By The Mainstreet Trading Company

At Mainstreet we love it when we get asked for children's books recommendations so we have curated a list to share our go-to recs incase you cannot make it into the shop. Also check out our favourite picture books list for the younger readers in your life. 

Like A Charm

Elle McNicoll

£6.99 £6.64

Reading age: 8-12

Jummy at the River School

Sabine Adeyinka

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

Fledgling

Lucy Hope

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

The Hatmakers

Tamzin Merchant and Paola Escobar

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

Sun and Shiro and the Polka-Dot Snake

Hiyoko Imai

£9.95 £9.45

Reading age: 5-7

Sabotage on the Solar Express

M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, et al.

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat: Book 5

Dermot O'Leary and Nick East

£9.99 £9.49

Reading age: 5-7

Rabbit and Bear: A Bad King is a Sad Thing: Book 5

Julian Gough and Jim Field

£6.99 £6.64

Reading age: 5-7

The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

Katherine Rundell and Hannah Horn

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Book 1

Jessica Townsend

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

October, October: WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022

Katya Balen and Angela Harding

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 8-12

Pony: from the bestselling author of Wonder

R. J. Palacio

£12.99 £12.34

Reading age: 8-12

Julia and the Shark

Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston

£12.99 £12.34

Reading age: 8-12

Kate on the Case (Kate on the Case 1)

Hannah Peck

£6.99 £6.64

Reading age: 5-7

The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 1)

Andy Shepherd and Sara Ogilvie

£7.99 £7.59

Reading age: 5-7

We use cookies and similar methods to recognize visitors and remember their preferences. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. To learn more about these methods, including how to disable them view our Cookie Policy.