Year 6 Autumn Term Reading List
The reading list follows the guidelines of the Primary Framework for
Literacy. Children will be reading the following range of texts:
Classic fiction and poetry by long-established authors
Historical fiction set during World War 2
Biographies, autobiographies, diaries, journals, true life accounts.
It would be beneficial if your child could read a selection of books
from these categories. Attached is a list of suitable books available
from the school library.
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Year 6 Autumn Term Reading List
Classic Fiction
Adams, R
Alcott, L
Barrie, J
Baum, F
Burnett, F
Carroll, L
Dahl, R
Defoe, D
Dickens, C
Grahame, K
Hughes, T
King, C
Kingsley, C
Kipling, R
Lewis, CS
Magorian, M
Marryat, C
Nesbit, E
Nesbit, E
Norton, M
Pearce, P
Ransome, A
Serraillier, I
Sewell, A
Tolkein, J
Twain, M
White, E
Watership Down
Little Women
Peter Pan
Wizard of Oz
Secret Garden
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Robinson Crusoe
Oliver Twist
Wind in the Willows
Iron Man
Stig of the Dump
Water Babies
Jungle Book
Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Goodnight Mister Tom
Children of the New Forest
Phoenix & the Carpet
Railway Children
Borrowers
Tom's Midnight Garden
Swallows and Amazons
Silver Sword
Black Beauty
Hobbit
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Charlotte's Web
Classic Poetry (821)
Corbett, P
De La Mare, W
Fine, A
Gibbs, S
Harrison, M
Noyes, A
Reeves, J
Rosen, M
Stevenson, R
Waters, F
Wilson, R
Wright, K
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Once Upon a Poem
Apple-Raid: Poems for Year 6
Peacock Pie
A Shame to Miss 1
Poems for 10 Year-olds
New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems
Oxford Book of Story Poems
Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems
Highwayman
Complete Poems for Children
Walker Book of Classic Poetry
A Child's Garden of Verses
Golden Apples
Poems Then and Now
Footprints on the Page
Puffin Book of Classic Verse
Poems for Over 10 Year-olds
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Historical fiction set during World War 2
Bawden, N
Belbin, D
Booth,M
Brennan, H
Butterfield,M
Cresswell,H
Cross,V
Eldworth,R
Eldridge, J
Geras, A
Hamley,D
Hawkins,E
Hughes,S
Kerr,J
Koralex,J
Leeson,R
Magorian,M
Masters, A
Morpurgo, M
Newbery, L
Orlev,U
Orme, D
Perrett, B
Priestley, C
Prince, Al
Riordan, J
Riordan,J
Ross, St
Serraillier
Swindells, R
Toksvig, S
Tonge, N
Trease,G
Walsh,J
Watts, Ir
Westall,R
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Carrie's War
Right Moment
Music On The Bamboo Radio
Final Victory
Diary of A Young Nurse In World War II
Stonestruck
Blitz: The Diary of Edie Benson, London 1940-1941
Beach Assault
Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France 1942-1944
Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
Candle In the Dark
War and Freddy, The
Sea of Peril
Lion & the Unicorn
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
War Games
Tom's War Patrol
Goodnight Mister Tom
War on Land
Daring Escapes
War In the Air
Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Singing for Mrs Pettigrew
Escape from Shangri-La
Friend Or Foe
Blitz Boys
Island On Bird Street
Blitz
U-Boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, Hms Arum 1939-1945
D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy1944
Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941
Doodlebug Summer
Escape from War: Frank's Story, Hannah's Story
Enemy
Dear Mum, I Miss You!
Silver Sword, The
Doodlebug Alley
Roger's War
Hitler's Canary
Dark Eagle
Arpino Assignment
Fireweed
Goodbye Marianne
Kingdom by the Sea
Creature In the Dark
Blitz
The Machine-Gunners
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Biographies, diaries, journals, true life accounts, etc
Birch, B
Brown, J
Burns, P
Butterfield, M
Christiansen, R
Cross, V
Dahl, R
Drinkwater, C
Foreman, M
Frank, A
Hadland, A
Haselhurst, M
Hendry, F
Hornby, G
Kelly, F
McNair, E
Oldfield, P
Platt, R
Platt, R
Pyle, G
Wheeler, S
White, E
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Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes
Winston Churchill
Famous Lives: Writers
Diary of a Young Nurse in World War Two
Who Was William Shakespeare
Blitz: The Diary of Edie Ben
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Going Solo
The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack
War Boy: A Country Childhood
Diary of Anne Frank
Who Was Napoleon
The Story of Grace Darling
Crystal Palace: The Diary of Lily Hicks
Who Was Jane Austen
Eric Cantona
Robert Burns: Maker of Rhymes
Great Plague: The Diary of Alice Paynton
Castle Diary
Pirate Diary
Broken Mustang
Dear Daniel: Letters from Antarctica
Voyage on the Great Titanic
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