Suggested other reading
Here is a suggested book list to accompany the Story Spinner DVDs. We created it to help you and your children find books with a similar theme or style to the stories they have just enjoyed.
Reception
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| The Little Rabbit | The Runaway Bunny ~ Margaret Wise Brown Five Little Ducks ~ Ian Beck |
| The Woman and the Goat | Ten in the Bed ~ Penny Dale Each Peach Pear Plum ~ Allan Ahlberg |
| Goldilocks | We’re Going on a Bear Hunt ~ Michael Rosen Shark in the Park ~ Nick Sharratt |
| Three Little Pigs | Mr Wolf’s Pancakes ~ Jan Fearnley Piggie Pie ~ Margie Palatini The Little Red Hen ~ Byron Barton |
| The Three Billy Goats Gruff | A Dark, Dark Tale – Ruth Brown Jasper’s Beanstalk ~ Nick Butterworth Mixed Up Fairy Tales ~ Hilary Robinson |
| Jack & Jill | Mother Goose’s Storytime Nursery Rhymes ~ Alison Green Hickory, Dickory, Dock: And Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes ~ Sanja Rescek 100 Best Loved Nursery Rhymes ~ Edited by Belinda Gallagher |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Reception |
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| Quiet as a Mouse ~ Hilda Offen The Adventures of Bert ~ Allan Ahlberg Horrible Hair ~ Gerald Rose Chicken, Chips and Peas ~ Allan Ahlberg The Shopping Basket ~ John Burlinghame The Very Hungry Caterpillar ~ Eric Carle Good Night, Gorilla ~ Peggy Rathmann Once Upon a Banana ~ Jennifer Armstrong |
Year 1
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| Goat and the Lion | How to Catch an Elephant ~ Amy Schwartz Farmer Duck ~ Martin Waddell Mixed Up Fairy Tales ~ Hilary Robinson How Rabbit Stole the Fire ~ Joanna Troughton |
| Brian | Amos and Boris ~ William Steig Titch ~ Pat Hutchins |
| Rumplestiltskin | Classic Fairy Tales ~ Scott Gustafson Hansel & Gretel ~ Will Moses Raymond Briggs ~ Jim and the Beanstalk |
| The Cat and the Parrot | Town Mouse, Country Mouse ~ Jan Brett If you Give a Mouse a Cookie ~ Laura Numeroff The Tiger who came to Tea ~ Judith Kerr The Tiger Child: A Folktale from India ~ Joanna Troughton |
| Monkey and the Turtle | The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop’s Fables ~ Doris Orgel Room on the Broom ~ Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler How Rabbit Stole the Fire ~ Joanna Troughton The Tiger Child: A Folktale from India ~ Joanna Torughton |
| The Selfish Giant | The Spiffiest Giant in Town ~ Julia Donaldson Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark ~ Joy Cowley Owl Moon ~ Jane Yolen |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 1 |
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| Yoshi’s Feast ~ Kimono Kajikawa Horrible Hair ~ Gerald Rose Peace at Last ~ Jill Murphy The Elfie and Annie series ~ Shirley Hughes Avocado Baby ~ John Burlingame Bear Hunt ~ Anthony Browne Bear ~ Mick Inkpen Kipper’s Birthday ~ Mick Inkpen The Noddy series ~ Enid Blyton The Mousehole Cat ~ Antonia Barber Yoshi’s Feast ~ Kimono Kajikawa Horrible Hair ~ Gerald Rose Peace at Last ~ Jill Murphy The Elfie and Annie series ~ Shirley Hughes Avocado Baby ~ John Burlingame Bear Hunt ~ Anthony Browne Bear ~ Mick Inkpen Kipper’s Birthday ~ Mick Inkpen The Noddy series ~ Enid Blyton The Mousehole Cat ~ Antonia Barber Where the Wild Things Are ~ Maurice Sendak Flat Stanley ~ Jeff Brown The Great, Great, Great Chicken War ~ David de la Garza Horton Hears a Who ~ Dr Seuss The Sneetches ~ Dr Seuss The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for 5 Year Olds ~ Edward Blishen The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark ~ Jill Tomlinson Percy the Park Keeper series ~ Nick Butterworth Winnie the Witch series ~ Laura Owen The Mog series ~ Judith Kerr Dogger ~ Shirley Hughes 100 Best Loved Nursery Rhymes ~ Edited by Belinda Gallagher |
Year 2
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| Sleeping Beauty | Snow White and Rose Red ~ The Brothers Grimm Cinderella ~ Charles Perrault |
| The Tin Soldier | Mrs Cockle’s Cat ~ Philippa Pearce The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark ~ Jill Tomlinson |
| Red Riding Hood | Hansel and Gretel ~ Michael Morpurgo The Wild Woods ~ Simon James |
| Rapunzel | Snow White and the Seven Dwarves The Diary of the Killer Cat ~ Anne Fine |
| Girl and the Ribbons | The Kingfisher Treasury of Irish Stories ~ James Riordan and Ian Newsham It was a Dark and Scary Night ~ Allan Ahlberg |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Jim and the Beanstalk ~ Raymond Briggs Fowl Play ~ Jonathan Allen A First Myths Storybook ~ Mary Hoffman |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 2 |
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| A Lion at School ~ Philippa Pearce Funnybones ~ Allan Ahlberg The Bravest Ever Bear ~ Allan Ahlberg Katie Morag Stories ~ Mairi Hedderwick Chicken Licken ~ Jonathan Allen Wolf Academy ~ Jonathan Allen Greek Myths for Young Children ~ Heather Amery The Animals of Farthing Wood ~ Colin Dann Horrid Henry ~ Francesca Simon Please Mrs. Butler (Verses) ~ Allan Ahlberg My Naughty Little Sister ~ Dorothy Edwards (Illustrated by Shirley Hughes) How Rabbit Stole the Fire ~ Joanna Troughton The Tiger Child: A Folktale from India ~ Joanna Troughton |
Year 3
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| Mr Wah | The Enchanted Wood ~ Enid Blyton Loudmouth Lois ~ Anne Fine The Secret of Weeping Wood ~ Robert Swindells |
| The Boy Who Cried Wolf | Aesop’s Funky Fables ~ Vivian French The King with Dirty Feet & Other Stories ~ Mary Medicott |
| Ali Baba | The Dragon Child ~ Jenny Nimmo The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup ~ Rosemary Sutcliff The Magic Finger ~ Roald Dahl |
| Aesop’s Fables | Aesop’s Funky Fables ~ Vivian French Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf ~ Catherine Storr |
| Odysseus and the Cyclops | Daedalus and Icarus ~ Geraldine McCaughrean St. George and the Dragon ~ Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Musicians of Bremen | Fantastic Mr Fox ~ Roald Dahl Taking the Cat’s Way Home ~ Jan Mark |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 3 |
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| The Angel of Nitshill Road ~ Anne Fine Amazing Grace ~ Mary Hoffman Starring Grace ~ Mary Hoffman Worry-Guts ~ Jan Mark The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog ~ Jeremy Strong Loud Mouth ~ Jean Ure King of Spuds ~ Jean Ure The Shrinking of Treehorn ~ Florence Parry Heide Beauty and the Beast ~ Philippa Pearce The Secret Seven Series ~ Enid Blyton |
Year 4
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| Po Wan and Kwan Yin | The Firework Maker’s Daughter ~ Philip Pullman Grandpa Chatterji ~ Jamila Gavin |
| Granddad and the Laundry Basket | The Butterfly Lion ~ Michael Morpurgo The Battle of Bubble and Squeak ~ Philippa Pearce |
| I Know a Man | The Rope and Other Stories ~ Philippa Pearce The Midnight Fox ~ Betsy Bryars The Roundhill: A Ghost Story ~ Dick King-Smith |
| Maschenka & the Bear | Hurricane Summer ~ Robert Swindells Fog Hounds, Wind Cat, Sea Mice ~ Joan Aiken |
| Theseus and the Minotaur | The Orchard Book of Greek Myths ~ Geraldine McGauchrean The Ice Palace ~ Robert Swindells The Sea-Thing Child ~ Russell Hoban |
| Girl and the Unicorn | Seth and the Strangers ~ Jenny Nimmo Children of Winter ~ Berlie Doherty The Magician’s Nephew ~ C.S. Lewis |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 4 |
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| The Worst Witch series ~ Jill Murphy The Wreck of the Zanzibar ~ Michael Morpurgo Space Race ~ Malorie Blackman Betsey Biggalow series ~ Malorie Blackman The Winter Sleepwalker ~ Joan Aiken The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ~ C.S. Lewis The Church Mouse series ~ Graham Oakley The Mouse and his Child ~ Russell Hoban The Finger-Eater ~ Dick King-Smith Farm Boy ~ Michael Morpurgo A Dog So Small ~ Philippa Pearce The TV Kid ~ Betsy Bryars The Sophie Stories ~ Dick King-Smith Dr. Xargle’s Book of Earthlets ~ Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross The Borrowers series ~ Mary Norton |
Year 5
| Story | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| Persephone | Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold ~ Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Elidor ~ Alan Garner |
| The Forever Boy | Tom’s Midnight Garden ~ Philippa Pearce Moondial ~ Helen Cresswell |
| The Scottish Laird | The Green Children ~ Arthur Crossley-Holland Charlotte’s Web ~ E. White |
| Palmer and the Mermaid | Storm ~ Kevin Crossley Holland The Little Sea Horse ~ Helen Cresswell |
| Inn of the Donkeys | James and the Giant Peach ~ Roald Dahl The Secret Platform ~ Eva Ibbotson |
| The Spirit Foxes | Friend or Foe ~ Michael Morpurgo Pictures in the Dark ~ Gillian Cross |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 5 |
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| The Peppermint Pig ~ Nina Bawden The Exiles ~ Hilary McKay The Wreck of the Zanzibar ~ Michael Morpurgo Krindlekrax ~ Philip Ridley The Capricorn Bracelet ~ Rosemary Sutcliff The Lottie Project ~ Jacqueline Wilson A Handful of Gold ~ Joan Aiken The Last Slice of Rainbow ~ Joan Aiken Football Crazy ~ Colin McNaughton Making Friends with Frankenstein ~ Colin McNaughton The Dead Letter Box ~ Jan Mark The Way to Sattin Shore ~ Philippa Pearce Lady Long-Legs ~ Jan Mark The Demon Headmaster ~ Gillian Cross Clockwork ~ Philip Pullman Farm Boy ~ Michael Morpurgo War Boy ~ Michael Foreman The Stone Book Quartet ~ Alan Garner Famous Five series ~ Enid Blyton Trouble on Thunder Mountain ~ Russell Hoban Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ~ Roald Dahl Crackers ~ Elizabeth Laird Five Find-Outers series ~ Enid Blyton There’s an Awful Lot of Weirdos in our Neighbourhood ~ Colin McNaughton Mossycoat ~ Philip Pullman Nothing to be Afraid Of ~ Jan Mark Ghostly Haunts ~ Michael Morpurgo Babe ~ Roald Dahl The Listener ~ Elizabeth Laird After the War was Over ~ Michael Foreman Malory Towers series ~ Enid Blyton The Snow Maze ~ Jan Mark The Moon of Gomrath ~ Alan Garner St. Clares series ~ Enid Blyton Harriet the Spy series ~ Louise Fitzhugh Walk Two Moons ~ Sharon Creech Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ~ Robert O’Brien Stig of the Dump ~ Clive King The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton |
Year 6
| Book | If you like those you may also enjoy |
|---|---|
| The Little Red Riding Hood Trilogy | The Dark is Rising ~ Susan Cooper Thunder and Lightnings ~ Jan Mark Arthur:The Seeing Stone ~ Kevin Crossley-Holland Cornelia Funke ~ Inkheart |
| The Sandman | A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeline L’Engle Magyk ~ Angie Sage The Other Wind ~ Ursula Le Guin The Magicians of Caprona ~ Diana Wynne Jones |
| Other Stories you might also enjoy in Year 6 |
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| The Hobbit ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Go Saddle the Sea ~ Joan Aiken The Fire Eater ~ David Almond Carrie’s War ~ Nina Bawden Airman ~ Eoin Colfer The Wish List ~ Eoin Colfer A Castle of Bone ~ Penelope Farmer The Tide Knot ~ Helen Dunmore Up on Cloud Nine ~ Anne Fine The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ~ Alan Garner Once ~ Morris Gleitzman Pure Dead Magic ~ Debi Gliori Stravaganza ~ Mary Hoffman Stratford Boys ~ Jan Mark Private Peaceful ~ Michael Morpurgo The Enchanted Castle ~ E. Nesbit Flyte ~ Angie Sage Holes ~ Louis Sacher Swallows and Amazons ~ Arthur Ransome Northern Lights ~ Philip Pullman The Machine Gunners ~ Robert Westall Blitzed ~ Robert Swindells Beowulf: Dragon Slayer ~ Rosemary Sutcliff The Wolves of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken Granny ~ Anthony Horowitz A Wizard of Earthsea ~ Ursula Le Guin The Haunting ~ Margaret Mahy Clockwork ~ Philip Pullman In Deep Water ~ Michelle Magorian Sword in the Stone ~ T. H. White Forever X ~ Geraldine McCaughrean The Great Elephant Chase ~ Gillian Cross The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ~ C. S. Lewis Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor Redwall series ~ Brian Jacques Matilda ~ Roald Dahl The Snow Spider ~ Jenny Nimmo Harry Potter series ~ J. K. Rowling Moving the Goalposts ~ Rob Childs Soccer Mad Collection ~ Rob Childs The Lottie Project ~ Jacqueline Wilson The Ghost of Thomas Kempe ~ Penelope Lively Artemis Fowl ~ Eoin Colfer |