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- I Want a Dog by Jon Agee
- Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm by Ash Bond
- A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
- Growing Up Powerful Journal by Nona Willis Aronowitz
- Ancient Love Stories by Emily Hauser
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Memory Thieves (The Marvellers 2) by Dhonielle Clayton
- Storm Dragon by Dianne Hofmeyr and Carol Thompson
- Scarygirl Film Tie-In: The Origin Story by Nathan Jurevicius
- Santa's New Reindeer by Caroline Crowe and Jess Pauwels
- Merry Whatmas? by Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar
- I Loved You In Another Life by David Arnold
- Last-Place Lin by Wai Chim, illustrated by Freda Chiu
- Super Space Weekend: Adventures in Astronomy by Gaëlle Alméras
- Man-Man and the Tree of Memories by Yaba Badoe
- Best Friends Forever by Lisa Williamson
- The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton
- The Star Whale by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Petr Horáček
- Butterfly Wings by Samuel Larochelle, illustrated by Eve Patenaude
- The Taming of the Cat by Helen Cooper
- The Wolf Twins by Ewa Jozefkowicz
- The Silver Road by Sinéad O’Hart
- Nikhil and Jay: Off to India by Chitra Soundar
- All That It Ever Meant by Blessing Musariri
- Channel Fear by Lisa Richardson
- Monster Stink by Anna Brooke
- Agent 9: Flood-a-geddon! by James Burks
- Animal Homes: Rainforest by Natasha Durley
- Peanut, Butter & Crackers: River Rescue by Paige Braddock
- The Fantastic Electric Mash-up Machines: Obstacle Attack! by Tyler Byrd and N.S Blackman
- Finding Wonder by Lauren St John
- Mia and the Traitor of Nubis by Janelle McCurdy
- Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys, illustrated by Pola Mai
- The Girl Who Grew Wings by Anna Waterworth
- The Moon is a Ball by Ed Franck and Thé Tjong-Khing
- Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix
- Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
- Secret Sister by Sophie McKenzie
- How to Train Your Dragon 20th Anniversary Edition by Cressida Cowell
- My Dad is a Tree by Jon Agee
- Indiana Bones and the Invisible City by Harry Heape
- One Chance Dance by Efua Traoré
- Super Small: Miniature Marvels of the Natural World by Tiffany Stone
- A Head Full of Magic by Sarah Morrell
- Nowhere Island by Tania Unsworth
- Overemotional by David Fenne
- Last Girl In by Cheryl Diane Parkinson
- Sing If You Can’t Dance by Alexia Casale
- The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei by Christina Matula
- Call of the Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
- Growing Up Powerful by Nona Willis Aronowitz
- Forwards Always by Matthew Hodson
- The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith
- My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting
- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
- Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm by Annelise Gray
- The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- Ajay and the Jaipur Moon by Varsha Shah
- An Anthology of Aesop’s Animal Fables by Helen Ward
- Son of the Sea by Richard Pickard
- Prehistoric Beasts by Dr Dean Lomax, illustrated by Mike Love
- The Thief of Farrowfell by Ravena Guron
- Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer by Jeffrey Boakye
- Tourmaline and the Island of Elsewhere by Ruth Lauren
- The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon, illustrated by Sean Buckingham
- Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
- I say Oh, You say No by John Kane
- Corey’s Rock by Sita Brahmachari
- A Passing On Of Shells by Simon Lamb
- Tell me about the Human Body & Plants By Emily Dodd, illustrated by Chorkung
- Vita and the Gladiator by Ally Sherrick
- Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher
- Fighting in a World on Fire by Andreas Malm
- You Think You Know Me by Ayaan Mohamud
- Xanthe & the Ruby Crown by Jasbinder Bilan
- Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
- Wildoak by C.C. Harrington
- The Accidental Stowaway by Judith Eagle
- This Book Kills by Ravena Guron
- The Rescue of Ravenwood by Natasha Farrant
- Curse Breaker by Simon Tudhope
- The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho
- No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt
- The Silver Chain, written and illustrated by Jion Sheibani
- Stone by Finbar Hawkins
- Free Kid to Good Home by Hiroshi Ito
- Ready for Spaghetti by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Polly Dunbar
- Pops by Gavin Bishop
- Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
- The Cartoons that Saved the World by Tom Ellen
- Once Upon a Fever by Angharad Walker
- Alte Zachen: Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor
- I'm More Than A Sheep by Bethany Christou
- The More Monster, written and illustrated by Hayley Wells
- When Creature Met Creature by John Agard, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
- Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great By Dominic Sandbrook
- The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
- Minecraft Official Workbooks
- By Rowan and Yew by Melissa Harrison
- Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs by Christopher Reid
- The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg by Emily Critchley
- The Little Thing by Nick Cave
- Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
- Rita Wong and the Jade Mask by Mark Jones
- The Week at World’s End by Emma Carroll
- The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers by Jen Campbell
- National Geographic Kids Everything KS2 history books
- When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari
- Book of Numbers by Oliver Jeffers
- Our Beautiful Game by Lou Kuenzler
- The Ash House by Angharad Walker
- Antigua de Fortune of the High Seas by Anna Rainbow and Oli Hyatt
- Song of the Far Isles by Nicholas Bowling
- Rita’s Rabbit by Laura Mucha and Hannah Peck
- Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People by Rick Broadbent
- Musical Truth by Jeffrey Boakye
- The Young Cyclist's Companion by Peter Drinkell
- The Truths We Hold - An American Journey by Kamala Harris
- Big Sky Mountain by Alex Milway
- Zoom Adventure Series
- Panda at the Door by Sarah Horne
- Ten Little Dogs by Ruth Brown
- Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- The Magician’s Map by Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai
- White Fox in the Forest by Chen Jiatong
- Alone! by Barry Falls
- NO! said Rabbit by Marjoke Henrichs
- Picklewitch & Jack and the Sea Wizard's Secret by Claire Barker
- Thunderbolt by Wilbur Smith with Chris Wakling
- My Sneezes Are Perfect by Rakhshan Rizwan and Yusuf Samee
- By Ash, Oak and Thorn by Melissa Harrison
- Can You Whistle, Johanna? by Ulf Stark and Anna Höglund
- A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries) by Sophie Cleverly
- Robin Hood – Piracy, Paintballs and Zebras by Robert Muchamore
- Daydreams and Jellybeans by Alex Wharton and Katy Riddell
- The Awesome Power of Sleep by Nicola Morgan
- The Time Traveller and the Tiger by Tania Unsworth
- Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin
- The Marvellous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossanteli
- Another Twist in the Tale by Catherine Bruton
- The World's Most Magnificent Machines by David Long
- On the Move Poems About Migration by Michael Rosen
- Lori and Max and the Book Thieves by Catherine O’Flynn
- Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia edited by Christopher Lloyd
- Time School: We Will Honour Them by Nikki Young
- Adventure in Athens by Caroline Lawrence
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Happy Healthy Minds by The School of Life
- Metropolis by Benoit Tardif
- The Extraordinary Elements by Colin Stuart
- 101 Awesome Women Who Transformed Science
- The Princess and the Pea illustrated by Emma Martinez
- Little Big Feelings Endorsed by Dr Janet Rose founder of Emotional Coaching UK
- Taylor Before and After by Jennie Englund
- Shark Super Powers by Jillian Morris & Duncan Brake
- A Trip to the Future by Moira Butterfield
- Absolutely Everything by Christopher Lloyd
- The Boy Who Dreamed of Dragons by Andy Shepherd
- Sock Story and Born Bad by C K Smouha
- Scruff by Alice Bowsher
- Earth Shattering Events by Robin Jacobs and Sophie Williams
- I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast by Michael Holland
- Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
- Build a Castle by Paul Farrell
- Challenge Everything by Blue Sandford
- Ronaldo Rules by Simon Mugford & Dan Green
- Time School by Nikki Young
- The Big Green Activity Book by Damara Strong
- The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle
- Poems the wind blew in by Karmelo C. Iribarren
- The Missing by Michael Rosen
- The Pearl in the Ice by Cathryn Constable
- A Million Dots by Sven Völker
- Gangster School: Gruffles and the Killer Sheep by Kate Wiseman
- Dr Maggie’s Grand Tour of the Solar System by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince by Liz Kessler
- When It Rains by Rassi Narika
- Brilliant Brainz Magazine
- The Girl Who Learned All the Languages of the World by Ieva Flamingo
- Notes on my Family by Emily Critchley
- The Head That Wears A Crown edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Dai'an Wright
- School Reading List Book of the Month Archive
- Peter in Peril by Helen Bate
Children's favourites
Common Entrance and GCSE Revision
Competitions for Children
Educational Toys
New book releases
Reading lists for primary school learners aged 3-11
Resources
School book clubs
School Reading List Children's Literature Podcast
- How to use Lego to encourage reading skills | Series 1, Episode 15
- How To Organise An Effective Quiet Reading Time | Series 1, Episode 14
- The Reading Framework | Series 1, Episode 13
- The Power of Children's Book Series | Series 1, Episode 12
- Transitioning from picture books to short chapter books | Series 1, Episode 11
- How to halt the summer slide by encouraging students to read | Series 1, Episode 10
- Chat GPT and AI - a blessing or a curse for teachers? | Series 1, Episode 9
- How the cost of living crisis is impacting children's reading and book sales | Series 1, Episode 8
- Why it's not a good idea to use reading records | Series 1, Episode 7
- Why we shouldn't ban books | Series 1, Episode 6
- How to make GCSE literature set texts more accessible for students | Series 1, Episode 5
- What makes a book popular with children? | Series 1, Episode 4
- Does reading decline in secondary schools? | Series 1, Episode 3
- Are classroom wall displays a good idea? | Series 1, Episode 2
- When is a quote not a quote? | Series 1, Episode 1
- Podcast trailer
Secondary KS3, KS4 and KS5 11-18 books lists
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