Reception/P1
Beginner Readers
Beginner
Level 1
The Toy Shop
1 Big Book and 16 Pupil's Books
Beginner
Level 2
Special Friends
1 Big Book and 16 Pupil's Books
Beginner
Level 3
Our Play
1 Big Book and 16 Pupil's Books
Key
Stage 1/P2-3
Emergent Readers
Band
1
6 Clusters; 6 Big Books and 42 Pupil's Books
Clusters are: Favourite Rhymes, David McKee; Animals, Rod
Campbell; Mai Ling, Wendy Body and Stan Cullimore; Teddy
, Jacqueline Wilson; Ben Biggins, Judith Nicholls; Webster,
Sheila Lavelle.
Band
2
6 Clusters; 6 Big Books and 24 Pupil's Books
Clusters are: Animal Poems, Judith Nicholls; Bean, Mick
Gowar; Little Frog, Martin Waddell; Cat, Michaela Morgan;
Family, Michael Rosen; Harry, Heather Eyles.
Band
3
6 Clusters; 6 Big Books and 24 Pupil's Books
Clusters are: Minnie, Pratima Mitchell; Doodling Daniel,
Joyce Dunbar; Monster Pack, Val Biro; Dolls' House, Adèle
Geras; Once Upon a Time, Ben Butterworth; Faraway Folk Tales,
Stan Cullimore.
Band
4
6 Clusters; 6 Big Books and 24 Pupil's Books
Clusters are: Poems, John Mole; Monster, John Agard; John,
Wes Magee; Giddy House, Errol Lloyd; Favourite Stories,
various authors; Playtime Rhymes, Grace Hallworth.
Key Stage 2/P4-7
Year
3/P4
New Readers
Band
5
King Grumpyguts, Stan Cullimore; Billy Fishbone and Other Sea
Stories, Martin Waddell; Blue Moo, Geraldine McCaughrean; Baabra
Lamb, Geraldine McCaughrean; Gregorie Peck,Geraldine McCaughrean;
The Shadow Dance, Martin Waddell; Webster and the Treacle Toffee,
Sheila Lavelle; The Day Poppy Said Yes, Moira Andrew; Plays
1 for New Readers.
Band
6
Clever Dog, Webster, Sheila Lavelle; Letang's New Friend,
Beverley Naidoo; Trouble for Letang and Julie, Beverley Naidoo;
Letang and Julie Save the Day, Beverley Naidoo; The Day Poppy
Went Out, Moira Andrew; Smugglers of Mourne, Martin Waddell;
Jilly's Days, Brian Moses (Poems); Good Dog, Geraldine McCaughrean;
Plays 2 for New Readers
Band
7
Joshua's Junk, David Orme (Poem); Nyamia and the Bag of Gold,
Debjani Chatterjee; The Bumbles, Mark Ezra; Crazy Crocs,
Various; Poupette, Jean Ure; Jug Ears, Jean Ure; Horrible
Baby, Jean Ure; Tales on a Cold Dark Night, Linda Strachan;
Plays 3 for New Readers
Band
8
Henry Seamouse, Sam McBratney; Seagull Sweaters, Jenny Hamlett;
The Sand Tiger, Jenny Hamlett; B J Dog, Stan Cullimore;
Kung Fu Katy and the Horrors, Sally-Ann Lever; Rachel versus
Bonecrusher the Mighty, Malorie Blackman; Rachel and the Difference
Thief, Malorie Blackman ; Where Does Laughter Begin, Compiled
by Wes Magee (Poems); Plays 4 for New Readers
Year
4/P5
Independent Readers
Band
9
Hairy Canaries and Other Nonsense, Martin Waddell; Copper Chisel,
James Mason; Rajo and Raja, Lisa Dass; Changes in the Night,
Heather Eyles (Play); BJ Goes on Holiday, Stan Cullimore; A
Hat Trick of Sports Stories, Rob Childs; Mimi and Apricot Max,
Adèle Geras; Kung Fu Katy and a Piece of Cake, Sally-Ann Lever
Band
10
Cheating at Conkers, Various Authors; Who's for the Zoo,
Jean Ure (Plays); Thomasina's Twin, Sheila Lavelle; The Not
so Famous Four, Michaela Morgan; Josephine and Pobble, Adèle
Geras (Poem); The Burst Boiler, Agnes Szudek; NEW: Feelings,
Compiled by Fiona Waters; Fantastico, Nicholas Fisk
Band
11
The Golden Ring, Agnes Szudek; Bertie's Uncle Basil, Mark
Ezra; Gracie, Carolyn Sloan; Trollop and Crunch, Sally-Ann
Lever; Sally and the Booted Puss, Various Authors; Harriet's
Turn, Jan Mark; Keep It Clean, David Webb; Oscar the Dog
and Friends, John Cotton; NEW: Nibbling the Page, Compiled
by Wes Magee (Poems)
Year
5/P6
Experienced Readers
Band
12
Toby and Other Tales, Various Authors; The Return of Archibald
Gribbet, Adèle Geras; Invasion of the Wire Ones, Laurence
Staig; Camping Paradiso, Jenny Oldfield; Pizza, Curry, Fish
and Chips, Fred Sedgwick (Poems); Celebrity Chicken, Anne Fine
(Play); Captain Stardust and the Space Pirates, David Orme (Play)
Band
13
I Thought I Heard a Goldfish Singing, Leon Rosselson; The Man
with No Shadow, Michael Rosen; Rhythm and Rhyme, Grace Hallworth
(Poem); Poor Me One, Grace Hallworth; Follow the Sea, Brian
Moses (Poems); A Pack of Wolf Tales, Ann Jungman; Duncan of
Carrick, Theresa Breslin
Band
14
Rap with Rosen, Michael Rosen and Various (Poem/Rap); Ebony
and the Mookatook Bush, Millie Murray; Watcher at the Window,
Catherine Storr; The Dolphin's Daughter, Alma Hromic; When the
Rain Stopped in Natland, Alecia McKenzie; Heroes and Villains,
David Orme (Poems); The Only Child in Hamelin Town, Michaela Morgan
Year
6/P7
Literature and Culture
Band
15
Facing the Enemy! Compiled by Wendy Body; Grandfather Singh
Stories, Pratima Mitchell; Quiddy and the Mysterious Mega Virus,
Alison Leonard; Through a Window, Various Authors (Poems); Rich
or Poor? Pratima Mitchell; Escape from Everytown, Terrance
Dicks
Band
16
Weaving Words, Compiled by David Orme (Poems); Myths, Legends
and Monsters, Mick Gowar; White Bird Flying, Nicholas Orme;
On the Day the World Began, Geraldine McCaughrean; Tales From
the Underland, Dennis Hamley; The Quest of Isis, Geraldine
McCaughrean