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I am passionate about good quality children’s literature. Books that bring joy to children, but that are also a joy for parents and carers to read aloud.
 

Here you will find an array of lovingly curated book lists, covering a range of topics and interests, for children of all ages (and some for adults too).

Age recommendations are a rough guide. If anything, I tend to err on the younger side, as I don’t believe in rushing childhood. 

 

I hope you find something here that inspires you. Please pm me at [email protected] if you have any requests. Happy reading!

Special Giftable Books
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The Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
A Year Around the Great Oak
How Does My Fruit Grow?
Children of the Forest
In the Land of Elves
An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel and many more classic stories
The Shirley Hughes Collection
All Around Me; A First Book of Childhood
Out and About: A First Book of Poems
Time for Tea: A First Book of Cookery
The Big Alfie And Annie Rose Storybook
The Complete Brambly Hedge
The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies
The Mog Treasury: Six Classic Stories About Mog the Forgetful Cat
The Judith Kerr Treasury
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Morning Time Essentials
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National Trust: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
A Child's Calendar (20th Anniversary Edition)
A Year Full of Stories: 52 folk tales and legends from around the world
National Trust: 2021 Nature Month-By-Month: A Children's Almanac
Crazy Sexy Love Notes: A 52-Card Deck
Q&A a Day for Kids: A Three-Year Journal
Yoga Pretzels
Mindful Kids
Famous Paintings
The Natural History Book: The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth
Maps
Junior Illustrated English Dictionary and Thesaurus
Junior Illustrated Grammar and Punctuation
Junior Illustrated Maths Dictionary
Junior Illustrated Science Dictionary
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Baby Board Books
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Baby Sees : Boxed Set - First Library
Baby Sees: A Very First Book
Baby Sees: Spots and Dots
Baby Sees: Patterns
Baby Sees: Faces
Clap Hands: A First Book for Babies
Say Goodnight: A First Book for Babies
Tickle, Tickle: A First Book for Babies
All Fall Down: A First Book for Babies
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Hush Little Baby
Sylvia Longs Mother Goose
Global Babies
Baby's First Words
The Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
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Toddler Books (1-3 Years)
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Each Peach Pear Plum
Peepo! (Board Book)
Monkey and Me
It's My Birthday
All Around Me; A First Book of Childhood
Out and About: A First Book of Poems
Wibbly Pig Likes Playing Board Book
Wibbly Pig Makes Pictures Board Book
Noisy Farm: A lift-the-flap book
My Presents
Rabbit's Nap
Hide-and-Seek Pig: A Lift-the-flap Story
Postman Bear: A Lift-the-flap Story
Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
Goat Goes to Playgroup
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Preschool Books (3-5 Years)
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
We're going on a Bear Hunt
Handa's Surprise
Owl Babies
Jasper's Beanstalk
The Shirley Hughes Collection
Dogger: the much-loved children’s classic
A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Ten Seeds
Maisy Goes Camping
Topsy and Tim: Go to Hospital
I Love My Hair!
I Want to Do It by Myself!
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Children's Fiction (5-7 Years)
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You Choose: A new story every time – what will YOU choose?
You Choose Your Dreams: A new story every time – what will YOU choose?
You Choose in Space: A new story every time – what will YOU choose?
Story Path
The Giant Jam Sandwich
Oi Frog!
Quick Quack Quentin
How Many Legs?
The Day the Crayons Quit
Iggy Peck, Architect
Rosie Revere, Engineer
Ada Twist, Scientist
The Incredible Book Eating Boy
The Complete Brambly Hedge
Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets
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Poetry
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A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young
Out and About: A First Book of Poems
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems
National Trust: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
National Trust: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
The Lost Words: Rediscover our natural world with this spellbinding book
The Lost Spells: An enchanting, beautiful book for lovers of the natural world
Poems to Perform: A Classic Collection Chosen by the Children's Laureate
A Poem for Every Day of the Year
A Poem for Every Night of the Year
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
Where the Sidewalk Ends
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North America
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NGK Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas (2020 update)
This Is New York
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Science
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Science Scribble Book
Junior Illustrated Science Dictionary
100 Things to Know About Science
See Inside Science
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
100 Science Experiments
Ada Twist, Scientist
Ada Twist's Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists
Lift-the-Flap Periodic Table
The Kitchen Science Cookbook
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA
Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes
My First Book of Quantum Physics
My First Book of Relativity
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Spring Books
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Spring
The Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
Pippa and Pelle in the Spring Garden
Spring
When Spring Comes Board Book
Busy Baby Animals
Farm Babies
Hop Little Bunnies: A Lift-the-Flap Adventure
One Springy Day
The Spring Rabbit
Spring Story
Little Bear's Spring
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Pelle's New Suit
Abracadabra, It's Spring!
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Winter Books
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Winter
Winter
Winter Wonderland Sound Book
Shine a Light: Secrets of Winter: A shine-a-light book
Robin's Winter Song
Snow
The Snowman
The Tomten
The Snow Dragon: The perfect book for cold winter's nights, and cosy Christmas mornings.
Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder
The Gruffalo Autumn and Winter Nature Trail
Flower Fairies of the Winter
A Poem for Every Winter Day
Winter: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons
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Christmas Books
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Dear Santa: A lift-the-flap Christmas favourite from the creator of Dear Zoo
Mog’s Christmas
The Jolly Christmas Postman
Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas: A Modern Adaptation of the Classic Tale
Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas
Dogger's Christmas: A classic seasonal sequel to the beloved Dogger
Lucy and Tom at Christmas
Angel Mae and the Christmas Baby
Angel on the Roof
Walk this World at Christmas Time
Pick a Pine Tree
The Newborn Child
The Nativity
Christmas in Exeter Street
The Christmas Eve Tree: A classic Christmas story with a modern twist
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Art and Craft
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Up, Down & Other Opposites: with Ellsworth Kelly
One & Other Numbers: with Alexander Calder
Beautiful Oops!
My Book of Beautiful Oops!: A Scribble It, Smear It, Fold It, Tear It Journal for Young Artists
The Magic Paintbrush
Press Here
The Dot
Ish
A Gallery of Cats
Katie and the Starry Night
Katie and the Waterlily Pond
Katie and the Sunflowers
Katie and the Mona Lisa
Katie and the British Artists
Katie and the Impressionists
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Creative Writing
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Show Me a Story: 40 Craft Projects and Activities to Spark Children's Storytelling
Creative Writing Skills: Over 70 fun activities for children
Story Path
Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories
Storyteller's Illustrated Dictionary: 1000+ Words to Take Your Storytelling to the Next Level
Build a Story Cards Ocean Adventure
Build a Story Cards Magical Castle
Build a Story Cards Community Helpers
Build-a-Story Cards: Space Quest
Quick Quack Quentin
Oi Frog!
Oi Dog!
Oi Cat!
Oi Puppies Board Book
Oi Duck-billed Platypus!
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Courageous Kids
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Jabari Jumps
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are
Break the Mould: How to Take Your Place in the World - WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS
The Power Book: What is it, Who Has it and Why?
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work
Politics for Beginners
Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage
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Autumn Books
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Autumn
The Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
Pippa and Pelle in the Autumn Wind
Autumn
Bookscape Board Books: A Forest's Seasons
That's not my hedgehog.
That's not my squirrel…
Fletcher and the Falling Autumn Leaves
The Busy Little Squirrel
The Very Helpful Hedgehog
After the Storm
Autumn Story
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
Children of the Forest
Because of an Acorn
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