The books are split into age categories, but these are just a guide.You can read any book whenever you’re ready. Ask a librarian, teacher or other adult for help if you can’t decide!

Most of the Our Stories 100 Reads can be borrowed from your local library. If you can’t find them on the shelves,

ask a member of the library team if they can order them for you.

Visit northyorks.gov.uk/local-libraries to find your nearest library.

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Tips for choosing a book1. Think about what type of book you’re in the mood for. Scary?

Funny? Serious?

2. Judge a book by its cover! Do you like the cover? Have you enjoyed other books that look similar?

3. Do you know anyone else who’s read it? Did they like it?

4. Try it! Open it up and look at the first page – do you want to read on?

Our Stories 100 ReadsThe most popular books on the North Yorkshire Coast

Picture booksAge 0-2

Noisy FarmJessica Greenwell& Lee Wildish

Owl BabiesMartin Waddell

My First WordsDawn Sirett

MeEmma Dodd

How to Bathe Your Little Dinosaur

Jane Clarke & Georgie Birkett

First 100 AnimalsRoger Priddy

Bear & Hare: Snow! Emily Gravett

Pip and Posy Axel Scheffler

Maisy Goes to the LibraryLucy Cousins

Giraffes Can’t Dance Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees

Dear ZooRod Campbell

Baby GozSteve Weatherill

Jungle Sounds Sam Taplin & Federica Iossa

The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Searle

Ten Little Dinosaurs Mike Brownlow & Simon Rickerty

There’s an Owl in my TowelJulia Donaldson & Rebecca Cobb

Ten Wriggly Wiggly Caterpillars

Debbie Tarbett

Maisy Big, Maisy SmallLucy Cousins

Spot Loves BedtimeEric Hill

Things That Go!Amy Pixton & Stephan Lomp

Rosie’s WalkPat Hutchins

Good Little WolfNadia Shireen

The Wonky DonkeyCraig Smith & Katz Kowley

MogJudith Kerr

Oi Frog!Kes Gray & Jim Field

Five Minutes’ PeaceJill Murphy

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter

Jack and the BeanstalkSteven Kellogg

Pig the PugAaron Blabey

Flowertot RainbowFifi and the Flowertots

Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears Emily Gravett

My Name is Not RefugeeKate Milner

Aliens Love Underpants Claire Freedman & Ben Cort

The GruffaloJulia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

Stick ManJulia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

That Pesky RatLauren Child

The Jolly PostmanJanet & Allan Ahlberg

Tadpole’s PromiseJeanne Willis

We’re Going on a Bear HuntMichael Rosen

The Tiger Who Came to TeaJudith Kerr

First storiesAge 3- 5

That Is Not a Good Idea!Mo Willems

A Whole New World: Disney Twisted Tales

Disney

Voices in the ParkAnthony Browne

Amelia Fang and the Barbaric BallLaura Ellen Anderson

Dog Man: The Epic CollectionDav Pilkey

The World’s Worst ChildrenDavid Walliams

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

The ChristmasaurusTom Fletcher

Ada Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty & David Roberts

Detective PikachuPokémon

JourneyAaron Becker

Arthur and the Golden RopeJoe Todd Stanton

The Diary of a Killer CatAnne Fine

The Magic Faraway TreeEnid Blyton

The Hundred-Mile An-Hour Dog

Jeremy Strong

The Day War CameNicola Davies and

Rebecca Cobb

This is Not my HatJon Klassen

The Rough PatchBrian Lies

Where’s Wally?Martin Handford

Early readersAge 6-8

Lucky DipCatharine Boddy

The Complete Chronicles of NarniaC S Lewis

Letters from the LighthouseEmma Carroll

Artemis FowlEoin Colfer

MatildaRoald Dahl

Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story

Bali Rai

Charlotte’s WebE B White

Armistice RunnerTom Palmer

Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery

Saviour Pirotta

A Spoonful of MurderRobin Stevens

A Boy Called HopeLara Williamson

A Place Called PerfectHelena Duggan

A Series of Unfortunate EventsLemony Snickett

Harry Potter seriesJ K Rowling

A Medal for LeroyMichael Morpurgo

Accidental SuperstarMarianne Levy

AniMalcolmDavid Baddiel

Tom Gates: A Tiny Bit Lucky Liz Pichon

The Nowhere EmporiumRoss MacKenzie

Awful AuntieDavid Walliams

Who Let the Gods Out?Maz Evans

Confident readersAge 9-12

Mortal EnginesPhilip Reeve

Girl OnlineZoe Sugg

Forces of NatureBrian Cox

The Girl of Ink and StarsKiran Millwood Hargrave

His Dark Materials trilogyPhilip Pullman

Geek GirlHolly Smale

CujoStephen King

The Fault in our StarsJohn Green

Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi

About a BoyNick Hornby

A Skinful of ShadowsFrances Hardinge

Ariana Grande So SweetDanny White

Assasin’s Creed: Black FlagOliver Bowden

Alex Rider: StormbreakerAnthony Horowitz

To all the Boys I’ve Loved BeforeJenny Han

6,000 Amazing Facts Miles Kelly

Animal Farm George Orwell

Am I Normal Yet?Holly Bourne

Young adultAge 13+

War HorseMichael Morpurgo

The Lord of the RingsJ R R Tolkien

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