Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Violent Volcanoes
Bloomin’ Rainforests
Odious Oceans
Earth-Shattering Earthquakes
Desperate Deserts
Stormy Weather
Freaky Peaks
Raging Rivers
Perishing Poles
The Sea Is Salty: and Other Questions About the Oceans
Monster Lakes
Camels Have Humps: And Other Questions About Animals
Wild Islands
Eruption!: The Story of Volcanoes (DK Readers L2)
Cracking Coasts
Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls
Intrepid Explorers
Encyclopedia of World History
The Wind Blows and Other Questions About Our Planet
The Smart Girl’s Guide To Growing Up
Horrible Geography of The World
Earth and Space
HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY 10BK BOXSET
Norse Myths and Legends
First Encyclopedia
DK First Atlas: A First Reference Guide to the Countries of the World
Planet In Peril (Horrible Geography Handbooks)
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: [Book-and-CD Set]
Sikh Stories
Wicked Weather (Horrible Geography Handbooks)
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
20 pirate books for children interested in life on the high seas and primary schools looking for pirate books for cross curricular topics. Authors include James Davies, Celia Rees, Neil Gaiman, Lindsay Eagar, Derek Keilty, Cornelia Funke, and Philip Ardagh.
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.
Anglo-Saxon topic books for children aged 7-11 in KS2. This list includes nonfiction books and stories by Tony Bradman, Rosemary Sutcliff, Terry Deary, Karen Wallace, Robert Fowke and Anita Ganeri.
Codes, puzzles, secrets and spies books for children with titles by Martin Handford, Soledad Romero, Ben Sanders, Clotilde Perrin, Gareth Moore, Maz Evans, Paul Westmoreland, Paige Towler, Christopher Edge, Sam Fern and more.
Volcanoes and earthquakes topic books for KS2. Authors include Ben Hubbard, Sophie Williams, Philip Pullman, Lauren St John, Caroline Lawrence, Anita Ganeri, Anne-Sophie Baumann and Meredith Hooper.
Stone Age, Bronze Age & Iron Age themed children’s books including titles by Bridget Marzo, Raymond Briggs, Kathleen Fidler, Tom Palmer, Marcia Williams, Satoshi Kitamura, Sophie Kirtley, Terry Deary, Ben Lerwill & more.
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