Top 100 Books (According to the TES)

In the summer of 2015, the TES compiled an article suggesting the 100 books that all children completing Year 6 (aged 11) should have read. This list is obviously not aimed to be a checklist to work through, rather a guide towards picking books if we're ever struggling for that next read. We should be, as adults and as teachers, guiding our budding readers towards all genres as well, so I am not going to place the following 100 books in any order or sort according to age group or gender. The aim here is to not just provide a list of books but offer links to resources, ideas, comprehension activities, videos and so on that link with each of the texts. I hope you will find this of some use. If you have any links to resources that I've not found, please let me know in the form at the bottom of the page.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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Matilda by Roald Dahl
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The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
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The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
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Dogger by Shirley Hughes
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Stig of the Dump by Clive King
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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
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The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
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Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
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Winnie the Pooh by A.A Milne
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Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
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The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein
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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
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Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr
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Peace At Last by Jill Murphy
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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Hairy Maclary by Lynley Dodd
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Not Now Bernard by David McKee
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
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The Twits by Roald Dahl
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I Am David by Anne Holm
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The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
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Paddington by Michael Bond
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Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
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Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
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Five Children & It by E. Nesbit
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Clockwork by Philip Pullman
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
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Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell/ Helen Oxenbury
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Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
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The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
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The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
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Alfie Series by Shirley Hughes
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Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
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Journey to the River Sea by Iva Ibbotson
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Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
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Sad Book by Michael Rosen
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The Borrowers by Mary Norton
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A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
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The Jolly Postman by J&A Ahlberg
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Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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Zoo by Anthony Browne
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Treasure Island by R.L Stevenson
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Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
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Cinderella by Charles Perrault
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Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
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The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
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Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman
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Kidnapped by R.L Stevenson
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The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith
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Chris Birch 2011-2020