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Recommended reading list for third class

DANCING and ACTING
Skating School (Series)                                                                                   Linda Chapman
Topaz (Series)                                                                                                 Helen Bailey
Ballerina Dreams (Series)                                                                                Ann Bryant   
 
FRIENDS or SCHOOL

Malory Towers (Series)                                                                                  Enid Blyton
St. Clare’s (Series)                                                                                          Enid Blyton   
The Naughtiest Girl in the School (Series)                                                      Enid Blyton 
Alice Next Door (Series)                                                                                 Judi Curtin
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Series)                                                                         Jeff Kinney
Indie Kidd (Series)                                                                                           Karen McCombie 
The Worst Witch (Series)                                                                                Jill Murphy
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Series)                                                               Chris Riddell
The World According to Humphrey (Series)                                                    Betty G. Birney
Amelia (Series)                                                                                                Marissa Moss 
 
ANIMALS and HORSES…
Lost in the Snow (and other titles)                                                                  Holly Webb
Magic Puppy / Magic Kitten (Series)                                                               Sue Bentley
The World According to Humphrey (Series)                                                    Betty G. Birney
Animal Rescue (Series)                                                                                   Tina Nolan
Animal Ark (Series)                                                                                         Lucy Daniels
The Underneath                                                                                              Kathi Appelt
Sheltie (Series)                                                                                                Peter Clover 
The Pony-Mad Princess (Series)                                                                      Diana Kimpton
Heartland (Series)                                                                                            Lauren Brooke
The Tiger Who Was a Roaring Success (and other titles)                                Don Conroy 
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (and other titles)                                  Jill Tomlinson
Babe the Sheep-Pig (and other titles)                                                              Dick King-Smith
Charlotte’s Web                                                                                              E. B. White
Stuart Little                                                                                                      E. B. White 
Summer with Horses (White Cloud Station Series)                                         Trudy Nicholson
My Secret Unicorn (Series)                                                                              Linda Chapman
DK Eyewitness Guides (Level 2,3,4)                                                                Dorling Kindersley
The Butterfly Lion (and other titles)                                                                 Michael Morpurgo
Kasper Prince of Cats                                                                                      Michael Morpurgo   
   
FUNNY
Harry the Poisonous Centipede                                                                       Lynn Reid Banks
Horrid Henry (Series)                                                                                       Francesca Simon
Mrs. Wobble the Waitress                                                                              Allan Ahlberg
Stink (Series)                                                                                                   Megan MacDonald
George’s Marvellous Medicine                                                                        Roald Dahl
The Twits                                                                                                         Roald Dahl
The BFG                                                                                                          Roald Dahl
The Enormous Crocodile                                                                                 Roald Dahl
Oh Mum! (Series)                                                                                           Stephanie Dagg
My Naughty Little Sister (Series)                                                                    Dorothy Edwards
Wolfgran (Series)                                                                                            Finbar O’Connor
The Bogwater Witches                                                                                   Kathy Still
Little Wolf’s Book of Badness                                                                        Ian Whybrow
The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog                                                                    Jeremy Strong
Junie B. Jones (Series)                                                                                   Barbara Park
Captain Underpants (Series)                                                                           Dav Pilkey
Rotten School (Series)                                                                                    R.L. Stine
The Evil Hairdo / The Poison Factory                                                              Oisin McGann
Walter Speazlebud (Series)                                                                             David Donohue
Nelly the Monster Sitter (Series)                                                                     Kes Gray
The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth                                                             Eoin Colfer
Larkspur and the Grand March                                                                       Mary Arrigan
Do Not Read This Book (Series)                                                                     Pat Moon
The Toilet of Doom (and other titles)                                                             Michael Lawrence 
Dear Dumb Diary (Series)                                                                              Jim Benton
Little Darlings (Series)                                                                                   Sam Llewelyn  
 
MAGIC
Cauldron Spells                                                                                              C. J. Busby
Rainbow Fairies (Series)                                                                                 Daisy Meadows
Fairy Dust (Series)                                                                                          Gwyneth Rees
Witch-in-Training (Series)                                                                               Maeve Friel
The Witches                                                                                                   Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory                                                                  Roald Dahl
George’s Marvellous Medicine                                                                       Roald Dahl
The Enchanted Wood (Series)                                                                        Enid Blyton
The Wishing Chair (Series)                                                                             Enid Blyton
Magic Puppy / Magic Kitten (Series)                                                              Sue Bentley
Molly’s Magic (Series)                                                                                    Holly Webb
My Secret Unicorn (Series)                                                                             Linda Chapman
Rose (Series)                                                                                                  Holly Webb
The Tiara Club (Series)                                                                                   Vivian French 
Fairy Dust (Series)                                                                                          Gwyneth Rees
Princess Ellie (Series)                                                                                     Diana Kimpton
Mermaid SOS (Series)                                                                                   Gillian Shields
The Boy in the Biscuit Tin (and other titles)                                                   Heather Dyer   
Lucy Willow (and other titles)                                                                        Sally Gardner
The Girl with the Broken Wing                                                                      Heather Dyer
The Spook’s Apprentice (Series)                                                                   Joseph Delaney 
 
ADVENTURE
Molly Moon (Series)                                                                                      Georgia Byng
Harry Potter (Series)                                                                                      J.K. Rowling 
Cliffhanger                                                                                                     Jacqueline Wilson
Buried Alive                                                                                                   Jacqueline Wilson
Candle in the Dark                                                                                         Adele Geras 
Toby Alone (Series)                                                                                       Timothee de Fombelle
Tumtum and Nutmeg (Series)                                                                       Emily Bearn
What’s Their Story? (True Life Series)                                                          Oxford (Publishers)
  
MYSTERY / DETECTIVE
The Secret Seven (Series)                                                                              Enid Blyton
The Famous Five (Series)                                                                               Enid Blyton
The Mystery of… (Series)                                                                               Enid Blyton
Jane Blonde (Series)                                                                                       Jill Marshall
The Sisters Grimm (Series)                                                                             Michael Buckley
Wilma Tenderfoot & the Case of the Frozen Hearts                                       Emma Kennedy
The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis (Series)                                                   Natasha Narayan
The Pasta Detectives                                                                                      Andreas Steinhöfel
 
SCARY Stories
Goosebumps (Series)                                                                                      R.L. Stine
Goosebumps Horrorland (Series)                                                                    R.L. Stine 
Scream Street (Series)                                                                                    Tommy Donbavand  
 
If you like HISTORY, try these …
My Story (Historical Children’s Diaries based on Famine, World Wars, Titanic, etc.)       Various
Children of the Famine (Series)                                                                       Marita Conlon-McKenna
Candle in the Dark                                                                                           Adele Geras 
One Small Suitcase                                                                                         Barry Turner
Wreck of the Zanzibar (and other titles)                                                          Michael Morpurgo
Little House on the Prairie (Series)                                                                 Laura Ingalls Wilder 

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