Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Cristina Cubells holds a degree in Music Pedagogy and Psychology and an MA in Theory and Critique of Culture. She focuses on the intersection of education, theatre and music.
She works as a director of opera and theatre, particularly new music theatre. She also teaches in higher education, specialising in creative direction and critical thinking.
Her children’s picture book This Book Is Too Quiet! You Add the Noise… invites readers to make their own sound effects while reading.
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.
Season 1, Episode 35 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for October 2025 and A library in every primary: what £10m means.
September 2025’s book club includes titles by Mikey Please, Maudie Powell-Tuck, Yolanda T. Marshall, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Martineau, Lisa Williamson, Kieran Larwood, Cynthia Murphy, Anna Zoe Quirke, and Charlotte Ingham.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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