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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.

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. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Love ABC Jannie Ho Learn your ABC with this love-themed alphabet book! Make learning full of love...

Get Ready for School: Colours

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.True or False: Colours Do brown hens lay pineapples, do clowns drive red fire engines or do orange...

Get Ready for School: Getting dressed

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Let's Get Ready for School Jane Porter Starting school can be a great adventure, but it can make you...

Get Ready for School: Good behaviour

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Tiger, Don't Worry! Daishu Ma In this heart-warming tale of friendship, responsibility and courage,...

Get Ready for School: Numbers

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.123 Count With Me Georgie Birkett Introduce children to the numbers 1 through 20 and the early...

Get Ready for School: Shapes

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Baby Diplodocus Finds Shapes Nicola Carthy Little ones will love learning about all the shapes in...

Get Ready for School: Opposites

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Animal Opposites This series features high-contrast board books bursting with vibrant neon colours,...

Get Ready for School: Starting school or nursery

Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Get Ready for School! Rachel Accurso Based on the viral Sesame Street collaboration with YouTube...