Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Huw Aaron is a Welsh cartoonist, author, illustrator and graphic novelist. After working in finance, he became a magazine cartoonist and has produced joke cartoons for publications including Private Eye, Prospect and The Spectator.
Alongside his cartoon work, Aaron has written and illustrated children’s books in Welsh and English. Publisher biographies state that, since 2013, he has written or illustrated more than 60 Welsh-language books. He was the founding editor of the Welsh-language comic Mellten.
In 2021 he created Ha Ha Cnec, the Welsh-language £1 World Book Day title, published by Llyfrau Broga. In picture books, he is the author of Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob (Puffin, 2025). He also writes and draws the Unfairies graphic novel series for Puffin.
With Luned Aaron, he co-created Dwi Eisiau bod yn Ddeinosor (Atebol, 2022), which won the Tir na n-Og Award in 2023 and the Literature Wales Book of the Year prize in the Children and Young People category in 2023.
Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob was published by Puffin in 2025.
Our recommended graphic novels for children aged 7-11 to appeal to reluctant and able readers alike. This list includes works by Ben Clanton, Gary Northfield, Shannon Watters, Deborah Ellis, Jeanne DuPrau and Alastair Humphreys.
Unfairies: Death by Toad is a chaotic, colourful and exciting graphic novel quest, with detailed drawings worth revisiting and a back section showing how the author makes comics.
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Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2026. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in spring 2026. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Unfairies is a bright, action-packed, and funny graphic novel that moves along at a very fast pace and there are plenty of characters to meet, especially Pip, the main protagonist, who is on nearly every page.
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