Brilliant books
What book should I read?
Reading offers children access to worlds they may never see; perspectives they may never have encountered; vocabulary that opens new doors in their writing and ideas that spark their imaginations and lust for life.
There are some truly wonderful books for children aged 8-14 but sometimes it is difficult to know what to read and even harder for parents to decide what is a 'high quality text' book.
Wild World - topic related books
There are some wonderful books, especially about wolves, that link to our Wild World topic. Local libraries can order them for you if they don't have them in stock.
Chapter books
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
The Last Wolf by Michael Mopurgo
Wolf Brother by Michelle Pavin
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine Storr
Wolves of the Beyond (series)
Picture books
Walk with a Wolf by Janni Howker
Wolves by Emily Garrett
The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gamin
Alternative fairy tales
There are some fantastic alternative versions of popular fairy tales listed at
https://www.theliteracyclassroom.co.uk/alternative-fairy-tales
Don't forget the traditional tale classics too
Peter and the Wolf
The Boy who cried Wolf.
Information books
Earth in 30 seconds
Wolves of North America (Kids edition)
Wolves - National Geographic Kids
The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas
Amazing World Atlas (Lonely Plant)
You can find tips for the best children's books at these websites
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/100-best-books/
http://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/
http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/
Here are my other suggestions:
Wonder by R J Palacio is just superb. There are also two sequels The Julian Chapter and Auggie & Me.
The Messenger Bird by Ruth Eastham.
The Memory Box by Ruth Eastham.
Holes by Louis Sacher.
Itch by Simon Mayo.
Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis.
My name is Mina by David Almond.
Skelleg by David Almond.
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
Trash by Andy Mulligan.
The other side of the Truth by Beverley Naidoo.
Broken Glass by Sally Grindley.
The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne.
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders.
Fortunately the Milk by Neil Garmin.
A boy and a bear in a boat by Dave Sheldon.
Breaking Starlin's nose by Eugene Yelchin.
Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle
The Astounding Brocolli Boy by Frank Cottell-Boyce
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Some great book series
Alex Rider
Charlie Bone
Mr Gum
Harry Potter
How to train your dragon
Tom Gates
Spy Girl
Flying Fergus
In 30 seconds (non fiction books about Space, Earth, Inventions, Science and much more)
Brilliant picture books that offer lots of opportunity for discussion as well as quality text
The lost happy endings
Beegu
Cloud tea monkeys
Leon and the place between
The man who walked between the towers
Black dog
Wolves in the wall
How to live forever
Tell me a dragon
Way Home
The Wonder
The Promise
Gorgeous picture books without text that will spark discussion and imagination
Flotsam by David Weisner (he has many other wonderful books)
Journey, Quest (and soon Return) by Aaron Becker
The Arrival
Imagines by Normal Messenger
and finally some authors who have written lots of brilliant books
Michael Mopurgo
David Walliams
Roald Dahl
Philip Pullman
Sally Grindley
David Almond
Ruth Eastham