Reading for Pleasure - Year Three “Recommended Reads”
We have “picked the brains” of a local independent book shop – H & H Spalding Books (based in Barton Under Needwood) – regarding sourcing some fantastic books to broaden the reading choices of our children and hopefully to inspire a lifelong love of reading. The teachers really enjoyed diving into the book boxes which Spalding Books sent to us! Together they have carefully selected 6 books which will be available for your child to take home over the course of each year.
Please ask your child to share the texts they bring home with you. It might be that they require you (or another family member) to read the books to them to fully access and appreciate the reading experience. Finding some special one-to-one reading time in your day, week or when relaxing on holiday will certainly help to enhance your child’s love of reading.
Once completed, the books can be returned to class so that your child can take out the next one. You do not need to purchase the books yourselves. However, parents often ask for book recommendations so please find below the names of our “Recommended Reads” and those of the other texts suggested by the book shop for your child’s age range.
Many thanks in advance for your support with this exciting initiative. Happy reading…
Year 3 Recommended Reads
Mr Gum by Andy Stanton
Charlotte's Web by E.B White
How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Lesser Spotted Animals 2 by Martin Brown
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! By Jon Scieszka
My name is not Refugee by Kate Milner
Other Book Shop Suggestions
The Legend of Kevin: A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure by Philip Reeve
Fortunately, for the Milk… by Neil Gaiman
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce
Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley
The Nothing to See Here Hotel by Stephen Butler
The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads by Laura Ellen Anderson
Mr Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise by Alex T. Smith
The Boy Who Made the World Disappear by Ben Miller
Ocean Meets Sky by Eric and Terry Fan
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Town is by the sea by Joanne Schwartz
Me and Mister P: Joe’s New World by Maria Farrer
Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter by John Steptoe