Our 100 books collection is shown below in alphabetical order by book title.
A Bear Called Paddington
Michael Bond
A Dark Dark Tale
Ruth Brown
Alfie Gets In First
Shirley Hughes
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
AR Quiz 200033
n/a
n/a
AR Quiz 209674
4-7 years
3-5 years
3-5 years
6-12 years
Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman
Angelo
Quentin Blake
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Asterix The Gaul
Goscinny & Uderzo
AR Quiz 200188
n/a
AR Quiz 203813
n/a
5-8 years
3-5 years
9-11 years
6-11 years
Bear Hunt
Anthony Browne
Beegu
Alexis Deacon
Birds, Beasts And Relatives
Gerald Durrell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
n/a
n/a
n/a
AR Quiz 200001
3-5 years
3-6 years
9-11 years
8-12 years
Bridge To Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Cinderella
Charles Perrault
Click Clack Moo Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin
AR Quiz 200003
AR Quiz 200005
n/a
AR Quiz 214973
8-10 years
4-9 years
4-7 years
2-6 years
Clockwork
Philip Pullman
Cloud Busting
Malorie Blackman
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
AR Quiz 200735
AR Quiz 207457
AR Quiz 205839
AR Quiz 213797
9-11 years
9-11 years
9-11 years
7-11 years
Dogger
Shirley Hughes
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
Esio Trot
Roald Dahl
Face
Benjamin Zephaniah
AR Quiz 211606
AR Quiz 206746
AR Quiz 200493
AR Quiz 203334
2-5 years
11+ years
5-10 years
10-13 years
Farmer Duck
Martin Waddell
Five Children And It
E. Nesbit
Flat Stanley
Jeff Brown
Funnybones
Janet & Allan Ahlberg
AR Quiz 200348
AR Quiz 201726
AR Quiz 201488
AR Quiz 203796
3-7 years
9-11 years
6-8 years
3-5 years
Gentle Giant
Michael Morpurgo
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
Greek Myths
Marcia Williams
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
n/a
AR Quiz 200239
AR Quiz 224043
AR Quiz 200415
4-7 years
9+ years
5-9 years
2-5 years
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Savior Pirotta
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy
Lynley Dodd
His Dark Materials – Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
I Am David
Anne Holm
AR Quiz 222877
AR Quiz 201560
AR Quiz 200740
AR Quiz 201618
6-11 years
3-5 years
9-11 years
7-12 years
I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato
Lauren Child
Journey To The River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
Just William
Richmal Crompton
AR Quiz 205371
AR Quiz 204240
AR Quiz 200799
AR Quiz 228994
3-5 years
9-11 years
3-12 years
7-10 years
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kipper
Mick Inkpen
Malory Towers
Enid Blyton
Matilda
Roald Dahl
AR Quiz 200574
AR Quiz 206257
AR Quiz 209479
AR Quiz 200186
9-11 years
2-4 years
7-9 years
7-9 years
Sad Book
Michael Rosen
Milly Molly Mandy Stories
Joyce Lankester Brisley
The Mr Men
Roger Hargreaves
Mrs Pepperpot Stories
Alf Prøysen
AR Quiz 208480
AR Quiz 205351
assorted
n/a
5-7 years
5-7 years
2-5 years
6-9 years
My Mum
Anthony Browne
Not Now, Bernard
David McKee
On The Way Home
Jill Murphy
Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
n/a
AR Quiz 201457
n/a
AR Quiz 201455
2-4 years
3-5 years
3-6 years
2-4 years
Peace At Last
Jill Murphy
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Pig Heart Boy
Malorie Blackman
Pinocchio
Michael Morpurgo
AR Quiz 200349
AR Quiz 210657
AR Quiz 201274
AR Quiz 227813
3-6 years
9-12 years
9-11 years
8-10 years
Pumpkin Soup
Helen Cooper
Shakespeare Stories
Leon Garfield
Six Dinner Sid
Inga Moore
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy
AR Quiz 203919
n/a
n/a
AR Quiz 213843
3-6 years
9-11 years
3-7 years
10+ years
Stig of the Dump
Clive King
Street Child
Berlie Doherty
Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
AR Quiz 201289
AR Quiz 200557
AR Quiz 201800
AR Quiz 200002
7+ years
9-11 years
7-12 years
7-11 years
The Day the Crayons Quit
Oliver Jeffers
The Eagle of the Ninth
Rosemary Sutcliff
The Enchanted Wood
Enid Blyton
The Fib and other stories
George Layton
AR Quiz 225529
AR Quiz 204116
AR Quiz 211191
AR Quiz 201260
3-6 years
9-11 years
6-8 years
9-11 years
The Giant’s Necklace
Michael Morpurgo
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes
AR Quiz 235008
AR Quiz 203199
AR Quiz 200356
AR Quiz 208785
7-9 years
3-5 years
3-6 years
8-12 years
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
The Jolly Postman
Janet & Allan Ahlberg
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
AR Quiz 200090
AR Quiz 201426
AR Quiz 232310
AR Quiz 200023
8-12 years
6-9 years
3-6 years
7-9 years
The Magician’s Nephew
C. S. Lewis
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit
The Secret Garden
Francis Hodgson Burnett
AR Quiz 202433
AR Quiz 200026
AR Quiz 200806
AR Quiz 200013
8+ years
9+ years
7-12 years
8-12 years
The Sheep Pig
Dick King Smith
The Silver Sword
Ian Serrallier
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
The Suitcase Kid
Jacqueline Wilson
AR Quiz 201290
AR Quiz 201749
n/a
AR Quiz 201471
7-9 years
9-12 years
2-8 years
9-12 years
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
The Tunnel
Anthony Browne
The Twits
Roald Dahl
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
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AR Quiz 200120
3-6 years
4-9 years
5-9 years
3-6 years
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Alan Garner
The Wind In The Willows
Kenneth Grahame
The Worst Witch
Jill Murphy
AR Quiz 200199
AR Quiz 204370
AR Quiz 200593
AR Quiz 201739
2-4 years
9+ years
8-11 years
7-9 years
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Gene Kemp
Voices In the Park
Anthony Browne
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
AR Quiz 200093
AR Quiz 201962
AR Quiz 231804
AR Quiz 204089
10+ years
9-11 years
5-7 years
9-12 years
Where The Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Winnie The Pooh
A. A. Milne
Wolf Brother
Michelle Paver
Zoo
Anthony Browne
AR Quiz 200200
AR Quiz 200031
AR Quiz 208028
AR Quiz 200864
4-7 years
5-8 years
10+ years
5-7 years
What books would you have in your own personal list of books to read before you leave primary school?
I wish that Amari and the Night Brothers was on there.
What do you like about that book and why do you think others should read it?
I’m pleased to see The Fib and The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler are included in the 100 books. I’ve loved reading them and loved reading them to classes in the past.
The Goalkeeper’s Revenge by Bill Naughton and any of Paul Jennings’s Uncanny / Unreal / Unbelievable etc series of short stories are brilliant for readers who find it difficult to concentrate on long novels.
Another of favourite of mine as a child was Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.
Peter Dickinson’s The Changes Trilogy series was a really scary BBC children’s drama serial from the books The Weathermonger, Heartsease and The Devil’s Children.
Finally, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one I enjoyed reading at my own primary school.
No really finally … Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr would be one of my top 100.