Year 2 reading list

Ages 6 to 7 · Key Stage 1

Many children now read short chapter books alone. Keep reading aloud too: you can share stories that are a little harder than they could read themselves.

Loved by many

• Zog by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. A keen young dragon and a princess who would rather be a doctor, with plenty to read aloud.
• Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. A boy flattened by a noticeboard. A short chapter book for newly confident readers.
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. Gentle stories to read aloud, a chapter at a time.
• Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Three skeletons, a dog and a night walk, funny without being too scary.
• The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl. A first Dahl: short, wicked and funny.
• Dogger by Shirley Hughes. A lost toy and a kind big sister.
• The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by David and Ronda Armitage. Mr Grinling's lunch and the seagulls that want it.

At home

Take turns reading a page each. It keeps a longer book moving and lets your child hear how a confident reader sounds.