirl
by Ben Hatke
Zita the Spacegirl, book 1
When her best friend is pulled through a portal to another world, Zita jumps in after him and ends up a hero on a strange planet.
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Asha & the Spirit Bird
by Jasbinder Bilan
Asha sets off across the Himalayas to find her father, guided by a spirit bird she believes is her grandmother.
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Billy the Kid
by Michael Morpurgo
Looking back on his long life, Billy tells how he played football for Chelsea before the Second World War changed everything.
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Boy in the Tower
by Polly Ho-Yen
Ade lives high up in a tower block, and when strange plants start bringing the buildings down around him, he and his mum are trapped.
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Cloud Busting
by Malorie Blackman
Told in poems, Sam looks back on his friendship with Davey, the boy everyone at school picked on.
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Cosmic
by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Liam is twelve but looks like a grown-up, so he pretends to be a dad and ends up on a trip into space.
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George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking
George's Secret Key, book 1
George's new neighbour has a super-computer that can open a doorway to anywhere in the universe, with real science facts along the way.
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Hetty Feather
by Jacqueline Wilson
Hetty Feather, book 1
In Victorian London, fiery red-haired Hetty is left at the Foundling Hospital as a baby and dreams of finding her real mother.
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Julia and the Shark
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Julia's family spend the summer at a remote lighthouse in Shetland, and she becomes determined to find an ancient Greenland shark.
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Kensuke's Kingdom
by Michael Morpurgo
Michael is washed overboard from his family's yacht and wakes up on an island where he soon realises he isn't alone.
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Letters from the Lighthouse
by Emma Carroll
During the Second World War, Olive and her brother are evacuated to a lighthouse in Devon, where she starts to uncover secrets.
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Sky Hawk
by Gill Lewis
Callum finds an osprey nesting on his family's farm and makes a promise to keep it secret and safe.
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Street Child
by Berlie Doherty
In Victorian London, Jim runs away from the workhouse and has to survive on the streets. Based on a true story.
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The Explorer
by Katherine Rundell
Four children survive a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest and have to work together to find food, shelter and a way home.
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The House with Chicken Legs
by Sophie Anderson
Marinka's house has chicken legs and wanders wherever it likes, and her grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits on their way.
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The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
Ted and Kat's cousin Salim gets on the London Eye but never gets off, and Ted's unusual way of thinking might be the key to finding him.
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary is sent to live in a gloomy house on the Yorkshire moors, where she discovers a locked garden and a house full of secrets.
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The Wizards of Once
by Cressida Cowell
The Wizards of Once, book 1
Xar is a Wizard boy with no magic and Wish is a Warrior girl with a forbidden magical spoon, and their two worlds are at war.
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Time Travelling with a Hamster
by Ross Welford
On his twelfth birthday, Al gets a letter from his dad, a time machine and a mission, and his hamster comes along too.
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
by Judith Kerr
In 1933 Anna and her family have to leave Germany in a hurry and start new lives as refugees, based on the author's own childhood.
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You Are a Champion
by Marcus Rashford
Footballer Marcus Rashford shares stories from his own life and tips on confidence, kindness and reaching your goals.
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Coraline finds a door in her new home that leads to another house, with another mother, who wants her to stay forever.
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Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell
Christopher discovers a hidden world of islands where magical creatures still live, and joins a girl called Mal on a quest to save it.
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Murder Most Unladylike
by Robin Stevens
Murder Most Unladylike, book 1
At a 1930s boarding school, best friends Daisy and Hazel run a secret detective society, and then they find a real case to solve.
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The Girl of Ink & Stars
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Isabella, a mapmaker's daughter, joins a dangerous journey into the forbidden heart of her island to find her missing friend.
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War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo
Joey the farm horse is sold to the army and taken to the battlefields of the First World War, while young Albert never stops hoping to find him.
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Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
August was born with a facial difference and has always been taught at home, but now he's starting at a real school for the first time.
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