Children’s Writing Competitions
A regularly updated list of creative & non-fiction writing competitions open to school-aged children in the UK, including contests for poetry, stories, handwriting & essays.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
Twelve Minutes to Midnight
The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day
The Jamie Drake Equation
The Longest Night of Charlie Noon
Shadows of the Silver Screen (Twelve Minutes To Midnight, #2)
The Black Crow Conspiracy
How to Write Your Best Story Ever!
The Dead Ways (The Dead Ways, #1)
i-ssassins
How To Make Money: Smart Ways to Make Millions
Rollercoasters: 19th-Century Fiction and Non-Fiction
Santa’s Christmas Handbook
Army of the Dead
19th-Century Short Stories
Ignite English
How to Be a Hero
Rollercoasters: 20th- and 21st-Century Fiction and Non-fiction
Christopher Edge Collection 3 Books Set
Maisie Day : les vies infinies
Shackleton
Comment devenir un héros
Rollercoasters: 19th, 20th and 21st-Century Non-Fiction
Rollercoasters: Charles Dickens Collection
Catapult: Student Book 1
The Penelope Tredwell Mysteries Boxed Set #1-3
Call to Change: Rebuilding the Church
My Best Short Story in 500 Words
Rollercoasters: Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Catapult: Student Book 2
A regularly updated list of creative & non-fiction writing competitions open to school-aged children in the UK, including contests for poetry, stories, handwriting & essays.
Books for year 7 – our reading recommendation for 11 year olds at the start of secondary school in Year 7. There’s a selection of choices including classics, well-known authors, new titles, cult fiction and short stories. This recommended Year 7 reading list is aimed at all ability ranges.
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.
Science fiction and STEM topic books for Key Stage 1,2 & 3, including fiction and nonfiction titles by Amy Bond, Christopher Edge, David Wiesner, Jane Wilsher, Ross Welford, SF Said and Margaret Wild.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2022. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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