Not Now, Bernard

Author: David Mckee

Illustrator: David Mckee

Great to think about why Bernard's parents are ignoring him and how he usually behaves.

One for P4C.

Off the Road

Author: Nina Bawden

A real gem of a book with echoes of A Brave New World. Explores family, growing old and who can be trusted.

The Marvelous Toy

Author: Tom Paxton

Illustrator: Steve Cox

Winnie the Witch

Winnie the Witch, Winnie Flies Again and Winnie in Winter

Author: Valerie Thomas

Illustrator: Korky Paul

Slow Loris

Author: Alexis Deacon

Illustrator: Alexis Deacon

A glorious book depicting the danger of making assumptions. Moody illustrations match Slow Loris perfectly.

A Silly Thing To Do

Poet: Peter Dixon

A Silly Thing to Do, p. 56, is a great poem for looking at gravity. Dinosaurs, p. 38 is also great for looking at myths. A Walk with Daniel, p. 22, looks at shadows.

How To Live Forever

Author: Colin Thompson

Illustrator: Colin Thompson

A detailed picturebook with word play and loads of intertextual references.

Eating Things on Sticks

Author: Anne Fine

A fun holiday read full of misunderstandings and boredom.

The Hobbit

Author: J R R Tolkien

Detailed and original with vivid characters and settings.

Enchanted Glass

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Skellig

Author: David Almond

An exploration of the nature of school, beliefs, family and learning.

Michael Rosen's Sad Book

Author: Michael Rosen

Illustrator: Quentin Blake

A powerful book to help everyone explore feeling sad.

Storm

Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland

Illustrator: Alan Marks

Annie faces her fears to help her sister.

Roaring Rockets

Author: Tony Mitton

Illustrator: Ant Parker

Delightful fun book with great pace.

Good rhymes for a cloze book based game. Possible words for the dice - white, boots, astronaut, moon, light, legs, sea.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Author: J K Rowling

These books are my guilty pleasure. They have fun clues to solve along the way and are familiar.

The series is useful for descriptions of setting, Latin and Greek derived words and names and looking at adaptation. It also explores reputation, primarily through Severus Snape.

Mortal Engines

Author: Philip Reeve

I adore this book. It combines thought provoking ideas on history, science, love and trust. It also deals with ideas of tradition and reputation.

The Princess Knight

Author: Cornelia Funke

Illustrator: Kerstin Meyer

A fairy tale with a difference -- no waiting around to be rescued for this Princess.

Voices in the Park

Author: Anthony Browne

Illustrator: Anthony Browne

This amazing picturebook uses multiple narrators to retell an event. The artwork is detailed and makes a lot of intertextual references.

One Hundred Hungry Ants

Author: Elinor J. Pinczes

Illustrator: Bonnie Mackain

I enjoyed the rhyme in this book and it will be useful for cross curricular lessons.