Reading Recommendations
Links to book ideas
Books We've Read this Year
World Book Day Book Recommendations
On World Book Day, the children brought in books they wanted to recommend to others of a similar age. Here are their books and their reasons why:
Stories About Magic
Recommended by the Children
Also by Philip Pullman
Note: There are plenty more by Philip Pullman that may be suitable for some readers but might be a little heavy going or mature for others.
Also by Satoshi Kitamura
More King Coo
Books that were important to me at primary school:
- The start of the Harry Potter series (the rest came out while I was in secondary).
- The Twits and the Witches (though both terrified me).
- James and the Giant Peach
- Any and all Horrible Histories.
- Holes by Louis Sachar.
- The Ha Ha Bonk Book (I used to love joke books).
- The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
- DK Encyclopedias about anything.
- Dinosaur Poems by Korky Paul.
Children's Books that I have enjoyed as a teacher (these would be a tough independent read! Perhaps better for shared stories):
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
- The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
- The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney