Traditional Tales
Miss Bullard reads
​'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' by Mara Alperin and Kate Daubney
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Emporers New Clothes'
​a traditional tale​
Mrs Jennings  reads
'Chicken Licken'
​a Traditional Tale.
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Little Red Hen and the grains of Wheat' in English
by Henriette Barkow and Jago
Mrs Jennings reads
'Rumpelstiltskin'
from the First Readers Series
Mrs Jennings reads
​ 'The Three LIttle Pigs' from the 'Three Little Pigs and Other Stories' retold by Mary Hoffman'
Mrs Jennings reads 'Rapuzel'
​a Traditional Tale
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The Elves and the Shoemaker'
a Traditional Tale
Miss Prud'homme tells the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' using puppets.
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Gingerbread Man'
​by Mara Alperin
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Boy who Cried Wolf'
an Aesop's Fable
Mrs Ahmed reads
'The Little Red Hen and the grains of Wheat' in Urdu
by Henriette Barkow and Jago
Mrs Jennings reads
'Little Red Riding Hood' by 
​Jess Stockham
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Three Little Pigs'
from the First Readers Series
Mrs Jennings reads 'Chicken Licken'. A Traditonal Tale
Mrs Jennings reads 'Rumplestiltskin'
​a Traditional Tale
Miss Bullard reads
'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
​by Henriette Barkow and Richard Johnson
Mrs Jennings reads
'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'
Mrs Ahmed reads
'The Giant Turnip' in Urdu
by Henriette Barkow and Richard Johnson
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Emperors New Clothes'
from Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales
Mrs Jennings reads 'The Gingerbread Man' from the 'Three Little Pigs and Other Stories' retold by Mary Hoffman'
Mrs Jenning reads
​'The Little Red Hen'
retold by Johnny Randall
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Ugly Duckling'
​a Traditional Tale
Traditional Tales with a Twist!
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Mr Wolf's Pancake' 
by Jan Feranley
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Princess and the Giant'
by Caryl Hart
Mrs Jennings reads
'Chapati Moon'
​by Pippa Goodhart
 Miss Bullard reads
​'The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot' by Margaret McNamara
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Last Wolf'
​ by Mini Grey
Miss Gascoigne reads 
'Mr Wolf and the Three Bears'
​by Jan Fearnley
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Goldilocks and just  one Bear' by Leigh Hodgkinson.
Mrs Anker reads
'Mr Wolf's Pancakes'
by Jan Fearnley
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The Lamington Man'
​by  Kel Richards
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Pea and the Princess'
​by Mini Grey
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Mr Wolf and the Enormous Turnip' by Jan Fearnley
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The Three Kangaroos Gruff'
​by Kel Richards
Mrs Jennings read
'Mr Wolf and the Enormous Turnip'
by  Jan Fearnley
Mrs Jennings reads
​ 'The Gingerbread Man 2' 
by Stephen Dixon
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Gingerbread Girl'
​by Lisa Ernst
Miss Bullard reads
'The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig'
​by Eugene Trivias
Classic Picture Books
Mrs Garcia reads
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle 
Mrs Jennings reads
'Dear Zoo'
​by Rod Campbell
Miss Forest reads
'Five Minutes Peace'
by Jill Murphy
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Once Upon A Time' 
​by John Prater
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Train Ride'
​by June Crebbin
Miss Forest reads
'Owl Babies'
​by Martin Waddell
Miss Gascoigne reads
​'Just one of those days' by Jill Murphy
Mrs Jennings reads
'Where the Wild Things Are'
​by Maurice Sendak
Mrs Jennings reads
'Guess How Much I Love You'
​by Sam McBratney
​Mrs Anker reads
'All in One Piece'
by Jill Murphy
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Peace at Last' 
by Jill Murphy
Stories by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Funny Bones' by
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Burglar Bill' by 
​Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Cops and Robbers'
by Janet and Allan ​Ahlberg
​Mrs Jennings reads
'Each Peach Pear Plum'
by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Non-Fiction Books
Miss Gascoigne read
'Lets Build a House' by Mick Manning
Miss Gascoigne reads
'From Leather to Basketball Shoes'
by Robin Nelson
Stories by Oliver Jeffers
Mrs Jennings reads
'Stuck'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Mrs Jennings reads 'The Way Back Home' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The day the crayons came home'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
​'The Way Back Home' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The day the crayons quit'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Up and Down' 
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads 
'The Incredible Book Eating Boy' by Oliver Jeffers
 Stories by David McKee
Mrs Jennings reads
'Elmer and Grandpa Eldo' by 
​David McKee
 Mrs Jennings reads 
'Elmer and the Butterfly'
by David McKee.
Mrs Jennings reads
'Elmer and the Wind'
by David McKee
Mrs Jennings reads
​'Elmer the patchwork Elephant' by David McKee.
 Mrs Jennings reads 'Elmer and the lost Teddy'
​ by David McKee
Stories by Julia Donaldson
Mrs Anker reads
'ZOG' by 
​Julia Donaldson
Mrs Garcia reads
'The Gruffalo'
by Julia Donaldson
Mrs Anker reads
'What the Ladybird Heard' 
​by Julia Donaldson
Mrs Thompson reads
'Jack and the Flumflum Tree' by Julia Donalson
Miss Prud'homme reads 
'The Smartest Giant in Town' by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Mrs Ahmed reads
'Monkey Puzzle'
by Julia Donaldson
Mrs Jennings reads
'Highway Rat' by
Julia Donaldson
Mrs Anker reads
'Stickman' 
​by Julia Donaldson
Mrs Jennings reads
​'Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose'
​ by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt
Mrs Ahmed reads
'Charlie Cook's Favourite Book' by Julia Donaldson.
Mrs Anker reads
'The Snail and the Whale'
​by Julia Donaldson
Miss Prud'homme reads
​'The Troll'
​by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts
Miss Bullard reads
'Tiddler'
​by Julia Donaldson
Stories by Kes Grey
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Frog!'
by Kes Gray
 Mrs Jennings reads
​'Billy's Bucket'
​by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons.
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Cat!'
by Kes Gray
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Puppies'
​by Kes Grey and Jim Field
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Dog!'
by Kes and Claire Gray
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Aardvark'
by Kes Grey and Jim Field
Miss Prud'homme reads
​'Oi Goat'
​by Kes Grey and Jim Field
 Stories by Nick Sharratt 
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Shark in the Park on a Windy Day' by Nick Sharratt.
Mrs Jennings reads
'What's in the Witches Kitchen'
​by Nick Sharratt
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Shark in the Park!' 
​by Nick Sharratt.
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Shark in the Dark!' 
​by Nick Sharratt.
Stories by Phil Roxbee-Cox
Miss Forest reads
'Fat Cat on a Mat'
​by Phil Roxbee Cox
 Miss Forest reds
'Pig on a Dig'
​by Phil Roxbee Cox
Stories by Rachel Bright
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Way Home for Wolf'
by Rachel Bright
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Koala who Could'
​by Rachel Bright
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Lion Inside' 
​by Rachel Bright
Miss Prud'homme reads
​'The Squirrels who Squabbled'
​by Rachel Bright
Maths Stories 
Miss Prud'homme reads
'How Much Does A Ladybird Weigh' by Alison Limentani
Miss Prud'homme reads
'One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab'
by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
Miss Forest reads
'Bear in a Square'
by Stella Blackstone
Mrs Jennings reads
'10 Seeds'
​by Ruth Brown
​Mrs Jennings reads
'One to Ten and Back Again'
​by  Nick Sharratt and Sue Heap
Miss Prud'homme reads 
'How Many Legs?'
By Kes Grey and Jim Fiels
Mrs Jennings reads
'Circle' by 
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Mr Wolf's Week'
​ by Colin Hawkins 
Miss Forest reads
'Who sank the boat'
by Pamela Allen
Mrs Jennings reads
'Square' by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Mrs Jennings reads 'Triangle' by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Rhyming Stories
Mrs Jennings reads
​'Gorilla loves Vanilla'
by Chae Strathie and Nicola O'Byrne
Mrs Jennings reads
'Rhyme Crime'
by Jon Burgerman

Mrs Jennings reads
'Down by the Cool of the Pool' by Tony Milton and Guy Parker-Rees
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy'
​ by Lynley Dodd 
Resources to support 'Hairy Maclary' Stories
Mrs Jennings reads
'There's an Ouch in my Pouch!'
by Jeanne Willis and Gary Parsons
Mrs Thompson reads
'Spaghetti with the Yeti'
by Charlotte and Adam Guillain
Miss Bullard reads
'Hairy Mclary from Donaldson's Dairy' by Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads
​ 'Hairy Maclary's Bone'
​by Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet'
by Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Fix-It Duck'
by Jez Alborough
Mrs Jennings reads
'Ants in your Pants'
​by Julia Jarman
Mrs Jennings reads
​'Wonky Donkey'
​by Craig Smith
Mrs Jennings reads
'Pirates Love Underpants'
by Claire Freedman
Mrs Jennings reads
​'Aliens in Underpants Save the World' by Claire Freedman
Miss Prud'homme reads
​'Hairy Maclary's Caterwal Caper'
​Lynley Dodd
Songs, Rhymes and Poems
Miss Forest narrates a poem called
'Mrs Bluebird'
Miss Forest narrates a poem called 
'A Little Shell'
Miss Forest narrates a rhyme called
 'I have a little Frog'
Stories about Love and Friendship
Miss Prud'homme reads
​ 'Mr. Happy finds a hobby'
​by Roger Hargreaves
Mrs Jennings reads
​'I love my Mummy' by
Giles Andreae
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Bear Who Would Not Share' by Oakley Graham
Mrs Jennings reads
'Giraffes Can't Dance'
​by Giles Andreae
Mrs Jennings reads
'I'm not cute' by
Jonathan Allen
Mrs Anker reads
'I'll Catch you if you Fall'
​by Mark Sperring and Layn Marlow
Mrs Anker reads
'No Room for Napoleon'
by Adria Meserve
Mrs Jennings reads
​ 'I love you as big as the world'
by David Van Buren
Miss Bullard reads
'Lost and Found'
by Oliver Jeffers
MIss Gascoigne reads
'I Love You, Blue Kangaroo'
​by Emma Chichester Clark
Stories about Vegetables
Miss Forest reads
'Supertato. Run, Veggies, Run' 
by Sue Hendra
​Miss Forest reads
'Scarecrow's Secret'
​by Heather Amery
Mrs Jennings reads
'Olivers Vegetables'
​by Vivian French
Mrs Garcia reads
'I don't want to be a Pea'
by Ann Bonwill
Stories with Animals
Mrs Jennings reads
'Penguin Problems' by Jory John and Lane Smith
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Bear and the Piano'
​by David Litchfield
Mrs Jennings reads
'Mole and the baby Bird'
Marjorie Newman and Patrick Benson.
Mrs Jennings reads
'Toffee's Night Noises' by
​Sally Chambers
Mrs Jennings reads
'Monkey and Me'
​by Emily Gravett
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Never Tickle a Tiger' 
​by Pamela Butchart
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Wolves' 
​by Emily Gravett
Mrs Anker reads
​'A home for Gully'
​by Joe Clegg
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Bumblebear'
​by Nadia Shireen.
Mrs Garcia reads
​'Little Kangaroo'
by Guido van Genechten
Mrs Garcia reads
'Hungry Hen' 
by Richard Waring and Caroline Jayne Church
Mrs Jennings reads
'We're Going on a Lion Hunt'
​by David Axtel
Mrs Ahmed reads
​ 'Augustas and his Smile' in Urdu by Catherine Rayner
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Back to School Tortoise'
​by Lucy M George
 Mrs Anker sings
'Doing the Animal Bop'
by Jan Ormerod
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Dear Greenpeace'
​by Simon James
 Mrs Ahmed reads
'Chickens Can't See in the Dark' by Kristyna Litten
Mrs Anker reads
'The very Dizzy Dinosaur'
​by Jack Tickle
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Is that you Wolf?'
by Steve Cox
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Gilbert in Deep'
By Jane Clark and Charles Fuge
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Penguin'
by Polly Dunbar
Other Stories
Mrs Anker reads
'The Night Pirates'
by Peter Harris
Mrs Jennings reads
​ 'The Blue Balloon'
​by Mick Inkpen
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Listening Walk'
by Paul Showers
Mrs Jennings reads
'Pants'
by Giles Andreae
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Little Yellow Digger'
by Betty and Alan Gilderdale
Mrs Jennings reads
'Winnie's Pirate Adventure'
​ by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
Mrs Anker reads
'Charlie and the Cheesemonster'
by Justin C H Birch
Miss Prud'homme reads
'You Can't Catch Me!
​by John Prater
Miss Prud'homme reads
​ 'Goal!'
​by Colin McNaughton

Stories for Winter and Christmas

Mrs Jennings reads
'Pick a Pine Tree'
by Patricia Toht
​
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Christmas'
by Dick Bruna
​(A Nativity Story)
Miss Prud'homme reads
'How to Catch Santa'
​by Jean Reagan
Mrs Jennings reads
'Something Magic in the night' 
​by Dyan Sheldon
Mrs Jennings reads
'Snow' 
by Sam Usher
Mrs Jennings reads
'Charlie Crow in the Snow'
by Paul Metcalf
Mrs Jennings reads
'Snowball'
​by Sue Hendra
Mrs Jennings reads
'A Loud Winters Nap'
​by Katie Hudson
Stories for Easter
Mrs Jennings reads
'Eggday'
​by Joyce Dunbar
Mrs Jennings reads
'The True Story of Humpty Dumpty'
by Sarah Hayes 
Mrs Jennings reads
'The Promised One: The Wonderful Story of Easter'
by Antonia Woodward
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Miss Gascoigne reads 'The Owl who is afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson

Matilda by Roald Dahl

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