Peace At Last by Jill Murphy (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0626

Type: Book

Key Stage: 1

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

This title is also available to borrow as a single copy

Number of pages: 22

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 1.9 Interest Level LY

Book Band: Gold

Notes: Father Bear has one of those nights when sleep will not come, and every familiar noise is torture.

 

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0786

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set)  - novel

Series: Puffin Classics

Number of pages: 336

Reading Age: 10 - 12 Interest Level: 9 - 13

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 8.3 Interest Level UY

Notes: Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the seven seas.

 

Zoo by Anthony Browne (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0788

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format:Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Number of pages: 24

Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 4-8

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 2.8 Interest Level LY

Book Band: Gold

Notes: Clever illustrations raise questions about caged animals and people.

 

The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0792

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Picture book

Number of pages: 40

Reading Age: 8-10 Interest Level: 6-10

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.8 Interest Level LY

Book Band: Dark Blue

Notes: Dramatic and moving Cornish tale of Mowzer, the cat and Tom the old fisherman, who brave the fury of the Great Storm Cat to try and save their village.

 

The Iron Woman by Ted Hughes (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0812

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Novel

Number of pages: 87

Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 8-12

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.0 Interest Level MY

Theme: green issues, environment

Notes: A sequel to The Iron Man. A modern myth.

 

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The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0899

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) -  Novel

Number of pages: 128

Reading Age: 8 - 10 Interest Level: 7 - 11

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.7 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Red

Notes: Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.

 

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The Roman Beanfeast by Gillian Cross (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0904

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format:Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) -  Illus. novel

Number of pages: 88

Reading Age: 7 - 9 Interest Level: 6 - 10

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.2 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Grey

Notes: It's a Roman invasion! Davey's class is doing a project on the Romans. The best piece of work will get a prize at the Roman feast on the last day of term, and Davey is determined to win. But so is Molly - and she'll go to any lengths to beat him. Davey has to make something really special. But what?

 

Description

Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) picture book

Number of pages: 32

Reading Age: 6-8  Interest Level: 3-6

Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.

Every visit to the shop results in an animal surprise. Lots of repetition to join in with.

Winner - British Book Awards - Children's Non-Fiction & Illustrated 2026

 

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0923

Type: Book

Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

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Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Novel

Number of pages: 386

Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 7-12

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.1 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Red

Book Band: Black Gifted and Talented

Notes: Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside as the Second World War breaks out. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley. But then his mother summons him back to war-torn London.. Will he ever see Mister Tom again?

 

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Clockwork - Or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman (6 COPIES)

Code: BF0925

Type: Book

Key Stage: 2

Description

Format: Super 6 (guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Novel

Number of pages: 86

Reading Age: 8-10 Interest Level: 8-12

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.7 Interest Level MY

Book Band: Dark Red


Notes: Tick, tock, tick, tock! Some stories are like that. Once you've wound them up, nothing will stop them… A tormented apprentice clock-maker, a deadly mechanical knight in armour - and the sinister Dr Kalmenius, who some say is the devil… Wind up these characters, fit them into a story on a cold winter's evening, with the snow swirling down, and suddenly life and the story begin to merge in a peculiarly macabre - and unstoppable - way. Almost like clockwork…

 

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