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Mrs Ellison's and Miss Holman's Recommended Reads

Book 1: Oi Frog! by Kes Gray & Jim Field

Cat is busy telling the frog off, saying that the frog should sit on a log. Frog, however, refuses to sit on the log. This is a funny rhyming story that makes me laugh every time I read it. I wonder if the frog should just listen to the cat and sit on the log?

BV - respect, individual liberty, tolerance

Book 2: The Pirate Mums by Jodie Lancet-Grant

Billy's family is not what you would call ordinary. His mum's don't listen to NORMAL music. They love to sing sea shanties and dance jigs in their lounge. Their clothes are unusual, they have a rude pet parrot and their taste in house design is..... Fishy! 

Billy wishes his family could be more like everyone else's. That is until, a swashbuckling adventure changes everything. 

This recommended read relates to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership.

BV - respect, individual liberty, tolerance

PC - marriage & civil partnership, who you choose to love

Book 3: Man on the Moon by Simon Bartrum

This is a funny story about a normal man who heads off to work every day. However, this is no ordinary job. Bob works on the moon; his job is to keep the moon clean and tidy and entertain any tourists who are passing by in space. Bob is absolutely certain that there is no such thing as aliens in space. I am not so sure he is right about that though!

BV - individual liberty

Book 4: The Moonlight Zoo by Maudie Powell-Tuck

A beautiful peep through-book, featuring a lovely story of Eva looking for her lost cat. She is taken on an exciting adventure through the Moonlight Zoo by a friendly wolf, meeting a host of different animals in her search for her missing cat. The pictures in this book will give you lots to talk about with your grown up, as well as travelling on the journey through the zoo with Eva.

BV - tolerance

PC - race, religion and belief

Book 5: The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage

Once there was a lighthouse keeper called Mr. Grinling. At night time, he lived in a small white cottage perched high on the cliffs, and in the daytime he rowed out to his lighthouse to clean and polish the light. Every day Mr Grinling tucks into delicious lunch, prepared by his wife, Mrs Grinling. But Mr Grinling isn't the only one who enjoys the tasty food, so Mrs Grinling has to think of a way to stop the greedy seagulls from stealing the lighthouse keeper's lunch.

This book is one of my absolute favourites! It always makes me laugh and I love spotting new things in the pictures each time I read it too!

BV - individual liberty, respect

PC - age

Book 6: The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield

A heart-warming story about a talented, piano playing bear. The bear heads off to find fame and fortune but he soon misses his friends and decides to return to the forest. He worries that life will have moved on and his friends will have forgotten him. A beautiful ending to this story of friendship. 

BV - respect

 

Book 7: Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman

A boy and his grandfather watch as a baby seal is born on the rocks near their home and from that day, a special relationship is created. Despite his disability, the boy is a keen surfer, and he enjoys many afternoons surfing with the seals. One day, however, he gets into trouble in rough seas and the young seal saves him. A lovely story of the relationship between a young boy and a young seal. 

BV - tolerance, respect

PC - disability

Book 8: How do you make a Rainbow? by Caroline Crowe

Stuck inside on a rainy day, a little girl asks her Grandad to help her to paint a rainbow in the sky. Being a wise man, her Grandad tells her that rainbows are not painted on the sky, but are grown out of love, kindness, hope and helping others. A heart-warming story, showing us all how to find colour and hope on even the darkest days.

BV - respect

PC - age

Book 9: Grandad's Island by Benji Davies

At the bottom of Syd’s garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad’s house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn’t in any of the usual places. He’s in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad’s house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it’s always been — except that Grandad isn’t there anymore. 

BV - respect

PC - age

Book 10: The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers

Once there was a boy, and one day, he found an aeroplane in his cupboard.

He didn’t remember leaving it in there, but he thought he’d take it out for a go right away. At first, all went well and the plane flew higher and higher and higher until suddenly, with a splutter, it ran out of petrol. The boy was stuck on the moon and he was not alone...

BV: tolerance

PC: age, beliefs


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