School Reading List
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We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools.
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
UK+Ireland children's/YA authors, poets & illustrators: want more school bookings in 2026?
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UK+Ireland children's/YA authors, poets & illustrators: want more school bookings in 2026?
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
Check out the latest episode of School Reading List! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/29856389 (video made with https://www.headliner.app)
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Check out the latest episode of School Reading List! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/29856389 (video made with https://www.headliner.app)
Our November books of the month
Fiction: Wild Journey by A. M. Dassu, illustrated by Joe Lillington
Nonfiction: Flush It Down by Rob Flowers
Picture book: Mullets by Nick Sharratt
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#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Wild Journey by A. M. Dassu, illustrated by Joe Lillington
Nonfiction: Flush It Down by Rob Flowers
Picture book: Mullets by Nick Sharratt
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our November books of the month
Fiction: Wild Journey by A. M. Dassu, illustrated by Joe Lillington
Nonfiction: Flush It Down by Rob Flowers
Picture book: Mullets by Nick Sharratt
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Wild Journey by A. M. Dassu, illustrated by Joe Lillington
Nonfiction: Flush It Down by Rob Flowers
Picture book: Mullets by Nick Sharratt
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
November new children's & YA books including fiction, nonfiction & poetry by Michael Rosen & Neal Layton, Marissa Meyer, Finbar Hawkins, Emma Read, A. M. Dassu, Meera Trehan, Jasbinder Bilan, Emma Young, and Paul Westmoreland.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
November new children's & YA books including fiction, nonfiction & poetry by Michael Rosen & Neal Layton, Marissa Meyer, Finbar Hawkins, Emma Read, A. M. Dassu, Meera Trehan, Jasbinder Bilan, Emma Young, and Paul Westmoreland.
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#kidlit #teachersofx #ad
📚⭐ uk.bookshop.org/lists/novemb... ⭐📚
#kidlit #teachersofx #ad
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Check out the latest episode of School Reading List! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/29323849 (video made with https://www.headliner.app)
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Check out the latest episode of School Reading List! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/29323849 (video made with https://www.headliner.app)
Our October books of the month
Fiction: Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
Nonfiction: All About Antarctica by Marc Martin
Picture book: To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis
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#kidlit
Fiction: Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
Nonfiction: All About Antarctica by Marc Martin
Picture book: To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our October books of the month
Fiction: Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
Nonfiction: All About Antarctica by Marc Martin
Picture book: To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit
Fiction: Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen
Nonfiction: All About Antarctica by Marc Martin
Picture book: To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
September 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
New on our KS2 poetry book list: Chicken in the Kitchen by Neal Zetter, illustrated by Emily Ford
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schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New on our KS2 poetry book list: Chicken in the Kitchen by Neal Zetter, illustrated by Emily Ford
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
New on our KS2 poetry book list: Dragon Cat by Pie Corbett, illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
August 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New on our KS2 poetry book list: Dragon Cat by Pie Corbett, illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr...
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/ 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/ 🎙️📢
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August 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/ 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/podcasts/ 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
Our September books of the month
Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare, illustrated by Jasmine Floyd
Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
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Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare, illustrated by Jasmine Floyd
Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
August 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Our September books of the month
Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare, illustrated by Jasmine Floyd
Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare, illustrated by Jasmine Floyd
Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
Our August books of the month
Fiction: Gloam by Jack Mackay
Nonfiction: There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup and Camilla De La Bedoyere
Picture book: The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
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#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Gloam by Jack Mackay
Nonfiction: There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup and Camilla De La Bedoyere
Picture book: The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
July 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our August books of the month
Fiction: Gloam by Jack Mackay
Nonfiction: There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup and Camilla De La Bedoyere
Picture book: The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Gloam by Jack Mackay
Nonfiction: There Are Amphibians Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup and Camilla De La Bedoyere
Picture book: The Museum of Shapes by Sven Volker
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
July 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#teachersofx #ChildrensBooks #kidlit
Our July books of the month
Fiction: Domain by Rohan Gavin
Nonfiction: Dinosaur Desert by Dr Nick Crumpton and Ola Plocinska
Picture book: Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
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#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Domain by Rohan Gavin
Nonfiction: Dinosaur Desert by Dr Nick Crumpton and Ola Plocinska
Picture book: Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
June 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Our July books of the month
Fiction: Domain by Rohan Gavin
Nonfiction: Dinosaur Desert by Dr Nick Crumpton and Ola Plocinska
Picture book: Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
Fiction: Domain by Rohan Gavin
Nonfiction: Dinosaur Desert by Dr Nick Crumpton and Ola Plocinska
Picture book: Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Dapo Adeola
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
#kidlit #teachersofx
Let children choose what they want to read.
Otherwise, they will stop reading.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
Otherwise, they will stop reading.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Let children choose what they want to read.
Otherwise, they will stop reading.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
Otherwise, they will stop reading.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/ser...
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#ChildrensBooks #kidlit
June 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the School Reading List #podcast!
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#ChildrensBooks #kidlit
📢🎙️Click here to listen, download and subscribe schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... 🎙️📢
#ChildrensBooks #kidlit
Our June books of the month
Fiction: Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
Nonfiction: The Great Pollination Investigation: and How We Get Food from Flowers by Deborah Hocking
Picture book: Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
Fiction: Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
Nonfiction: The Great Pollination Investigation: and How We Get Food from Flowers by Deborah Hocking
Picture book: Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
May 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our June books of the month
Fiction: Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
Nonfiction: The Great Pollination Investigation: and How We Get Food from Flowers by Deborah Hocking
Picture book: Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
Fiction: Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue
Nonfiction: The Great Pollination Investigation: and How We Get Food from Flowers by Deborah Hocking
Picture book: Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic
📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
May 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📚 Here are the top five books from our website last month! 🎉
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
Find out more on schoolreadinglist.co.uk - our website which features reviews and regularly updated age group and genre booklists from experienced teachers, librarians and children's literature experts.
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
May 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📚🎉✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past month by visiting our site, listening to our podcast, following us, or bookmarking, quoting, liking, or sharing our posts. We really appreciate it! 📚🔥🚀
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
#kidlit #YAlit #education #teaching #booktok
Free to download PDF reading list for Year 11 – perfect for promoting #ReadingForPleasure or holiday reading challenges. Includes titles by Leigh Bardugo, Josh Silver, Alice Sebold & more.
📥 Download here: media.schoolreadinglist.co.uk/free-reading...
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March 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Free to download PDF reading list for Year 11 – perfect for promoting #ReadingForPleasure or holiday reading challenges. Includes titles by Leigh Bardugo, Josh Silver, Alice Sebold & more.
📥 Download here: media.schoolreadinglist.co.uk/free-reading...
📥 Download here: media.schoolreadinglist.co.uk/free-reading...