Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Aliens Love Underpants
Dinosaurs Love Underpants
Pirates Love Underpants
Monsters Love Underpants
Aliens in Underpants Save the World
Snuggle Up Sleepy Ones
Aliens Love Panta Claus
Aliens Love Dinopants
Spider Sandwiches
Oliver & Patch
A Cuddle For Little Duck
Monstersaurus!
When We’re Together
On This Special Night
A Magical Christmas
Beep Beep Beep Time for Sleep!
You’re My Little Bunny
Bear’s Book
The Great Snortle Hunt
Cuddle Bear
Good Night, Sleep Tight!
Don’t Wake the Yeti!
Oops-A-Daisy!
My Grandparents Love Me
Dragon Jelly
I Love You, Sleepyhead
Ten Christmas Wishes
One Magical Day
Follow That Bear If You Dare!
The Monster of the Woods!
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.
Books for Reception – a collection of great picture books for EYFS children aged 4-5 in UK primary schools. Picked by teachers and librarians, this reading list contains stories and poems by Michael Rosen, Steve Weatherill, Jeanne Willis, Oliver Jeffers, Julie Fulton, and more.
100 picture books for EYFS to read before you are 5 years old. A selection of picture books which are ideal for children who are learning to read in Nursery, Early Years, infants and Pre-Prep schools.
Books for bedtime to read to children – a selection of books by Jill Murphy, Allan Ahlberg, Maurice Sendak, Michael Rosen, Martin Waddell, Fiona Watt, Claire Freedman, and more; which are ideal for reading to children at bedtime.
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