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Books for Children

Fun, fuzzy board books for little hands, compelling stories for school-aged children, dyslexia friendly books and much more. Browse our top picks for children.

Books on Equality and Diversity for teens

This Book is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell and Aurélia Durand Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your...

Reading Well for Children

Reading Well for children provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children’s mental health and wellbeing. Books have been chosen and recommended by leading health professionals and co-produced with children and families. All these books...

Get Ready for School: Alphabet

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Albert ABC Ian Brown and Eoin Clarke Learn the alphabet with Albert and friends in this new board book. Ian Brown and Eoin Clarke's brilliant Albert the Tortoise takes young children aged 0-3 on a...

Get Ready for School: Colours

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Fletcher's Colours Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke Learn about the different colours Fletcher and his friends encounter in the forest featuring the characters from the Fletcher picture books. Borrow...

Get Ready for School: Getting dressed

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Guess Who's Getting Dressed Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Marta Altés Guess who's getting dressed, is it you? Who's put on some stripy socks? Is it reindeer? No, it's Fox! Who's put on this spotty coat?...

Get Ready for School: Good behaviour

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.The Elephant and the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs Follow along with the adventures of a giant elephant and a mischievous baby in this timeless picture-book story. When an Elephant meets a...

Get Ready for School: Numbers

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.My First Numbers: Let's Get Counting! Dawn Sirett Let's have fun counting to 10, then up to 20, recognizing numbers, and saying lots of words! 1 toy train, 2 little feet, 3 spotty ladybirds - it's time...

Get Ready for School: Shapes

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.The Shape Badge Zahara Andrews and Danny Stack The Squirrels are practising their shape skills, but some shapes are more difficult than others. Will Duggee and the Squirrels be able to help the animals...

Get Ready for School: Opposites

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.I Am Big, I Am Small Vicky Woodgate Meet a GIANT squid, and a teeny tiny seahorse. Did you know that a cheetah can run faster than a sports car, but a slow loris's top speed is 1 mile per hour? Have...

Get Ready for School: Starting school or nursery

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Hooray! It's Our First Day Martha Mumford and Cherie Zamazing Get ready to start school with the bunnies, as our four favourite friends set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to get to their...