Reception Booklist

Sharing books with children in the Early Years provides a gateway into a world of imagination, empathy and delight, as well as being crucial for developing language and literacy skills.

Children in Reception will often explore books with their hands and eyes before being able to read the words accurately for themselves, and making available a range of high quality books with a strong visual interest level is key.

Storytime is a treasured time of day for children of this age. Positive experiences with books for 4 and 5 year olds can lay the foundations for an enjoyment of reading for years to follow.

  • Super Duper You – Sophy Henn

  • Supertato – Sue Hendra

  • Octopus Shocktopus – Peter Bently & Steven Lenton

  • Fair Shares – Pippa Goodhart & Anna Doherty

  • The Bumblebear – Nadia Shireen

  • Zim Zam Zoom! – James Carter & Nicola Colton

  • The Lion Inside – Rachel Bright & Jim Field

  • The Colour Monster – Anna Llenas

  • Astro Girl – Ken Wilson Max

  • Do You Love Bugs – Matt Robertson

  • Oi Frog! – Kes Grey & Jim Field

  • The Perfect Fit – Naomi Jones & James Jones

  • Amazing – Steve Antony

  • Mrs Pepperpot – Alf Proysen & Hilda Offen

  • Luna Loves Art – Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers

  • There’s a Monster in Your Book – Tom Fletcher & Greg Abbott

  • Marvellous Machines – Jane Wilsher & Andrés Lozano

  • Rain Before Rainbows – Smriti Halls & David Litchfield

  • Grumpycorn – Sarah McIntyre

  • Wriggle and Roar! – Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt

  • Elmer – David McKee

  • The Boy Who Loved Everyone – Jane Porter & Maisie Paradise Shearring

  • The Great Explorer – Chris Judge

  • Ernest Shackleton – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Holden

  • A Story About Afiya – James Berry & Anna Cunha

  • Augustus and His Smile – Catherine Rayner

  • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury

  • How Cities Work – Lonely Planet Kids

  • Blue Monster Wants it All! – Jeanne Willis & Jenni Desmond

  • You Choose – Pippa Goodhart & Nick Sharratt

  • The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

  • Slow Down – Rachel Williams & Freya Hartas

  • Walking With My Iguana – Brian Moses & Ed Boxall

  • Waiting for Wolf – Sandra Dieckmann

  • Dogger – Shirley Hughes

  • Very Important Animals – DK

  • What About the Tooth Fairy – Elys Dolan

  • Tad – Benji Davies

  • Pattan’s Pumpkin – Chitra Soundar & Frane Lessac

  • The World Around Me – Charlotte Guillain & Oliver Averill

  • The Fish Who Could Wish – John Bush & Korky Paul

  • Pumpkin Soup – Helen Cooper

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr

  • The Body Book – Hannah Alice

  • How to Catch a Star – Oliver Jeffers

  • A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young – Michael Rosen & Chris Riddell

  • Puffin Peter – Petr Horáček

  • The Extraordinary Gardener – Sam Boughton

  • On the Way Home – Jill Murphy

  • Building a Home – Polly Faber & Klas Fahlén

  • Lights on Cotton Rock – David Litchfield

  • Mrs Armitage on Wheels – Quentin Blake

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