PSHE topic books

PSHE topic books for EYFS, KS1, KS2, and KS3

Please browse our regularly updated lists of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education) topic books for children in UK primary and secondary schools. We have compiled lists of exciting nonfiction and fiction titles to enliven topics and cross-curricular teaching.

Useful websites

PSHE Association
DfE guidance document for PSHE June 2019
BBC KS1 PSHE videos
BBC KS2 PSHE and social studies videos
BBC KS3 PSHE and modern studies videos
BBC GCSE PSHE and modern studies videos

PSHE magazines and journals

Teen Breathe (for KS3 and KS4)

Refugees and migration books for children and teens

Last updated on April 5, 2024 by Tom Tolkien

Refugees and migration books for children and teens, featuring books by Erika Meza, Na’ima B. Robert, Brian Bilston, Eoin Colfer, Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Armin Greder, Michael Rosen, Ele Fountain and Malcolm Duffy.

LGBTQI+ themed books for secondary schools

LGBTQIA+ fiction for secondary aged children and teens aged 11+

Last updated on January 21, 2024 by Tom Tolkien

LGBTQIA+ themed books for secondary schools, featuring titles by Simon James Green, Alice Oseman, David Levithan, Phil Stamper, Rainbow Rowell, Dean Atta, Meg Grehan, Juno Dawson, Kalynn Bayron, William Hussey and Erin Ekins.

LGBTQI+ themed books for primary schools

LGBTQIA+ themed books for primary school aged children

Last updated on January 18, 2024 by Tom Tolkien

Children’s books with LGBTQIA+ themes for primary schools with titles by Jessica Love, Simon James Green, Ian Eagleton, Juno Dawson, Raina Telgemeier, Sarah Hagger-Holt, Alex Gino, Jen Carney and Benjamin Dean.

Families and adoption topic books

Last updated on October 11, 2023 by Tom Tolkien

Children’s books about families and adoption for children aged 2-11 in EYFS, KS1 & KS2 – including stories by Samuel Langley-Swain, Jamie Lee-Curtis, Todd Parr, Phoebe Koehler, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Justin Richardson.

Resilience topic books

Last updated on August 12, 2023 by Tom Tolkien

Children’s books about resilience, perseverance, and grit, including titles suitable for KS1 and KS2 by David Long, Cece Bell, Matthew Syed, Julie Murphy, Esther Pia Cordova, and Barney Salzberg.

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