Reception Reading Curriculum
Smiley Shark
Engaging, exciting and funny.
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Just Imagine
Engaging/ thought provoking. Encourages lots of book talk.
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Colour Monster
Empathy – encourages children to discuss and identify how they feel. Links to Ruby’s Worry in year 1.
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Animal Boogie
Poetry
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Rumble in the Jungle
Poetry –repetitive rhyme
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Three Little Pigs
Fairytale
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Mad About Minibeasts
Non Fiction/picture book/ poetry
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Bumble Bear
Picture book
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The Gruffalo
Poetry. Links to Gruffalo’s child in year 1.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Picture Book
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Little Red Riding Hood
Italian Folktale
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Each Peach Pear Plum
Classic picture book
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Silly Suzy Goose
Picture Book/inclusivity (links nicely to Simon Sock –standing out)
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Oi Frog
Poetry
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Think Big
Humpty Dumpty discusses future jobs- great for book talk.
Poetry/picture book.
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The Runaway Chapatti
Traditional tale. Retelling of the Gingerbread man.
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Cinderella
Fairy tale
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Titch
Picture book/ relatable (about growing up). Links to Jack and the Beanstalk in 2 and our books about growth/lifecycles.
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Pop-Up Seasons
Engaging, alternative text type. Fits into greater sequence of books on weather/seasons.
Non fiction/picture book
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The magic paintbrush
Would be more suited to the end of the year! Traditional Chinese folktale/picture book/poetry
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Shells, the Popup Book
We have many seaside books in the sequence to reflect our ‘institutional context.
Interactive.
Non fiction/picture/pop up
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Giraffes Can’t Dance
Empathy/ inclusive
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The Lion Inside
Empathy/ picture/modern classic. Links to our core values.
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Handa’s surprise
Modern Classic/culturally diverse/picture book.
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Coming to England
Institutional context/ relatable to our children.
Picture book.
True story.
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Shark in the Park
Repeated rhyme.
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Rosie's Walk
A lovely story for teaching positional words and mapping a story.
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Goodnight Tractor
Playful and soothing story with rhyme.
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Lost and Found
The endearing story of a boy and the journey he undertakes to return a lost penguin to its South Pole home.
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Six Dinner Sid
Fun story to support early counting.
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Billy and the Beast
The story of a herione, Billy, and how her bravery helps her to overcome a terrible beast.
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Mrs Armitage on Wheels
An eventful and fun journey story.
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On the Way Home
Filled with the main character's inventive stories of how she hurt her knee.
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Farmer Duck
This is a wonderful story that helps children understand the value of friendship and working together.
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Owl Babies
A lovely story for developing discussion around emotions and families.
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Come Along Daisy
A beautifully illustrated book that reminds children to stay close to parents for safety.