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As part of the English curriculum at CMR National Public School, we have curated a list of books(grade-wise), recommended for our students to read.
Recommended Reading List for Grade 1
– Ammachi’s Glasses by Priya Kuriyan
– Salim Mamoo and Me by Zai Whitaker
– Ira the Little Dolphin by Shekar Dattatri
– The Noddy Series by Enid Blyton
– Read Aloud Stories (an anthology from Tulika)
– Karadi Tales
– Treasury for Children by James Herriot
– Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
– Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne
– Now We are Six (Winnie the Pooh) by A A Milne
– Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
– Early Picture Books by Children Book Trust
– Books by National Book Trust
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 2
– The Young Visitors by Daisy Ashford
– Mary Poppins by PL Travers
– The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
– The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
– Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
– The Enchanted Shoes by Enid Blyton
– When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh) by A.A Milne
– The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter
– Books by Children Book Trust
– Books by National Book Trust
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 3
– The Butterfingers Series by Khyrunnisa A
– Matilda By Roald Dahl
– George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
– Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
– The Twits by Roald Dahl
– Once Upon A Monsoon Time by Ruskin Bond
– Deepak Dalal’s adventure series set in the Andamans, Ladakh, etc.
– A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky
– The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
– Let’s Go Time Travelling by Subhadra Sen Gupta
– Books by Children Book Trust
– Books by National Book Trust
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 4
– My Nana is a Nutcase by Ranjit Lal
– The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
– How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
– The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
– Charlotte’s Web by E B White
– Those Dreadful Children by Enid Blyton
– The Famous Five Series
– The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
– Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
– Books by Children Book Trust
– Books by National Book Trust
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 5
Stories in Familiar settings
– The Ranthambore Adventure by Deepak Dalal
– The Andamans Adventure. Barren Island, by Deepak Dalal and other
Vikramaditya adventures (available at the school library)
Biographies
– Rani Lakshmibai – Puffin Lives (a new batch of Puffin Lives are now in the
school library)
– My Life. An Illustrated Biography – APJ Abdul Kalam
– I Can – Stories of how children are changing the world by Devika Rangachari
Suspense Stories
– Danny The Champion of the World-Roald Dahl
– Nancy Drew Series
– Hardy Boys Series
Books by Significant Authors
– The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
– Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
– Books by R K Narayan
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 6
Folktales
– Stories to Solve Folktales from Around the World by George Shannon
– Burmese Folktales – Stories from forgotten kingdoms retold by Madhu Gurung
Horror and Suspense
– Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine
– The Adventures of Feluda by Satyajit Ray
Contemporary Fiction – Expressing the Self
– My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Humour)
– Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Fantasy/Sci-Fiction
– The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
– The Unicorn Expedition and Other Stories by Satyajit Ray
– Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Pre-20th Century Fiction
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1871)
– The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1876)
– Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1837)
– Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1901)
– Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
– Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (1877)
Pre-20th Century Drama
– Macbeth by William Shakespeare
– The Tempest by William Shakespeare
– Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
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Recommended Reading List for Grade 7
Fantasy
– Faces in the Water by Ranjit Lal
– Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
– Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets by JK Rowling
Suspense
– Dracula by Bram Stoker
– Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
– Agatha Christie Series
– The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
Coming of Age
– Unbroken by Nandhika Nambi
– Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
– Words from the Hills by Ruskin Bond
Myths and Legends
– Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
– Myths & Legends Of India, Egypt China & Japan by Rachel Storm
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