To work, to pray, to play in the Light of the Lord
Dear Parents/Carers,
Reading is an important part of everyday life. The more our children read, the better readers they will be and the better writers they will become.
Here are some quick tips to encourage your child’s love for reading.
I have attached a reading list of books for your convenience. I don’t expect your child to read all of the books on the list but you may find some useful suggestions here to help when you are choosing books together.
Traditional Tales – Legends
Sir Galwain and the Loathly Lady - Selina Hastings
Don Quixote - Marcia Williams
Arthur: The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland
Beowulf – K. Crossley-Holland
The Story of Robin Hood – R. Leeson
Athur, High King of Britain – Michael Morpurgo
The Tale of Tales – Tony Mitton
Myths and Legends – Anthony Horrowitz
Arion and the Dolphin – Vikram Seth
Fantasy
Skellig – David Almond
The Various – Steve Augarde
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
The Bag of Bones – Vivian French
Inkheart trilogy – Cornelia Funke
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen – Alan Garner
Pure Dead Magic – Debi Gliori
Wolf Brother – Michelle Paver
Truckers – Terry Pratchett
The Spiderwick Chronicles – Lynne Reid Banks
Goblins series – Philip Reeve
Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick
The Amulet of Samarkand – Jonathon Stroud
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – Catherynne M. Valente
Tanglewreck – Jeanette Winterson
Chilling Stories
The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror – Chris Priestley
Horowitz Horror – Anthony Horowitz
Breathe – Cliff McNish
At the Firefly Gate – Linda Newberry
Chill – Alex Nye
Tales from the Tunnel’s Mouth – Chris Priestley
Tales of Terror From the Black Ship – Chris Priestley
Marianne Dreams – Catherine Storr
Science Fiction
Supernaturalist – Eoin Colfer
Grinny: Grinny and You Remember Me – Nicholas Fisk
Among the Hidden – Margaret Peterson Haddix
Double Identity – Margaret Peterson Haddix
Real Life
Pig Heart Boy – Malorie Blackman (science/ethics)
Tangerine – Edward Bloor (blindness)
The Eighteenth Emergency – Betsy Byars (bullying)
The 10PM Question – Kate De Gold (worry/anxiety)
Running on Cracks – Julia Donaldson (running from home – mature themes)
Step By Wicked Step – Anne Fine (step parenting)
Dead End in Norvelt – Jack Gantos (boredom, friendship)
Suspense and Mystery Snow horse and other stories – Joan Aiken Snaggletooth’s mystery – Gene Kemp Shock forest and other stories – Margaret Mahy Room 13 – Robert Swindells The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd No Such Thing as Dragons - Written and illustrated by Philip Reeve Cosmic - Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce Flood Child - Written by Emily Diamand Fiction from our Literary Heritage Narnia Stories – CS Lewis Harry Potter series – JK Rowling Billy the Kid – Michael Morpurgo Why the Whales Came – Michael Morpurgo Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Stig of the Dump – Clive King Snow Spider – Jenny Nimmo Macbeth for Kids, Louis Burdett The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie A Christmas Carol (Eyewitness classics) – Charles Dickens The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (adapted by Chris Mould)