Year 1 & 2 Reading List
Below are suggested reading books for pupils in Year 1 & 2.
The Cat in the Hat – Dr Seuss
The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr
Hairy Maclary – Lynley Dodd
The Large Family Collection – Jill Murphy
Charlie and Lola – Lauren Child
The Smartest Giant in Town – Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo’s Child – Julia Donaldson
The Gigantic Turnip – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
The Whisperer – Nick Butterworth
Mrs Armitage on Wheels – Quentin Blake
The Trouble with Jack – Shirley Hughes
My Friend Bear – Jez Alborough
Animals
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant – Jean De Brunhoff
Mog Time Treasury: Six Stories about Mog the Forgetful Cat – Judith Kerr
The Cat Who Lost its Purr – Michelle Coxon
Choosing Crumble – Michael Rosen
Spooky/Mystery
Jinnie Ghost – Berlie Doherty•
Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat – Ursula Williams
The Dunderheads – Paul Fleischman
The Tear Thief – Carol Ann Duffy
How to Live Forever – Colin Thompson
The Jolly -Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon – Jonny Duddle
Humour
The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywatt
Clarice Bean, That’s Me – Lauren Child
The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine
Fungus the Bogeyman – Raymond Briggs
Mrs Wobble the Waitress – Allan Ahlberg
Pirate School: Just a Bit of Wind – Jeremy Strong
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed – Michael Rosen
Fluff the Farting Fish – Michael Rosen
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf – Catherine Storr
History
Watt’s Great Event Books:
The Great Fire of London
Gun Powder Plot
Battle of Hastings
Coronation of Elizabeth II
Watt’s Famous People Series:
Florence Nightingale
Louis Braille
George Stephenson
Thomas Edison
Fantasy
Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
Beaver Towers – Nigel Hinton
I Was a Rat! Or, the Scarlet Slippers – Philip Pullman
Nim’s Island – Wendy Orr
The Dragonsitter series – Josh Lacey
Adventure/Action
The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate – Margaret Mahy
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes – Jan Fearnley
Press Here – Herve Tullet
The Penderwicks – Jeanne Birdsall
Frightened Fred – Peta Coplans
Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown
The Heart and the Bottle – Oliver Jeffers
Well-loved Authors
Emily’s Legs – Dick King-Smith
The Guard Dog – Dick King-Smith
The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl
The Enchanted Wood – Enid Blyton
The Snow Lady – Shirley Hughes