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 'good' book. 

 

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 suggestions:

Wonder by R J Palacio is just superb. We read it in class and the children loved it. 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

 

 

Some great book series

Alex Rider

Charlie Bone

Mr Gum

Harry Potter

How to train your dragon

Tom Gates

Spy Girl

Charlie Bone

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 also Return) by Aaron Becker

The Arrival

Imagnes 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