EYFS

Picture Books:

  • The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children’s Books)​
  • Detective Catz and the Missing Nut, Marjoke Henrichs (Scallywag Press)​
  • I Am a Tiger, by Karl Newson and Ross Collins (Macmillan Children’s Books)​
  • Finn’s Little Fibs, by Tom Percival (Bloomsbury)​
  • Boo! A Fishy Mystery, by Kate Read (Two Hoots)​
  • Fergal and the Fib, by Robert Starling (Andersen Press)​

Traditional Tales:

  • No Dinner!, by Jessica Souhami (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books)​

KS1

Picture Books:

  • It Wasn’t Me!, by Marta Altés (Macmillan Children’s Books) ​
  • Kevin, by Rob Biddulph (HarperCollins Children’s Books)​
  • The Blue-Footed Booby, by Rob Biddulph (HarperCollins Children’s Books)​
  • Sneaky Beak, by Tracey Corderoy and Tony Neal (Little Tiger Press)​
  • Mayor Bunny’s Chocolate Town, by Elys Dolan (Oxford University Press)​
  • Hermelin: The Detective Mouse, by Mini Grey (Jonathan Cape)​
  • The Truth According to Arthur, by Tim Hopgood and David Tazzyman (Bloomsbury)​
  • I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (Walker Books)​
  • This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen (Walker Books)​
  • Oh Monty!, by Susannah Lloyd and Nici Gregory (Pavilion)
  • On the Way Home, by Jill Murphy (Macmillan Children’s Books)​
  • Frank and Bert, by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Nosy Crow)​
  • Beware the Blue Bazzoo, by Karl Newson and Andrea Stegmaier (Happy Yak)​
  • Billy and the Beast, by Nadia Shireen (Jonathan Cape)​
  • That Is NOT a Good Idea!, by Mo Willems (Walker Books)​
  • Oh Monty!, by Susannah Lloyd and Nici Gregory (Pavilion)​

Novels:

  • Stick & Fetch Investigate: Barking Up the Wrong Tree, by Philip Ardagh and Elissa Elwick (Walker Books)​
  • Betsey Biggalow the Detective, by Malorie Blackman and Jamie Smith (Red Fox)​
  • The Dog Squad: The Newshound, by Clara Vulliamy (HarperCollins Children’s Books)​

Information Books:

  • Who Ate All the Bugs?, by Matty Long (Oxford University Press)​

Lower KS2

Picture Books:

  • Spider in the Well, by Jess Hannigan (Katherine Tegen Books)​
  • The King Who Banned the Dark, by Emily Haworth-Booth (Pavilion)​

Novels:

  • Mac B, Kid Spy: Mac Undercover, by Mac Barnett and Mike Lowery (Scholastic)​
  • Agent Weasel and the Fiendish Fox Gang, by Nick East (Hodder Children’s Books)​
  • Di Island Crew Investigates: The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder, by Kereen Getten (Pushkin Children’s Books)​
  • Meet the Maliks, Twin Detectives: The Cookie Culprit, by Zanib Mian and Kyan Cheng (Hodder Children’s Books)​
  • Major and Mynah, by Karen Owen and Louise Forshaw (Firefly)​
  • Anisha, Accidental Detective, by Serena Patel and Emma McCann (Usborne)​

Information Books:

  • Find the Spy, by Zoë Armstrong and Shelly Laslo (Puffin Books)​