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Ten Books in a Term

Key Stage 2 Reading Challenge

Ten Books in a term!

How many of these books can your child read during the Spring Term before the Easter holidays?

Children may read each book themselves... or parents could read the book with them.

 

Rewards

If 5 books are read, your child will gain the Bronze award 

If 8 books are read, your child will gain the Silver award 

If 10 books are read, your child will gain the Gold award 

 

Year 6

  •   Holes - Louis Sacher
  •   Boy - Roald Dahl
  •   Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian
  •   The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
  •   Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz
  •   Clockwork - Philip Pullman
  •   Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver
  •   Sky Song - Abi Elphinstone
  •   Great Expectations - William Bedford
  •   Brockenspectre - Linda Newberry
  •   Lion Boy - Zizou Corder
  •   The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling 
  •   The Unforgotten Coat - Frank Cottrell Boyce
  •   The Machine Gunners - Robert Westall

Year 5

  •   Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan MacDonald) 

  •   Friend or Foe – Michael Morpurgo

  •   Three tales from Shakespeare- Martin Waddell 

  •   The Many Worlds of Albie Bright – Christopher Edge

  •   Creative Minds- True Tales (biographies)

  •   Coraline – Neil Gaiman

  •   Hiding Out – Elizabeth Laird

  •   Quakes, floods and other disasters – Fred Martin

  •   Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson (MacDonald)

  •   Spooks and Scooters – Elen Caldecott

  •   The Goldfish Boy - Lisa Thompson

  •   Benjamin Zephaniah – Victor Ambrus

  •   The Saga of Eric the Viking – Terry Jones

  •   Who let the Gods Out? – Maz Evans

  •   The Moon Dragons – Dyan Sheldon

Year 4

  • The Sandman and the Turtles - Michael Morpurgo 
  • The How, What & Why of Mammals – Gareth Coleman
  • The Great Kapok Tree – Lynne Cherry
  •  A Stage Full of Shakespear Stories – Angela McAllister
  •  The Demon Headmaster - Gillian Cross
  •  The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth - Eoin Colfer
  •  The Joke Machine - Alexander McCall Smith
  •  You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Viking Explorer - Andrew Langley
  •  The Vicious Vikings or Smashing Saxons - Terry Deary
  •  Hurricane - James Hirsch
  •  Malkin Moonlight - Emma Cox
  •  Little Bits of Sky - S.E Durrant
  •  The Twits - Roald Dahl
  •  Coming to England - Floella Benjamin
  •  Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers

Year 3

  •   You're a Bad Man Mr Gum! - Andy Stanton 
  •   Mr Majeika and the School Caretaker – Humphrey Carpenter
  •   Whizz Pop Bang Magazine
  •   The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy  
  •   The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog – Jeremy Strong
  •   The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me - Roald Dahl
  •   Savage Stone Age – Terry Deary
  •   Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown
  •   The Legend of Spud Murphy – Eoin Colfer
  •   The Magic Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
  •   ‘Cool!’ – Michael Morpurgo
  •   Queen Elizabeth- A Platinum Jubilee Celebration
  •   Ossiri and the Bala Mengro – Richard O’Neill
  •   I Don’t like Snakes - Nicola Davies
  •   Superdad’s Day Off – Phil Earle

 

Once a book has been read, children will complete a short review which other children will then be able to look at:

Name:
Book Title:
Author:
Star Rating:
Your book review in under 20 words!

 

We hope your child enjoys the challenge and is inspired to read some new books (maybe even ones they would not have normally chosen).

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