the kingsville list 2013-2014
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
THE LITERATURE LIST We have created a list of books that is now on our Kingsville Primary School website for our kids and parents to enjoy over the holiday season; perhaps as presents from family and friends. You may notice that there are some titles that are missing from this list. Some have been reluctantly omitted because these titles are a part of our core reading curriculum. The authors were mainly chosen because they have written numerous quality titles so that children can continue to read more of that particular author’s work, like we as adults do. There is much research about the importance of children reading regularly over the summer holidays in order to continue to support the great learning that has occurred throughout the year. Please let us know if this kind of list is useful – our emails are below. If it is, we will continue to share our love of children’s literature. If you like the sound of any of these titles and would like to know more about them, here are a few places we go: ! www.booko.com.au to find the cheapest price
! www.goodreads.com and www.amazon.com to read reviews.
Finally, checking the internet for literature medal winners in Australia, England and America is a reliable way to find great new books. Happy holiday reading! Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer Fiona is a 5/6 teacher at Yarraville West Primary School. Estelle is a Coach at Kingsville Primary School and Yarraville West Primary School. The books are sorted in to the following sections:
• Picture Story Books for Younger Readers • Picture Story Books for Older Readers • Chapter Books for Younger Readers • Chapter Books for Older Readers • Chapter Books for Advanced Older Readers • Graphic Texts • Classics for Younger Readers • Classics for Older Readers • Poetry and Short Stories and Special Books
List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Picture Story Books for younger readers
Are We There Yet? Alison Lester
Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems
Big Blue Whale Nicola Davies
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp
Black Dog Levi Pinfold
Nobody Owns The Moon Tohby Riddle
Bugs in a Blanket Beatrice Alemagna
Oh No, George! Chris Haughton
The Dark Lemony Snicket
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey
The Day the Crayons Quit Oliver Jeffers
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Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson!
Igor the Bird Who Couldn’t Sing Satoshi Kitamura
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee Philip C Stead!
It’s A Book Lane Smith
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Tanglewood Margaret Wild!
List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Picture Story Books for older readers
Cloud Tea Monkeys Mal Peet
Refugees David Miller
Drawing From Memory Allen Say
Rose Blanche Ian McEwen
Flotsam David Wiesner
Rules of Summer Shaun Tan
The Great Escape from City Zoo Tohby Riddle
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Sophie Scott Goes South Alison Lester!
The Heart and the Bottle Oliver Jeffers
The Three Questions based on a story by Leo Tolstoy John J Muth
Mysteries of Harris Burdick Chris Van Allsburg
Took The Children Away Archie Roach
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
We Are All Born Free Amnesty International
Mirror Jeannie Baker
The Wolves in the Walls Neil Gaiman
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Chapter Books for younger readers
Clementine Series Sara Pennypacker
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Judy Moody and Stink series Megan McDonald!
Dirty Bertie series David Roberts
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Mercy Watson Series Kate Di Camillo!
Extreme Adventures series Justin D’Ath
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The Sheep Pig Dick King-Smith Babe the movie!
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown
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Tashi Anna Fienberg !
Gangsta Granny David Walliams
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Tishkin Silk series Glenda Millard!
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Stephen and Lucy Hawking
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Treehouse Series Andy Griffiths!
Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
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The Twits Roald Dahl Also The Witches and Matilda!
Ivy and Bean series Annie Barrows
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Chapter Books for older readers
Alex Rider series Anthony Horowitz
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Out Of My Mind Sharon Draper!
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
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The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles) Rick Riordan If your child enjoyed Percy Jackson series they might enjoy this series set in Ancient Egypt by the same author!
Born To Run Michael Morpurgo Ex Poet Laureate Written over 100 fabulous books for children
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Refuge Jackie French!
Hoot Carl Hiassen
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Skellig David Almond!
Love Aubrey Suzanne Lafflour
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Skullduggery Pleasant Derek Landy!
The Magician’s Elephant Kate Di Camillo
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The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley Martine Murray!
Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Someday Angeline Louis Sachar!
Once Morris Gleitzman
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Wild Boy Rob Lloyd Jones!
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Chapter Books for advanced older readers. Caution these books contain adult themes
A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
Maggot Moon Sally Gardner
The Book Thief Markus Zusak About to be released as a movie
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs Movie to be released 2015 with Tim Burton directing
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne Movie
The Midnight Zoo Sonya Hartnett
Cherub Series (books 1-12) Robert Muchamore
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Annabel Pitcher
Divergent Veronica Roth
Tomorrow When The War Began John Marsden
Every Day David Levithan
Trash Andy Mulligan
How I Live Now Meg Rossoff
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Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
The Life of a Teenage Body Snatcher Doug MacLeod
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Wool Hugh Howey
List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Graphic Texts
Amulet series (books 1-5 so far) Kazu Kibuishi
Smile and Drama Raina Telgemeier!
Chi’s Sweet Home (books 1-10 so far) Kanata Konami
Tin Tin Herge!
Coraline Neil Gaiman
To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel Siena Cherson Siegel!
Flying Beaver Brothers Maxwell Eaton III
List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Classics for younger readers
Brown Bear, Brown Bear Bill Martin Jr
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Jillian Jiggs Phoebe Gilman!
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Also Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland!
Cops and Robbers Each Peach Pear Plum, The Jolly Postman Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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The Lorax Dr Seuss!
Dogger Shirley Hughes Alfie’s Feet
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Love You Forever Robert Munsch!
Feathers For Phoebe Rod Clement
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Oh the Places You’ll Go Dr Seuss!
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
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The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown Also Goodnight Moon!
Hairy Maclary Lynley Dodd
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The Story About Ping Marjory Flack!
I Want My Potty Tony Ross
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Strega Nona Tomie de Paola!
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Classics for younger readers cont.
There’s A Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards
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Where is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox !
The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams
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Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
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Winnie the Pooh AA Milne!
Where’s Spot? Eric Hill
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Would You Rather? John Birmingham!
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Classics for older readers
Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Borrowers Mary Norton Arietty the movie by Miyazaki
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Little Women Louisa May Alcott!
Call of the Wild Jack London
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Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
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Playing Beattie Bow Ruth Park!
D’aulaires Book of Greek Myths
Rowan of Rin Emily Rodda
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume!
The Hobbit Tolkien
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Tales From Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb!
Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
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Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Christmas and holiday stories
The Best Christmas Present in the World Michael Morpurgo
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The Little Fir Tree Margaret Wise Brown!
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
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Lucy and Tom’s Christmas Shirley Hughes!
Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas Jane O’Connor
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The Nutcracker Traditional!
Great Joy Kate Di Camillo
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Olivia Helps With Christmas Ian Falconer!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr Seuss
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The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg!
The Jolly Christmas Postman Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Tree of Cranes Allen Say
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List compiled by Fiona Bird and Estelle Pizer November 2013 [email protected] [email protected]
Poetry and Short Stories and Special Books
A Child’s Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson
Pearl Verses The World Sally Murphy
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry Bill Martin Jr
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Ramayana: Divine Loophole Sanjay Patel!
A Child’s Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn… Michael Driscoll
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Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Alvin Schwartz!
Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll
Lots of different poetry collections by Edward Lear Including the sequel – l The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat by Julia Donaldson
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Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka!
Other Worlds: 10 Amazing Fantasy Stories Edited by Jon Scieszka
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein!
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