Top 100 recommended reception books
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The Reader Teacher has chosen 100 recommended reads for Reception pupils, aged 4 to 5 years old. In the selection you will find: information books to engage curious thinkers, rhyming texts perfect to share and read aloud, classic tales and stories, stories, stories galore!
The Reader Teacher Top 100 Recommended Reads Book Packs contain all of the titles from the relevant Reader Teacher list as displayed on their website. From time to time, a book in the list will be unavailable. When this happens, we will select a suitable replacement to complete your book pack. A full list of the books is shown below or you can download it on The Reader Teacher website.
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The Reader Teacher has chosen 100 recommended reads for Reception pupils, aged 4 to 5 years old. In the selection you will find: information books to engage curious thinkers, rhyming texts perfect to share and read aloud, classic tales and stories, stories, stories galore!
From time to time this list may change - you can always find and download the most up to list of what the pack contains on The Reader Teacher website.
Title | Format |
A Dark, Dark Tale | Paperback / softback |
Where The Wild Things Are | Paperback / softback |
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems | Paperback / softback |
Princess Smartypants | Paperback / softback |
Poems Out Loud! : First Poems to Read and Perform | Paperback / softback |
The Pirates Next Door | Paperback / softback |
Pink Is for Boys | Hardback |
What Did the Tree See? | Paperback / softback |
We're Going on a Bear Hunt | Paperback / softback |
We Are Family | Paperback / softback |
Triangle | Paperback / softback |
The Perfect Fit | Paperback / softback |
On Sudden Hill | Paperback / softback |
Only One You | Hardback |
Omar, The Bees And Me | Paperback / softback |
Tree : Seasons Come, Seasons Go | Paperback / softback |
Toys in Space | Paperback / softback |
The Tiger Who Came to Tea | Paperback / softback |
Tidy | Paperback / softback |
There's a Tiger in the Garden | Paperback / softback |
Oi Frog! | Paperback / softback |
Odd Dog Out | Paperback / softback |
What Happened to You? | Paperback / softback |
Not A Box | Paperback / softback |
Wild | Paperback / softback |
Pumpkin Soup | Paperback / softback |
Pip and Egg (PB) | Paperback / softback |
Octopus Shocktopus! | Paperback / softback |
My Skin, Your Skin : Let's talk about race, racism and empowerment | Hardback |
Leo and the Octopus | Paperback / softback |
King of the Swamp | Paperback / softback |
In My Mosque | Paperback / softback |
I Am Nefertiti | Paperback / softback |
Hey You! : An empowering celebration of growing up Black | Paperback / softback |
The Girl and the Dinosaur | Paperback / softback |
Find Your Happy | Hardback |
Do You Love Bugs? : The creepiest, crawliest book in the world | Paperback / softback |
Don't Ask the Dragon | Paperback / softback |
A Story About Aifya | Paperback / softback |
You Choose | Paperback / softback |
You Can't Take An Elephant On the Bus | Paperback / softback |
Would You Rather? | Paperback / softback |
Words and Your Heart | Paperback / softback |
Slow Down : Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories | Hardback |
Six Dinner Sid | Paperback / softback |
The Runaway Pea | Paperback / softback |
The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin | Paperback / softback |
Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch | Paperback / softback |
Never Show A T-Rex A Book! | Paperback / softback |
Sulwe | Paperback / softback |
Star in the Jar | Paperback / softback |
Dogger : the much-loved children's classic | Paperback / softback |
Dave's Cave | Paperback / softback |
The Darkest Dark | Paperback / softback |
The Colour Monster | Paperback / softback |
Can You Catch a Mermaid? | Paperback / softback |
Jabari Jumps | Paperback / softback |
I say Ooh You say Aah | Paperback / softback |
I Can Only Draw Worms | Paperback / softback |
I Am Brown | Paperback / softback |
Burglar Bill | Paperback / softback |
The Bog Baby | Paperback / softback |
Barbara Throws a Wobbler | Paperback / softback |
Astro Girl | Hardback |
The Hug | Paperback / softback |
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise | Paperback / softback |
How to be a Lion | Paperback / softback |
Home | Paperback / softback |
Hello Lighthouse | Paperback / softback |
Amazing | Paperback / softback |
Along Came a Different | Paperback / softback |
A Great Big Cuddle : Poems for the Very Young | Paperback / softback |
Katie Morag's Island Stories | Paperback / softback |
Kaya's Heart Song | Paperback / softback |
Kind | Paperback / softback |
Knuffle Bunny | Paperback / softback |
The Song for Everyone | Paperback / softback |
My World, Your World | Paperback / softback |
My Hair | Paperback / softback |
The Mousehole Cat | Paperback / softback |
Lost and Found | Paperback / softback |
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion | Paperback / softback |
Little Red Reading Hood | Paperback / softback |
Little One | Paperback / softback |
The Lion Inside | Paperback / softback |
Hello Friend! | Paperback / softback |
We're Going to Find the Monster | Paperback / softback |
Happy in Our Skin | Paperback / softback |
Grandad's Island | Paperback / softback |
George Saves The World By Lunchtime | Paperback / softback |
Lila and the Secret of Rain | Paperback / softback |
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch (45th anniversary ed ition) | Paperback / softback |
Leon and Bob | Paperback / softback |
Leaf | Paperback / softback |
The Forgettery | Paperback / softback |
Feelings : Inside my heart and in my head... | Paperback / softback |
Dragon Post | Hardback |
Last Stop on Market Street | Paperback / softback |
The Gruffalo | Paperback / softback |
You Need to Chill | Paperback / softback |
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