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Suggested ages are just a guide to give an idea of length, complexity and subject matter, but there are lots of overlaps and the age guides should not be seen as rigid. For the Teen/YA lists, I lean towards the permissive (in my experience teens are good judges of their own boundaries when reading and in any case books are a safe space to push boundaries) but if you know that is not right for you, then check the book description and notes.

 

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The Girl and the Mermaid
The Song of the Nightingale
An Anthology of Intriguing Animals
Little Women: V&A Collector's Edition
National Trust: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
V&A: The Twelve Days of Christmas
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Hansel and Greta: A Fairy Tale Revolution
The Wonders of Nature
The Lost Spells: An enchanting, beautiful book for lovers of the natural world
The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes
National Trust: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
Mary Poppins: Illustrated Gift Edition
The Lost Words: Rediscover our natural world with this spellbinding book
A Christmas Carol: V&A Collector's Edition
The Clockwork Crow
First Light
The Long Winter
The Girl Who Saved Christmas
Sky Song
Winter Magic
The Missing Barbegazi
The Way Past Winter (paperback)
Shackleton's Journey
The Dark is Rising: 50th Anniversary Edition
Frost Hollow Hall: 'The Queen of Historical Fiction at her finest.' Guardian
Mistletoe and Murder
V&A: The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker: Press the note to hear Tchaikovsky's music
Another Night Before Christmas
Only for the Holidays: Cuddle up with a cosy happy-ever-after this Christmas!
Love in Winter Wonderland: A feel-good romance guaranteed to warm hearts this Christmas!
Dash And Lily's Book Of Dares
The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily
Mind the Gap, Dash and Lily
Let It Snow
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Smell of Other People's Houses
Winterkill
All I Want For Christmas
This Winter
The Silent Stars Go By
Claude in the City
Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat!
The Man Who Wore All His Clothes
Early Reader: The Three Little Witches Storybook
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away!
Dixie O'Day: In The Fast Lane
Superdad's Day Off
Isadora Moon Goes to School
Mary's Hair
Dog Man
Sophie Takes to the Sky
Fabio The World's Greatest Flamingo Detective: The Case of the Missing Hippo
Captain Pug
Hubble Bubble: The Glorious Granny Bake Off
The Snake Who Came to Stay
Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts!
Oliver and the Seawigs
Ivy & Bean – Book 1
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher (Ukrainian language)
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Clarice Bean, Utterly Me
Guardians of Magic
Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote
Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar
Fortunately, the Milk . . .
Pizazz: The super awesome new superhero series!
Violet and the Smugglers
Zombierella: Fairy Tales Gone Bad
I Am Rebel
The Griffin Gate
Owen and the Soldier
Armistice Runner
Sequin and Stitch
The Peculiar Thing with the Pea
Lark
Butterflies for Grandpa Joe
What Magic Is This?
The Starlight Watchmaker
Ellie and the Cat
Kerb-Stain Boys: The Crongton Broadway Robbery
Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story
The Harder They Fall
White Feather
Vern: Custodian of the Universe
Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables
Measuring Up
Awkward
Amulet Box set 1-9 Graphix
Unicorn Boy: Book 1
Bunny vs Monkey
When Stars are Scattered
El Deafo: The Superpowered Edition
Roller Girl
Hilda and the Troll
Illegal: a graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe
Smile
The Crossover: Graphic Novel
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy
The Crossover
Love That Dog
Rebound
The Weight of Water
In the Key of Code
For Every One
The Book With No Pictures Press Here Where The Wild Things Are
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Favourite Picture Books To Read Again and Again

Goodnight Moon Peepo! (Board Book) The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Brilliant Board Books

Beware of the Storybook Wolves
Snow White in New York
Good Little Wolf
Little Red
The Pea And The Princess
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Prince Cinders
Into the Forest
The Three Pigs
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Duckling: A Fairy Tale Revolution
Blueblood: A Fairy Tale Revolution
Hansel and Greta: A Fairy Tale Revolution
Cinderella Liberator: A Fairy Tale Revolution
Mariella Mystery: The Ghostly Guinea Pig: Book 1 The Fairy Detective Agency: Operation Bunny Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1
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Detective and Mystery Books 7-9s

The Chestnut Roaster The Great Fox Illusion Show Us Who You Are
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Exciting adventures and quests 7-9s

Deadlock High-Rise Mystery Emil and the Detectives
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Detective and Mystery Books 9-12s

Boy Overboard The Secret of Golden Island: An action-packed summer adventure from the Costa Award-winning author The Chime Seekers
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Exciting adventures and quests 9-12s

Boy Overboard What Katy Did October, October: WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
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Difference, friendship, family, loss, fears, kindness - 9-12s

The Great Fox Illusion Like A Curse Like A Charm
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Fantasy and Magic 9-12s

The City of Guardian Stones The Story of Tracy Beaker Matilda
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Funny, silly and entertaining - 8-12s

Safiyyah's War Angel of Grasmere: From Dunkirk to the Fells Goodnight Mister Tom
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WWII books 9-12s

War Horse Archie's War Armistice Runner
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WWI books 9-12

Running On Empty Ghost Kick
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Sport in fiction 9-12s

Show Us Who You Are The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day A Wrinkle in Time
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Science in fiction 9-12s

Professor Astro Cat's Stargazing Professor Astro Cat's Human Body Odyssey Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage
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Non-Fiction 6-12

Songlight: Meet your new dystopian obsession, the first book in the epic Torch Trilogy How To Die Famous The Crossing
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Top YA Fiction

100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe
If You'll Have Me
Vern: Custodian of the Universe
Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables
Measuring Up
Amulet Box set 1-9 Graphix
The Girl From The Sea
The Complete MAUS
Persepolis I & II
This One Summer
Anya's Ghost
Pumpkinheads
Illegal: a graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe
Smile
Heartstopper Volume 2: The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix!
One: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016 The Door of No Return The Black Flamingo
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Books in verse - Teen/YA

Release
Girl. Boy. Sea.
The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019
Sophie Someone
The Other Side of Truth
Toffee
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Things a Bright Girl Can Do: The critically acclaimed novel about the fight for women's votes
Noughts & Crosses
We Are All Made of Molecules
The Hate U Give
Orangeboy
Wranglestone
Becoming Dinah
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Rebel of the Sands: The must-read New York Times-bestselling fantasy series Hero at the Fall: The must-read New York Times-bestselling fantasy series Traitor to the Throne: The must-read New York Times-bestselling fantasy series
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Fantasy and Adventure - Teen/YA

The Hate U Give Long Way Down After The Fire
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Big issue books - Teen/YA

How To Die Famous Murder on a School Night We Know What You Did
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Mystery and Intrigue - Teen/YA

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition The Machine Gunners The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle
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WWII books - Teen/YA

The Girl Who Couldn't Lie Steady For This: the laugh-out-loud and unforgettable teen novel! If You'll Have Me
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Friendships and Relationships - Teen/YA

The Declaration The Resistance The Legacy
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Dystopia - Teen/YA

National Trust: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections) The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Not Just a Book…
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Presents for Teachers

The Secret Garden (centenary ed) The Secret Garden: V&A Collector's Edition The Secret Garden
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The Secret Garden

The Song of the Nightingale Harry the Dirty Dog The Big Dreaming
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Best Bedtime Stories

Secrets of a Sun King: ‘THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION’ Guardian British Museum: Find Tom in Time, Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs
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Pharaohs and Pyramids

The Chime Seekers
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart: Shortlisted for the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
October, October: WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
The Girl From The Sea
Kerb-Stain Boys: The Crongton Broadway Robbery
Tsunami Girl
The Book With No Pictures
Press Here
Where The Wild Things Are
You Choose: A new story every time – what will YOU choose?
How To Die Famous
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
Hippos Go Berserk
Sam Francisco, King of the Disco
The Girl and the Mermaid
The Bowerbird
The Song of the Nightingale
Harry the Dirty Dog
Tadpole's Promise
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Tsunami Girl
The Graveyard Book
The Light in Everything: Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2023
I Must Betray You: A powerful, heart-breaking thriller based on real events. The winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice M
One: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016
The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart: Shortlisted for the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
October, October: WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
The Song Walker
The Door of No Return
The Boy Lost in the Maze
Steady For This: the laugh-out-loud and unforgettable teen novel!
Safiyyah's War
Choose Love
Away With Words
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