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
- A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen
- Owl Bat Bat Owl by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
- Counting with Tiny Cat by Viviane Schwarz
3+ readers
- The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse by Mac Barnett
- The Bear and the Piano Sound Book by David Litchfield
- Willy and the Cloud by Anthony Browne
5+ readers
- All the Year Round by John Yeoman
- What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss
- The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs! by Jeanne Willis
7+ readers
- The Creakers by Tom Fletcher
- Witch for a Week by Kaye Umansky
- The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
9+ readers
- Skeleton Tree by Kim Ventrella
- Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig
- Laugh Out Loud by James Patterson
11+ readers
- The Wonderling by Mira Bartok
- A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
- Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
13+ readers
- It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne
- Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
- Hope by Rhian Ivory
YA readers
- 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- A Monster Calls: Special Collector's Edition by Patrick Ness
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It’s really exciting to read and review new books, thrilling to see my reviews online and I love finding the final published copies on sale.
Sam Harper – age 10
It’s a community united by a passion for books and promoting the best there is in children’s literature.
Sam Bateman and family
I have told all my friends, family & teachers to see for themselves just how great the site is. Without fail, they are hugely impressed.
Alexander Boxall – age 11
I love ‘LoveReading 4 kids’ because they let you read and learn things you’d never dreamed of learning before.
Emily Horncastle – age 11
It gives me a chance to read types of books that I would not normally try, and it motivates me to read every night to finish it!
Alice Horncastle, age 14
LoveReading4Kids is a modern and creative way of emphasising the value and importance of books in this digital age #booksforlife
Amrit Bunet – Teen
It has introduced my children to books we hadn’t come across before. Real children’s reviews gives a great insight into what others think to
Lorraine Woods
I love Lovereading because I often never know what to read and this helps you find a good book. I have recommended this to many people.
Shannon-Louise Masters – age 15
This month's 'featured books':
Bedtime Reading
Blown Away
Rob Biddulph
Winner of the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize A brilliant
adventure for a bold Penguin who gets swept up, up and away on a
brand new…
This is Not A Bedtime Story
Will Mabbitt
Illustrated by Fred Blunt
Clever, funny and heart-racingly exciting, this is a book to
inspire and delight every little girl and boy. And one thing's for
sure. Perfect for…
Goodnight Tiptoe
Polly Dunbar
A dreamy, goodnight story. Bedtime comes and every one is sleepy
– except Tiptoe! One after another, Tilly settles her friends
down for the…
Bedtime with Ted
Sophy Henn
It's bedtime for Ted, but he's just too busy yet – flip the
flaps and you can see why: Ted is in the bath with some penguins,
busy…
Goodnight World
Debi Gliori
It's hard to think of a more perfect bedtime book than Goodnight
World. The sun is going down and the world is getting ready to go
to sleep.…
The Last Book Before Bedtime
Nicola O'Byrne
It might be the most important story of the day, but in Nicola
O'Byrne's witty book the telling of the last book before bedtime
is…
This month's 'featured books':
Carnegie Greenaway
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon
Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award | Shortlisted for the CILIP
Carnegie Medal 2017 and awarded the Amnesty CILIP Honour |…
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 Journey
Francesca Sanna
Winner for the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize | Winner of the UKLA 2017
Book Award | Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017
and awarded the…
This is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 - Winner of the UKLA Book
Awards 3-6yrs 2014 - Winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal. One of
Julia…
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…
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman
Illustrated by Chris Riddell
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016. A deluxe edition of
the thrillingly reimagined fairy tale by the magical partnership
of…
This month's 'featured books':
Books Reviewed by Children
Carnival Of Monsters
Andrew Beasley
In a nutshell: ghostly thrills, chills and humour and a pair of
child ghost-busters Readers will be gripped from the opening
chapter of this, and if…
Laugh Out Loud
James Patterson
October 2017 Book of the Month In a nutshell: lively, comic story
celebrating kids' reading and determination James Patterson creates
books…
A Kitten Called Holly
Helen Peters
Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon
In a nutshell: warm-hearted animal story set on a proper farm These
sweet little stories are perfect for animal-mad youngsters and
filled…
The Christmasaurus
Tom Fletcher
Illustrated by Shane Devries
Celebrity Dad, Tom Fletcher brings Christmas and Dinosaurs together
in a warm hearted, rollickingly magical story inspired by his love
of both. …
Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (Book 2)
Rick Riordan
In a Nutshell: Exhilaratingly entertaining mythological mayhem |
Adventure and all-round awesomeness abound in this second book in
the…
Moone Boy 3: The Notion Potion
Chris O'Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy
The Notion Potion is the hilarious third book in the Moone Boy
series, based on the Sky TV series from dream team Chris O'Dowd and
Nick Vincent…
This month's 'featured books':
Bookshelf Essentials
Tom's Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce
Winner of the 1958 CILIP Carnegie Medal A classic time slip story
in which Tom, staying in big house now divided into flats, manages
to get…
The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien
An absolute classic of children's literature, the great adventure
of Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarfs. It's important to remember
how…
The Saga of Erik the Viking
Terry Jones
Illustrated by Michael Foreman
The fantastically brilliant and amazingly adventurous Saga of Erik
the Viking by Terry Jones returns in this new edition with an
exclusive foreword…
The Blue Balloon
Mick Inkpen
This was the book that introduced the lovable Kipper to millions of
children the world over. A truly wonderful story to share and to be
treasured and…
Up in the Tree
Margaret Atwood
This is a delightfully simple and light-hearted story told with a
poetic jauntiness written and illustrated by one of the foremost
literary novelists…
Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses
Brian Moses
Brian Moses is one of our most widely read and popular poets, a
regular visitor to schools and festivals. This collection gathers
together over 100…
This month's 'featured books':
Classics
Little Women (with an Introduction by Louise Rennison)
Louisa May Alcott
Laugh and cry with the March family. Meg, the sweet-tempered one,
Jo, the smart one, Beth, the shy one and Amy, the sassy one.
Despite their…
The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult Truths
Masterful linked short stories by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck,
author of The…
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
Ursula Moray Williams
A charming collection of stories featuring a witch's kitten who is
spurned because Gobbolino would rather be a kitchen cat than a
witch's one. But…
Watership Down
Richard Adams
Illustrated by David Parkins
Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure,
courage and survival against the odds. It tells the story of a
group of rabbits - of…
The Twelfth Day of July A Kevin and Sadie Story
Joan Lingard
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult Truths
The Twelfth Day of July is first of Joan Lingard's influential
Kevin and Sadie…
Back Home
Michelle Magorian
Intensely moving this is the story of a young girl coming to terms
with getting to know her family again, including a little brother,
having been…
