Author: Ken

Leverstock Green CE Primary School
Recommended Reading for
KS1

Top Tips for Reading With your Child
Set aside some time
Find somewhere quiet without any distractions - turn off the TV/radio/computer.
Ask your child to choose a book
Sharing books they have chosen shows you care what they think and that their opinion matters. This means they are more likely to engage with the book. It doesn’t matter if you’ve read it together before.
Sit close together
Encourage your child to hold the book themselves and/or turn the pages.
Point to the pictures
If there are illustrations, relate them to something your child knows. Ask them to describe the characters or situation or what will happen next.
Encourage them to tell you the story by looking at the pictures.
Encourage your child to talk about the book
Talking about the characters and their dilemmas helps children understand relationships and is an excellent way for you to get to know each other or discuss difficult issues. Give your child plenty of time to respond. Ask them what will happen next, how a character might be feeling, or how the book makes them feel.
Read yourself
Make sure your child sees you reading for pleasure regularly.
Don’t forget to involve grandparents!
In fact, include all members of the family. Why not?
Join the library
Go regularly—it’s free!
And lastly, above all - make it fun!
It doesn't matter how you read with a child, as long as you both enjoy the time together. Don't be afraid to use funny voices: children love it!

Ann Martin – The Kids in Miss Coleman’s Class
Allan Ahlberg - The Giant Baby
Kathryn Cave - Henry Hobbs Alien
Annie Dalton - The After Dark Princess
Vivien French - Jackson‛s Juniors
Maeve Friel - Witch in Training
Sarah Garland - Clive and the Missing Finger
Mairi Hederwick - Katie Morag series
Kathy Henderson - Jim‛s Winter
Elizabeth Laird - The Ice Cream Swipe
Anthony Masters - Bully
Linda Pitt - Metal Miss
Michael Rosen - You‛re Thinking About Tomatoes
G. Trease - Elizabeth in Danger
K Umansky - Goblinz Detectives Inc.
Jean Ure - Woodside School Series
Judy Allen - Seven Weird Days at Number Thirty One
Bernard Ashley - Justin and the Big Fight
Sheila Bunford - The Incredible Journey
Beverly Cleary - The Ramona Series
Roger Collinson - Willy and the UFO
Gillian Cross - Save our School
Gillian Cross - Rent a Genius
Annie Dalton - Tilly Beany Saves the World
Paula Daniger - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
Karen Dolby - The House of Shadows

Patricia Finney - I Jack
Toby Forward - Wyvern Summer
Susan Gates - Magician‛s Pigeon
Andrew Gibson - The Abradizil
Adele Geras - Louisa in the Wings
Morris Gleitzman - Teacher‛s Pet
David Grossman - Duel
Pat Hutchins - The House that Sailed Away
Andrew Matthews - The Beast of Bogafort Hollow
Jenny Nimmo - Toby in the Park
Noel Streatfield - Ballet Shoes
Hazel Townson - The Shrieking Face
Kat Witherwall - Bark Belly
Seriously Silly series - Allen Ahlberg
Jake Cake series - Michael Broad
Clarice Bean series - Lauren Child
The Legend of Spud Murphy, Captain Crow‛s Feet – Eoin Colfer
Rescuing Dad, How to Train Your Parents, My Friend‛s a
Werewolf - Pete Johnson
Mammoth Academy series - Neal Layton
Dirtie Bertie series - David Roberts
Mr Gum series - Andy Stanton
Astrosaurs series - Steve Cole
Spy Dog series - Andrew Cope
Cows in Action - Steve Cole
GRK series - Joshua Doder

Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat - Chris Riddell
Earth Giant - Melvyn Burgess
Angels Unlimited - Annie Dalton
Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown
My Secret Unicorn - Linda Chapman
The Strongest Girl in the World, The Boy Who
Could fly, The Invisible Boy, The Smallest Girl Ever -
Sally Gardner
Tiara Club - Vivian French
Pirate Brother, Bug Brother - Pete Johnson
Rainbow Magic - Daisy Meadows
The Fairy series - Gwyneth Rees
Araminta Spook series - Angie Sage
Hugo Pepper - Paul Stewart
Unusual Day - Sandi Toksvig
Puppy Place series - Ellen Miles
Dumb Creatures - Jeanne Willis
Humour
Paula Danzinger – You Can‛t Eat Your Chicken Pox
Peter Johnson - How to Train Your Parents
Louis Sacher – Marvin Redpost
Time Travel
Toby Forward – Travelling Backward
Sam McBratney Stranger from Somewhere in Time

Some helpful websites:
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/
http://www.bookstart.org.uk/bookstart-bear-club/
http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/
http://www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/
http://www.springboard.org.uk/

Some things to think about:
Children need 1000 hours of lap time before they are ready to learn to read.
Children want to be like their adults; if you read, they will read .
Good readers are succeeders!
“I like reading so I can learn to spell lots of different words.” LS
“I like reading because it’s like being there in the story.” CD
“I like reading so we can go on adventures with our favourite characters.” JF