Book List for Spring
This list includes both required and suggested books for all the Hamilton plans in this age range for this term.
Hamilton Group Readers are available as pdfs to download alongside the plans. They are also available in hardcopy format from the Hamilton Education website (hamiltoneducation.org.uk) at low cost to facilitate wide access and to enable more children to hold books in their hands while they learn. The books used in Hamilton plans are generally widely available in schools, bookshops and libraries. Hamilton has an arrangement with two booksellers who offer discounts to users buying Hamilton booklist books that are held in stock by these two sellers. We do not receive any money from either company.
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Year A 1/2
§ Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne (Walker Books Ltd, ISBN: 978-0744536348)
§ Handa’s Hen by Eileen Browne (Walker Books Ltd, ISBN: 978-0744598155)
§ Little Rabbit Foo Foo retold by Michael Rosen (Walker Books Ltd, ISBN: 978-0744598001)
§ The Works 2 Brian Moses/Pie Corbett (Macmillan, ISBN: 0330399020)
Unfortunately this book is out of print.
§ The Works 3 Paul Cookson (Macmillan, ISBN: 0330415786)
Unfortunately this book is out of print.
§ Toy Story 1 DVD or Video
§ Thad Gets to the Moon - Animated Tale, downloaded free from Hamilton site – Materials section
§ The Three Little Pigs in picture book format – for example the version by Ian Beck (OUP, ISBN: 978-0192724991)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140540567)
§ A version of Billy Goats Gruff so that teacher can tell it as an oral story (see Hamilton resources)
§ The Tiger Child by Joanna Troughton (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140382389)
§ How Rabbit Stole the Fire by Joanna Troughton (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140506679)
(Other traditional tales would do – but they need to come from two different cultures)
§ Read Me First Chosen by Louise Bolongaro (Macmillan, ISBN: 9780330413435)
§ A First Poetry Book Compiled by John Foster (Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0199181128)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ The Works Chosen by Paul Cookson (Macmillan, ISBN: 9780330481045)
§ How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children’s Books, ISBN: 978-0007150342)
§ The Ring of Words edited by Roger McGough (Faber & Faber, ISBN: 978-0571239436)
§ A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (Wordsworth Editions Ltd, ISBN: 978-1853261411)
A wide selection of non-fiction texts on dinosaurs, e.g.
§ My First Book of Dinosaurs by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 978-1846966538 (available from www.hamiltoneducation.org.uk)
§ I Wonder Why Triceratops Had Horns by Rod Theodorou (Kingfisher, ISBN: 1856972232)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ Dinosaurs in the Sky by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 1860072356)
Unfortunately there is only limited stock of this book available.
§ Dinosaurs in the Sea by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 1860072348)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ Dinosaurs Carnivores by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 1860072321)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ Dinosaurs Herbivores by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 1860072372)
§ Dinosaurs by Dougal Dixon (Ticktock, ISBN: 978-1860075650) – a compilation of the above Dougal Dixon books.
§ Dinosaurs by Christopher Maynard (Kingfisher, ISBN: 075340463X)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ Gone Forever! Tyrannosaurus Rex by Rupert Matthews (Heinemann, ISBN: 978-0431166070).
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
§ Tyrannosaurus Rex (Discovering Dinosaurs) by Sandy Fritz & George Olshevsky (Smart Apple Media, ISBN: 9781583401750)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of stock.
§ Did Dinosaurs Snore? By Philip Ardagh (Faber & Faber, ISBN: 0571206530)
§ The Big Book of Dinosaurs by Angela Wilkes (Dorling Kindersley, ISBN: 0751352268)
Some fiction/stories about dinosaurs, e.g.
§ Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140569803)
§ Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields and Scott Nash (Walker, ISBN: 978-1406312683)
§ The Dance of the Dinosaurs by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins (Harper Collins, ISBN: 978-0007114443)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of stock. A reprint is under consideration.
§ Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort (Simon & Schuster Children's, ISBN: 978-1847382108)
§ Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson & David Roberts (Macmillan, ISBN: 978-1405090001)
§ Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland (Ragged Bears, ISBN: 978-1857142129)
§ Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton & Guy Parker-Rees (Orchard, ISBN: 978-1841212944)
§ Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish by Michael Foreman (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140552607)
§ Dilly the Dinosaur by Tony Bradman & Susan Hellard (Mammoth, ISBN: 978-0749746827)
§ Dinosaurs Galore by Giles Andreae & David Wojyowycz (Orchard, ISBN: 978-1843626091)
Year B
· Lift-the-flap Cinderella Retold by Nick Sharratt (Children’s Books, ISBN: 978-0333965337 or 978-0230736122)
· Cinderella by Charles Perrault (Illustrated by Loek Koopmans) (North South Books, ISBN: 978-0735814868)
· The Princess and the Pea Retold by Lauren Child (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0-141500140)
· The Princess and the Pea Retold by Mini Grey (Red Fox, ISBN: 978-0-099432333)
· Goldilocks Retold by Lauren Child (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0-141-38330-9 or 978-0141501253)
· A non-European picture book version of Cinderella, e.g.
Yeh_Shen A Cinderella Story from China Retold by Ai-Ling-Louie (Philomel Books US, ISBN: 978-0399209000)
· Cendrillon A Caribbean Cinderella Retold by Robert D. San Souci (Aladdin, ISBN: 978-0689848889)
· Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters An African Tale Retold by John Steptoe (Puffin, ISBN: 978-0140559460)
· Goldilocks and the Three Bears Retold by Ian Beck (OUP, ISBN: 978-0192725400)
· Lift-the-flap Goldilocks Retold by Estelle Corke (Child’s Play, ISBN: 978-1846430855)
· Goldilocks and the Three Bears Ladybird Version (Ladybird, ISBN: 978-1846469817)
· The Princess and the Pea Ladybird version (Ladybird, ISBN: 978-1846469879)
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print.
· The Princess and the Pea by Susanna Davidson (Usborne Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 978-0746063248)
· Cinderella Retold by Margaret Mayo (Orchard, ISBN: 978-1841211503)
Unfortunately this book is out of print.
· Cinderella Ladybird version (Ladybird, ISBN: 978-1846469763)
· Sleeping Beauty Retold by Margaret Mayo (Orchard, ISBN: 978-1841211442)
Unfortunately this book is out of print.
· Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell (Walker Books, ISBN: 074453660X).
· Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-0744513059)
· The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear, illustrated by Ian Beck (Corgi Children’s, ISBN: 978-0552528191)
· The Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward Lear, illustrated by Louise Voce (Heinemann Library, ISBN: 978-1406300420)
· The Pobble Who Has No Toes by Edward Lear can be found in Complete Nonsense by Edward Lear (Wordsworth Editions Ltd, ISBN: 978-1853261442).