Children’s Literature News August 2025
Children’s book news for August 2025: classroom reading picks, prize winners, nature writing, humour awards, YA headlines, festivals, and policy moves shaping libraries and school resources.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Children’s book news for August 2025: classroom reading picks, prize winners, nature writing, humour awards, YA headlines, festivals, and policy moves shaping libraries and school resources.
Football books for children with titles by Michael Rosen, Tom Palmer, Mal Peet, Michaela Morgan, Priscilla Mante, Alex Wheatle, Dan Freedman, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Bali Rai and Michelle Robinson.
August 2025’s book club includes titles by Forest Xiao, Ted Hughes, Joaquin Camp, Enomwoyi Damali, Ruthine Burton, Julie Sykes, Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, Anastasiya Kanavaliuk, Gary Panton, Radhika Sanghani, Anna Ciddor, Brían Dungan, Sally Gales, and E. V. Woods.
Season 1, Episode 29 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for April 2025 and Do Children Read More Than We Think?
March 2025’s book club recommendations feature titles by Enomwoyi Damali, Swapna Haddow, Jamie Hammond, Nathanael Lessore, Tony Russell, Ally Sherrick, Sarah Harrison, Jess French, Robert Muchamore, Anthony Kessel, Philippa Gregory & R.M. Gray.
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