This is a guide for parents who would like some help with books that they could buy or borrow from the library for their children, once they get to Level 23/4 or above.
Below is a list (by no means comprehensive!) of suggested authors and titles.
Once your child is at this stage in reading, please avoid authors such as Philip Pullman or Anthony Horowitz, or the Harry Potter series which are much more complex on many different levels and can prove difficult for the children to follow (although you can read them to the children yourselves, of course). Our aim is to foster a love of reading and, at times, it is important that they read books where they find the text ‘easy’, encouraging confidence and comprehension. I hope you find this list useful!
| Janet and/or Allan Ahlberg | Improbable Cat
Mrs Wobble the Waitress Mr Tick the Teacher Etc The Woman Who Won Things Please Mrs Butler (Poetry) |
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| Quentin Blake | Mr MagnoliaMrs Armitage (series)
The Green Ship Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse (Poetry) |
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| Dick King-Smith | Sophie Adventure series
The Hodgeheg The Queens Nose The Invisible Dog George Speaks Aristotle The Guard Dog Lady Lollipop The Finger-Eater E.S.P. |
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| Roald Dahl | The Twits
Georges Marvellous Medicine The Magic Finger Fantastic Mr Fox (avoid Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, etc. – a bit too challenging at this stage.) |
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| Michael Morpurgo | A Medal for Leroy
Billy the KidOut of the Ashes Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips The Butterfly Lion Shadow Private Peaceful Kaspar Little Manfred Born to Run Running Wild Farm Boy Cool! |
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| Anne Fine | Bill’s New Frock
Flour Babies Diary of a Killer Cat Nag Club The Angel of Nitshill Road The Granny Project Goggle Eyes |
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| David Walliams | Demon Dentist
Mr Stink Gangsta Granny The Boy in the Dress |
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| Jeremy Strong | My Brother’s Famous Bottom
There’s a Pharaoh in Our Bath Hundred Mile an Hour Dog There’s a Viking in My Bed Beware Killer Tomatoes Supercharged! Cartoon Kid The Indoor Pirates |
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| Jacqueline Wilson | Diamond – Hetty Feather
Four Children and It The Emerald Star Queenie Daisy and the Trouble With Burglars. |
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Happy Reading!!!