Master Reader Programme
To encourage our pupils to develop a love for reading, pupils will attain a Master Reader badge if they read the following number of books in a term:
Level |
Number of Books |
Primary 1 & 2 |
25 |
Primary 3 & 4 |
20 |
Primary 5 & 6 |
15 |
Recommended Book List for Supplementary Reading
Level |
Title |
Author |
All Ages |
The Giving Tree |
Shel Silverstein |
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein |
Shel Silverstein |
Little Women |
Louisa May Alcott |
The Wizard of Oz |
L. Frank Baum |
Heidi |
Johanna Spyri |
Ages 4 - 8 |
The Polar Express |
Chris Van Allsburg |
Jumanji |
Chris Van Allsburg |
Green Eggs and Ham |
Dr. Seuss |
The Cat in the Hat |
Dr. Seuss |
Oh, The Places You'll Go |
Dr. Seuss |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Dr. Seuss |
| The Lorax |
Dr. Seuss |
Horton Hatches the Egg |
Dr. Seuss |
Love You Forever |
Robert N. Munsch |
The Paper Bag Princess |
Robert N. Munsch |
The Art Lesson |
Tomie De Paola |
Strega Nona |
Tomie De Paola |
Math Curse |
Jon Scieszka |
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
Jon Scieszka |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
The Velveteen Rabbit |
Margery Williams |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
John Archambault |
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh |
A. A. Milne |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
Laura Joffe Numeroff |
| Stellaluna |
Janell Cannon |
Amazing Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day |
Judith Viorst |
The Mitten |
Jan Brett |
Are You My Mother? |
Philip D. Eastman |
The Napping House |
Audrey Wood |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
William Steig |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
Beatrix Potter |
Basil of Baker Street |
Eve Titus |
The Little Engine That Could |
Watty Piper |
Curious George |
Hans Augusto Rey |
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge |
Mem Fox |
| Arthur series |
Marc Tolon Brown |
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
Kevin Henkes |
The Little House |
Virginia Lee Burton |
Amelia Bedelia |
Peggy Parish |
Caps for Sale |
Esphyr Slobodkina |
| Clifford, the Big Red Dog |
Norman Bridwell |
Ages 9 - 12 |
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story |
Roald Dahl |
The BFG |
Roald Dahl |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Roald Dahl |
Matilda |
Roald Dahl |
The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
Number the Stars |
Lois Lowry |
Little House on the Prarie |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Little House in the Big Woods |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Little House books |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Charlotte's Web |
E. B. White |
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The Trumpet of the Swan |
E. B. White |
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Stuart Little |
E. B. White |
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The Chronicles of Narnia |
C. S. Lewis |
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
C. S. Lewis |
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The Indian in the Cupboard |
Lynne Reid Banks |
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
Robert C. O'Brien |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
Judy Blume |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
Norton Juster |
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Tuck Everlasting |
Natalie Babbitt |
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Stone Fox |
John Reynolds Gardiner |
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Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins |
Scott O'Dell |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall |
Patricia MacLachlan |
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The Boxcar Children |
Gertrude Chandler Warner |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Mildred D. Taylor |
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A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeleine L'Engle |
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Bridge to Terabithia |
Katherine Paterson |
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Hatchet |
Gary Paulsen |
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Shiloh |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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The SecretGarden |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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Anne of Green Gables |
Lucy Maud Montgomery |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins |
Katherine Paterson |
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 |
Beverly Cleary |
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Sideways Stories from WaysideSchool |
Louis Sachar |
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Harriet the Spy |
Louise Fitzhugh |
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A Light in the Attic |
Shel Silverstein |
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Mr. Popper's Penguins |
Richard Atwater |
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My Father's Dragon |
Ruth Stiles Gannett |
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
Barbara Robinson |
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Walk Two Moons |
Sharon Creech |
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
Elizabeth George Speare |
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
Source: TeachersFirst.com |
