Uplands Top 100 must reads!
Thank you for all your great suggestions towards our Uplands Top 100 must reads! See attached for the final list. This is a research-informed list that we have put together to ensure students have access to high quality texts during their time at Uplands. This is for students to read, or to be read to them, for pleasure. Different young people will access different sections of the ladder but we recommend you explore a variety of these texts at home, and this list will be added to over time.
Thank you for your contributions Enjoy!
Uplands School Top 100 Reads
Oi Frog – Kes Gray and Jim Field |
Guess How Much I Love You – Sam Mc Bratney |
Flotsam – David Wiesner |
This Is Not My Hat – Jon Klassen |
Beegu – Alexis Deacon |
Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle |
Pirates Love Underpants – Claire Freedman |
Peace at Last – Jill Murphy |
Journey – Aaron Becker |
Rosie’s Walk – Pat Hutchinson |
Not Now Bernard – David McKee |
We’re All Wonders – RJ Palacio |
Good Boy Fergus – David Shannon |
The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr |
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell & Patrick Benson |
The dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate – Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter |
The Story of the Little Mole who Knew it was None of His Business – Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch |
I will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato – Lauren Child |
Farmer Duck – Martin Waddell |
Biscuit Bear – Mini Grey |
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury |
Aliens Love Underpants – Claire Freedman |
Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers |
What the Ladybird Heard – Julia Donaldson |
Daddy Lion’s Tea Party – Mark Sperring, Sarah Warburton |
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson |
Elmer – David McKee |
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak |
The Bear and the Piano – David Litchfield |
Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles – Michael Rosen |
The Amazing Mrs Pepperpot – Alf Proysen |
Pumpkin Soup – Helen Cooper |
Spinderella – Julia Donaldson |
The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywait |
The Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister |
Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Browne |
Oh, the Places You’ll Go – Dr. Seuss |
The Jolly Postman/Other People’s Letters – Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
Burglar Bill – Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
The Tin Forest – Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson |
Badger’s Parting Gift – Susan Yarley |
The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg |
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish – Dr Seuss |
The Cat In The Hat – Dr Seuss |
All Join In – Quentin Blake |
The Wonder – Faye Hanson |
Smile Shop – Satoshi Kitamura |
The Lost Homework (Travellers Tales) - Richard O'Neill |
The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish – Chloe Savage |
Our Tower – Joseph Coelho |
Salty Dogs – Matty Long |
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Lynley Dodd |
Once Upon an Alphabet – Oliver Jeffers |
The Ogre Who Wasn’t – Neil Gaiman |
Cinnamon – Neil Gaiman |
Where the Forest Meets the Sea – Jeannie Baker |
Leon and the Place Between - Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith |
Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter |
The Enormous Crocodile – Roald Dahl |
The Promise – Nicola Davies |
The Bee Is Not Afraid of Me: A Book of Insect Poems - Isabel Galleymore and Fran Long |
Varmints – H.Ward & M. Craste |
The Legend of Spud Murphy – Eoin Colfer |
The Dragonsitter – Josh Lacey |
Isadora Moon Goes to School – Harriet Muncaster |
Marv and the Dino Attack – Alex Falase-Koya |
Horrid Henry Monster Movie – Francesca Simon |
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl |
Horrid Henry Rocks – Francesca Simon |
Gorilla – Anthony Browne |
Cliffhanger – Jacqueline Wilson |
The Boy in the Dress – David Walliams |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney |
The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy |
The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey |
The Butterfly Lion – Michael Morpurgo |
The Firework Maker’s Daughter – Phillip Pulman |
The Iron Man – Ted Hughes |
War Game – Michael Foreman |
Gangsta Granny – David Walliams |
Billionaire Boy – David Walliams |
Krindlekrax – Philip Ridley |
Flour Babies – Anne Fine |
Bill’s New Frock – Anne Fine |
The Suitcase Kid – Jacqueline Wilson |
The Accidental Prime Minister – Tom McLaughlin |
How to Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell |
Sad Book – Michael Rosen |
My Brother is a Superhero – David Solomons |
A Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – JK Rowling |
Charlotte’s Web – E B White |
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe – C S Lewis |
Stig of the Dump – Clive King |
Wonder – RJ Palacio |
Holes – Louis Sachar |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr |
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan |