Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
What To Do If an Elephant Stands On Your Foot
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth
A Beginner’s Guide to Bear Spotting
There’s a Lion in My Cornflakes
The Forgetful Knight
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus
And the Robot Went . . .
Ding Dong! Gorilla!
Goodnight Tractor
Odd Socks
Goodnight Digger
The Pawed Piper
Goodnight Spaceman
A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson
Goodnight Pirate
Tooth Fairy in Training
Tunisian Crochet Workshop
Goodnight Princess
The Awakening
Chicken Nugget
Books for Year 1 – here’s our selection to challenge and interest children aged 5-6 in UK primary schools. Handpicked recommendations from teachers and librarians, with titles by Michael Rosen, Julia Donaldson, Jon Klassen, Judith Kerr, Satoshi Kitamura, and more.
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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