Books for primary schools

Books and furniture for primary schools

Whether you're updating your curriculum topic support, refreshing your classroom reading collection or embedding a reading for pleasure culture throughout your whole school, we can help. Our children's book specialists can support with everything from reading schemes for primary schools, to phonics reading books and book banding, to diverse and inclusive fiction and non-fiction.

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Books to help younger readers understand their bodies, including growing up and beginning puberty, as well as dealing with big feelings.

An introduction to the functions of the human body, aimed at young children.

A modern and inclusive guide to help every child understand their journey from childhood to being a grown-up.

Explores how how bodies grow as we get older.

A guide to what happens when breasts develop in puberty and what you will feel and experience.

An introduction to what periods are, why girls and women get them, and how to deal with them.

An introductory look at how children's bodies grow and change from babyhood to adulthood.

A guide to puberty for boys, covering physical changes, managing emotions, friends and family, and how to have healthy relationships.

An introduction to how children can look after their mental health and their physical.

A first look at growing up and the changes that happen, physically and emotionally.

A cheeky celebration of boobies.

Explains what the endocrine system is and how it helps our bodies to grow and develop.

A gloriously empowering tale of how choosing fun can turn a grumpy, humpy start into a happy ending.

Join Elephant as he experiences feelings of loneliness and learns to make sense of and deal with these difficult emotions.

Go on a gentle journey with cuddly Kitten as she experiences feelings of worry and learns to navigate these difficult feelings.

Andrew struggles to control his anxiety, and the various events in his school day plus the news of his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, being missing overwhelms him.

Go on a journey with Panda as she experiences feeling sulky, grumpy, and angry, and learns to navigate these emotions.

Go on an uplifting journey with Puppy as he shares his joy with others and learns to recognise these emotions.

An introduction to expressing emotions, especially for young children.

Gently explores how students make their very different ways through life at school and at home.

Archie confides in his friends when he gets upset his dad no longer has time to spend with him with their busy family life

Oxford Children's Word of the Year - Kindness

Oxford Children's Dictionaries have declared "kindness" as the children's word of the year for 2024. They surveyed a group of 6,280 children aged between 6-14 years old, and kindness came out as the clear winner. Six in ten children choose kindness from a shortlist of three, including "artificial intelligence" and "conflict". With this in mind, we thought it would be nice to showcase some of our favourite titles that are either about kindness or feature characters who behave kindly.

Being able to make and maintain friendships is an important life skill and one that paves the way for meaningful relationships throughout life.

All about friends

Felicity Brooks

A little girl realises that being kind means you have to think about what others may want before you act.

I'm (almost) always kind

Anna Milbourne

This heartfelt story about the power of friendship and kindness shows young children what steps they can take to make refugee children feel welcome.

The girl at the front of the class

Onjali Q Rauf

A deprived and physically abused boy from London flourishes under the care of an old man when he is evacuated to the countryside during World War II. 40th anniversary hardback edition, includes a new introduction and extra content by the author.

Goodnight Mister Tom

Michelle Magorian