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Book lists covering key themes and popular curriculum topics, regularly updated by our team of librarians and curriculum specialists.

Lulu meets the bees

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Summer Reading Challenge 2025 (Younger Collection 4-7)
Rewild the world at bedtime

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Gentle activism - Primary
Isaac and the Toxics

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Primary Reluctant Readers/HiLo
There's a beach in my pants!

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Story time essentials
Peepo!

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Forgotten Classics Primary
My name is a gift

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Read for Empathy 2025 Primary Collection
The final year

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Children's writers who used to have other professions
Grey

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Mental Health Primary 2025
Solstice

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Summer Solstice Primary
Football for kids

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Summer of sport - Primary
The whispering world

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Pride Month 2025 Primary
Friendship

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Primary Core Values
I'm building a nest

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Quirky books about nature
Encore, Mr William Shakespeare!

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Shakespeare for Primary

Angel of Grasmere

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Summer Reading Challenge 2025 (Older Collection 8-11)
Lulu meets the bees

Browse all 29 titles

Summer Reading Challenge 2025 (Younger Collection 4-7)
Rewild the world at bedtime

Browse all 15 titles

Gentle activism - Primary
Isaac and the Toxics

Browse all 20 titles

Primary Reluctant Readers/HiLo
There's a beach in my pants!

Browse all 20 titles

Story time essentials
Peepo!

Browse all 22 titles

Forgotten Classics Primary
My name is a gift

Browse all 40 titles

Read for Empathy 2025 Primary Collection
The final year

Browse all 20 titles

Children's writers who used to have other professions
Grey

Browse all 20 titles

Mental Health Primary 2025
Solstice

Browse all 15 titles

Summer Solstice Primary
Football for kids

Browse all 14 titles

Summer of sport - Primary
The whispering world

Browse all 18 titles

Pride Month 2025 Primary
Friendship

Browse all 20 titles

Primary Core Values
I'm building a nest

Browse all 20 titles

Quirky books about nature
Encore, Mr William Shakespeare!

Browse all 15 titles

Shakespeare for Primary

Angel of Grasmere

Browse all 33 titles

Summer Reading Challenge 2025 (Older Collection 8-11)
Lulu meets the bees

Browse all 29 titles

Summer Reading Challenge 2025 (Younger Collection 4-7)

Summer Solstice

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Celebrate the longest day and shortest night of the year with these books, covering the astronomical and cultural aspects of the sunniest time of the year!

The sun thief

Squirrel is back, and he's enjoying the long, sunny summer days.
Fletcher and the summer show

With the help of his friends, Fletcher the fox decides to put on a show where everyone's talents can shine - including Rabbit.

The sun thief

Squirrel is back, and he's enjoying the long, sunny summer days.
The sun

Introduces young children to the sun in the solar system

Good golden sun

A bold and playful exploration of how the sun touches all life on earth-perfect for celebrating Earth Day!
Goodnight sun

The sun tries to do all he can to avoid going to bed.
Lore of the stars

Explores the Sun, Moon, planets, comets & Shooting Stars and the cosmos through mythology from around the world
How the sun and moon came to be

Retelling of a traditional tale about the origin of the sun and moon, inspired by Vietnamese tradition

Solstice

Celebrate the June solstice around the world starting at the bottom of the southern hemisphere with 0 hours of sunshine, and ending in the northern hemisphere with 24 hours of sunshine.
A year of nature craft and play

A collection of practical indoor and outdoor activities and projects for children, themed around nature and the seasons.

Celebrate with me!

A collection of recipes, crafts, stories and games celebrates festivals and holidays suggested by creative adults from all around the world.

A year full of celebrations and festivals

A look at different festivals from around the world - religious, cultural, historical - throughout the seasons.

A world of information

A diverse miscellany of facts ranging from science, astronomy and the natural world, to maritime flags, music and the arts.
When summer comes

A simple story about a young child's joyful discovery of nature in summer time.
A field guide to summer

A guide to the sights, sounds and smells of summer with accompanying activities.
The sun thief

Squirrel is back, and he's enjoying the long, sunny summer days.
Fletcher and the summer show

With the help of his friends, Fletcher the fox decides to put on a show where everyone's talents can shine - including Rabbit.

The sun thief

Squirrel is back, and he's enjoying the long, sunny summer days.
The sun

Introduces young children to the sun in the solar system

Good golden sun

A bold and playful exploration of how the sun touches all life on earth-perfect for celebrating Earth Day!
Goodnight sun

The sun tries to do all he can to avoid going to bed.
Lore of the stars

Explores the Sun, Moon, planets, comets & Shooting Stars and the cosmos through mythology from around the world
How the sun and moon came to be

Retelling of a traditional tale about the origin of the sun and moon, inspired by Vietnamese tradition

Solstice

Celebrate the June solstice around the world starting at the bottom of the southern hemisphere with 0 hours of sunshine, and ending in the northern hemisphere with 24 hours of sunshine.
A year of nature craft and play

A collection of practical indoor and outdoor activities and projects for children, themed around nature and the seasons.

Celebrate with me!

A collection of recipes, crafts, stories and games celebrates festivals and holidays suggested by creative adults from all around the world.

A year full of celebrations and festivals

A look at different festivals from around the world - religious, cultural, historical - throughout the seasons.

A world of information

A diverse miscellany of facts ranging from science, astronomy and the natural world, to maritime flags, music and the arts.
When summer comes

A simple story about a young child's joyful discovery of nature in summer time.
A field guide to summer

A guide to the sights, sounds and smells of summer with accompanying activities.
The sun thief

Squirrel is back, and he's enjoying the long, sunny summer days.

Summer of sport

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Ahead of an exciting summer of sporting events, including the upcoming Women's football UEFA tournament in July and all those school sports days (weather permitting!) here are a selection of our most recent sport and dance themed titles suitable for primary pupils.

Foul play

Tinkerball loses control of her magic when Bad United play a match against her old team, the Fairy Dusters.
Score like a striker

Learn how to score goals like your favourite players.
Cricket

It's time to play a game of cricket! It's Rusty's turn to bat and he loves cricket! Will the grown-ups be able to bowl him out?
I'm a cricketer

What do cricketers wear? Where do they play? Dive into the world of all-things cricket and find out what happens when you hit the wicket.
Never dance with a dinosaur

Toby loves to dance. Especially wiggling and whirling, spinning and stamping, jumping and jiving, and twisting and tumbling.
All the wonderful ways to move

A boy shows off various ways to dance, move his body and keep fit, accompanied by various creatures joining in

Mary Earps

Biography of goalkeeper Mary Earps
Let's play rugby

Let's Play Rugby puts the reader in the boots of a young player navigating a rugby match, inviting them to throw the book over their head for a lineout, push against the opposition pack in the scrum, and weave their fingers through players to score a try.
Football for kids

An illustrated guide to the world's most popular sport: starting with the history and birth of football and retracing the rules, techniques and tactics of the game.
The one where Bert plays football

Join Frank and Bert for a kickabout in this funny story about friendship and football that proves two's company but three's a crowd.
Neymar

Simple picture book biography charting the life and career to date of footballer Neymar.
Rocky goes for goal

Can Rocky Race lead her team to victory?
The not-so-secret diary of a footballer

Covers what really happens behind the scenes AND on the world stage when you're a professional footballer.
Where's the football poo?

Seek and find puzzles featuring football poos with personalities!

Foul play

Tinkerball loses control of her magic when Bad United play a match against her old team, the Fairy Dusters.
Score like a striker

Learn how to score goals like your favourite players.
Cricket

It's time to play a game of cricket! It's Rusty's turn to bat and he loves cricket! Will the grown-ups be able to bowl him out?
I'm a cricketer

What do cricketers wear? Where do they play? Dive into the world of all-things cricket and find out what happens when you hit the wicket.
Never dance with a dinosaur

Toby loves to dance. Especially wiggling and whirling, spinning and stamping, jumping and jiving, and twisting and tumbling.
All the wonderful ways to move

A boy shows off various ways to dance, move his body and keep fit, accompanied by various creatures joining in

Mary Earps

Biography of goalkeeper Mary Earps
Let's play rugby

Let's Play Rugby puts the reader in the boots of a young player navigating a rugby match, inviting them to throw the book over their head for a lineout, push against the opposition pack in the scrum, and weave their fingers through players to score a try.
Football for kids

An illustrated guide to the world's most popular sport: starting with the history and birth of football and retracing the rules, techniques and tactics of the game.
The one where Bert plays football

Join Frank and Bert for a kickabout in this funny story about friendship and football that proves two's company but three's a crowd.
Neymar

Simple picture book biography charting the life and career to date of footballer Neymar.
Rocky goes for goal

Can Rocky Race lead her team to victory?
The not-so-secret diary of a footballer

Covers what really happens behind the scenes AND on the world stage when you're a professional footballer.
Where's the football poo?

Seek and find puzzles featuring football poos with personalities!

Foul play

Tinkerball loses control of her magic when Bad United play a match against her old team, the Fairy Dusters.
Score like a striker

Learn how to score goals like your favourite players.

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