Literacy Resources

One of the most read posts on this blog is the list of books that were suggested for guided reading. However, it was brought to my attention that some of the books  are out of print or no longer available.  It therefore seemed like a good time to update the list and to add some of the new books that I have come across.  I am including those books that were on the previous list but are still available.  Where possible I have also tried to repeat authors at each level.  This means that children can experience an author more than once and can start to make links between their texts.

Books that might be suitable for level 3 (National Curriculum UK) readers:

1. Spells by Emily Gravett
2. The Cat Who got Carried Away by Allan Ahlberg
3. Finding Fizz by J Alexander
4. Dinner Ladies Don’t Count by Bernard Ashley
5. Marvin Redpost – Why pick on me? by Louis Sachar
6. The Boat by Helen Ward and Ian Andrew
7. The Wolf’s Story by Toby Forward and Izhar Cohen
8. War and Peas by Michael Foreman
9. Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
10. I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert by Christina Buntin
11. P is for Pakistan by Shazia Razzak and Prodeepta Das (non-fiction)
12. Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey
13. Tadpole’s Promise by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
14. Shortcut by David Macaulay
15. The Tunnel by Anthony Browne (level 3 to 5)
16. Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne (level 3 to 5)
17. Fair’s Fair by Leon Garfield
18. Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
19. Thomas and the Tinners by Jill Paton Walsh

See the bookshere

Books that might be suitable for Level 4 (National Curriculum UK) Readers)

1. Short by Kevin Crossley-Holland
2. Smile by Geraldine McCaughrean
3. Dust ‘n’ Bones – 10 Ghost Stories by Chris Mould
4. Flotsam by David Wiesner
5. The Emperor’s New Clothes by Naomi Lewis
6. Acie Lacewing Bug Detective by David Biedrzycki
7. Memorial by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan
8. The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy
9. Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
10. Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland
11. Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocento
12. Way Home by Libby Hathorne and Gregory Rogers
13. Tower to the Sun by Colin Thompson
14. Until I met Dudley: How everyday things really work by Roger McGough and Chris Riddell
15. Outsiders by Kevin Crossley-Holland
16. The Highway Man by Alfred Noyes and Charles Keeping
17. Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstein (non-fiction)
18. The Owl Tree by Jenny Nimmo
19. The Fib and Other Stories by George Layton
20. Secret Freinds by Elizabeth Laird
21. Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
22. Varjak Paw by SF Said
23. Wicked World by Benjamin Zephiniah (poetry)
24. The 18th Emergency by Betsy Byars
25. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Selina Hastings
26. Iron Man by Ted Hughes
27. Eye of the Wolf by Baniel Pennac
28. Mufarao’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

See the books here

Books that might be suitable for level 5 (National Curriculum UK) readers

1. Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
2. There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
3. The Arrival by Shaun Tan
4. Clockwork by Philip Pullman
5. The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
6. Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen
7. Holes by Louis Sacher
8. Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
9. Skellig by David Almond
10. The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis (I’ve put it here for children to really understand this book)

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