Recommended Reading List

This list is intended to be a guide to books suitable for children in Year 3.  Some of the texts are more difficult to read than others and care should be taken when choosing those which your child might enjoy. Please discuss the books your child reads with them and remember that although a book might be difficult for your child to read, they will probably still enjoy having it read by an adult.

This is not a definitive list, there are lots of other books by these authors and others that your child may enjoy but this should be useful to generate ideas and discussion.
Another list of books can be found here - Educating Together

Happy reading!

Allan Ahlberg                     The Children Who Smelled a Rat
Malorie Blackman              The Monster Crisp Guzzler  
Tony Bradman                    Happy Ever After (series)
Michael Broad                    Agent Amelia (series)
Jeff Brown                         Flat Stanley
J Burchett                          Wild Rescue: Ocean S.O.S (series)
Lauren Child                      Clarice Bean (series)
Rob Childs                          Wicked Day!
Lucy Daniels                       Animal Ark (series)  
Chris D’Lacey                     The Dragons of Wayward Crescent
Berlie Doherty                    The Starburster
Anne Fine                           Diary of a Killer Cat
Maeve Friel                         Witch in Training
Adam Frost                         Harry Rabbit on the Run   
Kes Gray                             Daisy (series)
Andy Griffiths                     The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow!
Pete Johnson                      Invisible Brother
Dick King-Smith                  The Hodgeheg                                         
Megan McDonald                 Judy Moody (series)
Anthony McGowan              Bare Bum Gang (series)
Marilyn McLaughlin             Fierce Milly & the Amazing Dog
Michael Morpurgo               The Dancing Bear
Martine Murray                   Henrietta the Great Gogetter
Jenny Nimmo                      Invisible Vinnie
Joe O’Brien                         Alfie Green & the Magical Gift (series)
Laura Owen                         Winnie the Witch (series)
Brian Pattern                       Impossible Parents
Bali Rai                                Soccer Squad: Stars (series)
Gwyneth Rees                     Fairy Gold
Margaret Ryan                     Scratch and Sniff
R.L Stine                             Rotten School (series)
Jeremy Strong                     My Granny’s Great Escape
Sandi Toksvig                      The Littlest Viking          
Jill Tomlinson                     The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
Ian Whybrow                       Boy Racer
Jacqueline Wilson               Video Rose  

Picture Books

Anthony Browne                 Silly Billy
Emma Dodd                        Miaow said the Cow
Julia Donaldson                  A Squash & a Squeeze 
Pippa Goodheart                You Choose
Emily Gravett                     Monkey & Me
Satoshi Kitamura                Millie’s Marvellous Hat
Oliver Jeffers                     The Great Paper Caper
Viviane Schwarz                 There are Cats in this Book