School Reading List Book of the Month Archive
Each month, the School Reading List compiles a list of recommended books and on this page, we feature an archive of recommendations for picture books, fiction, and nonfiction from previous years.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Emma Strack is a French journalist and author. She has presented programmes on French television and written educational books for children that explain social and cultural topics in accessible language.
Her children’s titles include Tout le monde dit merci (2015), illustrated by Guillaume Plantevin, which introduces the idea of gratitude across different cultures, and C’est quoi, la France? (2016), which explains aspects of French society to young readers.
Tout le monde dit merci was published by De La Martinière Jeunesse in 2015.
Each month, the School Reading List compiles a list of recommended books and on this page, we feature an archive of recommendations for picture books, fiction, and nonfiction from previous years.
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