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Second Best Friend

Non Pratt

Jade and Becky have always been best friends; inseparable and often indistinguishable. They’re not quite chalk and cheese, but are quite different: Jade is outgoing, swinging from one crush to another, and likes a good party. Becky’s quieter, not interested in relationships, and prefers to stay in. Jade’s never really noticed the differences before, but […]

Friendship, Love, Romantic, School/ Learning

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

World of Robots: Wild Robots

Joe Craig

Jango and Izza are trapped on a broken-down transporter ship during a storm. Just when they think things can’t get any worse, a deadly beast escapes from a crate – and it has their scent! A dangerous game of hide and seek between animal and humans begins … Can Jango and Izza make it off […]

Fiction, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

World of Robots: Jango

Joe Craig

Jango and his grandpa are on their own, living on a planet that is largely covered by water. Robot ships patrol the ocean to bring in anything they find, ready for Jango and his grandpa to sort. But one night, they bring in something new. Something from the space station high above them. Something that […]

Fiction, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

On the Ghost Trail

Chris Powling & Loretta Schauer

A spooky comedy from Chris Powling with hilarious illustrations by Loretta Schauer. Perfect for fans of Amelia Fang and Knitbone Pepper. A ghost has been haunting Ben’s grandpa’s house with cobweb trails and the TAP-TAP-TAP of its heartbeat. So when the clock strikes twelve, Ben’s brother dares him to go on a hunt for the […]

Family, Fiction, Learning, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

The Fantastic Book of Feelings

Marcia Williams

How do you feel today? Whether you’re happy, sad or anything in-between, this book is the perfect guide to understanding and celebrating all your feelings! In colourful comic-strip stories, explore a whole range of emotions and discover ways to cope when any feeling becomes overwhelming. Packed with top tips for mental wellbeing and a first […]

Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Friendship, Non-fiction, Personal/social issues, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

The Remarkable Pigeon

Dorien Brouwers

When a pigeon visits the aviary, he feels very inferior to all of the other species of birds he encounters, with their colourful plumage and magnificent wingspans. But eventually the pigeon realises that he has something the other birds don’t – his freedom! The Remarkable Pigeon is a thought-provoking and stunningly-illustrated picture book that will […]

Animals, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Personal/social issues, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

That Thing

Alexis Deacon & Avital Balwit

A close encounter with an intelligent octopus provides a lesson in the value of curiosity and kindness to animals. Debut writer Avital Balwit’s That Thing suggests that our indifference to other animals also reflects how we sometimes treat each other. Illustrator Alexis Deacon’s watercolour washes and exquisite octopi animate this brilliant short story. That Thing […]

Animals, Emotion/ Feelings, Fiction, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

Weird Wild & Wonderful

James Carter & Neal Layton

Expect to hear the moon speak, explore a magic wood and play air guitar. You’ll meet wolves, elephants and a dung beetle; you’ll get close to a gorilla and sing a lullaby to a woolly mammoth; you might even meet an alien in a library.

Funny, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

The Night Bus Hero

Onjali Q. Rauf

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class , comes another incredible story, told with humour and heart. ‘The boy’s an absolute menace.’ ‘He’s a bully. A lost cause!’ ‘Why can’t he be more like his sister?’ I’ve been getting into trouble for as long […]

Bullying, Emotion/ Feelings, Fiction, Friendship, Personal/social issues, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

The Last Chip

Duncan Beedie

Percy is a little pigeon, and he’s very hungry. Life on the streets is tough, and every time he tries to get hold of a scrap of food, bigger, beefier birds bat him away. He’s about to give up when someone offers him her very last chip. A moving and uplifting story about struggle against […]

Animals, Personal/social issues, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

One Potato, Two Potatoes

Adam Guillain

A laugh-out-loud, sing-along counting romp, based on the traditional rhyme, perfect for fans of Supertato! One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four… playing hide and seek – hang on! Who’s inside the drawer?! Four more energetic, excitable potatoes, that’s who! And the potato pals are about to receive an exciting invitation: to take part in […]

Food, Funny, Learning, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

My Big Mouth

Chanté Timonthy & Steven Camden

‘They think I’m cool.’ Dom’s face wrinkled up, ‘Who does? Who cares?’ But I did. I cared. When Dad leaves, ten-year-old Jay has questions. Where has he gone? Why did he go? When no one can give Jay the answers he needs, he makes up his own stories, setting off a chain reaction that sees […]

Family, Fiction, Funny, Personal/social issues, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Pencil Case

Dave Shelton

It’s the start of a brand new term at St Rita’s School for Spirited Girls, and that means big changes all round – starting with the school’s brand new headteacher, Miss Woolley, who seems to be severely underestimating just what a riotous bunch the St Rita’s pupils are. And when Emily Lime – the fabulously […]

Fiction, Friendship, Funny, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

Luna Loves Art

Fiona Lumbers & Joseph Coelho

At the gallery, Luna is transfixed by the famous art, but her classmate Finn doesn’t seem to want to be there at all. Finn's family doesn't look like the one in Henry Moore's 'Family Group' sculpture, but then neither does Luna's. Maybe all Finn needs is a friend.

Creating art/ Imagination, Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Family, Friendship, Marriage/ Divorce, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

The Corona Collection – A Conversation

Cheryl Moskowitz

Cheryl Moskowitz's unique poetry collection documents the thoughts and feelings of children about the Coronavirus Pandemic 2020.

Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Personal Stories, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: All-Ages

That Asian Kid

Savita Kalhan

Published in August 2019. It was Pick of the Week for Love Reading 4 Schools, and Book of the Week at Letterbox Library. Jeevan’s an A star student in every subject apart from English. He suspects his English teacher, Mrs. Greaves, of marking him down on purpose. But no one believes him – even […]

Family, Fiction, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Racism, School/ Learning

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Everything All At Once

Steven Camden

An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everything happens all at once. Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facing it, fitting in, finding friends and falling out, to loving lessons, […]

Family, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Cookie and the most annoying boy in the world

Konnie Huq

Cookie’s life is basically over. Her best friend in the whole world is moving to Solihull because one of her dads has a new job there. Solihull?! Where even is that?! Cookie begs her parents for a pet to fill the void but they have given her an absolute NO. It would be way […]

Fiction, Funny, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Mental Health and Wellbeing, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Tad

Benji Davies

Meet Tad. She’s the smallest tadpole in a big pond, and lives there with all her tadbrothers and tadsisters. Although something else lives there too… BIG BLUB! And when everyone else starts to disappear, Tad starts to wonder if Big Blub will get her too… Or is everyone else going somewhere else; somewhere better? And […]

Animals, Fiction, Identity, Natural History Museum, Tring, Nature/ Outdoors, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Rauf

Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child’s perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn’t always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called […]

Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Justice, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Luna Loves Library Day

Fiona Lumbers & Joseph Coelho

Luna loves library day: that’s the day she spends with her dad. Exploring the shelves they find magic, mystery and even start to mend their own history. An inspiring story from one of the UK’s greatest up-and-coming poets for children, captured in all its flights of fancy by newcomer Fiona Lumbers.

Adventure, Creating art/ Imagination, Fiction, Library, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Dosbarth Miss Prydderch A’r Carped Hud

Mererid Hopwood

P’nawn da Ffrindiau a chroeso i wefan dosbarth Miss Prydderch! Defnyddiwch y botymau er mwyn dysgu mwy am fyd y llyfr a’r byd o’ch cwmpas. Mae’r llythyren ‘T’ yn sefyll am “Tudalen”. Felly os yw’r wefan yn dweud “T.7” – mae angen i chi edrych ar dudalen 7. Dosbarth Miss Prydderch is a series of five books in Welsh […]

Adventure, Friendship, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Welsh

AGES: 7-10

A Kid in My Class

Chris Riddell & Rachel Rooney

He’s not scared of nothing. Nobody. Never. Nah. Which means that he is. Tough kid. Not tough enough. I know – I once met his dad. They’re all here… every kid in the class. The pushy one, the shy one. The whizz kid and the daydreamer. The kid who runs in his wheelchair. The […]

Bullying, Empathy, Friendship, Funny, Picture Books, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Little Gardener

Emily Hughes

There was once a little gardener and his garden meant everything to him. He worked hard, very hard, but he was just too little (or at least he felt he was). In this gentle, beautiful tale, Emily Hughes, the celebrated author of Wild, departs from the larger than life Wild-girl of her debut to pursue […]

Magic, Nature/ Outdoors, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Surreal

AGES: 3-7

Franklin’s Flying Bookshop

Katie Harnett

Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even look at him. One day he meets a girl named Luna who, far from being scared, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends […]

Animals, Bullying, Magic, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Self-discovery

AGES: 3-7

The Noisy Classroom

Ieva Flamingo & Vivianna Maria Stanislavska

It isn’t easy being a kid – especially not in the noisiest class in the school.

Funny, Picture Books, Poetry, School/ Learning, Surreal

AGES: 7-10

Smart About Sharks

Owen Davey

It’s time to learn about the sea’s most feared (and most misunderstood) residents: sharks!

Animals, Environment/Climate Change, Non-fiction, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Water

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: The Headmaster of Doom

Jamie Thomson

The Dark Lord comes up against his most fearsome foe yet!

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Dream On

Bali Rai

Baljit works in his dad’s chippy and dreams of a football career. But his parents have different dreams…

Family, Fiction, Friendship, School/ Learning, Self-discovery, Sports

AGES: 10-12

A Brave Bear

Sean Taylor

A beautiful story describing a father and son relationship, written by Sean Taylor and illustrated by Emily Hughes

Animals, Family, Non-fiction, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Self-discovery

AGES: 3-7

Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake

James Mayhew

Can Ella Bella help the swan princess to be reunited with her prince? Will she help to break the wicked sorcerer's spell? Will true love conquer all?

Biography, Fairy tales and folk tales, Music/ Dancing, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Back to Front and Upside Down!

Claire Alexander

This delightful book deals with a common childhood frustration and will remind readers that practice pays off and that everyone has to ask for help sometimes.

Animals, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Hot Like Fire

Valerie Bloom

When de July sun hot like fire, Den I have jus' one desire, To run down to de shop an' buy a Kisko pop.

Fear, Grief/Loss, Personal/social issues, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Blue

Michael Rosen

The magical cat

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Hidden

Miriam Halahmy

The complex issues of immigration and human-rights laws, through the eyes of a 14 year old girl Alix.

Bullying, Fiction, Friendship, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Mad About Monkeys

Owen Davey

Ever wonder what monkeys are and what makes them so special?

Animals, Learning, Natural History Museum, Tring, Nature/ Outdoors, Non-fiction, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

How the World Began

Christaine Dorion

Ever wanted to understand billions of years from the formation of the universe to the modern day? Join us, on this whistle-stop history of the planet!

Activity Book, Historical, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

Charlie Merrick’s Misfits in Fouls, Friends, and Football (Charlie Merricks Misfits 1)

Dave Cousins

A football book with a difference - it's funny, warm-hearted, and crammed with hilarious doodles, true facts, and match reports with a twist!

Funny, Picture Books, School/ Learning, Sports

AGES: 7-10

Half a Creature from the Sea

David Almond

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England.

Anthology, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fiction, Grief/Loss, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

Can It Be About Me?

Cheryl Moskowitz

Poems about me, about you, about everyone in the class.

Funny, Poetry, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

Barry Loser – I Am Sort of a Loser

Jim Smith

Everyone at school knows I’m the loserkeelest person ever. So imagine how annoying it was when Fay Snoggles came in one day acting even more loserkeel than me.

Fiction, Friendship, Funny, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord – The Teenage Years

Jamie Thomson

Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret.

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Barry Loser – I Am Not a Loser

Jim Smith

I’ve never minded that my name’s Barry Loser, but ever since Darren Darrenofski joined school he’s been completely ruining my life about it.

Bullying, Fiction, Friendship, Funny, School/ Learning

AGES: 7-10