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Meadowdale Primary School

 

Reading Spine

At Meadowdale, we have developed a ‘Reading Spine’ of core, high quality texts for each year group from EYFS to Year 6. Teachers have carefully chosen a selection of books that sit at the very core of the curriculum for their own year group. The books sometimes link to our topics but not always. They are shared with all of the children in different ways – they may be read to the children, used a stimulus for writing in English lessons or as a guided reader whereby children read and respond to them in a small group.

Foundation Stage

The Apple 

 

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The Haircut 

 

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The Little Red Hen 

 

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All About Me

 

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Farmer Duck

 

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Whatever Next

 

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Turtle's Day

 

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The Gingerbread Man

 

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The Christmas Story

 

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Kipper's Day

 

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 

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This is the Bear

 

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Peace at Last

 

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Pirates Love Underpants

 

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The Pirates Next Door

 

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We're Going On A Bear Hunt

 

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The Princess and the Wizard

 

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The Ugly Duckling

 

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Year 1

Can’t You Sleep Little Bear  
by Martin Waddell

 

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Where the Wild Things Are  
by Maurice Sendak

 

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The Elephant and the Bad Baby  
by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs

 

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Avocado Baby  
by John Burningham

 

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea  
by Judith Kerr

 

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Dogger  
by Shirley Hughes

 

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Cops and Robbers  
Alan and Janet Ahlberg

 

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Elmer  
by David McKee

 

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Knuffle Bunny  
Mo Willems

 

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Year 2

Fantastic Mr Fox   
by Roahl Dahl

 

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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark   
by Jill Tomlinson

 

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Meerkat Mail   
by Emily Gravitate

 

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Traction Man is Here  
by Mimi Grey

 

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Lost and Found   
by Oliver Jeffers

 

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The Gruffalo  
by Julia Donaldson

 

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The Stick Man  
by Julia Donaldson

 

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Mog’s Christmas Calamity  
by Judith Kerr

 

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Spy Dog  
by Andy Cope

 

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A Boy Called Christmas  
by Matt Haig

 

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Toby and the Great Fire of London  
by Margaret Nash

 

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Year 3

The Iron Man  
by Ted Hughes

 

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Beowolf  
by Michael Morpurgo

 

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Revolting Rhymes  
by Roald Dahl

 

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The Sheep-Pig  
by Dick King-Smith

 

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Leon and the Place Between   
by Graham Baker Smith

 

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Flat Stanley  
by Jeff Brown

 

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Voices in the Park  
by Anthony Browne

 

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Year 4

Maroo and the Winter Caves  
by Ann Turnbull

 

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Stone Age Boy  
by Satoshi Kitamuri

 

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The First Drawing  
by Mordicai Gerstein

 

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Stig of the Dump  
by Clive King

 

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The Thief Lord  
by Cornelia Funke

 

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Gabriella’s Song  
by Kay Pollack

 

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Escape from Pompeii  
by Christina Balit

 

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The Firework Maker’s Daughter  
by Phillip Pullman

 

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The Thieves of Ostia  
by Caroline Lawrence

 

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Year 5

Bob – The Man on the Moon   
by Simon Bartram

 

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  
by Roald Dahl

 

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Journey to the River Sea  
by Eva Ibbotson

 

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The Highwayman  
by Alfred Noyes

 

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore  
by W.E. Joyce

 

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Tuesday  
by David Weisner

 

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Holes  
by Louis Sachar

 

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Tom’s Midnight Garden  
by Philippa Pearce

 

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Year 6

Skellig  
by David Almond

 

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Clockwork  
by Phillip Pullman

 

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The Arrival  
by Shaun Tann

 

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Way Home  
by Libby Hathorn

 

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Wonder  
by R J Palacio

 

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Macbeth  
by William Shakespeare

 

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The Odysseaus  
by Homer

 

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Stormbreaker  
by Anthony Horowitz

 

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