Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Tall Story
Bone Talk
Shine
Is it a Mermaid?
Hinabing Gunita (Woven Memories): Filipinos in the United Kingdom
Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 10: Tree Tops Myths And Legends: Animal Tricksters
Animal Tricksters
Oxford Reading Tree: Stages 9/10: Tree Tops Myths And Legends: Pack (6 Books, 1 Of Each Title)
Sirena Ba ‘Yan?
Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Myths and Legends: Levels 10 and 11: Pack of 6
One Snowy Night
Ferdinand Magellan (The First Names Series)
Little Rhino Lost is a warm story of kindness about being lost and finding the way home, suitable for ages 3 and up. It’s ideal for children who are learning about kindness, community, resilience, and the comfort of nature in unfamiliar situations.
Storybooks online – here’s our curated collection of video online stories read by authors including Cressida Cowell, Aisha Bushby, Alex Wheatle, Catherine Bruton, David Walliams, Malorie Blackman, Michael Rosen and more.
Kindness, empathy and love children’s books for students aged 3-12+ including titles by Laura Dockrill, Malcolm Duffy, Dan Smith, Alice Oseman, Jess McGeachin, Michael Rosen, Catherine Rayner, Satoshi Kitamura, Suma Subramaniam, Benjamin Dean, R J Palacio & more.
Season 1, Episode 8 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for March 2023, a look at our poetry for 7-11-year-olds list and how the cost of living crisis is impacting children’s reading.
The 2019 shortlist of books for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019 – recommended for children aged 9-16 and young adults in primary and secondary schools.
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