Year 1 Book List
If you’re not sure what to read out of school, here are some suggestions.
Favourite Storytime Books
Man on the Moon
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That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
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Gorilla
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Look Up!
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The Bear And The Piano
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Dolphin Boy
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The Bumblebear
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The Highway Rat
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Spyder
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Dogs in Disguise
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When Ice Cream Had A Meltdown
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I Can Only Draw Worms
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Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea!
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Monster Hungry Phone
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Splash Day!
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Author
Simon Bartram
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Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton
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Anthony Browne
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Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola
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David Litchfield
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Michael Morpurgo & Michael Foreman
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Nadia Shireen
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Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
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Matt Carr
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Peter Bently & John Bond
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Michelle Robinson & Tom Knight
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Will Mabbitt
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Ben Clanton
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Sean Taylor & Fred Benaglia
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Nick Sharratt
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Animal Books
Arlo the Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep
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Slime? It’s Not Mine
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There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
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Walter the Wonder Snail
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What If, Pig?
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Harry the Poisonous Centipede
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Hotel Flamingo
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Author
Catherine Rayner
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Clare Helen Welsh & Nicola O’Byrne
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James Sellick & Frann Preston-Gannon
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Neil Clark
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Linzie Hunter
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Lynne Reid Banks & Tony Ross
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Alex Milway
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Classic Children’s Books
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
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Paddington
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
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Funnybones
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Fantastic Mr Fox
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Author
Ronda Armitage & David Armitage
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Michael Bond & R. W. Alley
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Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard
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Janet & Allan Ahlberg
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Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake
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Stories about Family and Friends
Dadaji’s Paintbrush
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The Friendship Bench
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Our Tower
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The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship
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My Dad is a Grizzly Bear
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Meesha Makes Friends
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Author
Rashmi Sirdeshpande & Ruchi Mhasane
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Wendy Meddour & Daniel Egneus
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Joseph Coelho & Richard Johnson
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Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K.Ali & Hatem Aly
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Swapna Haddow & Dapo Adeola
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Tom Percival
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Popular Short Chapter Books
The Hat Full of Secrets
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Kitty and the Twilight Trouble
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Molly Rogers to the Rescue
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Isadora Moon Goes to School
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Adventuremice: Otter Chaos
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Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits
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Sona Sharma, Looking After Planet Earth
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Author
Karl Newson & Wazza Pink
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Paula Harrison & Jenny Løvlie
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Cornelia Funke & Kasia Matyjaszek
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Harriet Muncaster
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Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
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Julian Gough & Jim Field
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Chitra Soundar & Jen Khatun
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Poems and Rhymes
A First Book of the Sea
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Smile Out Loud
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People Need People
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Chocolate Cake
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Author
Nicola Davies & Emily Sutton
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Joseph Coelho & Daniel Gray-Barnett
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Benjamin Zephaniah & Nila Aye
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Michael Rosen & Kevin Waldron
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Non-Fiction Books
Professor Astro Cat’s Deep-Sea Voyage
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Horses (A Day in the Life)
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Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet
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Marvellous Body: A Magic Lens Book
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That’s Mathematics
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Iceberg
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Author
Dr Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman
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Carly Anne York & Chaaya Prabhat
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Kate Pankhurst
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Jane Wilsher & Andres Lozano
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Tom Lehrer, Chris Smith & Elīna Brasliņa
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Claire Saxby & Jess Racklyeft
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