The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino
KS1 & FSAn ugly-duckling story for the modern age. Everybody knows that crocodiles love water, but this little crocodile is different. He doesn’t like water at all.… Could it be that this little...
View ArticlePuffin Peter by Petr Horacek
KS1 & FSWhat Peter's best friend Paul goes missing in a storm, he goes on a journey that spans the oceans and lands until he finds him. Friendship and Perserverance are some themes explored...
View ArticleDinosaurs and all that Rubbish by Michael Foreman
KS1This is an environmental tale that looks at the importance of recycling and caring for the planet before we meet the same fate as the dinosaurs. An oldie but a goodie!
View ArticleGoldilocks and the Three Bears and the 33 Bears and the Blim and the...
KS1 & LKS2Alright, this is technically a Pop-Up book but it's too delicious to not put in. It is a book which plays with variations of the story and the fairy tale mode. Lift the flaps; plays and...
View ArticleAzzi in Between by Sarah Garland
Could be used from Y2 all the way up to Y6.A story about a young girl and her family escaping a war-torn country. An emotional yet wholly accessible account of refugee....
View ArticleWeasels by Elys Dolan
LKS2As the narrator guides us through the Weasels quest for world domination, we are treated to a hilarious insight into the actions of these adorable characters as together they solve what's gone...
View ArticleIt's a Secret by John Burningham
FSEver wonder where your cat goes at night? I suspect many children do so one night, Marie Elaine decides to follow her cat and she stumbles across a grand party and celebrations. A lovely...
View ArticleCan I Come Too? by Brian Patten Illustrated by Nicola Bayley
FS & Year 1This is a wonderful accumulative tale about a mouse who wants to find the biggest creature on earth. On its way, it encounters a range of larger and more exotic animals. Lovely...
View ArticleLook Back by Trish Cooke and Illustrated by Caroline Binch
KS1 & LKS2I think this is a wonderful, Dominican folktale of a mysterious creature called the Ti Bolom who follows you through the forests and in the shadows. A lovely story from the Caribbean...
View ArticleBeegu by Alexis Deacon
KS1Beegu crashes on our planet. Confused and alone she sets out in search of her parents and meets and confusing and cold world of adults and city streets. It is only when she sees children that they...
View ArticleOpen Very Carefully Nick Bromley, Illustrated by Nicola O'Byrne
KS1 & Y3This postmodern picturebook plays with a lot of storytelling conventions in a hilarious way that children will love. I imagine them doing the same with their own choice of traditional tale...
View ArticleThe King of Space by Jonny Duddle
KS1 & Y3No matter how much power you wield, your mum will always be the one in control! This is a fun, creative and wonderful story about Rex who secretly tries to rule the Universe from his...
View ArticleFreefall by David Wiesner
KS1/2 There is much to discuss in this wordless text since there is a real sense of ambiguity, then there is a limitlessness to interpretation too. I like the idea of children attempting the same...
View ArticlePablo & Jane and the Hot Air Contraption by Jose Domingo
KS1 & KS2An absolute visual overload and a sure-fire winner with your reluctant readers. Join Pablo and Jane as they travel to an alternate reality where monsters rule the world. This book...
View ArticlePeepo by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Y1 & FSThis seminal picturebook should need no introduction. Follow a day of a little baby through the 1940s from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed. The beautiful rhythm and rhyme...
View ArticleThe Shape Game by Anthony Browne
Y2 - Y6Mum wants to enjoy the work at an art gallery and her husband and two boys begrudgingly agree. Together though, they find themselves exploring the art and seeing the world and themselves a...
View ArticleMasai and I by Virginia Kroll & Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
KS1 & LKS2Linda has been learning about the Masai people at school and feels a strong affinity for them. As she goes through her day we get a glimpse of how her life in the city is to different to...
View ArticleInstructions by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Charles Vess
Y4+A clever story of a sequence of instructions that guide the reader through the trials and tribulations that come with traditional tales. A great excuse to explore a range of real stories and the...
View ArticleSpace Dog by Mini Grey
KS1 - Y5Mini brings her delightful humour to the world of space with his story of old enemies, cats and dogs and their need to forget their differences for the sake of the Universe. Readers will revel...
View ArticleThe Runaway Train by Benedict Blathwayt
EFYS & Y1I really like everything about this picturebook. The repeating statements, the onomatopoeia, the rich and broad landscapes and the sense that each drawn person in the story is someone...
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