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Key Stage 2 - Educational Books

This list is intended to help in the selection of guided readers at Key Stage Two. It is neither definitive nor exhaustive but is based upon the experience of teachers in Wiltshire and Hampshire. Although we have included dictionaries and thesauruses, we have not suggested any titles for the non-fiction component since our own preference would be to link with topics in Science, Geography, PSME or History. All prices are correct at the time of going to print but may change without notice.



Title

Author

Publisher

Price

Year 3 Narrative Unit 1

 

 

 

Stories with familiar settings

 

 

 

Cup final kid

Martin Waddell

Walker

3.99

Changes

Anthony Browne

Walker

5.99

Julian Stories

Ann Cameron

Corgi

3.99

The owl who was afraid of the Dark

Jill Tomlinson

Egmont

5.99

The Stone mouse

Jenny Nimmo

Walker

3.99

Owl tree

Jenny Nimmo

Walker

3.99

The Hodgeheg

Dick King-Smith

Puffin

4.99

Harriet's Hare

Dick King Smith

Corgi

4.99

Jake cake and the school dragon

M Broad

Penguin

3.99

Biteracy Hour

John Dougherty

Corgi

3.99

Year 3 Narrative Unit 2

 

 

 

Myths and Legends (Fables and Traditional tales)

 

 

 

Gentle Giant

Michael Foreman

Collins

5.99

True story of 3 little pigs

John Scieszka

Puffin

5.99

Cockerel and the fox

Helen Ward

Templar

5.99

Prince Cinders

Babette Cole

Puffin

4.99

Mufaro's beautiful daughters

John Steptoe

Puffin

5.99

Iliad and Odyssey

Marcia Williams

Walker

5.99

Billy Goat Gruff and the Baby Troll

Roger Hall

Kingscourt Pub.

20.95

Coyote Girl

Rosalind Kerven

CUP

5.25

Year 3 Narrative Unit 3

 

 

 

Adventure and mystery

 

 

 

Tom's sausage lion

Michael Morpurgo

Corgi

3.99

Beaver Towers

Nigel Hinton

Penguin

4.99

Julian, Secret Agent

Ann Cameron

Corgi

3.99


Year 3 Narrative Unit 4

 

 

 

Authors and letters

 

 

 

One hundred mile an hour dog

Jeremy Strong

Puffin

4.99

Viking at school

Jeremy Strong

Puffin

4.99

Dinosaur pox

Jeremy Strong

Puffin

3.99

Gorilla who wanted to grow up

Jill Tomlinson

Egmont

3.99

Penguin who wanted to …

Jill Tomlinson

Egmont

3.99

Georges Marvellous Medicine

Roald Dahl

Penguin

5.99

BFG

Roald Dahl

Penguin

5.99

The jolly postman

Allan Ahlberg

Penguin

12.99

Dear Greenpeace

Simon James

Walker

5.99

Year 3 Narrative Unit 5

 

 

 

Dialogue and plays

 

 

 

Bill's New Frock

A Fine

Longman

6.25

Curtain up the emperor's new clothes

K Umansky

A&C Black

10.99

Collected plays for vchildren

Ted Hughes

Faber

7.99

Cruel times

J Donaldson

Hodder

4.99

Year 3 Non-fiction Unit 2

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

Activities for all year round

 

Usborne

4.99

Things to make and do in the holidays

 

Usborne

5.99

Make your own football stadium

Clare Beaton

B Small

4.99

Astonishing Art witrh recycled rubbish

Susan Martineau

B Small

3.99

Year 3 Non-fiction Unit 3

 

 

 

Information texts

 

 

 

The Wild side of Pet Rabbits

Jo Waters

raintree

6.99

Night Animals

Susan Meredith

Usborne

3.99

Animal Young Birds

Rod Theodorou

Heinemann

6.50

Wild Britain Woodlands

L & R Spilsbury

Heinemann

6.50


Year 3 Poetry Unit 1

 

 

 

Poems to perform

 

 

 

Rattle bag

Seamus Heaney

Faber

14.99

Read me aloud

 

Macmillan

6.99

Year 3 Poetry Unit 2

 

 

 

Shape poetry and calligrams

 

 

 

Poetry Chest

John Foster

OUP

5.99

Come to my Party and Other Shape Poems

H Roemer

Macmillan

5.99

Year 3 Poetry Unit 3

 

 

 

Language play

 

 

 

Walking the Bridge of Your Nose

Michael Rosen

Kingfisher

8.99

Dragon poems

John Foster

Oxford

5.99

Monster poems

John Foster

Oxford

5.99

Sky in the pie

Roger McGough

Puffin

4.99