Key Stage 2
If your child needs a bit of encouragement to read, try to use their interests to engage them to engage in books. Sporting biographies or autobiographies can be useful if your child is keen on sports or has a particular hobby. Audio books can also be a useful way to promote literature if you need to try something new. If there is nothing on this list that appeals, please feel free to email for additional suggestions – we’re always happy to talk about new books and reading.
We’ve included some ideas for reading below, but this is in no way an exhaustive list. Have a look at some of the children’s book awards to get extra ideas for reading:
The Waterstones Children’s Book Awards
Other useful sites to recommend reading books are below:
The Bound (bookshop in Whitley Bay)
You could even apply for your Blue Peter Book Badge – information is in the link here.
Suggested Reading ideas – Books 4 Curious Minds
A Further Suggested Reading List
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Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
| Michelle Harrison | A Pinch of Magic Series |
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Roald Dahl |
Matilda |
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RJ Palacio |
Wonder |
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C S Lewis |
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe |
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E B White |
Charlotte’s Web |
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E Nesbit |
Five Children and It |
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David Almond |
Skellig |
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Lemony Snickett |
A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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Kiran Millwood |
The Girl of Ink and Stars |
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Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl |
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Eoin Colfer |
Fowl Twins |
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David Walliams |
Demon Dentist |
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Rick Riordan |
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief |
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Neil Gaiman |
Coraline |
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JK Rowling |
The Harry Potter Series |
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Peter Bunzl |
Cogheart |
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Once Morris |
Once |
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Anthony Horowitz |
Groosham Grange |
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Andy Seed |
The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff |
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Joan Aiken |
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
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Simon P Clark |
Eren |
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William Nicholson |
The Wind Singer |
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Cressida Cowell |
How to Train Your Dragon |
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Emma Carroll |
Strange Star |
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Michael Rosen |
Sad Book |
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Onjali Q Rauf |
The Boy At the Back of the Class |
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Andy Shepherd |
The Boy Who Grew Dragons |
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Sophie Anderson |
The House With Chicken Legs |
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Tom Fletcher |
The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch |
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Ben Brooks |
Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different |
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Emma Carroll |
The Somerset Tsunami |
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Sally Gardner |
Invisible in a Bright Light |
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Katharine Orton |
Nevertell |
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Robert Westall |
The Wind Eye |
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More Challenging Classics |
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Author |
Title |
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JRR Tolkien |
The Hobbit |
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Kenneth Grahame |
The Wind in the Willows |
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Anna Sewell |
Black Beauty |
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Mary Norton |
The Borrowers |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett |
The Secret Garden |
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
Treasure Island |
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Philip Pullman |
Northern Lights |
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J Meade Faulkner |
Moonfleet |
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Arthus Ransome |
Swallows and Amazons |
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Michelle Magorian |
Goodnight Mr Tom |
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Patrick Ness |
A Monster Calls |
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Non-Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
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Greta Thunberg |
No-one’s Too Small To Make A Difference |
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National Geographic |
5,000 Awesome Facts About Everything |
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Matthew Syed |
You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence… |
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Conrad Mason |
How Things Work |
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Louie Stowell |
Write Your Own Storybook |
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Glenn Murphy |
Why is Snot Green? |
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Rachel Ignotofsky |
Women in Science |
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Rachel Ignotofsky |
Women in Sport |
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Lily Dyu |
Earth Heroes: Twenty Inspiring Stories of People Saving Our World |
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Helene Rajcak |
Unseen Worlds |
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Ben Rothery |
Hidden Planet |
| Marcus Rashford | You Are A Champion
You Can Do It |