Leeds has declared September 2019 – September 2020 a Year of Reading! The aim is develop a love of reading across the city with the aim of raising achievement in both primary and secondary schools. Leeds hopes to engage children, families and whole communities with a wide variety of wonderful reading activities. #LeedsLovesReading
Follow the link to go to the Leeds Year of Reading website: http://www.leedsforlearning.co.uk/YearofReading
In honour of Leeds Year of Reading @LeedsYOR and amazing children’s literature, I am creating a list of titles/authors for each letter of the alphabet. On Tuesday evenings, I’ll post the next letter on my Twitter feed looking for contributions as we share great books and authors. Then, each week, I’ll add to the master list here. I hope you’ll get involved and share your favourites too. #ABCChildrensLit
A:
Anne of Green Gables
Sophie Anderson @sophieinspace
Arthur Ransome
AF Harrold @afharrold
Alex Bell @Alex_Bell86
Abi Elphinstone @moontrug
Alex Sparrow @JenniferKillick
Armistice Runner @tompalmerauthor
Anna James @acaseforbooks
Anna at War
A Girl Called Owl
A Girl Called Justice
KirstyApplebaum
B:
Brightstorm @vashti_hardy
Black Beauty
Enid Blyton
Beowulf
Bill Bryson
Brer Rabbit
Billy and The Beast @NadiaShireen
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbett
Bone Talk @candygourlay
Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola & Emily Carroll
Billy’s Bucket
Brown Bear Brown Bear
Berenstein Bears
C:
Emma Carrol @emmac2603
Cogheart by @peterbunzl
CS Lewis
Captain Pugwash
Lewis Carroll
The Cat in the Hat
D:
Dragon Daughter @lizziebooks
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Gerald Durrell
Charles Dickens
Dwalin
Danny the Champion of the world
Roald Dahl
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Dido and Pa by Joan Aiken
D-Day Dog @tompalmerauthor
Death or Ice Cream @jonesgarethp
London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Defoe
Dodgson (Carroll)
Dragonology by Dugald Steer
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
E:
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Phil Earle @philearle
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Eagle of the Ninth
TS Elliot
Dorothy Edwards
Emma Carroll @emmac2603
Elmer the Elephant
The Railway Children by E. Nesbitt
Elidor by Alan Garner
Erica’s Elephant by Sylvia Bishop @sylviabishop
Everdark by Abi Elphinstone @moontrug
Ed Clarke @his_name_is_ed
Judith Eagle @EagleJudith
Christopher Edge @edgechristopher
Eoin Colfer @EoinColfer
Enid Blyton
Eddy Stone and the Epic Holiday Adventure by Simon Cherry @authorscherry
F:
Frostheart @jamieillustrate
Friend or Foe – Michael Morpurgo
Fantastic Mr Fox- Roald Dahl
The Foxbusters – @DickKingSmith
Fox in Socks – Dr Seuss, bit of a theme emerging…
Farmer Duck – Martin Waddell.
Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown
Anne Fine
G:
Bear Grylls adventure books @BearGrylls
The Graveyard Book @neilhimself
Once by Morris Gleitzman
To the Edge of the World, Wilderness War & House of Light @JGreenAuthor
Mold & Poison Plot & Maker of Monsters @authorontheedge
Snow Merchant & Last Zoo @sam_gayton
Invisible in a Bright Light & Mr Tiger @TheSallyGardner
Tall Story @candygourlay
Alan Garner
Paul Gallico
Kenneth Grahame
The Girl Who Speaks Bear @sophieinspace
George’s Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl
Gobbolino The Witches Cat – Ursula Williams
Greyfriars Bobby – Eleanor Aitkinson
Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Margorian
Elizabeth Goudge
H:
Dave the Pigeon @SwapnaHaddow
Harry Potter and the …. @jk_rowling
Hetty Feather @FansofJWilson
Mr Men and Little Miss books by Roger Hargreaves
James Herriot
Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz
Ted Hughes
Horton Hears a Who (Dr Seuss)
I:
Eva Ibbotson
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roberto Innocenti
J:
The Jungle Book
Julia Donaldson
Jack London
Jack and the Beanstalk
Just William
James and the Giant Peach
Jacquline Wilson
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Thornthwaite Inheritence & Death or Ice Cream @jonesgarethp
Dianna Wynne Jones
The Jolly Christmas Postman
Jabberwocky
K:
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew)
Judith Kerr
Charles Kingsley
Dick King- Smith
Katherine Rundell
A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
Clive King (Stig of the Dump)
Kieran Larwood @kmlarwood
Kirsty Applebaum @KirstyApplebaum
Kiran Millwood Hargrave @Kiran_M
Katie Morag’s Island Stories by Mairi Hedderwick
What Katy Did and sequels by Susan Coolidge
Kim – Rudyard Kipling
King Rollo by David McKee
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman @PhilipPullman
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Divide trilogy by Elizabeth Kay
L:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
C.S. Lewis
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lemony Snickett by Daniel Handler @DanielHandler
Little Darlings by Jacqueline Wilson @FansofJWilson
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers @OliverJeffers
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Letter for the king by Tonke Dragt
Lion Boy by Zizou Corder @rileypurefoy
Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam
Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan @JennyMcLachlan1
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan @camphalfblood
Little Miss books by Roger Hargreaves
L.M. Montgomery (Anne of green gables)
Lucy Boston (Green Knowe)
Lizard’s Tale by @WengWaiChan1 UK release 27 February
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
Letter from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll @emmac2603
M:
Michael Morpurgo
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables books
Milly Molly Mandy by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Mr Magnolia by Quentin Blake @QuentinBlakeHQ
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Max and Ruby series by Rosemary Wells @OmaOma43
Kiran Millwood Hargrave (The Girl of Ink and Stars) @Kiran_MH
Ross Montgomery @mossmontmomery
Struan Murray (Orphans of the Tide) @Struan_Murray
Zanib Mian @Zendibble
Jenny McLachlan (The Land of Roar) @JennyMcLachlan1
Hilary McKay @hilary_mckay
Bren MacDibble @MacDibble
Ruth Morgan @alienruth
Alex Milway @Alexmilway
Karen McCombie @KarenMcCombie
Will Mabbitt @gomabbitt
Kita Mitchell @kitamitchell
Harriet Muncaster (Isadora Moon) @H_Muncaster
Wendy Meddour @WendyMeddour
Tom McLaughlin @_TomMcLaughlin
David McKee (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant)
Megan McDonald (Judy Moody)
Jill Murphy
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark
Malamander by Thomas Taylor @ThomasHTaylor
The Box of Delights by John Masefield
A.A. Milne
N:
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman @PhilipPullman
The Wind Singer by William Nicholson @WB_Nicholson
The Children of Castle Rock by Natasha Farrant @NatashaFarrant1
E. Nesbit
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Jenny Nimmo
Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie @RossAuthor
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Nothing to See Here Hotel by Steven Butler
O:
Otherwise Known as Shelia the Great @judyblume
The Boy at the Back of the Class @OnjaliRauf
The Odyssey (graphic novel) @garethhinds
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the Way Home by Jill Murphy
Oi Frog @_JimField
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr Seuss
Ottoline by Chris Riddle
Fanatical About Frogs @owendaveydraws
Orphan. Monster. Spy @by_Matt_Killeen
Ocean of peril by Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore
Chris Ould
Oliver Twist by Charlies Dickens
George Orwell
Owen and the Soldier @lthompsonwrites
P:
Pax by Sarah Pennypacker
The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club @Alex_Bell86
Philippa Pearce, writer of Tom’s Midnight Garden and others
Tom Palmer @tompalmerauthor
Phillip Pullman @PhilipPullman
Patrick Ness
Harry Potter books 1 to 7 and the Cursed Child one too by JK Rowling @jk_rowling
PG Bell @petergbell
Piers Torday @PiersTorday
Helen Pielechaty
Helen Peters @farmgirlwriter
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Princess Mirabelle by Julia Donaldson
Princess Poppy by Janey Louise Jones
Pirate Blunderbeard by Amy Sparkes @AmySparkes
Please Please Please Save the Bees!!! by Gerald Kelley
Planet Omar @Zendibble
Paper & Hearts Society @LucyTheReader
(A) Pinch of Magic @MHarrison13
Princess of Pets @P_Harrison99
(A) Pocketful of Stars @aishabushby
Picklewitch @clairebarker
Peril en Pointe @Helen_Lipscombe
Potkin&Stubbs @GreenSofe
Pansy Boy by Paul Harfleet. @Thepansyproject
S.A. Patrick @SethPatrickUK
Pseudonymous Bosch @isthisPBosch
A Place Called Perfect by Helena Duggan @Heldideas
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Podkin One Ear by Kieran Larwood @kmlarwood
Michelle Paver @MichellePaver
Phoenix by SF Said @whatSFSaid
Pinocchio by
Pippi Longstocking by Carlo Collodi
Potter, Beatrix
Parkin by Lettuce Cooper
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
Q:
Quentin Blake @QuentinBlakeHQ
Queenie by Jacqueline Wilson @FansofJWilson
Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling
Tim Pippin & Giantland by Roland Quiz
The Queen’s Nose by Dick King-Smith @DickKingSmith
Quick, let’s get out of here by Michael Rosen @MichaelRosenYes
Quest of the Gods series by Dan Hunter
Quest by Aaron Becker @storybreathing
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverley Cleary
Q Pootle 5 by Nick Butterworth
Quack, Quack Quentin by Kes Gray
The Queen’s Knickers by Nicholas Allen
R:
Katherine Rundell
The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling & all the Ravenclaws
The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan @camphalfblood
Rose Rivers by Jacqueline Wilson @FansofJWilson
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve @philipreeve1
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf @OnjaliRauf
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Rosemary Sutcliffe
Rivendell (In The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. TolkeinRavenclaw
Red Rackham’s Treasure (TinTin) by Herge
S:
Dr Seuss
Rosemary Sutcliffe
Rashmi Sirdeshpande @RashmiWriting
Storm by Nicola Skinner @skinnerwrites
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz
Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz
Starfell by Dominique Valente @domrosevalente
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
Skellig by David Almond @davidjalmond
Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone @moontrug
Start Spun Web by @SJOHart
Snowglobe by @AJ_Wils
The Buried Crown @ally_sherrick
Murder most Unladylike by Robin Stevens @redbreastedbird
Can You See Me? by Libby Scott @BlogLibby
Sam’s Sandwich by David Pelham
SoMuch by Trish Cooke
Some Dogs Do by Jez Alborough
A Sprinkle of Sorcery by Michelle Harrison @MHarrison13
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Sykes @juliesykesbooks
Seaglass by @Eloisejwilliams the Childrens Laureate, Wales.
The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle @EagleJudith
Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari @SitaBrahmachari
The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton @AndyGbooks
Unicorn Club by Suzy Senior @Suzy_Senior
Speechless by Kate Darbishire @DarbishireKate
SEE HOW THEY LIE by SUE Wallman @SueWallman
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Snake who Came to Stay by Julia Donaldson
Skycircus & Shadowsea @peterbunzl
Secrets of a Sun King @emmac2603
Snowglobe @AJ_Wils
Sweet Pizza #GRGemin
Summer of No Regrets @KateMallinder
Stunt Double @TamsinCooke1
Secret Deep @LindsayGalvin
Seaglass @Eloisejwilliams
Simply the Quest @MaryAliceEvans
Sue Mongredien & @KateisDrawing
Sam Usher
The Snow Dragon by @moontrug & @FionaWoodcock
The Storm Whale @Benji_Davies
Stuck by @OliverJeffers
Stardust by Jeanne Willia & @BrionyMaySmith
Superworm, Spinderella, The Smartest Giant in Town (Julia Donaldson)
Susan Laughs (Jeanne Willis)
Slinki Malinki (Lynley Dodd)
Splat the Cat (Rob Scotton)
Sophie’s Snail & all the other Sophie books (Dick King Smith) @DickKingSmith
Super Happy Magic Forest (Matty Long) @Matty_Long
Francesca Simon @simon_francesca
The Sheep-pig @DickKingSmith
Sad Book @MichaelRosenYes
R. L. Stine @RL_Stine
Sticky Pines: The Bigwoof Conspiracy! by Dashe Roberts @maddashe
Louis Sachar
The Monster in the Lake by Louie Stowell @Louiestowell
Scavengers @DarrenSimpson44
The Secret of Nightingale Wood @theLucyStrange (double whammy!)
She Wolf, by Teresa D’Amario,
S.T.A.G.S., by M.A. Bennett
Potkin and Stubbs, by Sophie Green
Snow Foal, by Susanna Bailey
Shadow Keepers (@MarisaNoelle77 ),
Seriously Silly Stories, by Laurence Anholt
A Sky Painted Gold, by Laura Wood
The State of Grace, by Rachael Lucas
A Skinful of Shadows, by Frances Hardinge
The Secret Hen House Theatre, by Helen Peters
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden
The Secrets of Winterhouse, by Ben Guterson
the Sleeper and the Spindle, by Neil Gaiman
the Secret Lake, by Karen Inglis
the Skylarks’ Wars, by Hilary McKay
Sky Chasers, @emmac2603
Seaglass, by Eloise Williams
Stone Bird (Mike Revell),
a Storm of Strawberries, by Jo Cotterill
Stig of the Dump (an oldie but a goodie!)
The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
(Brian Brackbrick and the) Scowl of the Scorpion! by GR Dix Author @BrianBrackbrick
Shhh! By Sally Grindley
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency @ldlapinski ,
Shark In The Dark @NickSharratt1 ,
Silver Sword by Ian Serrailler ,
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Spike Milligan,
Robert Lewis Stevenson ,
Sam Copeland
The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson
The Snowman, Raymond Briggs
Snore by @MichaelRosenYes
Skeleton Keys, Stitch Head and Spynosaur all by Guy Bass
Kate Saunders
Swapna Haddow
Simon James Green
Sophy Henn
Sarah Todd Taylor
Sarah Driver
Andy Shepherd
Andy Stanton
Darren Simpson
David Solomons
Storm Hound @ClaireFayers
Secret Dragon / Summer of Dragons @his_name_is_ed
Sweet Pizza, GR Gemin
Sky Hawk / Sky Dancer @gill__lewis
The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley
Holland Shadow @LucyCAuthor
Secret of the Egg @nicolakidsbooks
The Star-Spun Web by Sinéad O’Hart @SJOHart
Silver Sword by Ian Serailler,
Salt to the Sea @RutaSepetys ,
Strange Star by Emma Carroll,
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo,
Starfell by Dominique Valente
Survivors @WriterDavidLong @kerryhyndman
Sarwat Chadda
Sharing a Shell,
Stick Man,
Maurice Sendak,
Snow Bear,
Shark & Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure,
Richard Scarry
Sea Gold by John Blaine
Shackleton’s journey by @williamgrill
The wonderful Secrets on the Shore (ebook out tomorrow!) @followtheyellow
T:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Twister @jools_forrest
TheBoyWithTheButterflyMind by @strangelymagic
Traction Man by Mini Grey
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lisa Thompson @lthompsonwrites
Piers Torday @PiersTorday (The Last Wild trilogy, There May Be A Castle)
Time Travelling With a Hamster by @rosswelford
Tiny T Rex by Jonathan Stutzman @dustdancestoo
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Thomas the Tank Engine by Reverend Wilbert Awdry
Tracy Beaker @FansofJWilson
Tales of Terror @crispriestley
U:
Unipiggle! (By @HannahWeasel)
Kaye Umansky. The umbrella mouse.
Ursula le Guin – Ursula Bear
Ursula Moray Williams
Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror @crispriestley
V:
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
@vashti_hardy (Brightstorm, Darkwhispers, Wildspark)
Varjak Paw by SF Said @whatSFSaid
@VashtiHarrison – Little Leaders, Visionary Women Around the World
W:
Wonder @RJPalacio
Watership Down
Where the Wild Things Are
X/Y:
Dr Xargle books
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot @HoratioClare
E. H. Young
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Kelly Yang @kellyyanghk
Z:
@BZephaniah with his poetry
Jonny Zucker @jonnyzucker
Yuval Zommer @yuvalzommer
Markus Zusak
Julius Zebra
Z for Zachariah
Zizou Corder and the Z-Rex books by @SteveColeBooks
Zombie Town by R.l Stine
Zac and the Dream Pirates by @RossAuthor
Andrew Zurcher author of Twelve Nights. Fantasy novel, Y4+, in the style of Philip Pullman / Terry Pratchett. Excellent book… @andrewzurcher
Ziggy and the Moonlight Show by Kristyna Litten
Zazie in the metro, by Raymond Queneau
Zog by Julia Donaldson
Zoe Tucker – Greta and the Giants. @ZoeTuckerDesign
