{"id":4172,"date":"2018-03-02T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2018-03-02T10:06:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T09:06:23","slug":"why-dont-you-book-up-your-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/2018\/03\/02\/why-dont-you-book-up-your-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t you book up your weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Here are the top 50 books you should read before you leave primary school. How many have you read so far?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian<br \/>\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll<br \/>\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matilda by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson<br \/>\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis<br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle<br \/>\n8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen<br \/>\n9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dogger by Shirley Hughes<br \/>\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak<br \/>\n11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stig of the Dump by Clive King<br \/>\n12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell<br \/>\n13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Iron Man by Ted Hughes<br \/>\n14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown<br \/>\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne<br \/>\n16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Funnybones by Allan and Janet Ahlberg<br \/>\n17 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson<br \/>\n18 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien<br \/>\n19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss<br \/>\n20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo<br \/>\n21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grimm\u2019s Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm<br \/>\n22 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr<br \/>\n23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peace at Last by Jill Murphy<br \/>\n24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer<br \/>\n25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson&#8217;s Dairy by Lynley Dodd<br \/>\n26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not Now Bernard by David Mckee<br \/>\n27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney<br \/>\n28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Twits by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am David by Anne Holm<br \/>\n30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes<br \/>\n31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Paddington series by Michael Bond<br \/>\n32\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch<br \/>\n33\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Esio Trot by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n34\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Five Children and It by E Nesbit<br \/>\n35\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clockwork by Phillip Pullman<br \/>\n36\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett<br \/>\n37\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Magic Far Away Tree by Enid Blyton<br \/>\n38\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury<br \/>\n39\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome<br \/>\n40\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier<br \/>\n41\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy<br \/>\n42\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Alfie and Annie Rose series by Shirley Hughes<br \/>\n43\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield<br \/>\n44\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson<br \/>\n45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore<br \/>\n46\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sad Book by Michael Rosen<br \/>\n47\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Borrowers by Mary Norton<br \/>\n48 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown<br \/>\n49 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg<br \/>\n50\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/files\/2018\/03\/CDB14479-1146-4FB8-BD10-291A8F560D4A-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top 50 books you should read before you leave primary school. How many have you read so far? 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matilda by Roald Dahl 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13973,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13973"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4178,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/torontops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}