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Key Stage 1

This list is intended to help in the selection of guided readers at Key Stage one. It is neither definitive nor exhaustive but is based upon the experience of teachers in Wiltshire and Hampshire. All prices are correct at the time of going to print but may change without notice.

Reception

 

 

 

Traditional and Nursery Rhymes

 

 

 

Title

Author

Publisher

Price

Five little ducks

Ian Beck

Orchard

5.99

Ten in the bed

Penny Dale

Walker

5.99

Verses for the very young

ed John Foster

OUP

7.99

Three little kittens and other favourite rhymes

Tony Ross

Andersen

12.99

Modern Rhymes and Poetry

 

 

 

Each peach pear plum

J & A Ahlberg

Puffin

4.99

All join in

Quentin Blake

Red Fox

5.99

Poems for the very young

Michael Rosen

Kingfisher

8.99

Creepy Crawly Calypso

Tony Langhan

Barefoot

6.99

Read Me First

 

Macmillan

6.99

Chants

 

 

 

We're going on a bear hunt

Michael Rosen

Walker

4.99

here we go round the mulberry bush

Sophie Fatus

Barefoot

6.99


If you're happy and you know it

Jane Cabrera

Gullane

5.99

Old Macdonald

Pam Adams

Child's Play

4.99

Action Verses

 

 

 

Finger fun and action rhymes

ed Wendy Body

Longman

24.99

Platime rhymes for little people

Claire Beaton

Barefoot

14.99

Wiggle my toes

Kaye Umansky

Penguin

5.99

Stories with Predictable structures and patterned language

 

 

 

Mister Magnolia

Quentin Blake

Red Fox

5.99

A dark dark tale

Ruth Brown

Red fox

5.99

Handa's surprise

Eileen Browne

Walker

5.99

Mr Gumpy's outing

John Burningham

Puffin

5.99

The shopping basket

John Burningham

Red Fox

5.99

Dear Zoo

Rod Campbell

Puffin

4.99

It's mine

Rod Campbell

Macmillan

3.99

The very hungry caterpillar

Eric Carle

Puffin

5.99

Where's Spot?

Eric Hill

Puffin

4.99

Goldilocks and the Thee Bears

Janet Hillman

Kingscourt

17.95

Rosie's walk

Pat Hutchins

Red fox

5.99

Lullabyhullaballoo

Mick Inkpen

Hodder

6.99

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

Bill Martin Jnr

Puffin

5.99

Three billy goats gruff

Judith Smith

Kingscourt

17.95

The elephant and the bad baby

Elfrida Vipont

Puffin

5.99

Owl babies

Martin Waddell

Walker

5.99

Can't you sleep, little bear

Martin Waddell

Walker

5.99

The park in the dark

Martin Waddell

Walker

4.99

Simple non-fiction texts including recounts

 

 

 

The baby's catalogue

J & A Ahlberg

Puffin

4.99

Bug books: snail

Karen Hartley

Heinemann

6.5

Jasper's Beanstalk

Nick Butterworth

Hodder

4.99

The tiny seed

Eric Carle

Puffin

5.99

Titch

Pat Hutchins

Red Fox

4.99

African Animals ABC

Philippa-Alys Browne

Barefoot books

6.99

 



 

Year 1 Narrative Unit 1

 

 

 

Stories with Familiar Settings

 

 

 

Title

Author

Publisher

Price

Katie Morag and the two grandmothers

Mairi Hedderwick

Red Fox

4.99

Alfie gets in first

Shirley Hughes

Red Fox

3.99

Alfie gives a hand

Shirley Hughes

Red Fox

3.99

Alfie and the birthday surprise

Shirley Hughes

Bodley Head

4.99

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

Red Fox

4.99

Titch

Pat Hutchins

Red Fox

4.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Hodder

5.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Bear

Mick Inkpen

Magi

8.99

Kipper's birthday

Mick Inkpen

Hodder

5.99

Kipper's birthday

Mick Inkpen

Hodder

16.99

Mog and the baby

Judith Kerr

Collins

5.99

Peace at last

Jill Murphy

Macmillan

5.99

Peace at last

Jill Murphy

Scholastic

12.00

 A Quiet night in

Jill Murphy

Walker

5.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Year 1 Narrative Unit 2

 

 

 

Stories from a range of cultures/Stories with predictable and patterned language