Primary book lists and recommended reads

An introduction to mindfulness for children.

A guide to using mindfulness techniques to deal with stress and anxiousness.

50 activities to help teach very young children ways of looking after their emotional wellbeing.

Introduces the concept of mindfulness and the associated techniques for younger children

Encourages children to think and talk about mental health issues and develop healthy positive attitudes about their emotional and mental wellbeing.

Explores the reasons why we can feel stressed and anxious and gives strategies on how to deal with these feelings.

Gives advice on mindfulness, and techniques on keeping calm and living in the moment.

Explains the importance of looking after your mental health.

Examines ways in which children can be helped to cope with anxiety

Through text and humorous pictures of birds, imparts information about anxiety, how it affects people and what can be done to manage it.

A question and answer format introduction to the basics about forces, based in real world scenarios.

A question and answer format introduction to the basics about how and why the human body works as it does.

A wonderful collection of wickedly slimy but perfectly simple science experiments!

Looks at the different processes that go on in the growing, cooking and digestion of food, along with fun experiments.

A range of questions posed by children on the subject of science.

A comprehensive illustrated book on the subject of science.

A collection of magic tricks that have scientific principles behind them.

Potted biographies of women throughout history who have excelled in the field of science.

Science is all around you and in everything you make and do!

One hundred key achievements from science through history.

Gives information about what it is like to be an scientist and the kind of training you need to do to become one.

16 fun and messy experiments which impart scientific principles for children.

Explores how evolution has produced the many varieties of plants and animals from the earliest life, to those we see around us today.

A range of handicraft projects which support curriculum topics at Key Stages 1 and 2.

Facts and stats from the world of science with 10 fun experiments to try at home.

Looks at key theories and people in the world of engineering, with practical activities and projects to try for yourself.

A collection of fun science experiments designed to educate about the natural world and natural processes.

Introduces children to each of the elements of the periodic table with flaps on each page which reveal extra information.

Fun projects and experiments covering the main branches of science for children.

Simple and fun experiments introduce children to scientific principles and processes.

Fun science experiments inspired by Roald Dahl's classic story, George's Marvellous Medicine.

Introduces young children to key science topics and facts.

Gives facts about simple concepts in the main branches of science.

A collection of fun and simple experiments that explore the properties and principals of scientific concepts.

Facts about science including a free downloadable app which allows the reader to utilise the four augmented reality pages.

Follows the history of railways and rail travel, with flaps and fold-out pages throughout.

12 maps which help explain how physical geography has shaped human geography and the history of our world.

A biography of the lives of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, and an account of their famous expedition to the summit of Mount Everest.

An introduction to space vehicles and technology for children.

Gives facts and information about flight from early flying machines to modern day planes and helicopters.

Gives facts and information about seafaring transportation

Gives facts and information about the science behind spacecraft and space flight.

Explores the many varieties of transporation people can take to travel from one place to the other.

Presents trivia and history of popular landmarks around the city of Singapore with a walking guide.

Presents trivia and history of popular landmarks around the city of Barcelona with a walking guide.

Looks at the history of airports, and the kind of activity you would see in a modern airport.

Ten true stories of danger, death and survival on the slopes of Everest, the world's tallest mountain.

Journeys through notable parts of China, imparting information about the country's geography, history and culture.

Journeys through notable parts of Kenya, imparting information about the country's geography, history and culture.

Journeys through notable parts of South Africa, imparting information about the country's geography, history and culture.

Journeys through the history of different modes of transport including ships, cars, aeroplanes, tanks, and rockets.

A choose-you-own travel adventure in which the reader chooses the destination and transportation, with information about each of the countries and destinations included.

Explores the river Nile in Egypt in the format of a travel journal with survival advice.

Explores the Himalayan mountain region in the format of a travel journal with survival advice

Explores the Outback in the Australian Northern Territory looking at the geography of the area and the people, animals and plants that live there.

Presents trivia and history of popular landmarks around the city of Tokyo in the form of a walking guide.

Presents trivia and history of popular landmarks around the city of Sydney in the form of a walking guide.

Presents trivia and history of popular landmarks around the city of Rome in the form of a walking guide.

Explores how the four elements shaped Earth throughout the history of our planet.

Journeys through notable parts of India, imparting information about the country's geography, history and culture.

Explores the Sahara desert in Africa in the format of a travel journal with survival advice

Explores the islands in the Caribbean in the format of a travel journal with survival advice.

A simple introduction to journeys and transport.

Takes a look at how different forms of transportation are designed through Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics subjects.

Makes links between scientific discoveries and the natural world to give a timeline of the history of transportation.

Illustrated maps of 58 countries around the world as well as maps of the continents and a world map, with illustrations and characteristics and traditions of each country.

Journeys through notable parts of Spain and it's islands, imparting information about Spain's geography, history and culture.

Journeys through notable parts of France, imparting information about France's geography, history and culture.

An atlas of our planet from its formation over 4 billion years ago, to the present day continents.

Presents brief facts and trivia about various cities from every continent on the planet

Facts and information about the diverse geography, nature, and culture of countries around the world.

A visual tour of 30 cities from around the world with things to spot in each spread.

Gives facts about countries around the world including the history, culture and geography of each.

Facts and statistics about places and countries around the world and the things that are found there.

Biography of the life and legacy of Rosa Parks and her fight for civil rights in America.

Potted biographies of 35 significant black men in world history.

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

Relates the life of African-American slave and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman.

Biography of the life and legacy of mathematician Katherine Johnson whose work was of vital importance in the pursuit to send humans to the moon.

Potted biographies of 40 significant black women in world history.

Profiles 25 notable women throughout history and their achievements, and relates their strengths to contemporary issues that may affect girls today.

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

Profiles of twenty-five people from different cultures and time periods who stood up for things they believed in.

Explores the concept of peace through the actions and deeds of 12 Nobel Peace Prize winners from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Potted biographies of outstanding women through history and their achievements.

Relays the story of four African American Women who defied the contemporary limitations of their sex and race to become key players in NASA's work in space exploration.

A fun, illustrated history of the Hip-hop music genre from it's roots in 1970's New York through to present day artists such as Nicki Minaj and Kendrick Lamar.

Looks at key events and people that helped bring about the abolition of slavery

Looks at the history of the great civilisations of the African continent

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.