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Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre 

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Oliver and the Seawigs tells the story of Oliver and his explorer parents. The family have just returned from their adventures travelling the world and Oliver is looking forward to settling back into their home. But when lots of islands mysteriously appear in Deepwater Bay, and Oliver’s parents go missing, he must head off on one more adventure to get them back.

Recommended for KS2.

The story allows for discussion on langauge, What could a seawig be? What do explorers do? Do you know of any mythical creatures?

The children are given the opportunity for prediction, what do you think happened to his parents?

The children can be encouraged to write in many different formats, such as, diaries, letters, posters, newspaper articles, poems.

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When Gregory wakes up on his first day in Tobago with his grandparents, his heart sinks. The food is strange, the sun too hot, his cousin Lennox is on another wave length and there are none of the televisions, video games and other high-tech gadgets that a cool city-boy takes for granted.

Recommended for KS1.

Opens up discussions on different cultures and ties in with other subjects, Science and Geography. Can talk about contrast elements of his and his grandparents life compared to ours. It brings lots of questions and discussions between children and teachers. Activities that can be included involve map reading, culture fact files, letter writing to ask Lennox questions about Tobago.

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Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

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When his brother catches measles, Tom is sent away for the summer to stay with his uncle and aunt and is thoroughly fed up about it. What a boring summer it's going to be. But then, lying in bed one night, he hears the old grandfather clock in the hall strike the very strange hour of 13 o'clock. What can it mean? As Tom creeps downstairs and opens the door, he finds out...a magical garden, a new playmate, and the adventure of a lifetime.

Recommended KS2.

Allows for lots of writing opportunities to support aims of curriculum.

drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence

discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination

Allows for children to delve into character portrayal, characteristics. How can you describe this character? What makes these characters relatable and engaging?

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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

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The Day the Crayons Quit is a children's book about a little boy named Duncan and his box of crayons, which one day decide to go on strike because they are not satisfied with how they are used. Duncan tries to find a way to solve this problem, in order to keep his crayons happy and be able to paint again.

Recommended for KS1.

This story is very good for presenting lots of different emotions and introducing new, expanded language to describe emotions.
The story can be used to introduce persuasive writing. They could each be a crayon or a different item found in a pencil case and write a persuasive letter to their owner about how they should be treated in the future, while talking with the children about the most appropriate language, format and structure for writing their letters.

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Dear Teacher by Amy Husband. This book is about a boy with a marvellous imagination who writes fictitious letters and postcards to his teacher to explain why his not at school. He has the most amazing adventures and his excuses are hilarious.

Recommended for Y2.

Great book to use during the transition and/or back to school period in KS1.

Allows for lots of different writing opportunities and introduces children into the correct structure of letter writing. The children can write their own recounts, justify opinions and it also introduces the idea of subtext, encouraging 'reading between the lines' in a child-friendly manner.

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Who would want to be friends with a wiggly, slimy worm? You can’t even tell which end is which! But there’s more to these lowly creatures than meets the eye. Kids are invited to find out where worms live, see how they move, and understand why gardeners consider them friends with the help of this humorous and informative look at an unappreciated — and fascinating — creature. A young boy was in his grandmother’s garden when she found a worm. He is disgusted by it, but his grandmother insists that he should be friends with worms.

Suitable for Year 1.

The book is a lovely story of how a boy learns about worms and his grandmother deals with his misconceptions as he learns more about the creatures. It is fiction book but also includes a lot of non fiction as throughout the story we are met with real facts about these creatures.

The story allows for lots of learning outside the classroom and cross curricular learning linking with mostly Science.

The read would be most suitable for whole class or guided read.

It presents lots of questions as many people have misconceptions of worms such as a worm cannot be chopped in half but it's tail will grow back if chopped off. It allows for lots of great discussion and fact sharing. It presents lots of writing opportunities in different text types such as: journal, fact file and letter.