It’s time to set off – on the Pemberley Reading Quest!
At Pemberley Academy we take an utmost pride in the love for reading that our children and staff have.
To encourage reading for pleasure we have put together the ‘Pemberley Reading Quest’. The quest includes 6 books per year group chosen by the staff at Pemberley. These books are in our opinion fantastic and must reads for children across their primary school lives.
We hope this quest can inspire, guide and help your child’s love of reading grow. Many of the titles are available in our school library but we do encourage use of local libraries where possible.
Check out the launch video on our youtube channel:
The books chosen for the Quest are as follows:
Reception
· Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson
· Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
· A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell
· There’s a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins
· Penguin by Molly Dunbar
· The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Year 1
· The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
· Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
· Elmer by David McKee
· Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
· Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
· We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
Year 2
· Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and Scott Nash
· Not Now Bernard by David Mckee
· The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
· Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
· The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
· The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
Year 3
· There’s A Yeti In the Playground! By Pamela Butchart with Thomas Flintham
· Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts by Kevin Tsang with Nathan Reed
· The Savage Stone Aage by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
· Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl with Quentin Blake
· The 13 Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths with Terry Denton
· The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka with Lane Smith
Year 4
· Michael Rosen’s A-Z: The best children’s poetry from Asgard to Zephaniah
· Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
· Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
· A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond with Peggy Fortnum
· Billionaire Boy by David Walliams
· Unexpected Twist by Michael Rosen with Tony Ross
Year 5
· The Outlaw Varjak Paw by SF Said with Dave McKean
· Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling
· Charlottes Webb by E.B White with Garth Williams
· The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
· King of the Forest Clouds by Michael Morpurgo
· A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Year 6
· Holes by Louis Sachar
· Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
· Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
· The 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford
· The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman with Chris Riddell
· Skellig by David Almond
Happy reading.
Pemberley team.