100 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU ARE ELEVEN

Upton Junior School

0 - 5 year olds

The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Can You See? by Bill Martin Jr Kipper by Mick Inkpen

Tickle Tickle by Helen Oxenbury Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont

Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Diary by Lynley Dodd I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough

Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? by Barbara Firth My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Lynley Dodd

I Want my Potty by Tony Ross Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson I Will Not Ever Never Eat Tomatoes by Lauren Child

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers Meg and Mog by Helen Nicholl & Jan Pierkowski

Not Now, Bernard by David Mckee Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Would you Rather? by John Burningham Princess Smarty Pants by Babette Cole

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Gorilla by Anthony Browne

The Owl and the Pussy Cat The Three Robbers by Tomi Ungerer

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson The Ugly Ducking by Hans Christian Anderson

Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs The Snowman by Raymond Briggs Aesop’s Fables by Micheal Rosen

Beegu by Alexis Deacon The Haunted House by Jan Pienkowski

The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson

6 - 8 year olds

Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas Burglar Bill by Allan Ahlberg

Mog and the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr Clarice Bean, That’s Me by Lauren Child

Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake The Adventures of the Dish and Spoon by Mini Grey

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Wolves by Emily Gravett

Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo I Hate School by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross

Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Oh, the places you’ll go by Dr Seuss Anancy Spiderman by James Berry and Joseph Oiobu

Mr Majeika by Frank Roders The Paperbag Princess by Michael Martchenko

The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy The Queen’s Nose by Dick King Smith Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Dinosaurs and all the Rubbish by Michael Foreman The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton The Diary of a Killer Cat by Ann Fine

Matilda by Roald Dahl The BFG by Roald Dahl

The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis

9 – 11 year olds

Charlotte’s Web by E B White Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton The Diary of Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Krindlekrax by Philip Pullman The Adventures of Tin Tin by Hergé

Wolves in the Walls by Dave McKean The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson

Flour Babies by Anne Fine A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony Di’Terlizzi

The Arrival by Shaun Tan The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Graveyard Book by Chris Riddell Stig of the Dump by Clive King

Skellig by David Almond Truckers: The First Book of Gnomes by Terry Pratchett

Wonder by R J Palacio The Witches by Roald Dahl

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome The Hobbit by J R Tolkien

The Borrowers by Mary Norton Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce Alex Rider Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian Holes by Louis Sachar

Private Peaceful by Michael Murgporgo