Reading List: KS1 - KS2

Lower School reading lists - all available to buy on Amazon

Ages 3-5:

  • A super sticky mistake - Alison Donald
  • A scientist like me - Dr Shini Somara 
  • Izzy Gizmo - Pip Jones
  • Our World - Isabel Otter
  • Argh! There's a skeleton inside you - Idan Ben-Barak
  • Marvellous Machines - Jane Wilsher
  • Creature Features - Natasha Durley
  • How Your Body Works - Rosie Dickins
  • Marie Curie - Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
  • Curiosity: The Story of Mars Rover - Markus Motam
  • What are germs? - Katie Daynes
  • The Bug Collector - Alex G Griffiths
  • Meet the Planets - Caryl Hart
  • Me... Jane - Patrick McDonnell

 

Ages 5-7:

  • Atomic Adventure - Ben Newman
  • The Spacesuit - Alison Donald
  • Iqbal and his ingenious idea - Elizabeth Suneby
  • How to be a scientist - Steve Mould
  • Shark Lady - Jess Keating
  • Ada Twist scientist - Andrea Beaty
  • The Big Book of Blooms - Yuval Zommer
  • What do scientists do all day? - Jane Wilsher
  • David Attenborough - Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
  • Kaleidoscope of Creatures - Cath Ard
  • How to build a city - Isabel Otter
  • Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes - Nicola Davies
  • Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science - Diane Stanley
  • A cats guide to the night sky - Stuart Atkinson

Ages 7-9:

  • The science of goo - DK
  • Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System - Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
  • The Germ Lab: The Gruesome Story of Deadly Diseases - Richard Platt
  • Cookie: Cookie and the most annoying boy in the world - Konnie Huq
  • Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau - Jennifer Berne
  • Illumanatomy - Ms. Katie Davies
  • The variety of life - Nicola Davies
  • A giant dose of gross - Andy Seed
  • 100 scientists who made history - Andrea Mills
  • Lift the flap periodic table - Alice James
  • Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: The woman who loved reptiles - P. Valdez
  • Brain-fizzing facts: Awesome science questions answered - Dr E.Grossman
  • The DNA Book: Discover what makes you you - DK
  • Alice Dent and the incredible germs - Gwen Lowe

Ages 9-11:

  • Gut Garden: A journey into the wonderful world of your microbiome - Katie Brosnan
  • Max Einstein the genius experiment - James Patterson
  • The element in the room - Mike Barfield 
  • The speed of starlight: How physics, light and sound work - Colin Stuart
  • The infinite lives of Maisie Day - Christopher Edge
  • The Matilda Effect - Ellie Irving
  • The international space station - Clive Gifford
  • Swimming with sharks: The daring discoveries of Eugenie Clark - H.Lang
  • Secret Science: The amazing world beyond your eyes - Dara O'Briain
  • Groundbreaking Scientists - J.P. Miller
  • Bones: An inside look at the animal kingdom - Mr Jules Howard
  • Women in Science: 50 fearless pioneers who changed the world - Rachel Ignotofsky
  • A world of discovery - Richard Platt
  • The Secret Dragon - Ed Clarke

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