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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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Alley Cat Rally book cover

Alley Cat Rally

Asta the cat is on a mission: to be the greatest racer her ...

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Pierre's New Hair book cover

Pierre's New Hair

A joyful and colourful paperback picturebook about a quiff ...

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Mammoth book cover

Mammoth

The funny, touching story of an Ice Age mammoth who finds ...

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The Pet Potato book cover

The Pet Potato

Albert is so desperate to get a pet, he'll take anything - a ...

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The Fire Fox book cover

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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My Beautiful Voice book cover

My Beautiful Voice

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

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Too Much Stuff book cover

Too Much Stuff!

From the creator of modern classic Meerkat Mail comes a very ...

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Saving the Butterfly

Saving the Butterfly

A poetic, powerful story about a little brother and a big ...

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The Worrying Worries

What happens when you get a Worry? They can follow you ...

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Covered in Adventures

Sasha's dads want to buy her a new sweater, because her old ...

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