Class Reads (Primary School)
Are you a primary school teacher or early years educator looking for inspiration for your next read aloud, class novel or story time book?
The Class Reads recommended reading list is a guide to fiction stories that will make reading aloud and story times fun, immersive, and thought-provoking experiences for young readers.
Our Publications Officer and our Education Outreach Manager, with the assistance of our reviewers, have selected 24 titles aimed at junior and primary school readers aged 4–12 years that will bring joy into your classroom, opening up chances for discussion, learning, and imaginative exploration of important themes and issues, across the primary curriculum.
This is by no means an exhaustive list and we have tried, where possible, to include a spread across age ranges and genres to bring reading for joy into every classroom. Our policy is to include titles dating from five years to date in English and ten years to date in the Irish language. Any titles by an Irish author, illustrator, publisher or in the Irish language will be denoted with a shamrock.
