Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Little Owl Lost
Shh! We Have a Plan
Oh No, George!
Goodnight Everyone
Shh!: A Chris Haughton Boxed Set
Don’t Worry, Little Crab
Blue Christmas
This Christmas (Destination, Love, #3)
Play Teenage Piano Tutor Book 3
The King of the Birds: Beyond the Stars
The Christ Effect Presents: The First Afro-Native and Ethnic Devotional Coloring Book For All Ages: Illustrated by Kayshia Haughton
The Road Less Troubled (Christian Ethics Book 4)
Habits of Morality: Essays on Current Ethical Issues (Christian Ethics Book 3)
Meditations On The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Play Piano Teenage Book 3 Repertoire
Contemplations on the Birth of Jesus Christ
Why Be A Christian?
Play Piano 3 Classics & Trads
Play Piano Animal Repertoire
Books for Year 1 – here’s our selection to challenge and interest children aged 5-6 in UK primary schools. Handpicked recommendations from teachers and librarians, with titles by Michael Rosen, Julia Donaldson, Jon Klassen, Judith Kerr, Satoshi Kitamura, and more.
Children’s books of the year 2024 – our team has picked a shortlist of great children’s and teen titles published in the last 12 months, with fiction, non-fiction and picture books for 3-18 years and a diverse range of prose, poetry and graphic novels. Vote now!
Books for 5-year-olds – favourites chosen by children including titles by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Giles Andreae, Chris Haughton, Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, Nick Sharratt, Michael Bond, Lynley Dodd, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet & Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2024. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels, poetry and non-fiction.
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