Worcesters' Literary Canon
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Worcesters’ Literary Canon
The books in this collection represent a range of faiths, ethnicities, beliefs, disabilities and relationships. They are a mix of classic British literature and more modern stories. The aim is to
provide all the children with cultural capital from reading by presenting them with a range of genres, authors and styles so that they can learn about the enjoyment it can give us. The books in
these lists are not intended to be exhaustive - they are just a very small suggestion and children are encouraged to read beyond this.
Books we study – these are books read in our school reading and writing scheme or as part of another lesson
Books we read – these are class reading books that the teacher will read over the course of a year
Books we recommend – these are age appropriate books for children to read independently.
Some are available at school, others may be found in libraries.Nursery
Books we study, ● A Brave Bear - Sean Taylor
read and ● Biscuit Bear -Mini Grey
● Alien Tea on Planet Zum Zee- Tony Mitton
recommend ● Whatever next - Jill Murphy ● Zim Zam Zoom -James Carter
● Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?- Bill ● Oliver's Vegetables - Vivian French and
Martin Alison Bartlett
● Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? Martin Wadell ● The Growing Story - Ruth Krauss
● Peace at Last- Jill Murphy ● Jasper’s Beanstalk- Nick Butterworth
● Corduroy - Don Freeman ● No Dinner-Jessica Souham
● Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches - Julie Fulton ● The Gigantic Turnip-Aleksey Nikolayevich
● Dinosaurs Love underpants- Claire Freedman Tolstoy
● Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs-Ian ● The Leopard’s Drum-Jessica Souhami
Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds ● Little Red Riding Hood- Ian Beck
● Mad About Dinosaurs!- Giles Andreae ● Surprising Sharks -Nicola Davies
● Dear Dinosaur -Chae Strathie and Nicola O'Byrn ● At the Beach- Roland Harvey
● Elmer - David McKee ● Billy's Bucket -Kes Gray & Garry Parsons
● Owl Baby- Martin Waddell ● Splash- Anna Hibiscus
● Dear Zoo- Rod Campbell ● Mister Seahorse -Eric Carle
● Animal Boogie- Debbie Harter ● How to Catch a Star -Oliver Jeffers
● Aliens love Underpants- Claire Freedman ● Beegu- Alexis Deacon
● Goldilocks And The Three Bears ● How to Catch a Star -Oliver Jeffers
● The Gingerbread Man ● Astro Girl -Ken Wilson-Max
ReceptionBooks we study, ● A New House for Mouse- Petr Horacek
read and ● Ketchup on your cornflakes-Nick Sharratt ● The Tiger Child: A Folk Tale from India - Joanna
recommend ● Aaagh Spider- Lydia Monks Troughton
● A Great Big Cuddle – Michael Rosen ● The Gigantic Turnip-Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
● Whatever Next- Jill Murphy ● We’re Going on a Bear Hunt- Michael Rosen
● Burglar Bill -Janet and Allan Ablberg ● The Runaway Chapati- Susan Price
● Meerkat Mail - Emily Gravett ● The Ugly Duckling- Ian Beck
● Zog - Julia Donaldson ● Handa’s Surprise - Eileen Brown
● Our Very Own Dog- Amanda McCardie ● The Bog Baby-Jeanne Willis
● Only One You - Linda Kranz ● This is The Tree- Miriam Moss
● Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go- Patricia Heggarty and
● So Much - Trish Cooke
Britta Tekentrup
● Owl Babies - Martin Waddell
● The Growing Story - Ruth Krauss & Helen Oxenbury
● Something special - Nicola Moon
● Tiny Seed -Eric Carle
● Amazing Grace -Mary Hoffman
● Jasper’s Beanstalk- Nick Butterworth
● Stanley’s Stick- John Hegley
● Superworm- Julia Donaldson
● Funnybones- Janet & Allan Ahlberg
● The Bad Tempered Ladybird- Eric Carle
● The Name Jar- Yangsook Choi
● Titch- Pat Hutchins ● Froggy Day- Heather Pindar & Barbara Bakos
● Room on the Broom- Julia Donaldson ● The Wind Blew -Pat Hutchins
● Supertato - Sue Henra ● Mad About Minibeasts - Giles Andrea and David
● The Rainbow Fish - Marcus Phister Wojtowyez
● The Gruffalo- Julia Donaldson ● Tiddler- Julia Donaldson
● We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt - Steve Metzger ● Commotion in the Ocean-Giles Andreae
● The Train Ride - June Crebbin and Stephen ● Surprising Sharks -Nicola Davies
Lambert ● At the Beach - Roland Harvey
● Guess How Much I Love You-Sam Mc Bratney ● Hair Love- Matthew Cherry & Vashti
Year OneBooks we study -The Very Hungry -Brown Bear, Brown -A Funny Thing Happened On -Goldilocks and the -Jack and the Beanstalk
Caterpillar Bear What Do You The Way to School. Three Bears -Where the Wild Things Are
-Not Now Bernard See? -The Day the Fire Alarm Went -Gingerbread Man -No Bot The Robot With No Bottom
-Stick Man -A Dark, Dark Tale Off. -Billy Goats Gruff
Books we read
Tully and Me – Keely Shaw
Sulwe – Lupita Nyong’o
The Family Book – Todd Parr
Hairy McClary – Lynley Dodd
Funny Bones – Allan and Janet Ahlberg
A Bear called Paddington – Michael Bond
The Emperor of Absurdia – Chris Riddell
The Tiger Who Came To Tea – Judith Kerr
I Want My Hat Back – Jon Klassen
Books we That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown – Cressida Cowell
recommend Numenia And The Hurricane – Fiona Halliday
Cinnamon – Neil Gaiman
I Can Only Draw Worms – Will Mabbitt
King of the Classroom – Derrick Barnes
Oof Makes an Ouch – Duncan Beedie
A Lion in the Meadow – Margaret Mahy
Dogger – Shirley Hughes
You Can’t Take An Elephant On The Bus – Patricia Cleveland-Peck
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth – Michelle Robinson
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson
The Smile Shop – Satoshi Kitamura
Year TwoBooks we study -Supersaver -Room on the Broom -Life and world of -Wolf man
-Tiddler Mouse -Amazing Grace Mary Seacole -The Troll
-Little Beauty -The Rabbit - Stoneage Boy -Bubbles -Peace at Last -Anna Hibiscus’ song
-The Smartest Giant in Town Belongs to Emily -Stinky Cheese Man -Rockpool Rap -Goal! - Stories from Around the
-My Cat Likes to Hide in -Dougal Deep Sea World- African Myth
Brown -Voices in the Park
Boxes -The Tortoise and the
-Man on the -Willy the Wizard Diver
-My Two Grannies Hare
Moon -Lighthouse Keepers
Sleepovers -Story of Eloise
-Wriggly Lunch
-Anansi the Spider
Squiggly
Books we read
Nathan’s Autism Spectrum Super powers – Lori Yarborough
Nina and the Magic Carnival – Madhvi Ramani
Donovan’s Big Day – Leslea Newman
Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
The Day the Crayons Quit – Oliver Jeffers
Tuesday – David Wiesner
Fungus the Bogey Man – Raymond Briggs
Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey
Beegu – Alexis Deacon
Winnie the Pooh – A A Milne
The Ghananian Goldilocks- Tamara Pizzoli
Hair Love- Matthew A Cherry
Books we Salty Dogs – Matty Long
recommend Don’t Look in this Book – Samuel Langley-Swain
Gorilla – Anthony Browne
Doctor Xargle’s Book of Earthlets – Jeanne Willis
Kiosk – Anete Melece
The Legend of Spud Murphy – Eoin Colfer
The Problem with Pierre – CK Smouha
Jinnie Ghost - Berlie Doherty
The Dunderheads-Paul Fleischman
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me- Roald Dahl
The Enchanted Wood- Enid Blyton
The Tear Thief- Carol Ann DuffyYear Three
Books we study -Zeus on the Loose - -Bill’s New Frock -Flat Stanley -Countries in our -The True Story of the Three
Theseus and the Minotaur (Reading Focus) -The Hodgeheg World: The UK Little Pigs
-Can you Feel the Force? -Ug (Reading Focus) -Flowers -Cliffhanger -The Frog Prince
-The Twits -Greek Myths- -The Green Ship -The Treehouse Ug- (Writing Focus)
-Man on the Medusa/Pandora
Moon
Books we read When Charlie Met Emma – Amy Webb
Nadia the Girl who Couldn’t Sit Still – Karlin Gray
The Proudest Blue – Ibtihaj Muahmmad & SK Ali
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners – Joanna Ho
Ice Palace – Robert Swindells
Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling
Asterix Stories – René Goscinny
Charlotte’s Web – EB White
Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgreen
Julian is a Mermaid- Jessica Love
Books we
recommend
The Accidental Prime Minister – Tom McLaughlin
The Boy Who Grew Dragons – Andy Shepherd
Leon and the Place Between – Angela McAllister
The Abominables – Eva Ibbotson
Harry and The Poisonous Centipede – Lynne Reid Banks
The Invisible Boy – Trudy Ludwig
All Because of Jackson – Dick King-Smith
The Cat in The Hat – Dr Seuss
The Giving Tree – Shel SilversteinYear Four
Books we study -Countries Around the -The Iron Man -Stig of The Dump -Historical -The Paperbag
World: Spain -Discoveries: Volcanoes and Britain: Anglo Prince
-Street Child - A Christmas Carol Earthquakes Saxons -Habitats
-The Tunnel -The Wishing Tree -The Butterfly
-Into the Forest -Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter Lion(Reading focus)
-Peter Pan -The Snake Charmer -Bill’s New Frock
-Gregory Cool (Writing Focus)
-Stealing the Sun
-Jamil’s Clever Cat
Books we read Uniquely Wired – Julia Cook
Planet Omar: Accidental Travel Magnet – Zanib Mian
The Stone of Destiny: Tales from Turkey – Elspeth Tavaci
Son of the Circus: A Victorian Story – EL Norry
Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Graham
How to Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
Tintin - Hergé
Worm Loves Worm – Mike Cuarto
Year 4 Max and the Millions – Ross Montgomery
Books we My Brother is a Superhero – David Solomons
recommend The Peppermint Pig – Nina Bawden
Operation Gadget Man – Malorie Blackman
The Children of Green Knowe – Lucy M Boston
Toad Rage – Mauris Gleitzman
Billionaire Boy – David Walliams
Tom’s Midnight Garden – Philippa Pearce
Malala’s Magic Pencil – Malala YousafzaiYear Five
Books we study -The Firemaker’s -Eye Witness: Varjak Paw (Reading -Primary Explorers: -Antidote -Eyewitness: Vikings
Daughter Ancient Egypt focus) Space -Stealing Heaven’s
-Kensuke’s Kingdom -Saga of Bjorn -The History of -Thunder (Norse Myth)
-The Highwayman London
--Varjak Paw (Writing
focus)
Books we read Fish in a Tree – Lynda Mullaly Hunt
High Rise Mystery – Sharna Jackson
Precious and the Monkeys – Alexander McCall Smith
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
The Borrowers – Mary Norton
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
Tough Guys Have Feelings Too – Keith Negley
Books we Boy In The Tower – Polly Ho-Yen
recommend Phoenix and The Carpet – Edith Nesbit
Moondial – Helen Cresswell
One Hundred and One Dalmatians – Dodie Smith
Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling
Dial A Ghost – Eva Ibbotson
Emil and The Detectives – Erich KastnerYear Six
Books we study -Goodnight Mr Tom -Diary of Eva Hart- -The Island -Windrush Child -Wonder
-Carrie’s War Titanic
Books we read I Am David – Anne Holm
Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica – Catherine Johnson
Journey to Jo'burg – Beverley Naidoo
The Arrival – Shaun Tan
The Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Q Rauf
Face – Benjamin Zephaniah
Swallows and Amazon – Arthur Ransome
The Duke who Outlawed Jelly Beans- Johnny Valentine
Books we recommend
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr
A Boy Called Hope – Lara Williamson
Illegal – Andrew Donkin & Eoin Colfer
The Nowhere Emporium – Ross MacKenzie
The Girl of Ink and Stars – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Railway Children – Edith Nesbit
Once – Morris Gleitzman
The Other Side of The Truth – Beverley Naidoo
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkein
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