Levelled Reading List

About

This booklist has been put together specifically to prepare children for success in the 11 plus exams, independent school exams and year 6 SATs.

Students taking these exams need to spend time at home reading a large number of books gradually progressing onto harder material.

We have taken the time to divide the books into levels and categories so that children are exposed to enough variety and can move up gradually without the process feeling too forced.

It is a good idea to read at least ten books, before moving up to the next level. Do not underestimate the lower-level books. These are excellent to help with sentence structure, building imagination and sheer pleasure!

NOTE: this list is our suggestion only and is in no way is an exhaustive list.

We have included links for every book to make it easy for you to purchase products.

LEVEL 1

Books at level 1, are particularly approachable as they have pictures and the text is divided into manageable chunks. The vocabulary is also not challenging and the books are short, so students gain confidence quickly from reading them. The books here are also mainly fiction rather than non-fiction.

Roald Dahl	Judith Kerr
Dirty Beasts	The Tiger Who Came to Tea
The Enormous Crocodile	Mog the Forgetful Cat
The Giraffe and the Pelly and me	Mog and the Baby
The Magic Finger	Mog’s Birthday
The Twits	Mog and Me and Other Stories
Maurice Sendak	The Crocodile Under the Bed
Where the Wild Things are	Anne Fine
Konnie Huq	The Diary of a Killer Cat: 6 Book Set
Fearless Fairytales	Flour Babies
David McKee	Beatrix Potter
Not Now, Bernard	The Complete Collection
Elmer	A.A. Milne
Elmer Again	Winnie the Pooh: The Complete Collection
Elmer on Stilts	Aesop
Elmer and Wilbur	Illustrated Stories from Aesop
Clement C. Moore	Hans Christian Andersen
Twas the Night Before Christmas	Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Ladybird	Dav Pilkey
10 Book Set	Captain Underpants
Jeff Kinney	Margery Williams
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection set	The Velveteen Rabbit
Francesca Simon	Julia Donaldson
Horrid Henry: 10 Book Collection	The Detective Dog

LEVEL 2

Books at level 2 push students to read chapter books and start to include more detailed descriptions. Occasionally, they may include illustrations to make it easier to follow the plot. The vocabulary becomes slightly more varied and there are more complex themes discussed. The books are slightly longer but students should be able to read them quite quickly.

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator

Danny the Champion of the World

Antonia Barber

The Mousehole Cat

Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe

Awful Auntie

Code Name Bananas

There’s a snake in my school!

E.B. White

Charlotte’s Web