CONFIDENT & FLUENT READERS
Suitable Books for Super-Confident Readers in KS1
age 5-7
Reading for Transition
age 6-8
Challenging Reads
age 7-9
What books should gifted readers in KS1 be reading? Checked for age-appropriate content, these selected books are a perfect challenge for children reading at least two years above their chronological age.
● Ask Oscar Alan MacDonald
● Claude: Lights! Camera! Action! Alex T Smith ● The Disastrous Dentist Damian Harvey
● Geronimo: The Dog Who Thinks He’s a Cat Jessie Wall ● The Barrel Burglary Terry Deary
● The Earthquake Challenge Bear Grylls ● The Great Cheese Robbery Chris Mould ● Hook or by Crook Jan Mark ● Ogres Do Disco Kirsty McKay
● Orse the Moon & the Piece of Smelly Cheese Richard Allen ● Pigsticks & Harold Lost in Time! Alex Milway ● The Secret Railway Wendy Meddour
● Supercat V’s the Pesky Pirate Jeanne Willis ● Winnie Adds Magic Laura Owen ● Wreck-It Race Chris Hoy
● Dixie O’Day & the Great Diamond Robbery Shirley Hughes ● The Eagle of Rome Dan Metcalf ● The Great Jail Break Caryl Hart
● Imagination According to Humphrey Betty G Birney ● The Jolley-Rogers & the Cave of Doom Jonny Duddle ● The No. 1 Car Spotter & the Car Thieves Atinuke ● Ottoline Goes to School Chris Riddell ● The Piglet Pickle Caryl Hart ● The Scruffs Hannah Shaw ● Seal Island Julia Green
● There’s a Dragon in my Backpack Tom Nicoll £152.00 CODE 1801613EBA 22
Books to challenge readers preparing for KS2. Includes longer stories, short chapters and more complex sentences, dialogue and storylines.
● The Dragonsitter to the Rescue Josh Lacey ● Fluff the Farting Fish Michael Rosen
● Ghostyshocks and the Three Mummies Laurence Anholt ● Go Mo Go: Dinosaur Dash Mo Farah
● Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine Francesca Simon ● Huey’s Tiger Ann Cameron ● Invisible Vinnie Jenny Nimmo ● Monster Busters Cornelia Funke ● Mr Tripp Smells a Rat Sandy McKay ● My Hamster is a Detective Dave Lowe ● The Party Club Anne Fine
● You’re Amazing, Anna Hibiscus! Atinuke ● Angela Nicely: Starstruck! Alan Macdonald
● Captain Firebeard’s School for Pirates Chae Strathie ● Darcy Dolphin is a Little Bit Magic! Sam Watkins ● Dirty Bertie: Horror! Alan MacDonald
● Dr KittyCat: Willow the Duckling Jane Clarke
● Flat Stanley: The US Capital Commotion Josh Greenhut ● Flying Fergus and the Championship Cheats Chris Hoy ● Murphy and the Great Surf Rescue Gill Lewis ● Nixie: Splashy Summer Swim Cas Lester
● Pocket Pirates: The Great Treasure Hunt Chris Mould ● Pugly Bakes a Cake Pamela Butchart
● Puppies Online: Treasure Hunt Amanda Swift ● The Runaway Rabbit Tina Nolan
● Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost Pamela Butchart ● Winnie and Wilbur: Giddy-up Winnie Laura Owen
These books are perfect for confident readers in Years 3 and 4.
● Dino-Mike and the Lunar Showdown Franco ● Detective Gordon: A Case in any case Ulf Nilsson ● Harper and the Fire Star Cerrie Burnell
● The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer: Prom King Ciaran Murtagh ● Llama United Scott Allen ● Mirror Magic Linda Chapman
● The Mona Lisa Mystery Pat Hutchins
● My Brother’s Famous Bottom Makes a Splash! Jeremy Strong ●
Pirate McSnottbeard in the Zombie Terror Rampage Paul Whitfield
● The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop Clare Balding
● The Secret Diary of Jane Pinny, Victorian House Maid Philip Ardagh ●
St Grizzle’s School for Girls, Ghosts and Runaway Grannies Karen McCombie
● The Accidental Billionaire Tom McLaughlin ● The Adventures of Miss Petitfour Anne Michaels ● The Bookshop Girl Sylvia Bishop ● Giant Kate Scott
● The Giant’s Necklace Michael Morpurgo ● Knighthood for Beginners Elys Dolan
● Nelly and the Flight of the Sky Lantern Roland Chambers ● The Royal Rabbits of London Santa Montefiore
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The Secret Diary of John Drawbridge, a Medieval Knight in Training Philip Ardagh
● Spy Toys: Out of Control! Mark Powers ● Who Stole the Hamster? N. Griffin
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Knitbone Pepper: Ghost Dog and the Last Circus Tiger Claire Barker
● The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner: And Other Stories Terry Pratchett £150.00 CODE 1813185EBA £167.00 CODE 1813477EBA
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