Dingle Reading Spine
As part of our continued push to engage more pupils with reading for pleasure, we have set up The Dingle Reading Spine. This is a spine of 10-12 books chosen for each year group. We would like the children to read as many books as they can from the reading spine over the course of the year.
We have tried to choose a variety of different books for each year group in order for children to find something which engages them. It is vitally important that children are reading a wide range of different texts throughout their time at school.
Reception Reading Spine
Mrs Armitage on wheels by Quentin Blake
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
On the way home by Jill Murphy
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
Shhh! By Sally Grindley
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
The tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr
Year 1 Reading Spine
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Avocado Baby by John Burningham
Beegu by Alexis Deacon
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Can’t you sleep, Little Bear? By Martin Waddell
Cops and Robbers by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
Elmer by David Mckee
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont
Where the Wild Things are? By Maurice Sendak
Year 2 Reading Spine
Mr Majeika by Humphret Carpenter
100 Mile an Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong
Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram
Traction Man by Mini Grey
Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
The Naughtiest Unicorn on Holiday by Pip Bird
Gorilla by Anthony Browne
Year 3 Reading Spine
Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
Kindlekrax by Phillip Ridley
The Boy who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
Cliffhanger by Jacqueline Wilson
The Queen’s Nose by Dick King-Smith
Varjak Paw by SF Said
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
The Angel of Nitshill Road by Anne Fine
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
Year 4 Reading Spine
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pulman
The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson
Paddington by Michael Bond
Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K Rowling
Year 5 Reading Spine
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Street Child by Berlie Doherty
The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Clockwork by Phillip Pulman
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Year 6 Reading Spine
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
Wonder by R J Palacio
Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin
Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo
Boy by Roald Dahl
Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Burton
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Kick by Mitch Johnson