The fish won’t do tricks or bark or sit up, but it does have one special talent… A fun book to read aloud, this text will work well as a whole class reader, or a story for the teacher to read aloud at the end of the day. Based on the classic 'Happy Families' card game, this highly entertaining series is ideal for reading and sharing at home or at school. This is a more advanced short chapter book for independent and greater-depth readers in year 2, and also a captivating and page-turning choice for a teacher to read aloud to the class. There’s also a quiz section that could be useful for group reading and informal comprehension tasks. Mrs Wobble gets the sack from her job as a waitress because she wobbles and spills food over everyone.

Two boys hypnotise their headteacher and create an alter ego – Captain Underpants – with wedgie power – fighting for good against evil. When Dad’s hair gets tired of being combed it takes off and begins a rollercoaster journey around the world, sending postcards from far-flung places. Allan Ahlberg is one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. This book will provoke lots of questions from year 2 children, and it’s a useful text to spark discussion and ideas for creative writing and story starters.

BOOK OF THE MONTH - A heart-warming and hilarious story told in 25 chapters, perfect for the countdown to Christmas.

A good source of ideas for creative writing story starters, this book is a useful text to build a short year 2 literacy around. With a memorable story, interesting wordplay and spellbinding illustrations, this is a great text both to read and share and use to spark children’s writing about their own lives and homes.Wesley decides to create his own country, language, food, and civilisation – all in his back garden. It is also a confidence builder as it shows that you may not be perfect but can achieve what you want in the end!

A spectacular and interactive book like no other, this is a great text to inspire children to create monstrous characters in KS1 and KS2 creative writing. The whole concept of this series is brilliant - the format of the ‘Happy Family’ - Mr, Mrs, Master and Miss, gives a predictable structure and allows for meaningful repetition, and yet, in the hands of Allan Ahlberg, it is also often used to challenge gender stereotypes. When Hannah asks for a Gorilla for her birthday, she gets more than she bargained for – a real gorilla appears and takes her on a mesmerising and unexpected journey.A magical picture book, with few words, where naughty frogs fly on magic lily pads to surprise people in all sorts of unexpected ways. The book is best suited to independent 6-7-year-old readers who are looking for more challenging and adventurous chapter books. A fun and engaging story about a lion who just wants to thank the villagers for feeding him – only for chaos to ensue. She wobbles so much that she drops a chicken on a lady’s pretty hat, then she drops a jelly on her boss and gets the sack. She and her enterprising family turn their own house into a successful cafe with its ‘famous juggling waiters’.

A good book to inspire classroom penpals, non-fiction writing and ICT-related activities, this is also a well-paced and accessible text that will work well as a class reader in year 2. Atmospheric and poignant, and with rich and poetic language, this is an excellent text to build a year 2 literacy unit around.A stunning adventure story about Nym, who lives on a beautiful desert island with her friends Jack, Fred, Selkie and Chica. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.