50 Recommended Reads for Year 1

Spark a real love of reading for pleasure and ensure the Year 1 classroom book corner is filled with superior and engaging books that really inspire and enthuse the children in your class. Our recommended 50 books for children in KS1 is quality assurance and certainly a selection of them can be picked as core books for a rich book curriculum and deeper exploration. 

All books are perfect for the teacher to read aloud and model great storytelling or non-fiction reading. The strongly diverse range of books means children are sure to encounter characters whose experiences and perspectives are both similar to and different from their own. Rhyming and Poetry books are included at exactly the time when Year 1 children are learning about alternative GPC’s and starting to read with more fluency — playing with alliteration, rhythm, rhyme and new vocabulary.

This collection features some firm favourites that a top 50 should feature as well as many new and outstanding books.

The selection is picked by the team of experienced book experts who collectively have over 25 years’ experience of buying books for schools, classrooms and family.