Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
February 2025’s set of book club recommendations features titles by Karl Newson & Duncan Beedie, Gordon D’Arcy & Paul Howard, Hannah Tunnicliffe & Erica Harrison, Gary Panton, Robin Greenfield & Antonia Banyard, Jenny Pearson, Erica Gomez, Gabriel Dylan, Sophie Jo, & Ravena Guron.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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