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Top 10 Read for My School books

Top 10 Read for My School books

The FREE Read for My School programme has over 100 online books for participating school pupils (Years 3-8) to read. There are classic tales from the likes of Roald Dahl and Terry Pratchett as well as newer books from authors such as Tom Palmer and Lauren Child.

Schools must register for 2015’s Read for My School in order to access the free online books and resources. The competition closes 10 April so there’s plenty of time for schools to sign up and take advantage of FREE books on the Read for My School site.

So, if you’re taking part in Read for My School and you want to know what to read next, or if you just want to see what great book you and your family can share next, then have a look at the top 10 reads from 2014’s Read for My School.

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Cinderella: The Real Story

This is a completely different Cinderella story from the one you may have seen or heard about. In this modern retelling, Cinderella is imprisoned for unspeakable crimes, but what has she done?

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Wicked Baby Yaga.

The ‘Baby Yaga’ from the book’s title comes from Slavic folklore about a dark lady of magic. Many of the stories feature characters children will know and love.

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Flash The Dog Bounces In

Jack gets a surprise when a dog that looks like the dog from his favourite comic magically appears, but he soon realises that he may be in over his head.

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Fantastic Mr Fox

First published in 1970, Roald Dahl’s classic tale pits the clever and tricky Mr Fox against farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

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The Story of Chocolate

The ‘Baby Yaga’ from the book’s title comes from Slavic folklore about a dark lady of magic. Many of the stories feature characters children will know and love.

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My Highly Private Holiday Diary

Bradley’s on holiday, and it’s terrible! It rains all the time, his gran snores and he can’t even use his phone. How will he and his friend Abby cope?

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Ape Adventures

Illustrations, photos and stories make up this book that also highlights our relationship with apes.

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The Mystery of the Missing Finger

Matt and Veronique try to find the thief with the missing finger who has stolen a painting from a stately home. The pair would leave it to Inspector Stamp, but he thinks the butler did it.

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Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

Amber must deal with her mum and dad’s separation, her mum’s new boyfriend, her dad’s new job in Paris and her best friend moving away.

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Everything You Need to Know About Sharks

Regardless of the type of shark, this book has information on them all e.g. did you know that sharks have no bones at all, just cartilage? These random facts and more feature in this book.