All of the books featured in Pop Up Festival 2021. Find out more about Pop Up Festival and the amazing impact it can have on literacy learning in your school here.
A Little Bit of Courage
Claire Alexander
Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Friendship, Picture BooksAGES: 3-7
A Match for a Mermaid
David Roberts & Eleanor Cullen
Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Inspirational, LGBT/ Gender, LoveAGES: 7-10
Saving Hanno: A Refugee Boy and His Dog
Karin Littlewood & Miriam Halahmy
Adventure, Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Historical, Historical Fiction, Personal/social issues, Religion, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Along Came a Different
Tom McLaughlin
Fiction, Friendship, Picture Books, Prejudice, RacismAGES: 3-7
Always Here For You
Miriam Halahmy
Family, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Personal/social issuesAGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Pencil Case
Dave Shelton
Fiction, Friendship, Funny, School/ LearningAGES: 7-10
A Little Bit Different
Claire Alexander
Bullying, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Identity, LGBT/ Gender, Picture Books, Self-discoveryAGES: 3-7
Arrowhead
Ruth Eastham
Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Myths and LegendsAGES: 12-14
Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness - The Ash Mistry Chronicles Book 3
Sarwat Chadda
Adventure, Family, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Myths and Legends, ReligionAGES: 10-12
Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress
Sarwat Chadda
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, TravelAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Ash Mistry and the City of Death
Sarwat Chadda
Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Romantic, Spooky/ScaryAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Being Me: Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings
Laura Mucha & Liz Brownlee & Matt Goodfellow & Victoria Jane Wheeler
Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, PoetryAGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Boy in the Tower
Polly Ho-Yen
Adventure, City, Family, Fear, Magic, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Science Fiction, Spooky/Scary, SurrealAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 7-10
Boy, Everywhere
A. M. Dassu
Family, Fear, Fiction, Personal/social issues, Politics/human rights, Travel, WarAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Bright Bursts of Colour
Aleksei Bitskoff & Matt Goodfellow
Animals, Family, Fiction, PoetryAGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Buck ‘n’ Bronco: Hit the Road!
Guy Bass & Steve May
Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, FunnyAGES: 7-10
Clouds Cannot Cover Us
Jay Hulme
Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, LGBT/ Gender, Personal Stories, Poetry, PrejudiceAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Pencil Case
Dave Shelton
Fiction, Friendship, Funny, School/ LearningAGES: 7-10
Everything All At Once
Steven Camden
Family, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Poetry, School/ LearningAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
The Eye of the Wolf
Daniel Pennac & Sarah Ardizzone
A classic, essential read by master storyteller Daniel Pennac.
AGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Feather Boy
Nicky Singer
Adventure, Bullying, Fear, Fiction, Friendship, PowerAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Fly Me Home
Polly Ho-Yen
City, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Mystery/murderAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 7-10
Forbidden
Anjali Tiwari & Danica Da Silva Pereira
Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Personal/social issuesAGES: 10-12
Good News! Why the World Isn't As Bad As You Think
Adam Hayes & Rashmi Sirdeshpande
Fiction, Personal/social issues, Self-discoveryAGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Here Be Monsters
Jay Hulme & Sahar Haghgoo
Animals, Fiction, Identity, LGBT/ Gender, PoetryAGES: 7-10
How I Saved The World in a Week
Polly Ho-Yen
Adventure, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Illness / HospitalsAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
I'm Actually Really Grown-Up Now
Maisie Paradise Shearring
Celebration, Family, Funny, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Picture BooksAGES: 3-7
Island
Chris Riddell & Nicky Singer
Animals, Environment/Climate Change, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, TravelAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Just Like Tomorrow
Faiza Guene & Sarah Ardizzone
Adventure, Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Funny, Government, law and crimeAGES: 14+
Mohinder’s War
Adventure, Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World Wars 1&2
AGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Moon Juice
Kate Wakeling
A new collection of poems from Kate Wakeling
Adventure, Drama/ Theatre, Music, Poetry, Space/ RocketsAGES: 7-10
My Big Mouth
Chanté Timonthy & Steven Camden
Family, Fiction, Funny, Personal/social issues, School/ LearningAGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Noor Inayat Khan - My Story
Sufiya Ahmed
Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Mystery/murder, Politics/human rights, WarAGES: 10-12
Now or Never
Bali Rai
Adventure, Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Violence, War, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
One Potato, Two Potatoes
Adam Guillain
Food, Funny, Learning, Picture Books, School/ LearningAGES: 3-7
River of Ink: Genesis: Book 1 - River of Ink
H.L. Dennis
Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Magic, Mystery/murder, Social Care HomesAGES: 10-12
Saving Hanno: A Refugee Boy and His Dog
Karin Littlewood & Miriam Halahmy
Adventure, Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Historical, Historical Fiction, Personal/social issues, Religion, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 7-10
Saving Stella
Bassel Abou Fakher & Deborah Blumenthal & Nadine Kaadan
Adventure, Animals, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Migration/ Refugees, Non-fiction, Picture Books, WarAGES: 3-7
Secret Breakers - The Power of Three
H.L. Dennis
Adventure, Bletchley Park, Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Tracey Corderoy
Two dog burgulars see the error of their ways and take a drastic change of career...
Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Picture Books, Poetry
