Tickhill St Mary’s .E. Primary & Nursery School Whole ......Tickhill St Mary’s .E. Primary & Nursery School Whole School Reading Spine This document is a suggested reading list

Tickhill St Mary’s C.E. Primary & Nursery School Whole School Reading Spine

This document is a suggested reading list for our school. It has been collated, with staff recommendations, to deliberately expose

the children to inspirational authors, a range of genres and key texts that we would want them to have encountered by the time

they leave their primary education. Certain books have been included to fit with the appropriate English and cross-curricular topics

for different year groups.

Reading, whether in the English lesson, in reading lessons or in other lessons such as history or RE, should occur daily. In this reading

spine, there are also books that the children should enjoy as part of a daily story time, as a class reader, purely for their own

pleasure and enjoyment of reading.

The Literature Spine should always remain a working document – excellent new books are always being written and discovered and

so may change year on year.


Foundation 1 (Nursery)

Fairytales Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks and the bears The Three Little Pigs Little Red Riding Hood Three Billy Goats Gruff The Gingerbread Man

Classics/Modern classics The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle The Lazy Ladybird- Isobel Finn & Jack Tickle Funnybones-Allan Alhberg The Jolly Christmas Postman – Alan Alhberg Everywhere Bear- Julia Donaldson Amelia Earhart board book- Isabel Vegara The Night Pirates -Peter Harris Dora’s Eggs, Dora’s Chicks Julie Skyes Six Little Chicks- Jez Alborough Where, Oh Where are Rosie’s Chicks? Pat Hutchins Amazing machines -Tony Mitton Ready Steady Dig - Smriti Prasadam-Halls Agghh Spider! - Lydia Monks The Very Greedy Bee - Steve Smallman On the Farm - Alex Scheffler

Non - Fiction I Love Bugs- Emma Dodd Let’s explore Minibeast Facts- Victoria Munson All About Senses- My five Senses -Aliki My Senses collection of five books. Big Machines book Catherine Veitch The Big Book of the Blue -Yuval Zummer

Books from other cultures

Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Browne So Much- Trisha Cooke Last stop on Market Street- Matt De La Pena The Farmyard Jamboree- Margaret Macdonald Rama and Sita- Malachy Doyle Abdi's day - Verna Wilkins Books to make us think The Nativity Story, Easter story. Rainbow Fish – Marcus PFister Somewhere Bear - Harry and the Dinosaur start school- Ian Whybrow Billy’s Bucket - Kes Grey Pebble - Susan Milord

Poetry Mad about Minibeasts - Giles Andreae Seaside poem- Jill Bennett Commotion in the Ocean - Giles Andreae What the Ladybird Heard – Lydia Monks We all go Travelling- Sheena Roberts Emergency Rescue- Margaret Mayo


Foundation Stage 2


Rapunzel – Rachel Isadora Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Browne Twelve Dancing Princesses-Rachel Isadora

Books to make us think The Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister And Tango Makes Three – King and King - Eleanor Won’t Share Bible Stories – Noah’s Ark, The Creation, Easter Story The Nativity The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight Elephant Pants – Smitri Prasadan-Hall The Small Good Wolf – Mary Rayner The Girl Who Cried Wolf – Steve Smallman

Poetry Zog - Julia Donaldson The Smartest Giant in Town - Julia Donaldson The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson The Highway Rat – Julia Donaldson 10 Little Fingers – Allen Allberg Room on the Broom - Julia Donaldson Stick Man – Julia Donaldson Paper Dolls – Julia Donaldson Charlie Cook's Favourite Book – Julia Donaldson The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson Detective Dog Dan– Julia Donaldson A First Book of the Sea - Poetry

Traditional Tales

The Three Little Pigs Little Red Riding Hood The Three Bears Jack and the Beanstalk The Shopping Basket – John Burningham Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers Little Red Hen The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter Puss in Boots Funny Bones Allan Allberg The Little Mermaid The Frog Prince

Classics/Modern classics We're Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle Owl Babies – Martin Waddell Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney The Kiss that Missed Funny Bones – Allan Allberg Penguin - Polly Dunbar Who is Afraid of the Dark? My Mum is Fantastic Meerkat Mail – Emily Gravett Five Minutes Peace/Peace at Last- Jill Murphy There are no Dragons in this Story The Snow Angel – Christine Lesson When Yellow Slept in – Rowan Greet Little Ted’s Big Heart – Rosie Greening Cuddly Dudley – Jez Alborough You’re Not Ugly, Duckling! – Steve Smallman

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea – Ben Clanton

Mrs Armitage on Wheels – Quentin Blake

Mr Grumpy’s Motor Car – John Burningham


Year 1

Books from other cultures Rain fell on Kapiti Plain - Arvind Gupta Let's Celebrate 5 Days of Diwali! – Ajanta Chakraborty Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman Handa’s Surprise - Eileen Browne

Books to make us think Father Christmas – Raymond Briggs The Snowman - Raymond Briggs The Darkest Dark- Chris Hadfield Dogger- Shirley Hughes The Emperor of Absurdia - Chris Riddell

Classics/Modern classics Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell The Tiger Who came to Tea – Judith Kerr Three Little Pigs Cinderella (all traditional, various Inc Roald Dahl, Jon Scieszka) Katie Morag Stories- Mairi Hedderwick Superworm – Julia Donaldson Where the Wild Things are – Maurice Sendak Katie and the Sunflowers/Starry Night -James Mayhew Malala’s Magic Pencil – Malala Yousafzai Santa’s Helper - Paddington Bear – Michael Bond Handa’s Hen – Eileen Browne The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson

History / Topic Toys Through the Ages - Children’s Atlas – Harper

Poetry Chocolate Cake – Michael Rosen No Breathing in Class – Michael Rosen Full Moon – Walter Deto Stars – Gareth Lancaster The Sound Collector – Roger McGough On the Ning Nang Nong – Spike Milligan Dr Seuss


Year 2


Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain - Verna Aardema The Hunter – Paul Geraghty

Books to make us think Not now Bernard! – David McKee Tuesday - David Wiesner The Darkest Dark- Chris Hadfield The Polar Express – Chris van Allsburg The Boy Who Cried Wolf – Retold by Inrid Helmer Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae The Princesses Have a Ball – Teresa Bateman And Tango Makes Three – Justin Richardson

Classics/Modern classics Meerkat Mail – Emily Gravett Katie and the Sunflowers/Starry Night – James Mayhew Where the Wild Things are – Maurice Sendak Mr Wolf’s Pancakes – Jan Fearnley The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson Father Christmas – Raymond Briggs The Twits – Roald Dahl (Reader) Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl (Reader) George’s Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl (reader) The Cat Who Lost its Purr – Michele Coxon The Hodgeheg – Dick King Smith The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers Good Little Wolf – Nadia Shireen

History / Topic You Wouldn’t Want to Explore with Francis Drake - David Salariya and Ian Stewart Terrible Tudors (Horrible Histories) – Terry Deary You wouldn’t want to be in the Great Fire of London (narrative – diary approach) – Jim Pipe The Great Fire of London – Susanna Davidson Toby and the Great Fire of London Brave Nurses by Charlotte Guillain Hoorah for Mary Seacole by Trish Cooke and Anni Axworthy

Poetry Revolting Rhymes – Roald Dahl Noisy Poems – Jill Bennet Mister Magnolia – Quentin Blake Twas the Night Before Christmas – Clement Clarke Moore


Year 3

http://www.storynory.com/category/educational-and-entertaining-stories/robin-hood/ (Robin Hood mini stories).

Books from other cultures The Firework Maker’s Daughter – Phillip Pullman

Books to make us think The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kid - Ruth Roth The Tiny Seed- Eric Carle The Angel of Nitshill Road- Anne Fine

Classics/Modern classics Stig of the Dump – Clive King The Stone Age Boy - Satoshi Kitamura The Hodgeheg - Dick King-Smith The Ice Palace - Tarjei Vesaas Tales of Robin Hood - (myths and legend) Robin Hood Outlaw of Sherwood Forest Robin and Maid Marian - Dianom Hardy The Adventures of Robin Hood – Marcia Williams

Poetry Coming Home - Michael Morpurgo

Revolting Rhymes - Roald Dahl

The Magic Box – Kit Wright

History / Topic How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth - The Roman Record - Paul Dowswell Escape from Pompeii – Christina Balit The Roman Chronicles Who were the Romans? The Roman Mystery series – Caroline Lawrence The Abominables – Eva Ibbotson

http://www.storynory.com/category/educational-and-entertaining-stories/robin-hood/


Year 4

Poetry Revolting Rhymes Kennings (Vikings) Jabberwocky – Lewis Carroll

Books from other cultures Grandpa Chatterji: Grandpa’s Indian Summer - Jamila Gavin Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters - John Steptoe Henry and the Freedom Box – Ellen Levine

Books to make us think Bad Girls - Jacqueline Wilson The Boy in the Dress - David Walliams Eco Wolf and the Three Pigs - Laurence Anholt Until I Met Dudley – Roger McGough & Chris Riddell Night of the Gargoyles – Eve Bunting

Classics/Modern classics Smashing Saxons - Terry Deary There’s a Viking in My Bed - Jeremy Strong Hiccup - Cressida Cowell Beowulf - Michael Morpurgo George’s Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl Charlotte’s Web - E.B White

History / Topic Frank Einstein & The Electro Finger - Jon Scieszka Sounds Dreadful - Horrible Histories Echo Come Home - Megan Rix Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt – Deborah Hopkinson Moses – Carol Boston Weatherforth


Year 5


Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling Journey to the River Sea – Iva Ibbotson The Egyptian Cinderella – Shirley Climo

Books to make us think FArTHER – Graeme Baker-Smith First News newspaper Twinkl Daily News Flotsam – David Wiesner Voices in the Park – Anthony Browne Window – Jeannie Baker Mightier Than the Sword – Clare Bevan

Classics/Modern classics

Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz Treasure Island - R L Stevenson Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (series) –C.S.Lewis Artemis Fowl – Eion Colfer The Borrowers – Mary Norton Peter Pan – JM Barrie The Railway Children – Edith Nesbit Tom’s Midnight Garden – P. Pearce Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden War Horse – (and others) Michael Morpurgo Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Magorian Street Child – Berlie Doherty Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips – Michael Murpurgo

Poetry The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes Cats – T.S Eliot Performance Poetry: Cool Cat Gran, Can You Rap? The Dragon Who Ate Our School Daddy Fell Into the Pond

History / Topic Spirit of the Jungle/Mission Jaguar – Bear Grylls Time Travelling Cat & the Egyptian Goddess – Julia Jarman George’s Secret Key to the Universe – Lucy and Stephen Hawkins Whitby Witches – Robyn Jarvis Room 13 - Robert Swindells Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll


Year 6


Journey to the River Sea – Iva Ibbotson

Books to make us think Clockwork – Philip Pullman The Arrival – Shaun Tan Pig – Heart Boy – Malorie Blackman

Classics/Modern classics The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson Skellig – David Almond The Monster Garden – Vivien Alcock Whitby Witches – Robin Jarvis Holes – Louis Sachar Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome

Poetry In Flanders Fields – John McCrae The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes

History / Topic The Lion and the Unicorn – Shirley Hughes Who Let the Gods Out -

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Tickhill St Mary’s .E. Primary & Nursery School Whole ......Tickhill St Mary’s .E. Primary & Nursery School Whole School Reading Spine This document is a suggested reading list