What to Read? 
There are 70 tried and tested titles for children recommended by World Book Day Trustee Jacqueline Wilson in the book Great Books to Read Aloud designed for parents and children to share together.
The list of titles included can be found below, or the book which carries much greater detail can be purchased from bookshops nationwide or borrowed from your local public library:
| 0-5 years |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Not Now Bernard |
David McKee |
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Angry Arthur |
Satoshi Kitamura |
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No Matter What |
Debi Gliori |
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There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly |
Pam Adams |
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of The Dark |
Jill Tomlinson |
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea |
Judith Kerr |
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One Snowy Night |
Nick Butterworth |
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Dear Zoo |
Rod Campbell |
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The Gruffalo |
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
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Winnie the Witch |
Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul |
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Doing the Animal Bop |
Jan Ormerod & Lindsey Gardiner |
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Hairy Maclary |
Lynley Dodd |
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The Elephant and the Bad Baby |
Elfrida Vipont & Raymond Briggs |
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Pants |
Giles Andreae & Nick Sharratt |
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All Join In |
Quentin Blake |
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Rosie's Walk |
Pat & Laurence Hutchins |
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Pumpkin Soup |
Helen Cooper |
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Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue |
David and Ronda Armitage |
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Olivia |
Ian Falconer |
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Bear Snores On |
Karma Wilson |
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt |
Helen Oxenbury |
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Owl Babies |
Martin Waddell/Patrick Benson |
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Handa's Surprise |
Eileen Browne |
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Is It Bedtime, Wibbly Pig? |
Mick Inkpen |
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Dig Dig Digging |
Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe |
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That's Not My Puppy. . . |
Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells |
| 5-8 years |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
T S Eliot |
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The Iron Man |
Ted Hughes |
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Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze |
Gwyneth Rees |
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Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book |
Francesca Simon |
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Pippi Longstocking |
Astrid Lindgren |
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Tales of Olga da Polga |
Michael Bond |
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The 100 Mile An Hour Dog |
Jeremy Strong |
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Revolting Rhymes |
Roald Dahl |
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The Sheep-Pig |
Dick King-Smith |
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The Worst Witch |
Jill Murphy |
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Fergus Crane |
Paul Stewart& Chris Riddell |
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Mrs Pepperpot |
Alf Proysen |
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The Troublesome Tooth Fairy |
Sandi Toksvig |
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The Story of Tracy Beaker |
Jacqueline Wilson |
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Aladdin |
Philip Pullman & Sophy Williams |
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants |
Dav Pilkey |
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The Velveteen rabbit |
Lou Francher & Steve Johnson |
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The Kiss That Missed |
David Melling |
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Seriously Silly Stories - Snow White and the Seven Aliens |
Laurence Anholt |
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The Pony Mad Princess |
Diana Kimpton |
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The Princess and the Pea |
Andersen |
| 8-11 years |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Holes |
Louis Sachar |
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Ruby Holler |
Sharon Creech |
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Witch Child |
Celia Rees |
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The Bad Beginning |
Lemony Snicket |
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Awful End |
Philip Ardagh |
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Charmed Life |
Diana Wynne Jones |
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The Amazing Adventures of Adolphus Tips |
Michael Morpurgo |
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Millions |
Frank Cottrell Boyce |
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Journey to the River Sea |
Eva Ibbotson |
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Wolf Brother |
Michelle Paver |
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Measle and the Wrathmonk |
Ian Ogilvy |
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Lizzie Dripping |
Helen Cresswell |
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Artemis Fowl |
Eoin Colfer |
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Clockwork |
Philip Pullman |
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Cloudbusting |
Malorie Blackman |
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
Joan Aiken |
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Mortal Engines |
Philip Reeve |
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The Giggler Treatment |
Roddy Doyle |
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Harry and the Wrinklies |
Alan Temperley |
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Stormbreaker |
Anthony Horowitz |
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Skellig |
David Almond |
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The Killer Underpants |
Michael Lawrence |
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The More the Merrier |
Anne Fine |
 And for older readers - The Ultimate Teen Book Guide
The only reference needed - a fully up-to-date guide to the best children's books around - from classics to titles published in the twenty first century. The funny, friendly and frank recommendations have been personally written for children by many of their favourite and best-known authors including Anthony Horowitz, Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond, Celia Rees, Darren Shan and Dick King-Smith. Each entry is cross-referenced to other books that readers are bound to enjoy. Plus, there are features on the most popular subjects around, including fantasy, animal stories, school stories and adventure. Illustrated with newly commissioned artwork, and book covers.
The book has its own website here:
http://www.ultimatebookguide.com/teen/default.asp
This is part of the Ultimate Book Guides Site which has details of both the children's and the teen versions of the guide:
http://www.ultimatebookguide.com
Books for people who can't read print.
Further information if you or someone you know can't, or has difficulty reading print
Copies of the £1 World Book Day Books are available in Braille from:
Stephanie Goodman
Joseph Clarke School for the Visually Impaired
Vincent Road, Highams Park, London E4 9PP
Tel: 020 8523 4833
Email: stephgoodman@btconnect.com
The RNIB Talking Book service offers large print, audio cassette and Braille to borrow and buy. Visit the RNIB's website
For audiobooks on cassette to borrow visit Calibre's website
For children's books with Braille, print and pictures visit Clearvision's website
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