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With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory heading a teachers' list of books all children should read in primary school, the BBC asked one avid 11-year-old reader for his views. With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory heading a teachers' list of books all children should read in primary school, the BBC asked one avid young reader for his views.
Roald Dahl's cautionary tale definitely deserves its place at the top, according to 11-year-old Tom, from Shenfield in Essex, who says he reads for about an hour every day. Roald Dahl's cautionary tale definitely deserves its place at the top, according to 11-year-old Tom Lamb, from Shenfield in Essex, who says he reads for about an hour every day.
"It's just quite amusing and exciting to read and not boring or anything. It's a lot of different adventures, not all the same thing," Tom told the BBC."It's just quite amusing and exciting to read and not boring or anything. It's a lot of different adventures, not all the same thing," Tom told the BBC.
He particularly liked the way the more obnoxious characters in the book "get paid for what they do".He particularly liked the way the more obnoxious characters in the book "get paid for what they do".
Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian also got the thumbs up from Tom. But what does Tom think about the other books on the list?
"We read that with the school and we had to do comprehension over it. It was really good and quite realistic. I can imagine that sort of thing happening."We read that with the school and we had to do comprehension over it. It was really good and quite realistic. I can imagine that sort of thing happening.
"I think I liked Tom best because he persevered with stuff and adopted William when everyone wanted him to go to a special home for children.""I think I liked Tom best because he persevered with stuff and adopted William when everyone wanted him to go to a special home for children."
Matilda "I probably will read this. I know she goes into another world. I have seen the movie."
Matilda, also by Roald Dahl, was another favourite. "It was quite strange but quite amusing and exciting. I like the way he wrote it with lots of detail about Matilda's family life."
"It was quite strange but quite amusing and exciting. I like the way he wrote it with lots of detail about Matilda's family life," said Tom.
Tom still remembers the books he came across as a younger child, like Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo.
"I thought it was quite scary but now I think it's quite a funny book."I thought it was quite scary but now I think it's quite a funny book.
"It's a very good book - quite short. So not long and boring.""It's a very good book - quite short. So not long and boring."
He can also remember how The Very Hungry Caterpillar helped him take his first steps as a reader. "I haven't read this yet. I definitely know they go into another world and there are lots of different characters and adventures.
"I am quite keen to read it."
"It was quite easy and, when you are younger, quite a fun and enjoyable book to read with lots of good pictures to help younger children to understand what the words mean.""It was quite easy and, when you are younger, quite a fun and enjoyable book to read with lots of good pictures to help younger children to understand what the words mean."
Tom thought Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt was "really scary but very good" when he had it read to him "a few years ago", especially the bit when the hunters finally find the bear and everyone screams and runs away. "When I was younger it was really scary but very good. I was very scared at first - but when I read it afterwards I thought it was really funny. It's good the way it makes you pronounce the words again and again."
"I was very scared at first - but when I read it afterwards I thought it was really funny". "I was about seven when I read this. I enjoyed it. It was about something that could have happened to me."
He likes the way the rhyme makes young readers "pronounce the same sounds again and again". "This was fun. The pictures were really good, they helped you understand the story a bit more."
Where is Harry Potter? So what else should be on the list?
Tom has not yet read any of the books in The Chronicles of Narnia series, which appear in sixth place on the teachers' list - but definitely wants to.
"I definitely know they go into another world and there are lots of different characters and adventures.
"I am quite keen to read them."
The same goes for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
"I probably will read this. I know she goes into another world. I have seen the movie."
For Tom the big surprise is that the list does not include a single Harry Potter book.For Tom the big surprise is that the list does not include a single Harry Potter book.
"I really think they should have been on the list. I am on the last one now. I read it every night. I like the last one best, more than the other ones."I really think they should have been on the list. I am on the last one now. I read it every night. I like the last one best, more than the other ones.
"It's called The Deathly Hallows. The other ones are more about school and stuff. This is about when he's left school and it's a lot more exciting.""It's called The Deathly Hallows. The other ones are more about school and stuff. This is about when he's left school and it's a lot more exciting."