Lovereading4kids Weekly Staff Picks
Reading is fundamental to the development of children and countless research shows the links between good reading skills from an early age and future success in life. However, finding books children want to read or authors that excite them, can be difficult; the choice is daunting and guidance rather thin on the ground.
So, Lovereading4kids was created to be the best recommendation site for Children’s Book from toddlers to teens. It has been created using the experience we have as parents and book lovers, who want our children to read great books. Secondly, it has been created from what we have learned from setting up our first book site lovereading.co.uk
Books for all ages! Top downloads
Baby and Toddler
- Samson the Mighty Flea by Angela Mcallister
- Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
- Tabby McTat Picturebook and CD by Julia Donaldson
3+ readers
- Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Goodnight Everyone by Chris Haughton
5+ readers
- Clare and her Captain by Michael Morpurgo
- The Ice Bear by Jackie Morris
- The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
7+ readers
- The Snow Leopard by Jackie Morris
- My Mum's Going To Explode! by Jeremy Strong
- Mango & Bambang: Tiny Tapir Trouble by Polly Faber
9+ readers
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker
- Dragon's Green Worldquake Book One by Scarlett Thomas
- Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac
11+ readers
- Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
- Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
- The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
13+ readers
- The Wrong Train by Jeremy De Quidt
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. by Anne Frank
YA readers
- Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
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Helen Swinyard – Heartlands High
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Amrit Bunet – Teen
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Elosie Clarkson – age 11
Lovereading is just a convenient way to find new books and hear others opinions on them.
Sarah Murray – age 15
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Jasmine Harris-Hart, age 12
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Georgie Rowe – age 16
This company is amazing; not only is it is a great opportunity to get books and review them but everyone is so friendly and supportive!
Jemma Rubens, age 10
It is fantastic, you get to read lots of books and you always find something new and amazing in them.
Erica Motoc, age 7
This month's 'featured books':
Bedtime Reading
Silver
Walter de la Mare
Illustrated by Carolina Rabei
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month April 2017 | “Slowly,
silently now the moon/ Walks the night/ in her silver…
Lily and Bear
Lisa Stubbs
One of our Books of the Year 2015 -April 2015 Debut of the Month
Lily and Bear – two wonderful new characters who love to
play…
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Clement Hurd
This classic children's book looks wonderful in its new edition and
has lost none of its effectiveness as a book to lull children to
sleep. As…
Bing's Bedtime Stories
Ted Dewan
Originally from books by Ted Dewan, Bing now has his own TV show on
Cbeebies and this gorgeous hardback gift collection with a padded
cover…
Where the Wild Things are
Maurice Sendak
Jacqueline Wilson, February 2012 Guest Editor: "The text is very
minimal but perfect - and the illustrations are glorious. This
isn't a scary…
Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
Three little owl babies sit in the tree and wait…and
wait…and wait…for their Mummy to come home from
hunting. Stunning…
This month's 'featured books':
Carnegie Greenaway
Millions
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Winner of the 2004 CILIP Carnegie Medal When a bag stuffed full of
money falls out of a train and into their camp, Damian and Anthony
are…
Tidy
Emily Gravett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 | Julia
Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, April 2017 | Award-winning Emily
Gravett's…
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Penelope Lively
Winner of the 1973 CILIP Carnegie Medal The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
is a timeless and haunting story, critically acclaimed, this
Carnegie award…
There is a Tribe of Kids
Lane Smith
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 | Award-winning Lane
Smith's stunning illustrations create a delight of a story
which…
Shackleton's Journey
William Grill
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 2015 Debut author and
illustrator, William Grill, 25, has become the youngest winner of
the Kate…
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 and awarded the
Amnesty CILIP Honour | Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's
Fiction Prize 2016…
This month's 'featured books':
Books Reviewed by Children
Bathroom Boogie
Clare Foges
Illustrated by Al Murphy
How do you follow a roaring success like Kitchen Disco? Why, with a
Bathroom Boogie of course. Who knew that when we're out our
bathrooms…
Little Adventurers: What Bear? Where?
Philip Ardagh
Illustrated by Elissa Elwick
With an activity idea and an information page with every story in
the series, the Little Adventurers four will encourage hours of
immersive play, and…
Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo
Some momentous things happen in the course of this book: a father
leaves, buildings are burgled, a cat is lost and found, hearts are
broken, good…
The Five Realms: The Gift of Dark Hollow
Kieran Larwood
Illustrated by David Wyatt
In a nutshell: brave rabbits continue their fight against a
terrifying enemy The story of rabbit hero Podkin One-Ear continues
in this…
Goodnight Everyone
Chris Haughton
Perfect for the end of every day, award-winning Chris Haughton
captures the soothing time as the sun goes down and all the animals
begin to fall into…
Mango & Bambang: Tiny Tapir Trouble
Polly Faber
Illustrated by Clara Vulliamy
Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy's Mango and Bambang stories are
perfect for newly independent readers. There are four funny,
entertaining…
This month's 'featured books':
Bookshelf Essentials
Hue Boy
Rita Phillips Mitchell
Illustrated by Caroline Binch
Selected by a distinguished independent panel of experts including
our editorial expert, Julia Eccleshare, for Diverse Voices - 50 of
the best…
Lost and Found: Board Book
Oliver Jeffers
Celebrating the value of friendship, this is an exquisitely
illustrated picture book with a simple story line. Opening his door
and finding a penguin…
Who's in the Loo?
Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Adrian Reynolds
Special 10th Anniversary Edition Quirky and great fun. We've all
experienced the problem of wanting the loo at the same time first
thing in the…
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 A simply told
story with a delicious and irresistible mischievous twist in its
ending.…
The Little White Horse
Elizabeth Goudge
'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I
absolutely adored it' - J K Rowling. The Little White Horse by
Elizabeth Goudge is a…
Tim All Alone
Edward Ardizzone
Tim returns from a long sea voyage to find that his home is boarded
up, a ‘To Let' sign in the window, and his parents gone. He
cries a…
This month's 'featured books':
Classics
The Teddy Robinson Storybook: Macmillan Classics Edition
Joan G. Robinson
Joan G. Robinson's based her classic stories, about the very
everyday things that might happen to a teddy bear, on her
daughter's bear…
The Family from One End Street
Eve Garnett
Winner of the 1937 CILIP Carnegie Medal The seven Ruggles children
grow up in a household with little money but a lot of action!
There's…
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Meg needs to find her scientist father who has mysteriously gone
missing. With her little brother Charles and friend Calvin, Meg
travels by…
Stig of the Dump
Clive King
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
When Barney falls down the cliff of the chalk pit he lands in what
might be a rubbish dump. But the dump turns out to be the home of
Stig, a cave-boy…
The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White
Louis the cygnet may be unable to utter a sound unlike her siblings
and his parents but Louis is determined to overcome this impediment
by learning…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (with an Introduction by Richard Peck)
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer seems to be unable to avoid trouble. Wherever he is, he
seems to be doing something adults don't approve of. But Tom is
smart: he knows…
