Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
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.
August 2024’s set of book club recommendations features a selection of outstanding new titles by Candy Bee, Steve Smallman, Ben Sanders, Steve Webb, Paige Towler, Janelle McCurdy, Jo Simmons, Jess Popplewell, Kara A. Kennedy and Maureen Johnson.
Countdown to Bedtime Sleepy Unicorn will help young children slow down, relax and drift off to sleep, hopefully dreaming about the fluffy bunnies, tiny fireflies or some of the other lovely characters they have seen throughout the book.
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