Year 6 1

1. A Squash and a Squeeze Written by Julia Donaldson ISBN: 9781509804788 Publisher: Pan MacMillan

Level 4 Blue A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she's not happy - it's just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she'll be amazed at how big her house feels!

2. Tabby McTat Written by Julia Donaldson ISBN: 9781407170701 Publisher: Scholastic Level 5 Green Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase to a thief, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again?

3. Where does our rubbish go? Written by Mark Ormerod ISBN: 9780230404946 Publisher: Macmillan Education Level 5 Green Who collects our rubbish? What do people throw away? What can we recycle? Find out what happens to our rubbish once in ends up in our bins.

Year 6 2

4. Firefighters Written by Katie Daynes ISBN: 9780746080498 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 6 Orange Fires, accidents, earthquakes and floods - firefighters are never far from danger. This thrilling book shows where they work, how they fight fires and how they rescue people.

5. Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse Written by Francesca Simon ISBN: 9781444015270 Publisher: Hachette Children's Group Level 6 Orange When Henry hears the story of the terrifying ancient Egyptian mummy's curse, he can't wait to share it with Peter. But are they safe from the mummy? Or has the curse struck somewhere close to home? What's the difference between a mum and a mummy anyway?

6. My first book about Our World Written by Felicity Brooks ISBN: 9781409597896 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 6 Orange Where do penguins live? How many oceans are there? Little children can find the answers in this book and have fun doing puzzles and quizzes too. Topics include weather, rainforests, deserts, and icy places.

Year 6 3

7. Treasure Island Written by Virginia Evans ISBN: 9781846791314 Publisher: Express Publishing UK Ltd Level 6 Orange One day, an old sea captain, once part of the famous Captain Flint's crew, comes to the inn. When the sea captain suddenly dies, Jim finds himself with the captain's map of Treasure Island. He and his friends find a ship and set sail to find the buried treasure. But soon they find out that their crew is full of pirates. Will they get the treasure or be left at the pirates' mercy?

8. Fat Lawrence Written by Dick King-Smith ISBN: 9780141312149 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 7 Turquoise Laurence Higgins, an enormously fat black cat, has breakfast with Mrs Higgins, lunch with the Normans, tea with old Mr Mason and supper with the Barclay-Lloyds. None of them know why he is so fat on just one meal a day! Lawrence is happy until he finds the walking from house to house tiring and begins to get indigestion...

9. My First Book About Nature Written by Caroline Young and Felicity Brooks ISBN: 9781409597902 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 7 Turquoise Children will enjoy learning about plants and flowers, insects and bugs, animal tracks and many more nature-related topics in this resourceful picture book. This educational picture book offers the perfect balance of having fun while learning.

Year 6 4

10. Thank you Baobab tree! Written by Mi-hwa Joo ISBN: 9781921790980 Publisher: The ChoiceMaker Pty Limited Level 7 Turquoise There are eight species of baobab tree and all are found in Madagascar, which is called the ‘home of the baobab.’ This story is about a family who get their daily needs from baobab trees. To the people of Madagascar, baobab trees really are ‘the trees of life.’

11. The Kalundborg Gang Written by Jeong-hee-Nam ISBN: 9781925186451 Publisher: The ChoiceMaker Pty Limited Level 7 Turquoise In the early 1980s, the five members of the Kalundborg Gang set out to protect the coast and the ducks that lived there. Based on a true story.

12. The secret Garden Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN: 9780746077139 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 7 Turquoise Mary Lennox feels forlorn and lonely in her uncle's gloomy house on the moors. But behind an old ivy-covered wall is a garden, waiting to be discovered...

Year 6 5

13. The Snake who Came to Stay(Dyslexia Friendly) Written by Julia Donaldson ISBN: 9781781125748 Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd Level 7 Turquoise Polly has set up a pets' holiday home for the summer and with a house full of greedy guinea pigs, pesky parrots and slithering snakes, Mum is getting more fed up by the day! Especially when Doris the snake goes missing...Can Polly find Doris before the snake finds the guinea pigs?

14. Billy Bonkers Written by Giles Andreae ISBN: 9781846161513 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 8 Purple Billy is a bouncy, bubbly, bonkers boy. And wherever he goes, off-the-wall adventures always seem to follow. From bouncing so hard on his trampoline that he bounces up, up and away...into space, and eating so much porridge his stomach puffs up and he floats into the garden tree.

15. Pugly Solves a Crime Written by Pamela Butchart ISBN: 9780857636768 Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd Level 8 Purple When Pugly hears that Big Sal the guinea pig has been Guinea Pig-Napped, he knows it's time for him to become a Pug-Tective! Is Glitterpuff the fancy poodle, or Tiny the dramatic chihuahua behind the crime?

Year 6 6

16. Rainforest Written by Lucy Bowman ISBN: 9780746090077 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 8 Purple From the tops of the trees to the forest floor, this book is full of some of the weird and wonderful things that live there. But the world's rainforests are in danger - find out why and what will happen if people don't change the things they do.

17. The Rainbow Bear Written by Michael Morpurgo ISBN: 9780552546409 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 8 Purple The polar bear is bored of his white environment and his hard life. He dreams of soaking himself in all the luminous colours of the rainbow. But when his wish is granted, he realises to his cost that his arctic camouflage no longer works and he needs the advice of others to escape his prism.

18. Dirty Bertie Fleas! Written by Alan Macdonald ISBN: 9781847150059 Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group Level 9 Gold Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it. Join Bertie as he takes a flea-ridden Whiffer to the vet, does a naughty dare at school and gets a ride in shiny red fire engine!

Year 6 7

19. Frankie and the Dragon Curse Written by Frank Lampard ISBN: 9780349124469 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold When Frankie and his friends go to a kung fu lesson to improve their football skills, a giant Chinese puppet magically transports them to the gates of The Forbidden City. The team soon learn that an ancient warrior called Zha-Hu is planning to destroy the Great Wall of China, with help from his dragon and an army of terracotta animals. Can Frankie and his team break the dragon curse in time to stop him?

20. Frankie and the World Cup Carnival Written by Frank Lampard ISBN: 9780349124438 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold Frankie and his team love playing football. There’s always time for a game – especially when it’s World Cup! But teams from around the world are playing disastrously so Frankie is transported to Brazil in order to save the tournament from ruin.

21. Grey Island Red Boat (Dyslexia Friendly) Written by Ian Beck ISBN: 9781781125212 Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd Level 9 Gold Everything on the Island of Ashes is grey, from the weather to the castle, the grass and the flowers. But then the red boat arrives, and with it a young man who believes he is cursed - everything he touches turns to colour. Princess Opal and the people of the island are enchanted, but the King is suspicious and imprisons Wendell. Opal must find a way to escape to a life filled with love and colour.

Year 6 8

22. Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire Written by Francesca Simon ISBN: 9781842551356 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold This book contains a horrible story, yucky healthy meals, a mad professor and a Zombie vampire!

23. Horrid Henry Nightmare Written by Francesca Simon ISBN: 9781444000160 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold This book contains a terrifying nightmare, a demon dinner lady, a mother's day disaster and a crazy cat!

24. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy Written by Francesca Simon ISBN: 9781858813714 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold This book contains a lost tooth, a wedding, a horrible guest and a pukey poem!

Year 6 9

25. Chloe Slipperslide’s Secret Written by Daisy Meadows ISBN: 9781408338834 Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Level 9 Gold Mean witch Grizelda has used her horrid magic on poor Chloe Slipperslide. Now the little otter can't help being naughty - and starts hiding all the shiny things in Friendship Forest! Can Lily and Jess find all Chloe's favourite things and break the spell?

26. Magic Tree House: Moon Mission! Written by Mary Pope Osborne ISBN: 9781862305694 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 9 Gold Jack and Annie are whisked into the future - to an exciting outer-space hotel! But they've only got two hours before they run out of air. Will the mysterious moon man and his map help them get back safely?

27. Why we Recycle Written by Fiona Undrill ISBN: 9780194644440 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 9 Gold Read and discover all about why we recycle waste. What waste can we recycle? How long does plastic take to decompose?

Year 6 10

28. Revenge of the Lizard Club (Graphic Novel) Written by Thea Stilton ISBN: 9781597074308 Publisher: Papercutz Level 9 Gold It's election time at Mouseford Academy and the candidates from the Lizard and Gecko student clubs face some challenges if they want to get elected president. Certainly not helping matters is the arrival of a mysterious black ship off the shores of the island and it's trying to pollute the beach!

29. The Fish in the Bathtub (Dyslexia Friendly) Written by Eoin Colfer ISBN: 9781781123607 Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd Level 9 Gold A heart-warming story set in post-war Poland. Little Lucja's Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the Communists, and now he is looking forward to a long and peaceful retirement. He plans to begin with a tasty Christmas Eve dinner of carp. But when the carp arrives alive and takes up residence in the bathtub and Lucja's heart, has Grandpa Feliks finally met his match?

30. The Treasure of the Viking Ship (Graphic Novel) Written by Thea Stilton ISBN: 9781597075145 Publisher: Papercutz Level 9 Gold While the students at Mouseford Academy are busy salvaging an ancient Viking vessel submerged off the coast of Mouse Island, someone wants to steal the treasure that, according to legend, is hidden in the ship.

Year 6 11

31. Volcanoes Written by Stephanie Turnbull ISBN: 9780746074824 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 9 Gold Did you know that somewhere in the world a volcano is erupting right now? In this fascinating book, you can read about amazing eruptions and find out about fiery lava rivers, deadly ash clouds, steaming springs and much more.

32. See Inside Weather and Climate Written by Katie Daynes and Russell Tate ISBN: 9781409563983 Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Level 10 White This is a lift-the-flap book that introduces readers to the science of weather. The work is filled with facts from how hurricanes and floods happen to how global warming is affecting the Earth's climates.

33. Aramita Spook Skeleton Island Written by Angie Sage ISBN: 9781408862322 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Level 10 White When Araminta and her best friend Wanda go on a school trip to Skeleton Island, they don't expect to get stranded there overnight. And they certainly don't expect the island to be haunted by ghostly skeletons of pirates! It certainly makes for a spooky sleepover. Luckily these ghoulish pirates just want someone to help them find their lost treasure, then they'll happily set sail on their ghost ship once more.

Year 6 12

34. Creature Teacher Written by Sam Watkins ISBN: 9780192742650 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 10 White Jake's class finally has the best teacher in the whole world, Mr Hyde. He doesn't make them clean toilet bowls with toothbrushes and his lessons are always fun. There is just one teeny, tiny, huge problem. Mr Hyde transforms into a naughty, little creature whenever he becomes upset...

35. Diary of a Wimpy kid: The Long Haul Written by Jeff Kinney ISBN: 9780141354224 Publishers: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 10 White

This time, the Heffley's are off on a road trip! The chances of survival are quite small. Greg's idea of a good summer is air conditioning and lounging in front of the television. But his mum has different plans. So, they're off on an 'authentic' summer, trapped together on a road trip. And Greg's soon battling petrol-station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender and a runaway pig. It looks like he was right to be worried.

36. Fantastic Mr Fox Written by Roald Dahl ISBN: 9780141365442 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 10 White Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from their farms - and those ghastly farmers can't catch him! Now the farmers have hatched a plan to bang-bang-bang shoot Mr Fox dead! But, just when they think Mr Fox can't possibly escape, he makes a fantastic plan of his own.

Year 6 13

37. Homecoming Written by Michael Morpurgo ISBN: 9781406341072 Publisher: Walker Books Ltd Level 10 White Michael loves to visit Mrs. Pettigrew on her railway carriage by the sea, where she lives her donkey and dogs. But when plans are made to build a nuclear power station, Mrs Pettigrew’s idyllic life becomes threatened – and Michael learns that nothing can ever stay the same.

38. Helping Around the World Written by Sarah Medina ISBN: 9780194645621 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 10 White

Read and discover all about helping around the world. Who helps refugees? What do animal charities do?

39. Homes Around the World Written by Jacqueline Martin ISBN: 9780194644976 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 10 White

Read and discover all about homes around the world. What materials are homes made of? Why do people build homes on stilts?

Year 6 14

40. Materials to Products Written by Alex Raynham ISBN: 9780194645058 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 10 White

Read and discover all about the materials that people use to make products.

How is glass made?

What are microchips?

41. Your Five Senses Written by Robert Quinn ISBN: 9780194643771 Publisher: Oxford University Press Level 10 White

Read and discover all about your five wonderful senses. How do your eyes work? What’s under your skin?

42. Sammy the Shy Kitten Written by Holly Webb ISBN: 9781847156488 Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group Level 10 White Emma loves going to Summerhill Stables for her riding lessons. One day she arrives to find that everyone is really worried. Tiggy, the stable cat, has disappeared.

Year 6 15

43. Beast Quest Amictus the Bug Queen Written by Adam Blade ISBN: 9781408304426 Publisher: Hachette Children's Group Level 11 Lime

Tom's quest to free the Mistress of the Beasts brings him to a sweltering jungle. There he must defeat cunning Amictus. But what chance does Tom have against the Beast's incredible speed? And what is the secret his father and Wizard Aduro are keeping from him?

44. Beast Quest Equinus The Spirit Horse Written by Adam Blade ISBN: 9781408303771 Publisher: Hachette Children's Group Level 11 Lime Equinus the Spirit Horse crashes through the forests of the Forbidden Land, stealing the life force of other creatures. Tom must dodge the Ghost Beast's flying hooves and take the fragment of Amulet that Equinus guards or Tom's father will remain a ghost for ever.

45. Beast Quest Madara The Midnight warrior Written by Adam Blade ISBN: 9781408307328 Publisher: Hachette Children's Group Level 11 Lime A ravenous Beast terrorises the windswept plains of Tavania: Madara the Midnight Warrior is on the prowl! If Tom cannot defeat her, the dark portals over the land will continue to destroy the kingdom.

Year 6 16

46. Candy Floss Written by Jacqueline Wilson ISBN: 9780440866459 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 11 Lime

Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia.

47. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Written by Roald Dahl ISBN: 9780141365374 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Level 11 Lime Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket hidden in a chocolate bar, a ticket which will give him special access to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory...

48. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Written by J. K. Rowling ISBN: 9781408855669 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Level 11 Lime Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridor.

Year 6 17

49. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Written by J. K .Rowling ISBN: 9781408855652 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Level 11 Lime Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news!

50. Kaspar Prince of Cats Written by Michael Morpurgo ISBN: 9780007267002 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Level 11 Lime Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room.

51. Little Kids First Big Book of Who Written by Jill Esbaum ISBN: 9781426319174 Publisher: National Geographic Kids Level 11 Lime More than 100 colourful photos are paired with age-appropriate text featuring profiles of each person, along with fascinating facts about their accomplishments and contributions. This book inspires kids about a world of possibilities and taps into their natural curiosity about fascinating role models from education advocate Malala Yousafzai to astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Year 6 18

52. Matilda Written by Roald Dahl ISBN: 9780141365466 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Level 11 Lime

Matilda is the world's most famous bookworm, no thanks to her ghastly parents. Her father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? She's the worst of all. She's a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. Despite these beastly grownups trying to push her down, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a magical mind.

53. The Midnight Gang Written by David Walliams ISBN: 9780008188573 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Level 11 Lime

When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward. But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!