Author: Sarah Bytheway

Year 3 Reading Spine

Autumn 1 / Topic: Rock of Ages / Stone Age	Autumn 2 / Topic: Rock of Ages / Stone/Iron/Bronze Age	Spring 1 / Topic: Under the canopy / Rainforest	Spring 2 / Topic: Under the canopy / Rainforests	Summer 1 / Topic: Tomb Raiders / Ancient Egypt	Summer 2 / Topic: Tomb Raiders / Ancient Egypt
Fiction: / Stig of the Dump, Clive King / How to wash a woolly mammoth, Michelle Robinson. Stone Age Boy, Satoshi Kitamura. Stone Age, Bone Age, Mick Manning / Non-Fiction: / Horrible Histories—Savage Stone Age, Terry Deary. The Pebble in my Pocket, Meredith Hooper (extracts). Stone Girl Bone Girl, Laurence Anholt. / Poetry: On the Grassy Hill (based on Ning Nang Nong, Spike Milligan)	Fiction: / The Wild Robot, Peter Brown / So you think you’ve got it bad? Chae Strathe. / Non-Fiction: / A Day in the Life, Mike Barfield (extracts). The History of Prehistory, Mick Manning / Poetry: I was born in the Stone Age, Michael Rosen. / Fossils and my brother, Michael Rosen.	Fiction: / The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo / The Vanishing Rainforest, Richard Platt. / The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry. / The Shaman’s Apprentice, Lynne Cherry. / Non-Fiction: / 100 facts—Rainforests, Miles Kelly (extracts). / Saving the Rainforests, Sally Morgan (extracts). / Rainforests, Andrew Langley (extracts). / Poetry: / Rainforest Animals, Paul Hess.	Fiction: / Charlotte’s Web, E.B.White / Buddy’s Rainforest Rescue, Ellie Jackson. / Non-Fiction: / A Beetle is Shy, Dianna Hutts Aston (extracts). / Mad about Monkeys, Owen Davey. / Poetry: / Rainforest animal shape poetry. / Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! selected by Fiona Waters	Fiction: / Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Joe Todd Stanton. / Charlotte’s Web, E.B.White / An Egyptian Adventure, Frances Durkin. / A Mumy ate my homework, Thiago De Moraes. / Non-Fiction: / The Legend of Tutankhamun, Sally Morgan. / Mummy, British Museum Guide. / Poetry: / The Armpit of Doom, Kenn Nesbitt	Fiction: / Varjak Paw, SF Said / The Queen Cat, Ann Turbull (extracts). / Egyptian Tales, Terry Deary. / Flat Stanley—The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery, S Pennypacker. / Non-Fiction: / Egypt Magnified, David Long. / 100 Facts Ancient Egypt, Miles Kelly. / Poetry: / Yapping Away, Joshua Seigal

Reading for Pleasure Recommended choices

Year 3 Reading Spine