YEAR 2
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Have a look at the 50 recommended reads from the wonderful team at
Book For Topics if you need some inspiration - you can print off their checklist and mark them off as you read!
We've highlighted three from the list to start you off!
You can find more details about the titles and even more recommendations on the Books For Topics website.
If you can't find a copy of any of the recommended titles in school, you can try looking at your local library.
YEAR-2-CHECKLIST.pdf
SPOTLIGHT: Counting on Catherine
Helaine Becker
SPOTLIGHT: Counting on Catherine
Helaine Becker
Meet Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius who helped make the historic Apollo 11 moon landings possible and made sure that Apollo 13 returned home safely when the mission was in critical danger. Counting on Katherine is a beautiful biography, sure to inspire young readers.
Winner of the information book category of the UKLA Book Awards 2020.
As a child, Katherine loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about maths, about the universe . . .
Helaine Becker interviewed Katherine and her family for this authorized biography. From Katherine’s early beginnings as a gifted student to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA, this is the true story of a groundbreaking African-American woman who went above and beyond what was expected of her in the 1960s, saving lives and making enormous contributions to history. Featuring Dow Phumiruk’s gorgeous full-colour illustrations throughout.
📖 You can find a copy of this book in school!
The Storm Whale
Benji Davies
The Storm Whale
Benji Davies
He tries to keep his new friend a secret , but but there’s only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out....
Noi and his father live in a house by the sea , his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it....
The stunning bestseller by Benji Davies, winner of the inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize
📖 You can find a copy of this book in school!
George's Marvelous Medicine
Roald Dahl
George's Marvelous Medicine
Roald Dahl
WARNING: DO NOT try to make George’s Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous…
George Kranky’s Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman.
One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do.
A magic medicine it will be! One that will either cure her completely of her horrible grouchiness… or blow off the top of her head!
📖 You can find a copy of this book in school!
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