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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.
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 1
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Stories with familiar settings
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Cup final kid
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Martin Waddell
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3.99
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Changes
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Anthony Browne
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5.99
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Julian Stories
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Ann Cameron
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Corgi
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3.99
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The owl who was afraid of the Dark
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Jill Tomlinson
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Egmont
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5.99
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The Stone mouse
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Jenny Nimmo
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3.99
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Owl tree
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Jenny Nimmo
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3.99
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The Hodgeheg
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Dick King-Smith
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Puffin
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4.99
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Harriet's Hare
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Dick King Smith
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Corgi
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4.99
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Jake cake and the school dragon
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M Broad
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Penguin
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3.99
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Biteracy Hour
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John Dougherty
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Corgi
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3.99
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 2
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Myths and Legends (Fables and Traditional tales)
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Gentle Giant
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Michael Foreman
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Collins
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5.99
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True story of 3 little pigs
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John Scieszka
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Puffin
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5.99
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Cockerel and the fox
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Helen Ward
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Templar
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5.99
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Prince Cinders
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Babette Cole
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Puffin
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4.99
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Mufaro's beautiful daughters
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John Steptoe
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Puffin
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5.99
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Iliad and Odyssey
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Marcia Williams
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5.99
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Billy Goat Gruff and the Baby Troll
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Roger Hall
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Kingscourt Pub.
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20.95
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Coyote Girl
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Rosalind Kerven
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CUP
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5.25
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 3
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Adventure and mystery
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Tom's sausage lion
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Michael Morpurgo
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Corgi
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3.99
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Nigel Hinton
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Penguin
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4.99
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Julian, Secret Agent
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Ann Cameron
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Corgi
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3.99
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 4
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Authors and letters
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One hundred mile an hour dog
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Jeremy Strong
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Puffin
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4.99
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Viking at school
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Jeremy Strong
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Puffin
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4.99
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Dinosaur pox
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Jeremy Strong
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Puffin
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3.99
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Gorilla who wanted to grow up
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Jill Tomlinson
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Egmont
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3.99
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Penguin who wanted to …
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Jill Tomlinson
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Egmont
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3.99
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Georges Marvellous Medicine
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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5.99
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BFG
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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5.99
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The jolly postman
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Allan Ahlberg
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Penguin
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12.99
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Dear Greenpeace
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Simon James
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5.99
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 5
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Dialogue and plays
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Bill's New Frock
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A Fine
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Longman
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6.25
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Curtain up the emperor's new clothes
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K Umansky
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A&C Black
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10.99
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Collected plays for vchildren
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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7.99
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Cruel times
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J Donaldson
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Hodder
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4.99
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Year 3 Non-fiction Unit 2
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Instructions
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Activities for all year round
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Usborne
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4.99
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Things to make and do in the holidays
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Usborne
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5.99
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Make your own football stadium
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Clare Beaton
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B Small
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4.99
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Astonishing Art witrh recycled rubbish
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Susan Martineau
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B Small
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3.99
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Year 3 Non-fiction Unit 3
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Information texts
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The Wild side of Pet Rabbits
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Jo Waters
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raintree
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6.99
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Night Animals
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Susan Meredith
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Usborne
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3.99
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Animal Young Birds
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Rod Theodorou
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Heinemann
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6.50
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Wild
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L & R Spilsbury
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Heinemann
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6.50
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Year 3 Poetry Unit 1
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Poems to perform
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Rattle bag
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Seamus Heaney
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Faber
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14.99
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Read me aloud
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Macmillan
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6.99
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Year 3 Poetry Unit 2
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Shape poetry and calligrams
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Poetry Chest
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John Foster
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OUP
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5.99
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Come to my Party and Other Shape Poems
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H Roemer
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Macmillan
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5.99
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Year 3 Poetry Unit 3
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Language play
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Walking the Bridge of Your Nose
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Michael Rosen
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Kingfisher
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8.99
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Dragon poems
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John Foster
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5.99
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Monster poems
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John Foster
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5.99
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Sky in the pie
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Roger McGough
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Puffin
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4.99
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Year 4 Narrative Unit 1
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Stories with historical settings
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Wreck of
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Michael Morpurgo
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Egmont
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4.99
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Escape from Shangri-La
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Michael Morpurgo
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Egmont
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4.99
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War horse
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Michael Morpurgo
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Egmont
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4.99
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My Story:
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Sue Reid
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Scholastic
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5.99
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My Story: Princess of
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Vince Cross
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Scholastic
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5.99
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My Story: Bloody Tower - A Tudor Girl's Diary 1553-59
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Valerie Wilding
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Scholastic
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5.99
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My Story:
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Chris Priestley
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Scholastic
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5.99
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The Thieves of
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Caroline Lawrence
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Orion Books
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6.99
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Year 4 Narrative Unit 2
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Stories set in imaginary worlds
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The Tunnel
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Browne
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5.99
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Weslandia
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Max Fleischman
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5.99
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Green ship
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Quentin Blake
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Blodin the Beast
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Michael Morpurgo
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Tin Forest
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Helen Ward
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Templar
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5.99
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The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
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C S Lewis
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Collins
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4.99
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Robert Swindells
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Penguin
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3.99
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Iron man
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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4.99
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The Finger Eater
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Dick King Smith
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3.99
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Rumblewick's Diary: My Unwilling Witch Gets Cooking
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H Oram &
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Orchard Books
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4.99
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Rumblewick's Diary: My Unwilling Witch Starts a Fun Park
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H Oram &
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Orchard Books
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4.99
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Year 4 Narrative Unit 3
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Stories from other cultures
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
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John Steptoe
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Penguin
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5.99
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Gregory Cool
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CarolineBinch
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Grace and family
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Hoffman
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Frances Lincoln
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6.99
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Akimbo and the Lions
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Egmont
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3.99
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Akimbo and the Snakes
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Egmont
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4.99
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Anna Hibiscus
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Atinuke
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3.99
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Year 4 Narrative Unit 4
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Stories which raise issues /dilemmas
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Danny the champion of the world
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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4.99
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Loudmouth Louis
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Anne Fine
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Penguin
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3.99
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George's Marvellous Medicine
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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4.99
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One Hundred Mile an Hour Dog
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Jeremy Strong
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Penguin
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4.99
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E B White
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Penguin
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5.99
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Iron woman
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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4.99
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Belonging
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Jeannie Baker
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5.99
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Oi! Get Off Our Train
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John Burningham
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Amazing Grace
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Hoffman
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Sleepover
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Jacqueline Wilson
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Transworld
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4.99
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Out of the Ashes
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Michael Morpurgo
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Macmillan
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4.99
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Butterfly Lion
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Michael Morpurgo
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Macmillan
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4.99
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Year 4 Narrative Unit 5
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Plays
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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R Dahl
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penguin
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5.99
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Curtain up
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K Umansky
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A&C Black
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10.99
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Year 4 Non-fiction Unit 1
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Recounts: newspapers/magazines
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My War evacuee
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Wayland
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6.99
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Year 4 Non-fiction Unit 2
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Information texts
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What about health ? Food
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Wayland
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6.99
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Special ceremonies Feasts and Fasting
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Wayland
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6.99
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Year 4 Non-fiction Unit 3
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Explanation texts
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How it is made a rubber tyre
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How do we use electricity
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Year 4 Non-fiction Unit 4
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Persuasive texts
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You Can Save The Planet Down The Drain
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heinemann
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6.99
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Year 4 Poetry Unit 1
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Creating images
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Under the Moon and Over the Sea
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J Agard & G Nichols
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8.99
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The Sun in Me
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Judith Nichols
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Barefoot
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7.99
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Caribbean Dozen
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J Agard
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Year 4 Poetry Unit 2
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Exploring form
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Please Mrs Butler
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Alan Ahlberg
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Penguin
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3.99
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Word Whirls and Other Shape Poems
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John Foster
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 1
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Novels and stories by significant children’s authors
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Keeping Henry
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Nina Bawden
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Penguin
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5.99
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Thief
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Malorie Blackman
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corgi
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5.99
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Danny the Champion of the World
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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4.99
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The Witches
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Roald Dahl
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Penguin
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5.99
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Children of Winter
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Berlie Doherty
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catnip
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5.99
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Prince Caspian
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C S Lewis
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Collins
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4.99
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The Lottie Project
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Jacqueline Wilson
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Corgi
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5.99
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Wolves of
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Joan Aiken
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Carrie's War
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Nina Bawden
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Penguin
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6.99
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Great Elephant Chase
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Gillian Cross
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4.99
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Blitzed
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Robert Swindells
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Transworld
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4.99
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Dustbin Baby
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Jacqueline Wilson
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Corgi
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5.99
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Stormbreaker
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Anthony Horowitz
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6.99
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Lizzie Zipmouth
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JacquelineWilson
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Corgi
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3.99
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Bad Dreams
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Anne Fine
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Corgi
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4.99
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Toro Toro
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Michael Morpurgo
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Collins
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4.99
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Talking Turkeys
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Benjamin Zephaniah
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Penguin
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4.99
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Singing for Mrs Pettigrew
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Michael Morpurgo
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5.99
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 2
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Traditional stories, fables, myths, legends
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Book of Greek Myths
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Geraldine Mccaughrean
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Orchard
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12.99
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Odysseus and the Wooden Horse
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Orchard
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4.99
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Aesop's Fables
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Helen Ward
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Templar
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7.99
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 3
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Stories from other cultures
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A Thief In The Village
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Penguin
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4.99
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Seasons of Splendour
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Jaffray
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Penguin
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6.99
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Ruby Holler
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Creech
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6.99
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The Kite Rider
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McCaughrean
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5.99
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Grandpa's Indian Summer
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Gavin
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Mammoth
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4.99
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Journey to Jo'burg
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Naidoo
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Harper Colllins
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4.99
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Village by the Sea
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Desai
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Penguin
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5.99
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 4
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Older literature
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The
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F Hodgson Burnett
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Penguin
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6.99
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Oliver Twist
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Charles Dickens
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Penguin
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3.99
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The Railway Children
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Penguin
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4.99
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 5
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Film Narrative
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The Piano PNS resource Aidon Gibbons
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Year 5 Narrative Unit 6
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Dramatic conventions
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The Boy Who Fell Into A Book |
Ayckbourn
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Faber
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6.99
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Curtain Up: Good Time Boys
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A & C Black
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10.99
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Turbulent Term Of Tyke T
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Gene Kemp
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OUP
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8.5
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Year 5 Non-fiction Unit 1
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Instructions
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A Wacky Guide to Paper Fun
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Alan Snow
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3.99
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Year 5 Non-fiction Unit 2
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Recounts on the Medium Term Planning (MTP)
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Year 5 Non-ficton Unit 3
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Persuasive writing
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Talking about Racism
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6.99
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green team waste and recycling
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12.99
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Year 5 Poetry Unit 1
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Poetic style (word-play, rhyme, metaphor, word choice)
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Year 5 Poetry Unit 2
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Classic/narrative poems
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The Highwayman
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Noyes
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5.99
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9.99
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Barefoot book of classic poems
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Year 5 Poetry Unit 3
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Choral and Performance
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Talking
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Zephaniah
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Penguin
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4.99
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Year 6 Narrative Unit 1
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Fiction genres
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The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
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Lively
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Mammoth
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£4.99
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Wolves of
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Aiken
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Red fox
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£4.99
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Box of delights
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Masefield
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Egmont
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£7.99
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Tom's
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Pearce
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£5.99
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Goodnight Mr Tom
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Magorian
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Penguin
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£5.99
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Holes
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Sachar
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£5.99
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Kensuke's Kingdom
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Michael Morpurgo
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Egmont
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£4.99
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The Silver Sword
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Serrallier
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Red Fox
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£4.99
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Stig of the Dump
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King
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Penguin
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£5.99
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The bed & breakfast Star
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Transworld
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£5.99
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Polly's March
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Linda Newbury
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Usborne
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£5.99
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Andie's Moon
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Linda Newbury
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Usborne
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£5.99
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Cecily's Portrait
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Adèle Geras
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Usborne
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£5.99
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Lizzie's Wish
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Adèle Geras
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Usborne
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£5.99
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Stop the Train
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Geraldine McCaughrean
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£5.99
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Year 6 Unit 2
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Extending Narrative
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Write your own History Stories
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Tish Farrell
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Ticktock
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£5.99
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Write your own Adventure Stories
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Tish Farrell
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Ticktock
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£5.99
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Year 6 Narrative Unit 3
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Authors and texts
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Peter Pan
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J M
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Penguin
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£2.00
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Peppermint PIg
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Nina Bawden
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Penguin
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£4.99
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The Eighteenth Emergency
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Betsy Byars
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Red Fox
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£4.99
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Danny the Champion of the World
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Roald Dahl
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Puffin
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£5.99
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Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe
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Penguin
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£6.99
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Christmas carol
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Charles Dickens
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Penguin
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£6.99
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The Iron Man
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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£4.99
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
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Gene Kemp
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Faber
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£5.99
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The Box of Delights
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John Masefield
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egmont
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£7.99
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Black Beauty
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Anna Sewell
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Penguin
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£5.99
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E B White
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Penguin
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£5.99
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Shakespeare stories
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(
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Penguin
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£12.99
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William Shakespeare's play
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Williams
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£6.99
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The Devil and his boy
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Horowitz
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£4.99
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The Falcon’s Malteser
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Horowitz
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£5.99
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The Switch
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Horowitz
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£4.99
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Count Karlstein
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Pullman
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Transworld
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£5.99
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Clockwork
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Pullman
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Transworld
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£4.99
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Firework maker’s daughter
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Pullman
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Transworld
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£4.99
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Northern Lights
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Pullman
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Scholastic
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£6.99
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Journey to the
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Ibbotson
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Macmillan
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£5.99
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The Wind Singer
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Nicholson
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Mammoth
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£6.99
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Stephenson
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Penguin
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£5.99
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The Kite Rider
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Mccaughrean
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£5.99
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The Demon Headmaster
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Cross
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£5.99
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
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Kemp
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Faber
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£5.99
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Carrie’s War
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Bawden
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Penguin
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£4.99
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Betsy Byars
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Faber
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£5.99
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Why the Whales Came
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Michael Morpurgo
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Mammoth
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£4.99
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The Battle of Bubble and Squeak
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Philippa Pearce
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Penguin
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£3.99
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Year 6 Narrative Unit 4
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Short stories with flashbacks
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Private Peaceful
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Michael Morpurgo
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Harper collins
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5.99
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Year 6 Non-fiction Unit 1
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Biography and autobiography
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All About Michael Morpurgo
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heinemann
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6.99
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Life and World Of E
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heinemann
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6.99
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Year 6 Poetry Unit 1
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The Power of Imagery
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Lady of Shallot
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Tennyson
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5.99
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Year 6 Poetry Unit 2
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Finding a voice
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Out of Order
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compiled by A Fusek Peters
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Evans
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| The Oxford Book Of Story Poems |
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OUP
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9.99
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