Year 1 Booklist

Year 1 is a delightful year group with which to share books and at the moment there is a brilliant range of engaging books available for this age.

Often at the ages of 5 and 6, children are learning to read short texts independently, while still relying on strong visual elements.

Many Y1 children treasure storytimes when adults read aloud, and shared reading experiences remain an important part of language and literacy development both in the classroom and at home.

Children at this age often love handling books, and make a bee-line for texts that offer engaging illustrations, interactive elements or memorable characters.

Children in Year 1 are inceasingly able to identify themes of interest and empathise with characters in familiar settings.

Many 5-6 year olds begin to be able to sustain attention for longer stories that take place over a number of sittings, making early chapter books an appealing option for storytime.

  • Look Up – Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola

  • Rabbit and Bear – Julian Gough & Jim Field

  • Ruby’s Worry – Tom Percival

  • A Hat Full of Secrets – Karl Newson & Wazza Pink

  • You’re Called What? – Kes Gray & Nikki Dyson

  • There’s a Tiger in the Garden – Lizzy Stewart

  • How Many Spots Has a Cheetah Got? – Steve Martin & Amber Davenport

  • No-Bot: The Robot With No Bottom – Peter Harris & Deborah Allwright

  • Not Now Bernard – David McKee

  • My Dad is a Grizzly Bear – Swapna Haddow & Dapo Adeola

  • I Can Only Draw Worms – Will Mabbitt

  • Boo: A Fishy Mystery – Kate Read

  • Once Upon a Raindrop – James Carter & Nomoco

  • Everybody Counts – Kristin Roskifte

  • You Matter – Christian Robinson

  • The Big Book of Blooms – Yuval Zommer

  • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard

  • Poems Out Loud – Ladybird

  • Man on the Moon – Simon Bartram

  • Never Show a T-Rex a Book – Rashmi Sirdeshpande & Diane Ewen

  • That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown – Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton

  • King of the Swamp – Catherine Emmett & Ben Mantle

  • Dolphin Boy – Michael Morpurgo & Michael Foreman

  • Anita and the Dragons – Hannah Carmona & Anna Cunha

  • Baby Brains – Simon James

  • Harry the Poisonous Centipede – Lynne Reid Banks & Tony Ross

  • On Sudden Hill – Linda Sarah & Benji Davies

  • A Cat’s Guide to the Night Sky – Stuart Atkinson & Brendan Kearney

  • Stick Man – Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

  • Do You Love Dinosaurs? – Matt Robertson

  • The Legend of Kevin – Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre

  • Nimesh the Adventurer – Ranjit Singh & Mehrdokht Amini

  • Chocolate Cake – Michael Rosen & Kevin Waldron

  • Jabari Jumps – Gaia Cornwall

  • Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak

  • Paddington – Michael Bond & R. W. Alley

  • Joy – Corrinne Averiss & Isabelle Follath

  • Funnybones – Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg

  • The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch – Ronda Armitage & David Armitage

  • Sona Sharma: Very Best Big Sister – Chitra Soundar & Jen Khatun

  • Isadora Moon Goes to School – Harriet Muncaster

  • I’m Sticking With You – Smriti Halls & Steve Small

  • Lights on Cotton Rock – David Litchfield

  • Sophie’s Adventures – Dick King-Smith & Hannah Shaw

  • The Lost Homework – Richard O’Neill & Kirsti Beautyman

  • Captain Tom Moore – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

  • Gorilla – Anthony Browne

  • Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl

  • Professor Astrocat: Human Body Odyssey – Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman

  • Wigglesbottom Primary: The Magic Hamster – Pamela Butchart & Becka Moor

  • Lights on Cotton Rock – David Litchfield

  • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard

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