Year 2 reading list for children aged 6-7
A selection of reading books for Year 2 to challenge and interest children aged 6-7 in KS1 classes in UK primary schools. Authors include Eoin Colfer, Clotilde Perrin, Michael Rosen and Enid Blyton.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
The Mousehunter (Mousehunter Trilogy, #1)
Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey
Hotel Flamingo
Operation Robot Storm (Mythical 9th Division, #1)
The Curse Of Mousebeard (Mousehunter Trilogy, #2)
Pigsticks and Harold And The Tuptown Thief
Terror of the Deep (Mythical 9th Division, #2)
Pigsticks and Harold and the Pirate Treasure
The Magma Conspiracy (Mythical 9th Division, #3)
Mousebeard’s Revenge (Mousehunter Trilogy, #3)
The Alien Moon
Hotel Flamingo: Holiday Heatwave
Pigsticks and Harold Lost in Time!
Hotel Flamingo: Carnival Caper
The Mousehunter #2: The Curse of Mousebeard
Pigsticks and Harold: the Ends of the Earth!
Der Schrecken der 17 Meere
Pigsticks and Harold: the Tuptown Thief (Pigsticks & Harold 2)
Survivor
The Coombian Riddle (The Coombian Adventures Book 1)
A selection of reading books for Year 2 to challenge and interest children aged 6-7 in KS1 classes in UK primary schools. Authors include Eoin Colfer, Clotilde Perrin, Michael Rosen and Enid Blyton.
Book series for children and teens to encourage reading for pleasure, including titles by Dominic Sandbrook, Liz Pichon, Harriet Muncaster, Kevin & Katie Tsang, Marie Lu Robert Muchamore and Jason Reynolds.
Adventure stories for children and teens, including modern and classic titles by Maz Evans, Cressida Cowell, Dom Conlon, Lucy Brandt, Sufiya Ahmed, Varsha Shah, A.F. Steadman, Wilbur Smith, Robert Muchamore, Robert Louis Stevenson and more.
Summer reading challenge – A good reading challenge will not only promote reading and encourage reading for pleasure, but it will encourage a reading culture to spread like a virus throughout your school.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2023. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2022. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Big Sky Mountain by Alex Milway. The importance of peaceful co-existence with nature is delivered with humour and fun. The maps and illustrations add greatly to the overall reading experience in this great read-aloud for year 2.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2019. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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