But still I wanted to add something similar so I searched for Top 100 books. Google brought up the Book Trust's Top 100 Children's Books. I'd heard of the great work of the Book Trust from giving their annual book tokens at school and they have:
'a vision of a society where nobody misses out on the life-changing benefits that reading can bring.'
Scrolling through the list I found I'd already completed some of the books, several of the list I already have on my bookshelf but am yet to read and further books I'm keen to experience. So here's the list I decided to add to my bucketlist. I've noted the books I'm sure I've already completed pre-list and the rest I'll sign off as I complete them.
The list is split into 4 sections, mirroring the original list. Each section relates to a different age group - 0 - 5 years, 6 - 8 years, 9 - 11 years and 12 - 14 years.
✓ Each peach pear plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg 10/01/15
✓ The Jolly postman and other people's letters Janet and Allan Ahlberg PRE-LIST
✓ The Snowman Raymond Briggs 27/11/14
✓ Gorilla Anthony Browne 09/01/15
✓ Would you rather? John Burningham 28/11/14
✓ The Very Hungry Catterpillar Eric Carle PRE-LIST
✓ I Will Not Ever Eat a Tomato Lauren Child 20/04/15
✓ Princess Smartypants Babette Cole 17/06/15
✓ Hairy McLary From Donaldson's Dairy Lynley Dodd 09/01/15
✓ Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson and Avel Scheffler PRE-LIST
✓ Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury 17/6/15
✓ Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Emily Gravett 09/01/15
Where's Spot? Eric Hill
✓ Dogger Shirley Hughes 27/11/14
✓ Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers 17/06/15
✓ The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr PRE-LIST
✓ I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 27/11/14
✓ Not Now Bernard David McKee PRE-LIST
✓ Meg and Mog Helen Nicholl and Jan Pienkowski 09/01/15
✓ We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury PRE-LIST
✓ I Want My Potty Tony Ross 09/01/15
✓ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak PRE-LIST
✓ The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss 29/11/14
✓ The Elephant in the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs 27/11/14
✓ The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 30/03/15
✓ Five on Treaure Island Enid Blyton 09/01/15
A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Story Joyce Lankaster Brisley
✓ Flat Stanley Jeff Brown PRE-LIST
Clarice Bean, That's Me Lauren Child
✓ That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown Cressida Cowell 06/05/15
✓ The BFG Roald Dahl PRE-LIST
The Story of Babar Jean De Brunhoff
My Naughty Little Sister Dorothy Edwards
✓ Asterix the Gaul René Goscinny 11/01/15
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson
The Queen's Nose Dick King-Smith
The Sheep Pig Dick King-Smith
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
Winnie the Pooh A A Milne
✓ The Worst Witch Jill Murphy PRE-LIST
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieska and Lane Smith
Horrid Henry Francessca Simon and Tony Ross
✓ The Arrival Shaun Tan
✓ Charlotte's Web E B White PRE-LIST
Little House in the Big Wood Laura Ingalls Wilder
✓ Mister Magnolia Quentin Blake PRE-LIST
Tilly's Promise Linda Newbury
✓ The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken PRE-LIST
Skellig David Almond
Carrie's War Nina Bawden
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
Millions Frank Cotterill Boyce
✓ The Witches Roald Dahl PRE-LIST
✓ Matilda Roald Dahl PRE-LIST
Flour Babies Anne Fine
✓ Once Morris Gleitzman 30/11/14
The Adventures of Tintin Hergé
✓ Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson PRE-LIST
✓ Stig of the Dump Clive King PRE-LIST
✓ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C S Lewis PRE-LIST
✓ Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian PRE-LIST
Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo
A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
The Borrowers Mary Norton
✓ Truckers Terry Pratchett
Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome
✓ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling PRE-LIST
✓ Holes Louis Sacher 16/04/15
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Expery
Ballet Shoes Noël Streatfeild
The Hobbit J R R Tolkein
✓ The Story of Tracy Beaker Jaqueline Wilson PRE-LIST
Watership Down Richard Adams
✓ Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman PRE-LIST
✓ Forever Judy Blume 19/04/15
✓ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 13/07/15
Junk Melvin Burgess
Looking for JJ Anne Cassidy
✓ The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins PRE-LIST
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
Maggot Moon Sally Gardner
The Owl Service Alan Garner
Coram Boy Jamila Gavin
✓ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon PRE-LIST
Storm Breaker Anthony Horowitz
The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean
The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness
Life: An Exploded Diagram Mal Peet
✓ Northern Lights Philip Pullman 29/05/15
The Ruby in the Smoke Philip Pullman
Witch Child Celia Rees
Mortal Engines Phillip Reeve
Angus , Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
How I Live Now Meg Tossoff
Revolver Marcus Sedgwick
I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith
The Fellowship of the Ring J R R Tolkien
You know how I said on my bucket list that for everything you tick off, you add something else? Well that was bound to happen with this challenge so here's a list of other books I discovered and wanted to read while completing the original list.
- The Man Raymond Briggs
✓ Then Morris Gleitzman 5/11/14
✓ Now Morris Gleitzman 14/11/14
✓ After Morris Gleitzman 18/01/15
- Pinocchio by Pinocchio Michael Morpurgo
Thoughts on the books:
The Snowman Raymond Briggs 27/11/14
Great to discuss with children and would make good writing prompts
Dogger Shirley Hughes 27/11/14
Got déjà vu - must have read it as a child!
I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 27/11/14
Super for teaching inference and good for younger children to read themselves
The Elephant in the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs 27/11/14
Lots of repetition - boring for adult readers
Would you rather? John Burningham 28/11/14
Good for why questions with children
The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss 29/11/14
Easy to read for beginner readers but with a catchy story line and a thoughtful question at the end.
Once Morris Gleitzman 30/11/14
Great for Upper KS2 and a WW2 topic - lots of inference using pre existing knowledge
Then Morris Gleitzman 5/11/14
A real tear jerker and good for teaching about WW2
Now Morris Gleitzman 14/11/14
Think this might be the first book that made me physically shed a tear. Not as good as Once or There but still worth a read to learn about the emotions connected with the Australian bush fires.
Gorilla Anthony Browne 09/01/15
Very nostalgic - the kind of story I imagine I listened to and interestingly published in 1983!
Hairy McLary From Donaldson's Dairy Lynley Dodd 09/01/15
Would make a great display for Reception children
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Emily Gravett 09/01/15
Fabulously designed with cutouts and additional maps, postcards etc.
Meg and Mog Helen Nicholl and Jan Pienkowski 09/01/15
Lots of learning objectives for young children, e.g. Ordering, lists, rhyming, but there are no full stops all of the way through!
I Want My Potty Tony Ross 09/01/15
The title says it all! Just a fun book!
Five on Treaure Island Enid Blyton 09/01/15
Straightforward old fashioned reading but a page turner nonetheless
Asterix the Gaul René Goscinny 11/01/15
Straightforward but gripping story but ending is anticlimactic
Each peach pear plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg 10/01/15
Good for spotting things in the pictures
After Morris Gleitzman 18/01/15
Another tear jerker at the end. Good for teaching WW2. Although it was the 4th in the series to be published, it sits third in the storyline.
The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 30/03/15
Like 17 stories in one! With no real ending just the completion of the 17th adventure.
Holes Louis Sacher 16/04/15
Great story. Wasn't impressed with the ending.
Forever Judy Blume 19/04/15
Couldn't believe how much sex there was in it - understandably controversial when it was first published. A gripping story nonetheless.
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown Cressida Cowell 06/05/15
A beautifully illustrated storybook - similar to Lauren Child and gives a great message about imagination and fun. Should be in the 0-5 year old age bracket.
Northern Lights Philip Pullman 29/05/15
One of my favourite books of all time. A real page turner with twists and turns which are unexpected but easy to follow.
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury 17/6/15
Great for teaching young children about racial equality
Princess Smartypants Babette Cole 17/06/15
Girl Power!
Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers 17/06/15
Nice illustrations but not overly impressive story
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 13/07/15
Felt like I'd read it before as the film is adapted so closely. Very poignant and lots of inference and deduction.
