Book List – Year 3 & 4
I have listed books that are worth a read. Perhaps you can find them in your local library – remember librarians will order books for you if you can’t see them on the shelf – or put them on your Christmas list! Some of the books are quite old now and may be purchased second-hand. Keep an eye out in charity shops or see if you can find someone selling a copy online. Many of the authors listed have written other titles so you could give these a try as well.
If you enjoy writing, please choose a book every now and again and write a short book review. I enjoy reading what you think about stories you have read so don’t forget to come and show me.
I have read many of the books but not all of them. You may need to check with an adult before reading as some of the books may be written for readers aged one or two years older than you. This means that the themes, and occasionally the language, are intended for an older audience.
Let me know about the books you have enjoyed (and the ones that you didn’t). I love book talk!
Have Fun.
Mrs Livermore
Laurence Anholt. Even Sillier Seriously Silly Stories.
Allan Ahlberg. Please Mrs. Butler, The Clothes Horse, It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
Phyllis Arkle. Railway Cat.
Lynne Reid Banks. The Indian in the Cupboard.
Nina Bawden. The Peppermint Pig
Jill Bennett. A Pot of Gold
Caroline Binch. Gregory Cool
Malorie Blackman. Operation Gadgetman!
Lucy M Boston. The Children of Green Knowe
Henrietta Branford. Spacebaby
Jeff Brown. Flat Stanley.
HumphreyCarpenter. Mr. Majeika
EoinColfer. The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth
Cressida Cowell. How to Train Your Dragon
Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Patrick Skene Catling. The Chocolate Touch.
Helen Cresswell. The Sea Piper,Lizzie Dripping, The Secret World of Polly Flint
Gillian Cross. The Crazy Shoe Shuffle, The Demon Headmaster
Kevin Crossley-Holland. Beowulf
Roald Dahl. The Twits, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox.
Berlie Doherty. Willa and Old Miss Annie
Anne Fine. Bill’s New Frock, The Diary of a Killer Cat
Michael Foreman. War Game
Adele Geras. Picasso Perkins
Morris Gleitzman. Toad Rage
Kenneth Grahame. The Reluctant Dragon
Pippa Goodhart. Flow
Harry Horse. The Last Castaways
Anthony Horowitz. I Know What You Did Last Wednesday
Ted Hughes. The Iron Man
Pat Hutchins. The House That Sailed Away
Madhur Jaffrey. RobiDobi
Susan Jeffers & Chief Seattle. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky.
Terry Jones. Fairy Tales
Erich Kastner. Emil and the Detectives.
Clive King. Stig of the Dump
Dick King-Smith. The Sheep Pig. The Hodgeheg
Robert Leeson. Smart Girls
Astrid Lindgren. PippiLongstocking.
Patricia MacLachlan. Sara, Plain and Tall.
Anthony Masters. The Ghost Blades.
Michael Morpurgo. The Butterfly Lion, Cool, Billy the Kid, The Dancing Bear, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Jill Murphy. Worst Witch series.
Jenny Nimmo. The Dragon’s Child.
Robert O’Brien. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Phillipa Pearce. A Dog so Small, The Battle of Bubble and Squeak, Mrs Cockle’s Cat
Philip Pullman. The Firework Maker’s Daughter.
John Steptoe. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Jeremy Strong. The Karate Princess, The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog.
Sandi Toksvig. Unusual Day
E.B White. Charlotte’s Web.
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House on the Prairie
Marcia Williams. Greek Myths for Young Children