The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlber
FS & KS1A wonderful rhyming picturebook about a postman delivering letters to the fairy tale and nursery rhyme community. Children will love opening the different letters and there is plenty of...
View ArticleFrederick by Leo Leonni
KS1/FSA beautiful little book which I thought was going to be moralistic but instead turned out to be a celebration of language and creativity and love. I adored the love mouse and can see so much...
View ArticleAll in a Day by Mitsumasa Anno
KS2/KS1/FSThis is collaborative picturebook in which eight different illustrators from eight different countries tell a story about the last day of the year and how they each celebrate it. It...
View ArticleLittle Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
KS2I've used this as a whole-school text when exploring our own fears and made a whole school book. Readers love the play that Gravett has with the format of a book & the collage approach to its...
View ArticleFootpath Flowers by Jon Arno Lawson & Sydney Smith
KS1 & KS2With the aim of perhaps starting it at Year 2 or above, this is a beautiful, wordless picturebook set in the States which looks at the disconnect that we have with the natural world. The...
View ArticleOwl Moon by Jane Yolen & Illustrated by John Schoenherr
FS-KS2A girl and her father go searching for owls at night. As they walk through the silence, we see all manner of creatures. In comfortable silence, they both wonder and hope to meet one and then......
View ArticleImelda and the Goblin King by Bryony May Smith
KS1This is Smith's first picturebook and she is a welcome addition to the scene. Her illustrations are wickedly delightful and her plucky heroine someone who is strong and witty enough to challenge the...
View ArticleThe Sea Tiger by Victoria Turnbull
Could be used from FS to KS1A story of a young merboy, Oscar who loves spending time with his best friend the sea tiger but is too shy to befriend others. A story about being brave when making new...
View ArticleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
KS1/FSThis picturebook that set the standard for all future picturebooks. A story about Max, a very naughty boy, who is sent to his bedroom without supper. In his anger he sails off to the land where...
View ArticleA Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
Could be used throughout Foundation and Year 1.A story of a little owl who loses his mummy but with the help of other forest animals is happily reunited....
View ArticleShh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
Could be used from FS to KS1.An extremely clever book with minimal words which celebrates the need to listen to and embrace nature. Subtly touches on man's destruction of wildlife with a nod to Rosie's...
View ArticleBlack Dog by Levi Pinfold
Could be used throughout KS2Everyone fears the Black Dog... so when it visits the Hope family home fear grabs them all. But will someone be brave enough to face their fears?...
View ArticleThe Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
UKS2A boy discovers a bizarre-looking creature and sensing that it is lost, he tries to find out who where it needs to be, What is sad that this creative and incredible creature goes unnoticed by...
View ArticleFlotsam by David Wiesner
All Years but more chance of getting more from it in KS2A wordless picture book about a camera that spends its time floating through the world's oceans and seeing the most wondrous things. The camera...
View ArticleOi! Get off our Train by John Burningham
FS & KS1/LKS2A young boy and his teddy go on a dream-like journey on a train picking up animals from all over the world whose habitats and way of life have been removed by man. It is a repetitive...
View ArticleThe Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman & Illustrated by Dave McKean
UKS2Lucy suspects that something is living in the walls of her house. Her family think she's imagining it but when the wolves come out, Lucy finds that she must fight her fears in order to get her home...
View ArticleThe Watchtower by Gary Crew and Steven Woolman
Year 6Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built but it casts it shadow across the town and those who enter it never come out the same again. Creepy, haunting and gripping without...
View ArticleThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Illustrated by Lane...
Y2, KS2This is a post-modern twist on the fairy tale. Set in a 1950s American backdrop, the wolf claims that he was framed for the destruction of the pigs' homes and killing the pig was a complete...
View ArticleToys in Space by Mini Grey
FS & KS1A wonderful, storytelling adventure. When a group of toys are left out in the garden at night, Wonderdoll finds that she must spin a story to help entertain her fellow toys. As with all of...
View ArticleHow Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban and...
LKS2Full of wonderful characters such as Miss Fidget Wonkham-Strong (who took no nonsense from anyone), this is a wonderful story of Tom using his wit and love of the outdoors to overcome the Captain...
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