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Suggested Reading List – 2015-16
NURSERY
This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested
[trains, dogs, baby sisters, etc.]. Silly stories, wordplays and guessing games entertain this age group,
who are now more verbal and eager to participate actively in story time. Discussing the illustrations help
the child look for context clues. Continue including "how" and "why" information books in your
reading.
Series
Dr. Seuss Beginner Books series
Read it Yourself series - level 1 (Ladybird)
Read at Home series - levels 1, 2 & 3 (Oxford University Press)
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My First I Can Read Book – „Shared My First Reading‟ level (Harper Trophy)
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Read at Home - level 1 (Collins Big Cat)
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Flying Boot series (Nelson)
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Bright Sparks series
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Pepper/Bubbles series
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Superphonics series
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Magic Castle Readers series (Child’s World)
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Little Princess Story series (Tony Ross)
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Charlie & Lola series (Lauren Child)
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Rasha series
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The Large Family series (Jill Murphy)
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Clifford series (Norma Bridwell)
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Maisy series (Lucy Cousins)
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 The Things I Love About…(Trace Moroney
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Authors
Eric Carle “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Jan Fearnley “A Very Proper Fox”
Claudia Lloyd “A Busy Busy Day in Tinga Tinga”
Anoushka Ravishankar “Alphabets Are Amazing Animals”
Sam McBratney “Guess How Much I Love You” and “I’m Sorry”
Margaret Wise Brown “Goodnight Moon” and “The Runaway Bunny”
Juliet Dallas-Conte “Cock-A-Moo-Moo”
Mij Kelly “I Hate Everyone”
Sirish Rao “That’s How I See Things”
Madeleine Floyd “Cold Paws, Warm Heart”
Wendy Brody “Mup’s Day of the Week”
Uma Krishnaswami “Out of the Way! Out of the Way!”
Shobha Viswanath “When The Earth Lost Its Shapes”
Geeta Dharamrajan “Dinosaur-Long-As-127-Kids”
Manjula Padmanabhan “Same & Different”
Anushka Ravishankar “Catch That Crocodile” and “One, Two, Tree!’
हिन्दी पुस्तकें – नर्सरी के हिए
बबल्ज
मोटा राजा दुबला कु ता
मीनू और पूसी
कु दरत के रंि
मेरा घर
मााँ ! जल्दी करो
बंदर और मिरमच्छ
बत्ती िुल
बरखा series
दोसा
कहााँ िई गबल्ली
घेरा
पररररमता
गिरजा रानी अस्थान
बुलबुल शमाा
रुकमणी बैनजी
रुकमणी बैनजी
Magnum Private Limited
सोमया राजेन्द्रेन
NCERT
संध्या राव
मंजल
ु ा पदमनाभन
मानोरमा जफा
Prarambhika
Suggested Reading List 2015
Std I
This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested.
Books with predictable plots are often enjoyed, as the children enjoy being "right"! Silly stories like tall
tales and Dr. Seuss nonsense are a big hit. Discussing the illustrations helps the child look for context
clues. Continue including "how" and "why" information books in your reading.
ENGLISH
Dr. Seuss
Read it Yourself series - Level 2 ( Ladybird) e.g. The Gingerbread Man
Read at Home - Levels 2, 3 & 4 (Collins Big Cat) e.g. Arthur’s Fantastic Party
Fisher-Price First Grade Ready Reader Storybook e.g. Tappy’s
Team
Step into Reading books – Step 1, 2 & 3
Ready to Read - Key Stage 1 (Make Believe Ideas) e.g. The Elves and
the Shoemaker
Cambridge Bright Sparks series
Bruno & Bubbles‟ First Story Books
My First I Can Read Book (Harper Trophy) e.g. Dumpy to the Rescue
“Start Reading & Writing series
Jean & Gareth Adamson “Topsy & Tim” series
Picture Ladybird series ( Ladybird)
Silver Tales series( Ladybird)
“Dora the Explorer” series
Margaret & H E Rey “Curious George” series
Stuart Murphy “Mathstart” series
Mercer Mayer “Little Critter” series
Octanauts series
Little Einstein series
Usborne Young Readers
Eric Carle “The Mixed-Up Chameleon”
Eleanor Estes “The Hundred Dresses”
Jan Fearney “Milo Armadillo”
Jean Craighead George “Giraffe Trouble”
Marc Brown “D. W.’s Guide To Perfect Manners”
Robert Robinson “Danny Goes to the Dentist”
Jackie Morris “The Snow Leopard”
Sandra Brug “Football Feet”
Julia Donaldson “Monkey Puzzle” and “The Gruffalo”
Phyllis Root “Rattletrap Car”
Barney Saltzberg “Star of The Week”
Michael Ambrosio “I Don’t Like Mosquites!”
Anoushka Ravishankar “Catch The Crocodile”
Sirish Rao “The Old Animal Forest Band”
Hanuman and the Juicy Fruit (Large Print Reader)
Anitha Balachandran Mister Jeejeebhoy and the BirdsShobha Viswanath “When the Earth Lost its Shapes”
Jataka Tales
गहन्द्दी पुस्तकें – कक्षा एक के गलए
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मेरी बिीया
अहा गमल ियी
सूरज का िुस्सा
िुब्बारे और मैं
बड़े अक्षरो मे कहागनयााँ
चुप मेरी नाक कु छ कह रही है
मेरी दुनीया
बहादुर दोस्त
बरखा series
उसी से ठं ड उसी से िरम
ब्बल्स और पेपर की कहागनयााँ
गसिरुन श्रीवास्तव
‘Pratham’ series by Read India
संजीव जायसवाल संजय
नवीन मेनन
नोनी
गसिरुन श्रीवास्तव
NCERT
NCERT
जाककर हुसैन
Prarambhika
Suggested Reading list – 2015
Std II
This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested.
They can then be introduced to a wide variety of books with different styles, subjects, and genres. Children
can start reading longer stories and make a smooth transition to chapter-books with the help of a beginner
chapter books like the Usborne Young Reading series among others.
English
The Berenstein Bears series (Stan/Jan Berenstain)
Magic School Bus (Joanna Cole)
Franklin‟s Neighbourhood (Paulette Bourgeois)
I Am Reading series (Kingfisher)
Step into Reading – Step 2 & 3 (Random House)
Read to Read series (Nick & Claire page)
Dr. Seuss Classic Collection e.g. The Lorax
Ladybird Classics
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly” , Said the Sloth (Eric Carle)
The Traveller, The Tiger and the Very Clever Jackal (Reshma Sapre)
Usborne Young Reading series
Noddy (Enid Blyton)
Hello, Mr. Twiddle (Enid Blyton)
Little Animal Ark (Lucy Daniels)
Young Corgi series (Dick King-Smith)
Junior Classics
My Weird School (Dan Gutman)
The Children Who Smelled Rat (Allan Ahlberg)
Pixie Tricks (Tracy West)
Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows)
Nate the Great (Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
Nancy Drew Clue Crew (Carolyn Keene)
Secret Seven (Enid Blyton)
Mog the Forgetful Cat (Judith Kerr)
Dinosaur Time (Peggy Parish)
The Phantom Carwash (Chris Powling)
Aesops Fables
Tales from Panchatantra
Karadi Tales
Art Tales from India (Anjali Raghbeer)
Dancing on Walls (Shamim Padamsee)
Elephants Don‟t Diet (Paro Anand)
Fun in Devlok series (Devdutt Patnaik)
Runny Babbit (Shel Silverstein)
गहन्द्दी पुस्तकें – कक्षा दो के गलए
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अप्पू सीरीज़
बाबाल्स सीरीज़
बरखा सीरीज़
परी कथाओं की बड़ी पुस्तक
आना और चेना
अकबरी लोटा
भारती िोलू मोलू कै टरगपलर
खटपट चूहा
गवश्वास की जीत
मैना मददिार मीना
प्यासी मैना
महागिरर
पास या नापास
अनुपम कहागनयााँ भाि 2
गचटकू
भारी कौन?
गजश्नू की चतुराई
म्याऊं गबल्ली के सपने
ऐसा भी होता है
नटखट और शेरु
चूहा पाटी गजदाबाद
सोम्या राजेन्द्रेन
अन्नपूणाानन्द्द वमाा
गमत्र फु कन
वर्ाा सहस्त्रबुद्धे
मीनाक्षी भारद्वाज़
नवदीप
गवभा कौल
नवदीप
कगवताएं
Prarambhika
Suggested Reading list – 2015
Std III
This is an indicative list. The list is arranged according to genre. However, some books could belong to more
than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Children in
Class 3 start reading longer stories and can make a smooth transition to chapter-books while also enjoying
well-illustrated picture-books. They relate well to School Stories and stories with outrageous characters tickle
their funny bones. Having a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books - encourages
reading as a leisure activity.
Adventure
The Young Adventurers series (Enid Blyton)
Secret Seven series (Enid Blyton)
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart (Elizabeth Hunt)
Sophie‟s Adventures (Dick King-Smith)
Geronimo Stilton
Andrew Lost (J C Greenburg)
Zac Power (H I Larry)
The Flying Magic Jharokha series (Shamim Padamsee)
Mystery
School Stories
Books in this genre are an all time favourite with children.
Clementine (Sara Pennypacker)
Jake Drake series (Andrew Clements)
St. Clares/Malory Towers (Enid Blyton)
My Weird School (Dan Gutman)
Marvin Redpost series (Louis Sachar)
Ramona series (Beverly Cleary)
Bailey School Kids series (Marcia Thornton Jones)
Mr. Majeika (Humphrey Carpenter)
Judy Moody / Stink series (Megan McDonald)
Fantasy
Pixie Tricks series (Tracey West)
Sleepover Club series (Fiona Cummings)
Starfighters series (Steve Cole)
Astrosaurs Academy series (Max Chase)
Lucky Stars series (Phoebe Bright)
Space Mutts (Michael Broad)
Animal Stories
Magic Ponies (Sue Bentley)
Bindi Wildlife Adventure series
The Return of the Killer Cat (Anne Fine)
Spy Pup (Andrew Cope)
Pets Please (Paro Anand)
Animal Ark series (Lucy Daniels)
Secret Unicorn series
Pet Sitters series
Muddle Puddle Farm series (Michael Morpurgo)
Historical fiction
Gladiator Boy (David Grimstone)
Will Solvit (Zed Strom)
Magic Tree House Series (Mary Pope Osborne)
Amar Chitra Katha
Tudor Tales (Terry Deary)
Folktales/ Legends
There is a treasury of literature with multi-hued tales from our rich and traditional folklore and mythology.
The Indian Storybook (Rani Singh)
Stories from Panchatantra (retold by Shiv Kumar)
Regional folktales like Mazzoo Mazzoo
Magical Indian Myths (Anita Nair)
Fun in Devlok series (Devdutt Patnaik)
Aesops Fables
Karadi Tales
Art Tales From India (Anjali Raghbeer)
Classics
Gulliver‟s Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Black Beauty (Anne Sewell)
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Classic Starts series
Junior Classics series
Great Illustrated Classics series
And here‟s more …
Sly The Sleuth and the Food Mysteries (Donna Jo Napoli)
Daydreamer Dev Series (Ken Spillman)
Zain & Ana series (Anushka Ravishankar)
The Worst Witch (Jill Murphy)
Penny Dreadful (Joanna Nadin)
Kylie Jean (Marci Peschke)
Magic School Bus series (Joanna Cole)
Football Academy (
Corgi Pups series (Jacqueline Wilson)
Judy Moody series (Megan McDonald)
My Father‟s Dragon (Ruth Gannett)
The Capital Mysteries (Ron Roy)
The Twits (Roald Dahl)
Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew (Carolyn Keene)
The Boy Who Could Fly (Sally Gardner)
बाररश की एक जादुई
बूंद
(िीता धमााजन)
अब्दुल की ईद
Scholastic
एक रुपया बहुत
दूर जाता
रगस्कन बॉण्ड
गनराली पोशाक
आशा नेहगे मया
मीठे सेब कमलेश
कौगशक
रोचक कहागनया पढ़ने मे कक्षा तीन के वालकों को बहुत आनन्द्द आता है। उपरोक्त के अगतररक्त इस स्तर की अनेक अच्छी
कहागनयााँ उपलब्ध हैं जैसे फू ल कफर से गखलेंि,े कृ ष्ण सुदामा ( ए जे पटेल ) , नेहा की अलामा घड़ी (गिररजा रानी अस्थाना ),
गजद्दी टीना (कमलेश कौगशक), चाजा रं ि रं िीला गिरगिट, कु श्ती मस्ती (पंजाब की लोक कथा ), भोला गचटकू , बिुला भित (और
अन्द्य पंचतंत्र कहागनयााँ ), कमल से भरा आकाश (शांगत कृ ष्णास्वामी ) इत्याकद I
Prarambhika
Suggested Reading 2015
Std IV
This is an indicative list. The books are listed according to genre. However, some books could belong to more
than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Children in
Class 4 start to gather more information by reading than before. They begin showing interest in non-fiction
books about people and the things they do. Stories with outrageous characters tickle their funny bones. Having
a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books - encourages reading as a leisure activity.
Adventure
Andrew Lost series ( (Young Samurai series (Chris Bradford)
Adventure series (Enid Blyton)
Adventures According to Humphrey (Betty Britney)
Molly Moon series (Georgia Byng)
Magic Tree House series (Mary Pope Osborne)
Agent Alfie series (Justin Richards)
Space Mutts (Michael Broad)
Agent Amelia (Michael Broad)
Jane Blonde (Jill Marshall)
Diamond Brothers series (Anthony Horowitz)
Mystery
School Stories
Marvin Redpost series (Louis Sachar )
Judy Moody (Megan McDonald)
School Soup (Paro Anand)
Ramona series (Beverly Cleary)
Wayside School series (Marcia Thornton Jones)
Malory Towers / St. Clare‟s series (Enid Blyton)
Stink series(Megan McDonald)
Hank Zipzer series (Henry Winkler)
Lunch Money (Andrew Clements)
Fantasy
Magyk (Angie Sage)
The Boy Who Could Fly (Sally Gardner)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Beast Quest series (Adam Blade)
How To Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell)
The Secrets of Droon (Tony Abbott)
Animal Stories
Awesome Animals series
Tiger My Friend (Ruskin Bond)
Muddlepuddle Farm (Michael Morpurgo)
Nim At Sea (Wendy Orr)
Spy Dog (Andrew Cope)
Sky Horses (Linda Chapman)
Animal Ark series (Lucy Daniels)
My Secret Unicorn (Linda Chapman)
Pup Idol (Anna Wilson)
Eco-Worriers (Kathryn Lamb)
Farm Boy (Michael Morpurgo)
Historical Fiction
Three Indian Princesses (Jamila Gavin)
History, Mystery, Dal & Biryani (Subhadra Sengupta)
DOA Detectives: Trouble at Taj (Sonja Chandrachud)
Tudor Tales (Terry Deary)
Auto\Biography
This is a wonderful age to introduce children to well-written and interesting books from this genre
Scholastic Biographies (e.g. Louis Braille)
The Dead Famous series
Folktales/ Legends
There is a treasury of literature with multi-hued tales from our rich and traditional folklore and mythology.
Tall Tales (Jasper Utley)
Gulla & Hangul (Mariam Ahlawat)
Kashmiri Storyteller (Ruskin Bond)
Tigers for Dinner (Ruskin Bond)
The Rumour (Anushka Ravishankar)
Amar Chitra Katha
Water Stories from Around the World
Tales of Arabian Nights
Grandma‟s Bag of Stories (Sudha Murty)
Classics
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Alice in Wonder land (Lewis Caroll)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Roger L. Green)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelly)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
And here’s more …
Framed (Frank Cotrell Boyce)
Diary of A Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)
Jeremy Strong
We, The Children of India (Leila Seth)
Taranauts series (Anoopa Pai)
The Diary of the Worst Cook in the World (Subhadra Sengupta)
Meddling Mooli series (Asha Nehemiah)
Football Academy (Tom Palmer)
The White Tiger (Rohini Chowdhury)
Soccer Squad (Bali Rai)
Wasim the Wanderer (Chris Ashley)
Elephant Child (Mary Ellis)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume)
You, Me & Thing (Karen McCombie)
Hooey Higgin series ( Steve Voake)
Mallory series (Laurie Friedman)
The Cupcake Diaries
गहन्द्दी पुस्तकें – कक्षा चार के गलए
कहानी संग्रह
नन्द्हें मुन्नो के गलए
िल्प कथाए
मुल्ला नसरुदीन
तेनालीरम
पुस्तक 1 से 5
पुस्तक 1 से 6
गशक्षाप्रद कहागनयााँ
मुकेश नादान
गवकास बोधकथाए
पुस्तक 1 से 3
कक्षा चार के बालक गवगवध प्रकार की कहागनयों का आनन्द्द उठा सकते हैं जैसे तेनाली और ब्राह्मण ; एक अनोखी राजकु मारी
(कोमीला राउते) ; पाररयों का खेल ( स्वपना दत्ता) ; िपिुपि
ं दास ( चारु आनन्द्द) ; अपना जीवन अपने हाथ ( नैगतक कहागनयों
की श्रीखंला) ; नन्द्हा करमकल्ला ( गशन्द्ता चो) ; राजा की मूछें (CBT) ; हनुमान और पाताल लंका का जादूिर ( माधवी एस
महादेवन) ; पंचतंत्र की कहागनयााँ व नया पंचतंत्र इत्याकद।
Prarambhika
Suggested Reading 2015
Std V
This is an indicative list. The books are listed according to genre. However, some books could belong to
more than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested.
Children in Class 5 gather more information by reading than ever before. They are interested in nonfiction
books about people and the things they do. Stories with outrageous characters tickle their funny bones.
Having a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books -encourages reading as a
leisure activity.
Adventure
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)
The Water Catchers (Bhairavi Parekh)
The Grand Plan To Fix Everything (Uma Krishnaswami)
The Indus Investigators-Mohenjodaro Mystery (Ilona Aronovsky)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)
Gangsta Granny (David Walliams)
Young Samurai series (Chris Bradford)
On Top of the World-My Everest Adventure (Arjun Vajpai)
Jimmy Coates-Revenge (Joe Craig)
The Wanderer (Sharon Creech)
Meanwhile Adventures (Roddy Doyle)
The Kaziranga Trail (Arup Kumar Dutta)
Mystery
Roman Mysteries (Caroline Lawrence)
Nicki Holland Mysteries (Angela Elwell Hunt)
39 Clues series
Lady Grace Mysteries
Alex Rider series (Anthony Horowitz)
Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfer)
School Stories
Frindle (Andrew Clements)
Frecklejuice (Judy Blume)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli)
Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary)
Malgudi Schooldays (R K Narayan)
Wayside School Stories (Louis Sachar)
Wringer (Jerry Spinelli)
Koni The Story Of a Champion (Moti Nandy)
School Friends series (Ann Bryant)
Fantasy
Fablehaven (Brandon Mull)
The Girl Who Fell Into Fairyland (Catheryne M Valente)
Ghost Knight (Cornelia Funke)
Phantom Tollbooth (Norman Juster)
How To Ride A Dragon’s Storm (Cressida Cowell)
Escape from Mr Lemencello’s Library (Chris Grabenstein)
Animal Stories
Winterling (Sarah Prineas)
The Daring Escape of the Misfit Menagerie (Jacqueline Resnick)
Eco Worriers series (Kathryn Lamb)
There’s A Tarantula in My Purse (Jean Craighead George)
Mr. Poppers Penguin (Richard Atwater)
The Call of The Wild (Jack London)
Born to Lead (Paro Anand)
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Phantom Stallion (Terry Farley)
Warriors (Erin Hunter)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (Michael Morpurgo)
Historical Stories (Non/Fiction)
The Spitting Cobra (Gill Harvey)
Before They Were Famous series
Amar Chitra Katha
Let’s Go Time Travelling (Subhadra Sengupta)
D O A Detectives (Sonja Chandrachud)
Letters From A Father to His Daughter (Jawaharlal Nehru)
The Boy in Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
Auto\Biography
The Boy on the Wooden Box (Leon Leyson)
Going Solo and Boy (both by Roald Dahl)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Scientists who Have Changed the World
The Dead Famous series
Folktales/ Legends
Fun in Devlok: Saraswati’s Secret River (Devdutt Patnaik)
Treasury of Myths & Legends (James Riordan)
Mahabharata
Ramayana
Magical Indian Myths (Anita Nair)
Seasons of Splendour (Madhur Jaffrey)
Three Princes of Persia (Rohini Chowdhury)
City Stories From Here & There
Classics
The Secret Garden (Frances Burnett)
Abridged Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare)
The Railway Children (E. Nesbitt)
Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine ‘Engle)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
And here’s more …
The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street (Shabnam Minwalla)
The Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Genius (Paro Anand)
Dork Diaries (Rachel Russell)
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan)
H. I.V.E. (Mark Walden)
Boyhood Days (Rabindranath Tagore)
Rusty, the Boy from the Hills (Ruskin Bond)
The Diary of the Worst Cook in the World (Subhadra Sen Gupta)
The Narayanpur Incident (Sashi Deshpande)
Rajula and the Web of Danger (Deepa Agarwal)
The Owl Service (Alan Garner)
Love That Dog (Sharon Creech)
Mockingbird (Katherine Erskine)
Araminta Spookie series (Angie Sage)
Wilderness (Roddy Doyle)
Bridge to Terabithia (Katerine Paterson)
Sleepovers (Jacqueline Wilson)
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
Billy The Kid (Michael Morpugo)
Eragon (Cornelia Funke)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Beast Quest series (Adam Blade)
How To Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell)
The Secrets of Droon (Tony Abbott)