The Year 6 Christmas Reading List
Children proved just how much they enjoy reading with our Summer Reading Challenge and with the Christmas holidays approaching, we asked children in Year 6 to suggest some books that would make a great read over the break. Here's what they recommend.
- Alone On The Wide Wide Sea, Michael Morpurgo
- Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
- Awful Auntie, David Walliams
- Barry Loser, Jim Smith
- Bear Grills Mud Sweat And Tears, Bear Grylls
- Big Nate, Lincoln Pearce
- Bone, Jeff Smith
- Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne
- Captain Under Pants, Dav Pilkey
- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory ,Roald Dahl
- Diamond Brothers, Anthony Horowitz
- Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kiney
- Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
- Dragon Frontier, Dan Abnett
- Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
- Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- Girl Online On Tour, Zoe Sugg
- Grandpa's Great Escape/Gangsta Granny, David Walliams
- Groosham Grange, Anthony Horowitz
- Guinness World Records 2016 / Gaming Edition, Guinness
- Harry Potter, J K Rowling
- Holes, Louis Sachar
- Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks, Terry Deary
- Horrid Henry, Francesca Simon
- It's Not The End Of The World, Jude Blume
- James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
- Killer Sprout, Jeremy Strong
- Lily Alone, Jacqueline Wilson
- Listening For Lions, Rachel Sheridan
- Little Foxes, Michele Morpergo
- Mary Berry's Puddings, Marry Berry
- Matilda, Roald Dahl
- Me, The Queen And Christopher, Giles Andreae
- Michael Rosen, A-Z Children's Poetry
- Middle School, James Patterson
- My School Musical and other CF Punishments, Catherine Wilkins
- Gareth P Jones, No True Echo
- Opal Plums, Jacqueline Wilson
- Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan
- Rooftoppers, Katherine Rundell
- Scarlet Ibis, Gill Lewis
- Selp Helf, Miranda Sings
- Shadow, Michael Morpurgo
- Shine, Candy Gourlay
- Short and Shocking, Maggie Pearson
- Skulduggery, Derek Landy
- Smidge, Beth Shoshan
- Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
- Sweet Honey, Jacqueline Wilson
- The Bolds, Julian Clary
- The Boy At The Top Of The Mountain, John Boyne
- The Boy In The Dress, David Walliams
- The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaimain
- The Life Of Norm, Jonathan Meres
- The Luck Uglies, Paul Durham
- The Magic Finger, Roald Dahl
- The Night Before Christmas, Clement C Moore
- The Pointless Book, Alfie Deyes
- The Ransom Of Dond, Siobhan Dowd
- The Twits, Roald Dahl
- The Undead Pets, Sam Hay
- The Un-Forgotten Coat, Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Worst Thing About My Sister, Jacqueline Wilson
- Tom Gates, Liz Picthon
- Tom's Midnight Garden, Phillipa Pearce
- Viking Boy, Tony Bradman
- Which Witch?, Eva Ibbotson
- White Fang, Jack London
- Wicked Tales, Ed Wicke