Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Angie Morgan is a British author and illustrator of children’s books. She began publishing picture books in 2012, including Daisy’s Big Dig and Enormouse with Frances Lincoln, followed by Shouty Arthur and Shouty Arthur at the Seaside via Egmont.
Her illustration techniques blend pastels, charcoal, watercolours and digital collage, often incorporating scanned textures from found objects such as fabrics and tins.
In 2015, she published the middle-grade illustrated series beginning with Sedric and the Great Pig Rescue, followed by Sedric and the Hairy Troll Invasion and Sedric and the Roman Holiday Rampage, set during the Dark Ages. One of these won the Turnip Prize.
Morgan is based in Bath and has designed her author events to include readings, drama activities and drawing workshops, working with children aged 5–10 in schools across south-west England.
Her most recent picture book is Small Stanley’s Big List of Scary Stuff, published in 2023.
100 picture books for EYFS to read before you are 5 years old. A selection of picture books which are ideal for children who are learning to read in Nursery, Early Years, infants and Pre-Prep schools.
Books for Reception – a collection of great picture books for EYFS children aged 4-5 in UK primary schools. Picked by teachers and librarians, this reading list contains stories and poems by Michael Rosen, Steve Weatherill, Jeanne Willis, Oliver Jeffers, Julie Fulton, and more.
Season 1, Episode 35 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for October 2025 and A library in every primary: what £10m means.
I Really, Really Don’t Like Parties is a perfect title for supporting the very young with their first explorations into the world of children’s parties, or indeed any example of attending their first events without an adult.
Season 1, Episode 9 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for April 2023, a look at our summer term children’s book picks and how Chat GPT could affect English teaching.
April 2023’s set of book club recommendations features a selection of magical fiction and inspirational nonfiction books by Derek Keilty and Magda Broll, Angie Morgan, Na’ima B. Robert, Varsha Shah, Lela Nargi and Xuan Le, Emma Dodd & Maddy Bard, Pip Jones & Christina Matula.
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