Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Ester Gaya is a Spanish palaeobotanist and researcher. She studied biology at the University of Barcelona and completed her doctoral work on fossil fungi and lichens. She has held research positions at institutions including the Natural History Museum in London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Her work focuses on the evolutionary history of fungi and lichens, combining palaeontology with molecular biology to investigate biodiversity over geological timescales. Gaya has published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to scientific collections and exhibitions.
She was awarded a Future Leader Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation in 2018 to support her research on fungal evolution.
Natural history books for children and teens with titles by Chris Packham, Ed Yong, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Steve Brusatte, Mya-Rose Craig, Peter Wohlleben, Gillian Burke, Isabella Tree, Dara McAnulty, and Helen Scales.
Season 1, Episode 43 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for July 2026 and What happens when children spend the book budget?
June 2026’s book club includes titles by Marjoke Henrichs, Philip Ardagh, Ian Eagleton, Hayley Wells, Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith, Tony Bradman, Bec Manser, Clare Pollard, Patrick Gallagher, Jamie Gregory, Mitch Johnson & Matt Goodfellow.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2020. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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