Curiosity by Markus Motum
KS1/KS2A non-fiction picture book that tells the story of how the Mars Rover was created, named, and sent on its mission to Mars. It is written in a story-like manner, but is very factual and...
View ArticleFour Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed and Doug Chayka
KS2A refugee, Lina, has fled her home in Afghanistan to the neighbouring country of Pakistan. She finds herself in a refugee camp with people that share the same story as her, as they have also left...
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View ArticleImaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers
KS1/LKS2This story follows Fred, an imaginary friend who stays with lonely children until they no longer need him; when this happens, he starts to fade before being whisked back into the sky to wait...
View ArticleMr. Leon's Paris by Stephane Barroux and translated by Sarah Ardizzone
FS/KS1/KS2Mr. Leon drives his taxi everyday. He picks up people and takes them to their destinations (linked in some way to the character). After over 30 years of driving he decides to sell his taxi....
View ArticleThe Marvelous Moon Map by Teresa Heapy and David Litchfield
Mouse and Bear live together in their forest home. Mouse researches how to get to the moon and works really hard to create ‘a magnificent, mighty, most marvellous Moon Map’. Mouse sets off following...
View ArticleThe Colour of Home by Mary Hoffman and Karin Littlewood
KS2Hassan is a young boy from Somalia who has joined a new school in England. Hassan doesn’t know much English and he unsure of the new environment that he is in. When he is asked to paint his home,...
View ArticleThe Little Hen and the Great War by Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton
KS2Set during World War I in France, this picturebook tells the story of a hen who is discovered by a young soldier, named Arthur. Every morning Bertha laid an egg for Arthur and he shared it amongst...
View ArticleThe Whale by Vita and Evan Murrow
Y2/KS2An adventure which following the expedition of two young explorers. Armed with cameras and sound recorders they embark on a mission to spot the great spotted whale - believed to be a hoax and to...
View ArticleThe Faraway Island by Dianne Hofmeyr and Jude Daly
KS1/KS2An unhappy man leaves his ship to live on an isolated Island with a bag of rice and a cockerel. Sailors stop at the island en-route to Portugal another man hiding his cave, they leave gifts of...
View ArticleDu Iz Tak by Carson Ellis
FS/KS1/KS2What is that? A world seen from the height and perspective of an insect. Du Iz Tak is a gorgeous piece of work from Ellis in which the read must piece together the picture narrative in order...
View ArticleA River by Marc Martin
FS/KS1/KS2Through her bedroom window, a girl watches the river that runs her city and begins toimagine a journey along it in a silver boat. The river carries her through a range ofenvironments,...
View ArticleDon't Spill the Milk by Stephen Davies and Christopher Corr
KS1/Y3 Penda lives in a tiny village with her mum and aunties. Her father is up on the grasslands, because it is the rainy season which means he needs to look after the sheep. Can Penda deliver the...
View ArticleAnna and Otis by Maisie Paradise Shearring
FS/KS1Anna, a girl, and Otis, a snake, are friends who like to spend their days playing together in the garden. When Anna suggests going in to town to seek new adventure, Otis is unsure as he knows...
View ArticleThe Day the War Came by Nicola Davies and Rebecca Cobb
KS1/LKS2What would you do if you lost all that you had? What if you had no home and no one was there to welcome you to somewhere new? When Nicola Davies heard about our government’s refusal to allow...
View ArticleThe Way Home for Wolf by Rachel Bright and Jim Field
FS/KS1A wolf pack, including a young but determined wolf pup, are kicked out of their den. On their way to find a new place to live, the pup gets lost! Can two kind animals can help the wolf pup find...
View ArticleDear Diary by Sara Fanelli
The diary entries of a day in the life of various different characters. They all experience the same day but the diary entries show them from a range of perspectives, demonstrating that even though all...
View ArticleThe Dam by David Almond and Levi Pinfold
UKS2A town in the north of England has been abandoned due to a dam being built which will cause the town to be submerged. A father wakes his daughter and takes her to the abandoned town just before...
View ArticleOne Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
Y2/KS2One Plastic Bag follows the story of Isatou Ceesay, a real life Gambian woman on a mission to rid her village of the ugliness caused by discarded plastic bags. As Isatou grows up, however, the...
View ArticleThe Grotlyn by Benji Davies
Our story begins on a street where we see a little girl, Rubi, looking down from her window onto an organ grinder and his monkey. Since hearing the organ tune, Rubi has had a strange rhyme in her head...
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