Reading for Pleasure

Reading for pleasure recommended reads

Early Years Foundation Stage - Nursery and reception
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Key Stage 1 - years 1 & 2

The Adventures of Harry Stevenson by Ali Pye

Meet Harry Stevenson. He doesn’t live in a castle, or a witch’s cottage, or anywhere exciting like that. His home is in a flat with seven-year-old Billy and his mum ...
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Milton the Mighty by Emma Read

Milton was strolling home after a weekend away in the downstairs loo, when he heard the scream. He froze. It was coming from the big house human, but it wasn’t ...
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Lower Key Stage 2 - years 3 & 4

Rules For Vampires by Alex Foulkes, reviewed by Ben

Rules for vampires is a book based on a 111-year-old vampire eternally in an 11-year-olds body. At 111 all vampires must complete their waxing moon- to complete this they must ...
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Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley and David Tazzyman, reviewed by Evie

We love this illustrated review by Evie! What a super star! The Case of the Polar Poachers: Book 3 by Iona Rangeley and ill. by David Tazzyman £7.99 Add to ...
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Upper Key Stage 2 - years 5 & 6

How To Be Brave – Lara interviews Daisy May Johnson

Book Nook Review Crew member Lara was so taken by How To Be Brave that she couldn’t bear to be parted from the book. Here she is posing some very ...
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The Small Things by Lisa Thompson, reviewed by Abi

Abi tells us why the publisher Barrington Stoke is so important for dyslexic readers like her. You can watch Abi’s full review over on our YouTube channel here. Abi reviews ...
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Harklights by Tim Tilley, reviewed by Evie

‘Harklights’, by Tim Tilley, is about an orphan named Wick and all of hisadventures. At the start of the book, Wick longs to escape from his horribleorphanage, which is also ...
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Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson, reviewed by Niamh

Rainbow Grey is the brand-new rainbowtastic adventure from the creator of the amazing Amelia Fang book series, the brilliant Laura Ellen Anderson! Laura has created a whole new world called ...
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Key Stage 3 - years 7, 8 & 9

All the Money in the World by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, reviewed by Isobel

This is a heart-warming story about social status, privilege and identity. The moral being: Don’t be ashamed of where you come from and who you are. In this story the ...
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Hide and Seek by Robin Scott-Elliot, reviewed by James

Hide and Seek is a thought-provoking book about Amelie, a Jewish French girl who witnesses her family being taken away by the gestapo during World War Two, and her quest ...
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Key Stage 4 - years 10 & 11
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