Recommended reading

These lists are reviewed and up-dated regularly and contain classics and new titles. Where possible there is a direct link to the review on Book Selector, the children's fiction review database.

• Key Stage 1 - books to appeal to young readers, age 5 - 7 years.
• Key Stage 2 - a list for 7 to 8 year olds, these books should appeal to children from year 3 to year 6.
• Key Stage 3 - a wide-ranging list that may appeal to upper primary school pupils, as well as secondary school students.
• Key Stage 4 - books for older teenagers that may also appeal to sixth form students.

Special collection

We also have a comprehensive list of books that deal with different issues such as bereavement, family issues and teenage problems like self-harm. Project collections can be made up to meet individual school requirement, as part of a school package or on a pay as used basis. Please contact us for further details.

Book Selector

For more suggestions you can use the advanced search facility of Book Selector to search by age, subject, author, title, year of publication and keyword. Recent reviews are published on a monthly basis.