Primary book lists and recommended reads

Search-and-find picture puzzles of busy scenes around the world with witches and spooky things to spot in each scene.

Molly and her friends become covert monster hunters when she suspects someone of trying to summon mythical monsters in her home town.

Junior investigates when mysterious, spooky occurrences start happening around Halloween.

It's Halloween today - woo-hoo! There's so much spooky stuff to do.

A family gather and carve pumpkins in preparation for Halloween

An illustrated collection of spooky traditional and folk tales from around the world

A pumpkin who like all things that are nice, pink and sparkly tries to prove to the witch that bought him to life that he can be as scary as the other pumpkins.

Two children discover rare greater horseshoe bats living in an old tower which is due for demolition.

Two children do spooky things at Halloween to attract a ghost.

A girl discovers a ghostly mystery when her family take a caravan holiday on the coast of Wales.

An accumulative story in which two children compete to see who can scare the most Halloween creatures, spooks and monsters.

A Halloween-themed split-page book which allows the reader to mix and match various element of fairy tales to humorous effect.

A monster hairdresser gets his clients' hair-dos all mixed up when they come in to get ready for a halloween party.

A rhyming story about the first day at school for the various monsters, ghouls, and witches who attend Skeleton School.

Daisy goes trick-or-treating at Halloween for the first time.

Six Halloween-related stories featuring Horrid Henry plus fun activities including jokes, quizzes, puzzles, recipes and party ideas.

Winnie makes a time machine, has wand trouble, paints new pictures for her staircase, and celebrates Halloween

A boy, with the help of a gang of ghosts, has to save the world when his mother's latest invention, which can turn anything invisible, is stolen by a sinister corporation.

Three ghost-hunter pigs investigate strange ghostly goings on at the farm

A collection of spooky poems for Halloween.

A group of witches fly over a town while a family are enjoying their Halloween festivities

The ghost of a beloved pet dog enlists the help of other ghost animals to help save his family's home when they are forced to sell their house.

Araminta and Wanda get stranded on Skeleton Island and have to help a group of ghost pirates find their missing treasure.

The Otherhands' Halloween party is overrun by vampires, and it up to Edgar the raven to save the day

Based on much material from two previous books (see annotation below), a large and diverse collection of biographies of notable black individuals from all eras, countries and cultures.

100 short stories shortlisted for the competition 500 Words: Black Lives Matter, in 2020.

An introductory biography of Olympic gold-medallist athlete Jesse Owens.

An introduction to the life and legacy of US journalist Ethel L. Payne.

A collection of inspiring stories about young people who have shaped the world we live in in some way.

A picture book version of Coming to England, the biography of Baroness Floella Benjamin, focussing on her journey to England from Trinidad as a young girl.

Tells the story of Queen Nanny who led a slave revolt on the island of Jamaica in the 18th century.

An introduction to the life, work and achievements of Wangari Maathai.

Potted biographies of 36 significant women and their achievements in world history.

A introductory biography of George Washington Carver and his ground breaking work in agricultural science.

The story of game-changing tennis champion Serena Williams.

A collection of biographies of child campaigners, activists, writers, musicians and more, who have changed the world through their contributions.

Looks at the movement of people around the world as a consequence of slavery and transportation.

11-year-old William sets off across the South of the USA with his grandma and learns about race relations past and present and finds out previously unknown things about his travelling companion.

An introductory biography of NASA scientist, Katherine Johnson.

A celebration of some of the world's greatest black artists, athletes, musicians, and activists.

A look at the life and achievements of scientist, doctor and astronaut Mae Jemison.

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce tells her own inspiring story of childhood in Jamaica to gold medal-winning Olympic 100-metre sprinter.

Three stories about Tolu, a young girl Nigerian who, though small, is very determined.

Discover the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist.

Highlights some of the greatest names in the world of sports and athletics.

Potted biographies of 35 significant black men in world history.

An illustrated biography of abolitionist and civil rights activist, Harriet Tubman.

The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11.

Potted biographies of 40 significant black women in world history.

A boy from a rough background is given a chance to turn his life around when the Run Club coach recognises his talent for running.

Looks at the life and legacy of Rosa Parks whose protest at segregated buses sparked the bus boycots in the mid 1950s.

Looks at the experience of children new to the UK and how others can help them settle in

Brings together 52 black icons from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements.

Explains what racism and prejudice are and explores the reasons why they exist, and why they are wrong.

Hedgehog and Tortoise discover a myriad of ways to express their friendship even though they know they cannot physically touch.

A tactile board book celebrating key workers.

A Covid-19 related story in which two children find a way to to play with each other even though they cannot physically be together.

Peppa celebrates the brilliance of doctors and nurses

A picture book to teach children about the importance of washing their hands.

A rhyming tale about a little girl who is frightened about starting school for the first time.

A first look at germs, how they, what they do and how we fight them off.

A bird and a bear are best friends, despite their differences.

A guide to rules and responsibilities for younger children.

An explanation of how sometimes happiness can seem far away and how to find it.

Mole tries to help Weasel stop being frightened of storms

Explains what rules are for and how they are made.

A story designed to help children talk about their anxieties in which a boy is beset by a big worry monster until he talks about his worries which makes the monster seem not so big and scary.

The pigeon worries about having to start school.

Hector, a retired fiddle player, becomes jealous when his dog learns to play the violin and gets the opportunity to tour with Bear's big band but the two are reconciled when they meet at a concert.

A little girl has a worry that follows her around getting bigger and bigger each day, until she discovers that if she talks about it, the worry shrinks and eventually disappears.

Examines some of the things that cause stress and worry for young people and offers a series of coping strategies

Explains what rules and laws are, why they are made, and why it is important that we follow them.

Introduces emotions to young children through the perspective of a little boy in different scenes

A little girl adjusting to life in a new country finds her lifelong friend, fear, is overwhelming her and keeping her from making friends, until a boy in her class reaches out to her.

A boy gradually overcomes his fear of jumping from the high board at the local swimming pool.

A story about starting at a new school to reassure young children who may be going through a similar experience.

Explores common illnesses and their symptoms and how they affect us.

Looks at the different kinds of emotions we experience, and why we experience them, as well as how to deal with negative emotions.

An interactive introduction to the world of microbes and bacteria.

The Little Princess learns that washing her hands gets rid of germs and nasties that can make her ill.

A koala afraid of the world below his tree learns how to join in with his animal friends

Explains about different emotions that children feel through a story about a brother and sister and their parents and the different emotions that they experience from day to day.

A guide for children and parents on how to cope with emotional responses to situations

Explores what it is like to feel worried, and how to cope with this emotion in ourselves and others.

An introduction to the concept of rules, why they are made, and why we should adhere to them

Charlie tries to persuade her sister Lola there are positive points to school.

What is coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it?

Hedgehog and Tortoise discover a myriad of ways to express their friendship even though they know they cannot physically touch.

A celebration of keyworkers from all services and industries.

Some superheroes have capes and trusty sidekicks too, but how many of these superheroes have ever rescued you?

A tactile board book celebrating key workers.

Three fairy stories in one volume, all dealing with carers.

A Covid-19 related story in which two children find a way to to play with each other even though they cannot physically be together.

A thorough overview of viruses, what they are, how they live, how they affect our world, with focus on COVID-19.

A Rainbow a Day keeps the grey clouds away!

Illustrated version of the song in which The Baked Potato lists advice on how to stay safe during the Covid-19 pandemic

A collection of true stories about people working in healthcare, past and present and across the world, who have done or do amazing things looking after patients.

Peppa celebrates the brilliance of doctors and nurses

A picture book to teach children about the importance of washing their hands.

Baby Shark learns a song to help remember the correct way to wash his fins.

Looks at what climate change is, what causes it, and what can be done to remedy it

When his swamp home is threatened by a new building development, a monster has just ten days to find a way of saving it forever.

A guide for children to help them make decisions about reducing waste and lifestyle choices that are sustainable. Includes 30 challenges tailored to be achievable for children.

Chronicles Greta Thunberg's journey to being one of the youngest and most outspoken critics of political and industrial inaction to avert climate change.

Hi, I'm Max and I'm on a mission to save the planet. I reckon BIG CHANGE has to start somewhere so I'm putting my plans into action RIGHT AWAY by:

Looking at the problems facing the planet and how we can help, using the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by The United nations.

A turtle sees the ocean change over the many years of her life.

A simple illustrated biography of climate change activist, Greta Thunberg.

A girl despairs at a little organgutan who is making a mess of her bedroom, until the orangutan explains why it can't live in its rainforest home anymore.

A young girl tries to save the world by starting a campaign against plastic.

Understand the facts about climate change and discover what we can do to improve the human impact on our environment.

Peppa and her classmates at playgroup find out about looking after the Earth.

A fictionalised account of the life and achievements of Dr Wangari Maathai, who saved Uhuru Park in Kenya and was the first woman from Africa and the first ever environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

A boy transforms his grey city surroundings with the planting of a single seed which soon germinates into a wider project that envelops his neighbourhood.

What would you do if there was an elephant in your kitchen?

Looks at the impact rubbish has on our environment, and how a variety of waste products can be recycled and reused to help our planet.

Looks at how pollution is affecting our planet and what we can do to lessen the impact of polluting factors.

Looks at how plastic pollution is becoming one of the biggest environmental disasters for our planet.

Explaining the various ecological issues facing our world and ways to help mitigate against them.

An introduction to the lives and achievements of 22 environmental activists.

A little girl learns why it is important not to waste water.

Celebrates the achievements of women in different fields who have helped shape our modern understanding of the planet and the need for conservation.

Explain why and how we should safeguard our environment for the future.

Twenty inspiring stories of people who have made it their goal to try and combat climate change

Biography of Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg

Offers advice on being environmentally friendly

Explores ways we can reduce our our impact on the environment by reducing, reusing and recycling things that we use and eat.

Colourful acetate pages introduce ways of being more environmentally friendly to help our planet.

An introduction to the environmental plastic problem in a question and answer format.

The Pigwigs live happily in Hodge Podge Lodge. One windy morning, all their rubbish is blown away causing mishaps with their neighbours.

Anthology of positive upbeat poems about looking after our planet and the people on it

A humorous look at climate change and environmental conservation

Explores ways we can help protect our planet from environmental damage

Imagines the consequences of a world without polar bears if their habitat was to disappear.

A collection of poems about nature and the weather from around the world.

A thoughtful look looking at the vastness and fragility of the natural world.

A child hurts her knee and on her way home to tell her mum she invents all sorts of things that happened to cause it

An illustrated collection of twelve favourite fairy tales.

A wonderful 90th anniversary gift edition of Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories by Joyce Lankester Brisley. With full-colour artwork and a ribbon marker, this is a book to treasure.

Raps, rhymes and performance poetry by Zephaniah.

Gothic tale featuring a clockwork maker, a knight and a prince

A young man's life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a car accident.

A young boy who has lived all his known life in a concentration camp escapes and travels across Europe

The dad of a bear family struggles to sleep because of various noises in the house

A girl looking for shells on the beach is trapped by the incoming tide and must find a way out of an old mine

When a frog decides that he doesn't want to sit on a log, a cat teaches that all animals have their special places to sit!

A pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid.

Second volume in Gerald Durrell's trilogy about his childhood on the island of Corfu.

An orphaned piglet is adopted by a sheep-dog and discovers that he is a natural at herding sheep

Follows the adventures of Stanley, when he becomes only half an inch thick.

Follows the adventures of a willing but accident-prone young girl at a witch's academy

Four children sail down the lake in order to camp on a deserted island.

The swashbuckling adventures of David Balfour, set in Scotland after the Jacobite rebellion.

The Edwardian classic of a London family fallen on hard times who go to live by a railway in the Yorkshire countryside.

Follows the adventures, problems and triumphs of Darryl Rivers at her boarding school

The classic stories featuring a young boy's adventures with his favourite bear

A clever little mouse outwits the creatures of the deep dark wood

The story of a married couple who are horrible to everyone and are taught a lesson by some clever animals.

Mr Hoppy tries to win the heart of his neighbour Mrs Silver by helping her with her tortoise

A young genius girl develops psychic powers and uses them to get revenge on her parents and terrifying headteacher

Charlie wins a golden ticket and gets to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory

A little toy rabbit dreams of becoming a real rabbit if he is loved enough by his owner.

George Layton's three books about growing up in 1950's England, together in one volume.

Anniversary edition of the story about a boy's parents ignoring his warnings about a monster and fail to notice when he is eaten.

Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories.

The original text and illustrations of the classic tale of a small girl's fantastic adventures in a dream world.

A modern retelling of the story about a wooden puppet who wanted to become a boy, as told by the puppet himself

Follows the adventures of two young children at school, who always seem to end up getting into trouble at school

A retelling of the classic French fairy tale of Cinderella.

Follows the adventures of Jim Hawkins and a pirate crew as they search for lost treasure

Follows the adventures of a family of tiny people who live beneath the floor of a house

Barney meets a cave boy who seems to be living in his local rubbish dump.

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.

Three children enjoy a magical adventure in the fantasy land of the Faraway Tree.

Kipper abandons his smelly old basket in search of a better sleeping place.

A boy gets a series of letters from his crayons after they quit their jobs asking for better treatment.

The story of a girl's emigration to South America to meet her strange family and adventures on the Amazon river

When a young girl ventures through a hidden door, she finds another life with shocking similarities to her own.

A powerful folktale about a lonely giant who lives by a beautiful lake. When he saves a girl from drowning, the giant finds the love and courage to save the lake from destruction.

Classic tale about a young boy taken on a magical journey by a snowman who comes to life

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends and comes up against something that gives them all a nasty surprise

The classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad along the river.

An orphaned girl finds pleasure in the walled garden of her uncle's house.

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy who grants them wishes.

Follows the life and changing fortunes of the stallion, Black Beauty

Classic tale of a unlikely and unassuming hero who becomes caught up in a perilous quest to steal a dragon's hoard and while doing so finds a magical ring.

A twelve-year-old boy plans to steal all the fairies' gold, but his plan is thwarted by the fairies of the crack LEPrecon Unit.

A modern parable about selflessness and selfishness.

Poet Michael Rosen writes about his sadness following the death of his son.

An American teenager discovers he is half human, half Greek god, and sets about trying to avert a war among the Olympians

Two children must help a wizard defeat an ancient evil

A little bear outwits two hunters with a magical pencil that draws things that come to life

A family of travelling acrobats save a lonely orphan girl from her mean uncle and let her become part of their act

Cumulative tale featuring a mouse in a spooky house.

A rhyming story of strange food and zany characters.

Two children travel to different lands by ways of magical rings, ultimately to Narnia where they meet the magical lion Aslan

A child extols the attributes of its Mum.

Set in Victorian London a young boy struggles to find a happy life for himself outside the workhouse

A collection of nine fables by Oscar Wilde

A young boy is upset at the loss of his favourite toy.

Follows an American boy through a school year of activities, friendships and family life

Once upon a time there lived a sister and brother who were not at all alike. They fought and argued all the time.

Charlie helps his fussy little sister try new foods

Grace discovers that, with the support of her mother and grandmother, she can do anything she wants to do.

A young warrior teams up with a wolf cub and Renn of the Raven clan to defeat a demon that has taken the form of a monstrous bear.

Retelling of eight Greek myths in cartoon style format

Recounts the experiences of Joey the horse as he moves from life on a farm into the battles of World War One.

Asterix and friends continue to thwart the Romans.

A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy old farmer.

Three baby owls anxiously wait for their mother to return

The farm animals use an old typewriter to send their demands for greater comforts to Farmer Brown.

A young rabbit has an adventure in a human's garden

This book contains six envelopes with surprising communications for the reader, the postman and characters from children's literature.

A classic tale about a boy and a robot defending Earth from a creature in outer space.

The discovery of a dragon leads a boy into new adventures.

A boy must make a radical medical decision.

Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions.

Pumpkin Soup

When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me...

Although Sam bullys Davey in front of his friends, when he gets to know him, he realizes he likes him, but won't let his friends know, until a joke endangers Davey's life.

A cat is caught out in its practice of having multiple homes

The experiences of Roman soldiers in Britain.

The famous, funny and inspiring stories from one of the world's greatest storytellers.

Follows a caterpillar's strange diet as it metamorphoses into a butterfly.

This is the first Funnybones in the series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton.

Twelve Shakespeare plays presented afresh by Leon Garfield in narrative form. These are not simple retellings, but more like a refashioning of the dramas as stories, which remain true to the essential spirit of the original versions.

Cosy pictures and short stories about domestic life with small children that make lovely bedtime reading.

Based on fact this is the story of children surviving and overcoming the dangers of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland, and the subsequent search for their parents.

An alien is lost on earth and finds children friendly but adults less so.

Tiny Mrs Pepperpot is back in a giant omnibus collection!

A naughty boy becomes ruler in the land of monsters

Dad, mum and two brothers spend a day at the zoo, looking at the animals in the cages - or is it the animals are looking at them?

A boy sets off on an adventure in his pedal car.

Stephanie joins forces with her dead uncle's companion, Skulduggery Pleasant (the living skeleton of a dead wizard), against the evil forces of wizards set on destroying the world

Follows what happens when a tiger unexpectedly visits and eats everything in the house

The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat.

When a strange-looking animal arrives pulling a big suitcase, the other animals are curious. What on earth could be inside that suitcase? A teacup? Maybe. A table and chair? Perhaps. A whole home and hillside with trees?

A 15-year-old Syrian refugee who lost his parents and sister crossing to Kos rebuilds his life in England with the help of new friends he meets at his new school.

A girl befriends a Syrian Kurdish refugee who has started at her school when her family came to England after fleeing the war in their home country.

A photo-based picture book which takes a look at the thousands of displaced children around the world who have been forced to flee their homes because of war and conflict.

Explains the difference between refugees and migrants, and looks at the numerous reasons why people leave their country of origin, with personal testaments from famous people.

Looks at the plight of refugees and explains why people might have to leave their home countries to find refuge abroad.

A sympathetic tale about the plight of migrants in which a mother flees a wartorn country with her two children.

Tells the story of one family's flight to seek refuge and a new life in a strange country.

Nine-year-old Cookie takes a dislike to the new boy in her class who also turns out to be her new next-door neighbour.

A little girl nurtures an injured star and looks after it as her pet until the star is well enough to return to the sky.

A little girl dreams of following in her mother's footsteps and becoming an astronaut.

Malala Yousafzai recounts her life growing up in Pakistan and being aware of how lucky she was to be able to go to school, which led to her campaigning for the right for every child to be allowed an education.

A group of friends wanders out into the meadow to play a game of hide-and-seek on a beautiful summer's afternoon.

A young girl goes in search of her best friend in the afterlife

A little girl has a worry that follows her around getting bigger and bigger each day, until she discovers that if she talks about it, the worry shrinks and eventually disappears.

A little girl carrying fruit in a basket on her head gradually loses the fruits during her walk as different animals take them

No. 1 comes up with an idea to get the village road mended, which is full of holes.

Portrays a three-year-old Ghanaian girl's experiences when her grandmother comes to stay at her house

Anna and her family take a trip to the village where her grandparents were born

A 9-year-old boy from London goes to visit his family in Trinidad

A youth football team need to work together to improve their results

A boy must make a radical medical decision.