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Best Books To Read To Primary School Children
I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola)I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child
Buy used from: £0.01
Really off the wall illustrations and it talks to you the way children do. Is also available in Portugese!
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child
Buy used from: £1.45
Another Lauren Child!
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie & Lola Series)I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie & Lola Series) by Lauren Child
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £0.07
Perfect for older brothers and sisters in year 2 of little ones then joining the school!
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? by Lauren Child
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £0.01
Great for years 3 and 4 - they never damage a book again!
Beware of the Storybook WolvesBeware of the Storybook Wolves by Lauren Child
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
This is the best of all the Lauren Child books. Children can really see themselves in it and they love picking out characters from other fairytails.
The GruffaloThe Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Buy new: £2.96 / Used from: £0.01
Children love the pictures and will draw their own after reading it. Good use of repetative language and a great base for writing verses of your own!
Room on the BroomRoom on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £0.01
I love this one! I have to read this to my class at least once a week!
Where the Wild Things areWhere the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: £2.48 / Used from: £1.57
An old one but children will still respond to it - especially the little monsters with the best imaginations!
The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Collins picture lions)The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Collins picture lions) by Judith Kerr
Buy used from: £0.01
Another old one. It's the tiger that does it!
Farmer DuckFarmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Buy new: £3.46 / Used from: £0.01
My class love this book! I always get cries of 'That's Not Fair!'
NothingNothing by Mick Inkpen
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This is a personal favourite of mine. It's just beautiful.
Billy Tibbles Moves OutBilly Tibbles Moves Out by Jan Fearnley
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Great for any children with brothers and sisters.
Peace at Last (Picturemac)Peace at Last (Picturemac) by Jill Murphy
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The children always end up feeling sorry for dad.
Whatever Next!Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy
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Great for younger children with an imagination or old ones who need to remember what an imagination was like.
PantsPants by Giles Andreae
Buy new: £4.04 / Used from: £0.29
Rude and funny. My class had learnt it off by heart by the third read through!
Burglar Bill (Picture Puffin)Burglar Bill (Picture Puffin) by Allan Ahlberg
Buy new: £4.13 / Used from: £1.03
They will go out onto the playground saying 'I'll have that!'.
FunnybonesFunnybones by Janet Ahlberg
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.57
I think all young boys like skeletons . . . .
Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books)Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Allan Ahlberg
Buy used from: £9.90
Repetative structure and all using rhymes they have heard.
Peepo! (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)Peepo! (Viking Kestrel Picture Books) by Janet Ahlberg
Buy new: £4.46 / Used from: £0.01
Another one my class had learnt off by heart within a week!
The Very Hungry CaterpillarThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
Another older book but children still love it.