Year 2 Whole Class Reading Units
Lists of Reading Domains and skills covered can be obtained by clicking below:
Yr 2 Reading Skills covered
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl |
| A wonderful story about a boy and his animal friends to introduce your class to
Whole Class Reading. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Leon and the Place Between by Grahame Baker-Smith |
| Wanting to prove to his brothers and sister that magic really exists, Leon volunteers
to be in Abdul Kazam's magic show and he gets transported to a mysterious world. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Great Dragon Rescue by M.P. Robertson |
| Follow the adventures of how the baby dragon is rescued. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Dragon Poems |
| A humorous and descriptive poem to introduce your class to the delights of poetry. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Non-Fiction Castles Usborne |
| Discover the parts of a castle and what how knights are dressed. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Non-Fiction Remembrance Day CBeebies |
| Cover Remembrance Day in Key Stage One in an informative and
thought-provoking way. Click here |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Lily and the Snowman |
| A heart-warming story of friendship and commitment using film. Click here |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading What would Christmas be without love? |
| The real message of Christmas using a short film. Click here |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens |
| Follow the friendship of Iris and her friendly lion as they solve problems. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading How to Hide a Lion at School by Helen Stephens |
| Follow the friendship of Iris and her friendly lion as they solve more problems. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Mouse Fact File |
| Discover details about mice in this non-chronological report |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Elephants |
| Teach the ‘Find and Copy’ Skills the pupils find difficult within this unit of work |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson |
| A rhyming, narrative poem with rich vocabulary. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig weeks 1 & 2 |
| Rediscover alternative versions of Traditional Tales with this humorous text. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig weeks 3 & 4 |
| Rediscover alternative versions of Traditional Tales with this humorous text. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett |
| Follow Sunny’s adventures as he explores new places to live. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Slightly Annoying Elephant by David Walliams |
| A funny, David Walliams creation about a big, blue, bossy, uninvited elephant! |
| Yr2 - Whole Class Reading Pirates Next Door by Johnny Duddle |
| Help prepare for SATs with this amazing text about the arrival of pirates in Tilda’s street. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Prince Cinders – by Babette Cole |
| Compare the Traditional Tale of Cinderella to Prince Cinders with the amazing
Babette Cole. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading There is No Dragon in This Story by Lou Carter |
| A delightful story of a dragon who wants to be a hero and not a villain for a change. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Flotsam by David Wiesner |
| An amazing, wordless, imaginative picture book linked to the treasures of the sea - your
pupils will be amazed... |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Little People, Big Dreams by Amelia Earhart |
| Inspirational women are detailed in these amazing non-fiction texts - just right for the Year 2 curriculum. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Vlad and The Great Fire of London by Kate Cunningham |
| Follow Vlad the flea and Boston the rat as they escape the fire of London.
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| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Images of God by Marie-Helene Delval |
| Link poetry and RE with this beautifully illustrated text showing how God can be ‘seen’
everywhere. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Meerkat Christmas by Emily Gravett |
| Follow Sunny’s adventures as he sets off on a journey to find the perfect Christmas.
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| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Seeds of Friendship by Michael Foreman |
| Adam brings the green warmth of his previous home to his new urban world. An inspiring fable about making friends. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Little Beauty by Anthony Browne |
| A very special gorilla is taught a very special skill: sign language. He appears to have everything he needs, but one day he signs that he is sad and needs a friend. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading The Way Home for Wolf by Rachel Bright |
| Wolf cub Wilf doesn't want help from anyone but when Wilf finds himself lost and alone in the chill of the Arctic night, he discovers some special friends |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Stubby by Michael Foreman |
| Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend... and a dog. An incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Vlad and The Florence Nightingale Adventure by Kate Cunningham |
| Vlad the flea and Loxton the rat love living in the dirty hospital in Scutari until Florence Nightingale turns up. Then their lives begin to change. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen |
| Rolf is such a good little wolf, but he has to prove he can still be a real wolf when he is challenged to be bad by a big bad wolf. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Sully the Seahorse by Natalie Pritchard |
| Sully the Seahorse, is a gorgeous tale about a seahorse who longs to be fast like the whales and isn’t happy being who he is. But he takes a journey of self-discovery where he finds that all of us are special in our own unique way. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Monty the Manatee by Natalie Pritchard |
| Monty the Manatee is a charming, uplifting tale which explores themes of bullying and friendship and emphasises the importance of being kind. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Vlad and the Space Race by Kate Cunningham |
| Strelka and Vlad are living on the streets in Moscow before being taken on an adventure of a lifetime. A true story about some of the first animals in space. |
| Yr2 Whole Class Reading Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers |
| Non-fiction text on the values of Planet Earth and how we can all help to look after it and the people who live on it.. |
