Nan Hua Primary School English Language Recommended Reading List: Primary 1 and 2

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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
1 A Chair for My Mother Vera Williams Family
2 A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry
3 Aesop's Fables Michael Hague (Illus.) Folktale
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
4 Day Judith Viorst Bad Days, Adventure
5 Art Dog Thacher Hurd Adventure, Art
6 Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale Katya Arnold Folktale
7 Babar and His Children Jean de Brunhoff Family, Adventure
Adventure, Self-
8 Babar The King Jean de Brunhoff Discovery
9 Babushka: An Old Russian Folktale Charles Mikolaycak Folktale
10 Blackberries in the Dark Mavis Jukes Traditions, Grief
11 City Dog Karla Kuskin Poetry
12 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball Judi Barrett Adventure
13 Complete Nonsense Book Edward Lear Poetry
14 Crow Boy Taro Yashima School Life
15 Curious George H.A. Rey Independence
16 Doctor De Soto William Steig Animal, Relationships
17 Eloise Kay Thompson Childhood, Family
18 Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like Jay Williams Folktale
19 Fables Arnold Lobel Fables
20 Feelings Aliki Feelings
21 Frederick Leo Lionni Animals, Adventure
22 Friends Helen Heine Friendship
23 Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel Friendship, Differences
24 Gorilla Anthony Browne Adventure
25 I'll Fix Anthony Judith Viorst Sibling Rivalry

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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
26 It's Not Fair Amy Rosenthal Friendship, Jealousy
27 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China Ed Young Family, Adventure
28 Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Bernard Waber Family, Neighbours
29 Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans School Life
30 Martha Speaks Susan Meddaugh Family, Humour
31 Mice Twice Joseph Low Animal, Adventure
32 Millions of Cats Wanda Gag Animal, Relationships
33 Mouse Tales Arnold Lobel Humour
34 National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry Patrick Lewis (Ed.) Poetry, Animals
35 Nobody Listens to Andrew Elizabeth Guilfoile Childhood, Family
36 Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann School Life, Humour
37 Once a Mouse… Marcia Brown Folktale
38 Once There Was a Tree Natalia Romanova Nature
39 Rapunzel Paul Zelinsky Folktale
40 Rotten Ralph Jack Gantos Friendship, Change
41 Strega Nona Tomie de Paola Magic
42 Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parrish School Life
43 The Bat-Poet Randall Jarrell Poetry, Adventure
44 The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss Humour
45 The Five Chinese Brothers Claire Bishop Family, Adventure
46 The Gardener Sarah Stewart Hardship, Family
47 The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein Relationships
48 The Jolly Postman Janet and Allen Ahlberg Relationships
49 The Patchwork Quilt Valery Flourny Family
Imagination,
50 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg Independence
51 The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant Family, Family Trips
52 The Seven Chinese Brothers Margaret Mahy Family, Adventure

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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
53 The Snowman Raymond Briggs Adventure
54 The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron Family
55 The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Childhood, Family
56 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter Animal, Adventure
Relationships, Japanese
57 The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Katherine Paterson Civilization
58 The Tenth Good Thing about Barney Judith Viorst Pets, Grief
59 The Three Wishes Elizabeth Rogers Folktale
60 The Travels of Babar Jean de Brunhoff Travel, Adventure
61 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle Animal
62 Tikki, Tikki, Tembo Arlene Mosel Adventure
63 Ty's One-man Band Mildred Pitts Walter Music, Stranger
64 What do People Do All Day? Richard Scarry Occupations
65 When We Were Very Young A.A. Milne Poetry, Childhood
Imagination,
66 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Independence
67 Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Dr Seuss Animal, Adventure

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 Nan Hua Primary School English Language Recommended Reading List: Primary 3 and 4
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Date Rating
No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
1 A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond Adventure
2 A Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein Poetry, Childhood
3 All Things Bright and Beautiful James Herriot Animal, Compassion
4 Anno's Journey Mitsumasa Anno Travel, Wordless Books
African Civilizations,
5 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions Margaret Musgrove Non-Fiction
6 Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days Stephen Manes Family, Self-discovery
7 Ben and Me Robert Lawson Friendship, History
Family, Native American
8 Beyond the Ridge Paul Goble Beliefs
9 Black Beauty Anna Sewell Animal, Adventure

10 Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic Robert Burleigh Exploration, Science
11 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Curtis Family, Friends
Characters,
12 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Relationships
13 Charlotte's Web E.B. White Friendship
14 Collected Stories for Children Walter De La Mare Anthology, Short Stories
Being different,
15 Crow Boy Taro Yashima Friendship
16 Dominic William Steig Adventure, Friendship
17 Duffy and the Devil Harve Zemach Justice, Characters
18 Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day Donald Sobol Mystery, Crime-fighting
19 Erik The Viking Terry Jones Adventure
20 Frindle Andrew Clements School Life
21 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg Mystery
22 Grandfather Tang's Story Ann Tompert Mathematics, Adventure
23 Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh Mystery, Adventure
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Loneliness, Self-
24 Heidi Johanna Spyri Discovery
25 How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell Humour, Friendship
26 Howl's Moving Castle Dianna Wynne Jones Fantasy, Adventure
27 I, Crocodile Fred Marcellino Animal
28 It Could Always Be Worse Margot Zemach Folktales, Adventure
29 Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg Adventure, Mystery
30 Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling Animal, Adventure
31 Lassie Come Home Eric Knight Animal, Adventure
32 Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder Family, Adventure
33 Mary Poppins P.L. Travers Characters, Family
34 Matilda Roald Dahl School Life
35 Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully Adventure, Circus
36 Missing May Cynthia Rylant Family, Relationships
37 Nightmares Jack Prelutsky Poetry
38 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats T S Eliot Poetry, Humour
39 Paul Bunyan Steven Kellogg Legend
40 Peter and the Wolf Sergei Prokofiev Folktales, Adventure
Childhood, Self-
41 Peter Pan J M Barrie Discovery
Independence,
42 Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Friendship
43 Poem Stew William Cole (ed.) Poetry
44 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary School Life
Homeschooling, Culture
45 Schooled Gordon Korman Shock
46 Stig of the Dump Clive King Friendship, Environment
47 Stories for Children Isaac Bashevis Singer Short Stories, Anthology

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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
48 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Family, School Life
49 The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket Humour, Emotions
Adventure,
50 The BFG Roald Dahl Relationships
51 The Bicycle Man Allen Say Friendship, History
52 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander Fantasy, Adventure
53 The Black Stallion Walter Farley Animal, Adventure
54 The Borrowers Mary Norton Mystery, Characters
55 The Call of the Wild Jack London Animal, Adventure
The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and Tale Greek Myths,
56 of Troy Padraic Colum Adventures
57 The Dragons are Singing Tonight Jack Prelutsky Poetry
Adventure, Being
58 The Education of Nicholas Benedict Trenton Lee Stewart different
59 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Arthur Ransome Characters, Friends
60 The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Chris Van Allsburg Mystery
61 The House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne Animal, Friendship
62 The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith Animals, Adventure
Being different,
63 The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes Friendship
64 The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Adventure, Science
65 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes Fantasy, Characters
66 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton Fantasy, Adventure
67 The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart Adventure, Friendship

68 The New Kid on the Block Jack Prelutsky Poetry, Humour

69 The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame Friendship, Fantasy
Childhood, Self-
70 The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde Discovery

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Fractured Fairy Tales,
71 Jon Scieszka Humour
Adventure, Medieval
72 The Story of King Arthur and His Knights Howard Pyle Life
73 The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo Adventure, Characters
74 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers Beatrix Potter Adventure, Family
75 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka Fractured Fairy Tales
76 The Twits Roald Dahl Humour, Characters
77 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleishmann Friendship, Adventure
78 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Friendship, Adventure
79 They Saw the Future Kathleen Krull Non-Fiction, Biography
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from around the
80 World Naomi Nye (Ed.) Poetry, World Culture
Childhood, Japanese
81 Totto Chan: The Little Girl in the Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Culture
82 Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens Patricia Lauber Non-Fiction, Nature
83 Wheel on the School Meindert de Jong Adventure
84 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein Poetry, Humour
85 White Fang Jack London Animal, Adventure
86 Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer Folktales, Adventure

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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne Adventure, Science Fiction
2 A Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne Adventure, Science Fiction
3 Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne Travel, Adventure
Travel, Relationship,
4 Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift Adventure
5 Iliad Homer War, Greek Civilization
6 Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Family, Self-discovery
7 Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure
8 King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table Howard Pyle Relationships, Adventure
9 King Solomon’s Mines H. Rider Haggard Adventure
10 Moby Dick Herman Melville Obsession, Relationships
11 Odyssey Homer War, Greek Civilization
12 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Relationships, Self-Discovery
13 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Loneliness, Adventure
14 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Character, Motive
15 The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas Character, Justice
16 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo Injustice, Relationships
17 The Invisible Man H.G. Wells Mystery, Science Fiction
18 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper War, Conflict, Culture
19 The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas Character, Justice
20 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle Injustice, Adventure
21 The Phantom of the Opera Victor Hugo Mystery, Relationships
22 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Mystery, Schizophrenia
23 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas Character, Relationships
24 The Time Machine H.G. Wells Mystery, Science Fiction
25 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells Mystery, Science Fiction
26 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure, Piracy

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 Nan Hua Primary School English Language Recommended Reading List: Primary 5 and 6
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No Title Author Theme Read (1 to 5 stars)
1 1984 George Orwell Utopia, Justice, Freedom
2 A Bundle of Sticks Paul Rhoads Mauser Bullying, Self-discovery
3 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Characters, Relationships
4 A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer Courage, Injustice, Cultures
5 A Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein Poetry
6 A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly Crime, Mystery
7 A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L'Engle Friendship, Imagination
Perseverance, Korean
8 A Single Shard Linda Sue Park Culture
9 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens Injustice, Adventure
10 A Visit to William Blake's Inn Nancy Willard Poetry
11 A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula LeGuin Self-discovery, Fantasy
12 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle Fantasy, Adventure
13 Abel's Island William Steig Independence, Adventure
14 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carrol Imagination, Adventure
15 Animal Farm George Orwell Utopia, Justice, Freedom
16 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank War, Self-Discovery
17 Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery Family, Self-Discovery
18 Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume Growing Up
19 Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne Adventure, Travel
20 Arthur, for the Very First Time Patricia MacLachlan Humour, Human Behaviour
21 Bambert's Book of Missing Stories Reinhardt Jung Social Issues, Relationships
22 Beowulf Michael Morpurgo Myth, Adventure
23 Book of Greek Myths Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire Myths, Greek Civilization
24 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson Friendship, Imagination
25 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry Feelings, Adventure
26 Carrie's War Nina Bawden War, Mystery

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27 Charlotte's Web E.B. White Friendship, Independence
Adventure, Japanese
28 Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun Rhoda Blumberg Civilization
29 Conrad's War Andrew Davies Family, Adventure
30 Coraline Neil Gaiman Mystery, Relationships
31 Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster Relationships, School Life

32 Dogsong Gary Paulsen Adventure, Self-Discovery

33 Dragon's Blood Jane Yolen Fantasy

34 Five Children and It E. Nesbit Fantasy, Adventure
35 Frankenstein Mary Shelley Horror, Characters

36 Freaky Friday Mary Rodgers Family, Fantasy

37 Great Expectations Charles Dickens Characters, Relationships
38 Hailstones and Halibut Bones Mary O'Neill Poetry
39 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie Adventure, Fantasy
40 Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Childhood, Adventure
41 Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell Adventure, Loneliness
42 Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson Family, Self-Discovery
43 Julie of the Wolves Jean George Animals, Adventure
44 Jump Ship to Freedom James Lincoln Collier Slavery
45 Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure, Characters
46 Kim Rudyard Kipling Adventure, Self-Discovery
47 Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdahl Travel, Civilizations
48 Little Women Louisa May Alcott Friendship, Family
49 Miracles Richard Lewis (Ed.) Poetry
Special Needs,
50 Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine Relationships
51 Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert O'Brien Justice, Adventure

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52 My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell Family, Animals
53 Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep Jack Preleutsky Poetry
54 No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War Anita Label War, Childhood
55 Number the Stars Lois Lowry War, Childhood
56 Pigeon Post Arthur Ransome Mystery, Adventure
57 Pollyanna Jean Porter Childhood, Self-Discovery
58 Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji Li Jang Biography, China
59 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor Racism, Social Problems
60 Scorpions Walter Myers Social Issues, Gangs
61 Shizuko's Daughter Kyoko Mori Family, Self-Discovery
62 Sing to the Dawn Minfong Ho Sibling Rivalry
63 Skellig David Almond Friendship, Adventure
64 Songs of Innocence and Experience William Blake Poetry, Emotions
Adventure, Roman
65 Spartacus Howard Fast Civilization
66 Stuart Little E.B. White Friendship, Family
67 Superfudge Judy Blume Family
68 The Amazing Maurice and His Amazing Rodents Terry Pratchett Animals, Adventure
69 The Black Pearl Scott O'Dell Adventure. Rivalry
70 The Borrowers Mary Norton Adventure
71 The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis Family, Fantasy
72 The Clay Marble Minfong Ho War, Hope
73 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Hammond Mystery, Disability
74 The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper Mystery, Adventure
75 The Ear, The Eye and the Arm Nancy Farmer Science Fiction
Adventure, Family,
76 The Examination Malcolm Bosse Ancient China
77 The Family from One End Street Eve Garnett Family, City Life, Poverty
78 The Fledgling Jane Langton Adventure, Fantasy

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79 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively Mystery, Adventure
80 The Giver Lois Lowry Adventure, Mystery
81 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman Fantasy, Adventure
82 The Golem Barbara Rogasky Myths, Jewish Culture
83 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Mystery, Relationships
84 The Haunting Margaret Mahy Horror, Characters
85 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Fantasy, Adventure
86 The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton Mystery, History
87 The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford Animals, Adventure
88 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Adventure
89 The Life of Pi Yann Martel Adventure, Survival
Antoine de Saint- Travel, Friendship, Self-
90 The Little Prince Exupery Discovery
91 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien Fantasy, Relationships
Childhood, Japanese
92 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson Culture
93 The Moorchild Eloise McGraw Prejudice, Fear
94 The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart Adventure, Friendship
95 The Night Journey Kathryn Lasky Racism, Social Problems
96 The Other Side of Truth Beverly Naidoo War, Family, Injustice
97 The Outsiders S.E. Hinton Self-discovery, Conflict
98 The Pearl John Steinbeck Greed, Family, Injustice
99 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Adventure, Fantasy
100 The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain Injustice, Adventure
Adventure, Injustice,
101 The Railway Children Edith Nesbit Friendship
Seamus Heaney & Ted
102 The Rattle Bag Hughes Poetry
103 The Red Pony John Steinbeck Animals, Adventure
104 The Road of Bones Anne Fine Justice, Adventure
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Frances Hodgson Adventure, Self-
105 The Secret Garden Burnett Discovery
106 The Silver Sword Ian Serrailier War, Family
107 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox Social Issues, Slavery
108 The Story of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting Animals, Adventure
109 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson Childhood, Relationships
110 The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo Fantasy, Adventure
111 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Crime, Mystery
112 The Twenty-one Balloons William Pene Du Bois Adventure, Travel
113 The View from Saturday E.L. Konigsburg School Life
India, Poverty,
114 The Village by the Sea Anita Desai Urbanization
115 The Wave Morton Rhue School Life, Social Issues
116 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth Speare Social Issues, Justice
117 The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Friendship, Adventure
History, Racism,
118 Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges Biography
119 Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll Adventure, Imagination
120 Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Childhood, Adventure
Family, Adventure, Self-
121 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce discovery
122 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure, Characters
123 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt Self-discovery, Family
124 Watership Down Richard Adams Adventure, Injustice
125 What Jamie Saw Carolyn Coman Family, Relationships
126 Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Friendship, Adventure
127 Wonderstruck Brian Selznick Special Needs, Family
Travel, Science,
128 Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle Ruth Ashby Biography

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