Have any teachers/parents got good suggested reading lists for year 4,5 and 6

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We don't get any list/ suggestions from school and the very few books they bring home are dire.I use the library and TBP but I would like a list of sorts so I can be sure that what I'm providing is covering everything they should be reading.

They are very able,avid readers so open to anything.

Tia

Subbing, would be interested in this too :-)

I just downloaded this list from my DD's school's website....

Suggested Reading List for Y5/6

The Hobbit - J.R. Tolkien
The Narnia Series - C.S. Lewis
Little Women - L.M. Alcott
Swallows and Amazons - A. Ransome
Black Beauty - A. Sewell
Alice in Wonderland/ Through the Looking Glass - L. Carroll
The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Tom Sawyer - M. Twain
Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Red Badge of Courage - S. Crane
What Katy Did? - S. Coldridge
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
The Borrowers - M. Norton
The Sword in the Stone - T. H. White
Treasure Island - R.L. Stevenson
Heidi - J. Spyri
The Secret Garden - F.H. Burnett
Ballet Shoes - N. Streatfield
Tarka the Otter - H. Williamson
Goodnight Mr. Tom - M. Magorian
Jane Eyre – C. Bronte
The Jungle Book - R. Kipling
A Christmas Carol - C. Dickens
Any Sherlock Holmes
The Water Babies - C. Kingsley
I’m the King of the Castle - S. Hill
Pippi Longstocking - A. Lindgren
The Firework-maker’s Daughter - P. Pullman
The Phantom Tollbooth - N. Juster
The Wizard of Earthsea - U. K. Leguin
Clarice Bean Don’t Look Now - L. Child
The Selfish Giant - O. Wilde
Just William - R. Crompton
The Bad Beginning - L. Snicket
Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White
Artemis Fowl - E. Colfer
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Smith - L. Garfield
The White Horse - E. Gouge
I am David - A. Holme
The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White
Moondial - H. Cresswell
A Spoonful of Jam - M. Magorian
The Nancy Drew Series - C. Keene
Howl’s Moving Castle - D. Wynne Jones
Underwater Adventure - W. Price
His Dark Materials Box Set - P. Pullman
I Capture the Castle - D. Smith
Cider with Rosie - L. Lee
Watership Down - R. Adams
Holes - L. Sachar
My Family and Other Animals - G. Durrell
The Story of Tracy Beaker - J. Wilson
Eragon and Eldest – C. Paolini
Journey to the River Sea – E. Ibbotsen
Peter Pan in Scarlet – G. McCaughrean
Alex Rider Series- A. Herowitz
Fire Bringer – D. Clement – Davies

I haven't had one from the school but you will find some schools do have them on their web sites, particularly private schools. I found a couple by googling year 4 reading lists ks2.

No list but loads of ideas for this age... I remember what I was reading at that age and my niece is an avid reader in year 6:

The Children of The New Forest, The Box of Delights, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Hucklebury Finn, Swiss Family Robinson, Swallows and Amazons, Lorna Doone, What Katy Did, Moonfleet, The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings, any Narnia not already read, Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, Little Women, The Railway Children, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Secret Garden, The little Princess, The Little House in the Big Woods (or any by Laura Ingalls Wilder), Tom's Midnight Garden

I also loved anything by Rosemary Sutcliffe (historical fiction,lots of titles but most famous probably The Eagle of the Ninth series), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Elizabeth Goudge-The Little White Horse, The Children of Greene Knowe Series, The Indian in The Cupboard....

I could go in forever, it's a fabulous age for reading and the world is your oyster :-)

Brilliant list sickandsad :-)

Google Ardingly Prep - I use theirs for my Year 6 class.

Oooh, and while we're on the subject...

I was thinking of sending a book list home in late November 'In case parents or grandparents are looking for Christmas present suggestions'.

Do we think this might be useful or a bit patronising?

No I think that's a brilliant idea.

Many thanks all for suggestions so far.

Collet Court have book lists on their website for 10 and 11+ ages. Also google Newbury Medal books - its a US award for childrens writers and have some great books.

SickandSad (BTW I hope you aren't!) do they have a list for year 4 please? Would you mind posting it here if they do please?

Thank you