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Find the very best children's books for your primary school or classroom library. Our Corebooks and Power of Reading text recommendations provide inspiration and structure for your literacy curriculum.

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The Fire Fox

Freya and her mum have gone to a little cabin to get away ...

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I'm Sticking With You Too book cover

I'm Sticking With You Too

A joyful tale about acceptance and belonging from the ...

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The Duck Who Didn't Like Water book cover

The Duck Who Didn't Like Water

A wise, funny fable about how we don't need to like the same ...

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Barbara Throws a Wobbler

Barbara is having one of those days. She has a sock problem  ...

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The Pet

Digby David slammed the door,
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My Beautiful Voice book cover

My Beautiful Voice

A moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking ...

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A Best Friend for Bear

A heart-warming picture book about a charming bear duo on an ...

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One World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth

Nicola Davies and Jenni Desmond's first collaboration: a ...

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Little Light book cover

Little Light

An inventive and evocative story, told in poems.

Ava is ...

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The Bee is Not Afraid of Me book cover

The Bee Is Not Afraid Of Me: A Book of Insect Poems

Edited by Fran Long and Isabel Galleymore, with ...

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Cloud Soup book cover

Cloud Soup

A delightfully charming collection, covering a broad range ...

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Being Me book cover

Being Me: Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings

A collaborative anthology between three poets and an artist ...

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