Unfairies: Death by Toad is a chaotic, colourful and exciting graphic novel quest, with detailed drawings worth revisiting and a back section showing how the author makes comics.

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Back to school items for students UK - age-by-age picks for nursery, EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 and sixth form, plus school resources for parents and teachers.

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Buck & Ears Pirate Detectives is clever, a little bit silly and fun from start to finish, with likeable characters, interviews, observations and clues that let readers work things out for themselves.

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Thornbird is a gripping YA thriller about Ryan Shipley, who returns to Starling, Tennessee, as her father’s execution nears and cryptic messages pull her into a dangerous family mystery.

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Shadow Reaper is a dark YA fantasy with blackmist, reapers, a reluctant alliance and a slow-burning enemies-to-lovers dynamic, driven by twists that leave readers desperate for book two.

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Children’s book news for May 2026: Reading Rights, the Children’s Booker, Michael Rosen at 80, the Klaus Flugge and Branford Boase shortlists, BookTrust winners, LitUp results and shared reading data.

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Books about fashion for children and teens with titles by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Megan Hess, Sophia Bennett, Holly Smale, Juno Dawson, John Peacock, Lesley Ware, Carina Axelsson, Caroline Young, and Sofi Thanhauser.

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Combat sports books for children and teens with titles by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Markus Zusak, Fonda Lee, Robin Ha, Nicola Adams, Ronda Rousey, and C. S. Pacat.

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Islam books for children and teens with titles by Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hiba Noor Khan, Zanib Mian, Adiba Jaigirdar, S. K. Ali, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Muhammad Khan, Samira Ahmed, Tahereh Mafi, and Sabaa Tahir.

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Judaism books for children and teens with titles by Michael Rosen, Sandi Toksvig, Elie Wiesel, Art Spiegelman, Lesléa Newman, Liz Kessler, Keren David, Elana K. Arnold, Peter Lantos, and Susan Hood.

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Aardvark Day is a poetry collection that shares a vision of the natural world in all its variety, surprises and mystery, with trees, rockpools, aardvarks, belugas, butterflies and elephants.

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Rugby books for children and teens with titles by Patrick Ness, Alice Oseman, Tom Palmer, Shamini Flint, Adam Hargreaves, Chloe Walsh, Maggie Alphonsi, Rob Burrow, Johnny Sexton, and Gordon D’Arcy.

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International Transgender Day of Visibility books for children and teens with titles by Juno Dawson, Virginia Woolf, Kacen Callender, Alex Gino, Kyle Lukoff, Aiden Thomas, Andrew Joseph White, Anna-Marie McLemore, Meredith Russo, and Dashka Slater.

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Bone Head: Guardian of the Underworld is a funny illustrated adventure in which a self-important skeleton guardian causes disaster, loses Cerberus and crosses the Underworld with Mort's sarcastic comments.

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A Sister Like You is an uplifting, feel-good novel about adopted girls Ella and Ari, whose school choir friendship leads to a life-changing family discovery and questions about identity and belonging.

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Alex Abbott is (un)Dead: Diary of a Reluctant Vampire (aged 11½) is a funny supernatural adventure with flawed decisions, far-reaching consequences and a chance for Alex to put things right.

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The Wild Ones is a story of pampered pets left in a city without humans, where Scamp and his friends must trust each other, face the Things and find their own wildness to reach a new sanctuary.

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Season 1, Episode 41 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for May 2026 and reading assessments vs the National Year of Reading.

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The Ministry of Manners is a dystopian novel that uses politeness and good manners as its starting point, following Alfie and Margot through rules, rebellion, survival and escape against the Ministry.

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The School Reading List compiles this list of recommended books monthly. This children's and YA books of the month list highlights new releases and editions of fiction and non-fiction books suitable for children and young adults aged 2-16.

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