A House that Once Was by Julie Fogliano and Lane Smith
KS1/2Is a narrative poem that tells the story of two children exploring a mysterious abandoned house that has been untouched for years. When they enter the house, the boy and girl discover forgotten...
View ArticleThe Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes and Sarah Massini
KS1/LKS2Marianne lives by the sea in a quirky-shaped lighthouse. Her town seems quiet and peaceable and upon the coastline she dreams and searches for dinosaurs. Through her imaginings she digs up the...
View ArticleThe Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas
KS1/LKS2In a crowded, uncaring world lives a Robot with a broken heart. As the world carries on around him, he sits in a scrapheap lonely and forgotten. Rusting away he wonders if anything can ever...
View ArticleSong of the River by Joy Cowley and Kimberly Andrews
FS/KS1/LKS2'Cam, the mountain boy, lives with this Grandfather up in the mountains and Cam’s greatest desire is to see the sea. His grandfather always tells Cam that one day they will see the sea but...
View ArticleThe Moonlight Zoo by Maudie Powell-Tuck and Karl Newson
FS/KS1/LKS2Eva has been searching for her cat Luna, who has been missing for a couple of days. One evening she comes across the Moonlight Zoo which is a magical place which takes care of lost animals...
View ArticleThe Little Island by Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Robert Starling
FS/KS1/KS2All the creatures down on the farm live together but the geese begin to have ideas about how it should be run ‘their’ way. Bridges are literally broken and suddenly life becomes difficult for...
View ArticleLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
FS/KS1/LKS2Just like every Sunday, CJ and his nana head to the bus stop after church. Whilst waiting in the rain, CJ sees his friend Colby climbing into his car, and wonders why they do not own a car...
View ArticleOcean Meet Sky by The Fan Brothers
KS1/KS2Tells the story of a young boy, Finn, who has vivid memories of his Grandpa and the exciting stories he told. On the day that Finn’s Grandpa would have turned 90, Finn builds a boat to ‘honour’...
View ArticleMarcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx by Joe Todd-Stanton
Y2/KS2Following on from Arthur and the Golden Rope, Professor Brownstone retells the story of Arthur’s daughter Marcy Brownstone who had a fear of the dark. When Marcy's father disappears to Egypt to...
View ArticleAn Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold & Elizabet Vuković
KS2An Ordinary Day in an ordinary neighbourhood soon turns into an extraordinary one. The story explores the lives of two families on one day, one family is welcoming a new baby, whilst the other is...
View ArticleLift by Minh Lê and Dan Santat
FS/KS1/KS2A young girl called Iris lives in an apartment block with her Mum, Dad and younger brother. Iris is always responsible for, and loves, pushing the elevator buttons. Until one day, when her...
View ArticleStarcrossed by Julia Denos
KS2Starcrossed is a tale of a celestial friendship that spans Earth and the stars. Eridani and Acamar long to know more about how the other’s life feels but know that there are insurmountable obstacles...
View ArticleSmall in the City by Sydney Smith
Y2/KS2‘Small in the City’ follows a child as they step off a tram and embark on a journey across the city. Along the way, the character faces many challenges as the potential dangers of the city...
View ArticleThe Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S. K. Ali & Hatem Aly
KS1/KS2Faizah is a young girl with a ‘princess’ of a sister whom she idolises and has a great deal of respect for. When Faizah has her first day of school, Asiya has her first day of wearing a hijab...
View ArticleRide the Wind by Nicola Davies and Salvatore Rubbino
KS1/KS2The book tells the story of a young boy, Javier, who has a secret. Upon one of his father’s fishing trips, still hurting from the loss of his mother, Javier finds an albatross barely alive...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton
FS/KS1/LKS2Joe lives in an ordinary city; he enjoys using his vivid imagination to create 3D models of animals and insects. One day he heads out and uses his imagination to picture the city life with...
View ArticleFinding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
KS1/2A heart warming and true story of howthe famous bear, Winnie the Pooh, cameto be. Winnie, a black bear from Winnipeg,Canada, is adopted by a youngveterinary solider named HarryColebourn. The story...
View ArticleThe Last Garden by Rachel Ip and Anneli Bray
KS2Told from the perspective of another child, this is the story of how a young girl tends to her garden throughout a war, bringing joy to herself and the other children of the city. When Zara and her...
View ArticleLook Up at the Stars by Katie Cotton and Miren Asiain Lora
FS/KS1The book tells the story of a mother bear and her child living in a small house on a quiet island. The child is passionate about the natural world, spending their days creating art to represent...
View ArticleBoundless Sky by Amanda Addison and Manuela Adreani
FS/KS1/LKS2Nobody knew, nobody dreamed, nobody even considered the possibility that a bird that fits in your hand might fly halfway around the world looking for a place to nest . . . or that a young...
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