100 Books Children Should Read

The TES (Formerly the Times Educational Supplement) recently published the top 100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school. I don’t think I’d read 50 books before leaving primary school and I was an avid reader, but I suspect TES don’t mean for your children to read every one but to pick from the list. Some of the books are crackers, reminding me of when I used to read to my own children, books such as: The Hobbit, The Twits and The Jolly Postman. Here is the top ten. You can find the full list at http://bit.ly/1hWkWoy

1          Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

2          Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

3          Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

4          Matilda by Roald Dahl

5          The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

6          The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis

7          The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

8          We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

9          Dogger by Shirley Hughes

10        Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak