Corebooks

CLPE's Corebooks list helps primary schools choose the very best children's books for their school or classroom libraries. Selected by our dedicated Librarian, this database contains more than 700 quality books to suit readers of all ages and stages of reading development.


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The Great Paint

Frog is an artist who is prepared to try many techniques ...

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Rabbit and Bear: Pest in the Nest

Rabbit and Bear’s second adventure begins in Spring. Rabbit ...

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Clean Up!

In this second picture book about young activist Rocket, she ...

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Count on Me

Katherine is from a dual heritage family where everyone has ...

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What We’ll Build – Plans for Our Together Future

In this sequel to Here We Are, dedicated to his daughter ...

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A Planet Full of Plastic

Neal Layton provides a guide for children in an accessible ...

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My Island

A young girl dwells on a lovely island populated by ...

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The Proudest Blue

Faizah is proud of her older sister Asiya who is wearing her ...

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Once Upon a Raindrop

James Carter’s poetic narrative explores the story of water ...

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The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems

A wonderfully varied collection of poems that will speak ...

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Cherry Moon

In this meditative and nicely paced poetry collection ...

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The Lost Homework

Sonny devotes his weekend to helping his neighbours and ...

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