Books that children MUST read

The following is a link to a brilliant book list compiled by one time children's laureate and talented children's author Michael Morpurgo, for the Telegraph newspaper. Entitled 100 books every child should read, it is divided into lists for Early Years, Middle Years and Teens. Michael says in the accompanying article,

"We get ourselves all hot and bothered about the teaching of reading, about synthetic phonics and the like, and we forget that none of it is much use unless children want to read in the first place. The motivation must come first, horse before cart."

It is important to remember that while literacy instruction is incredibly important, engaging and motivating your young reader not only enhances the process of learning to read, but it enriches the inner life of the reader as well!