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
- Play by Jez Alborough
- A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
3+ readers
- Have You Seen My Giraffe? by Michelle Robinson
- Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
5+ readers
- The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
- What's My Name? by Wendy Finney
- Dogger by Shirley Hughes
7+ readers
- The Accidental Billionaire by Tom McLaughlin
- My Evil Twin is a Supervillain by David Solomons
- My Mum's Going To Explode! by Jeremy Strong
9+ readers
- Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
- The Sands of Shark Island by Alexander Mccall Smith
- Chase by Linwood Barclay
11+ readers
- The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
- Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz Evans
- The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
13+ readers
- A Monster Calls (Movie Tie-in) by Patrick Ness
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- One by Sarah Crossan
YA readers
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman
- A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
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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.
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This month's 'featured books':
Bedtime Reading
Maisy Goes to Bed
Lucy Cousins
Celebrate twenty-five years of Maisy with this classic novelty book
reissue that remains as popular today as it was 25 years ago! Lift
the flaps and…
Sloth Slept on
Frann Preston-Gannon
A board book edition of this delightful introduction to a very
special creature! Two children find a very unusual creature in
their garden. What on…
The Mumsnet Book of Animal Stories
Various Authors
A beautifully illustrated treasury of captivating animal stories
for families to share together. This is the second year of the
Mumsnet/Walker Books…
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…
Fairytales Gone Wrong: Get Some Rest, Sleeping Beauty!
Steve Smallman
Illustrated by Neil Price
Young children will learn the importance of rest in this hilarious
story all about sleep and as result bedtime should become an easier
time of the…
My Favourite Nursery Rhymes Board Book: Bedtime Rhymes
Tony Ross
This lovely collection of favourite bedtime nursery rhymes with
charming, lively illustrations from Tony Ross to accompany each
rhyme is a wonderful…
This month's 'featured books':
Carnegie Greenaway
The Smell of Other People's Houses
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Shortlisted for the
UKLA 2017 Book Award | Longlisted for the Guardian Children's
Fiction Prize 2016…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury)
Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Winner of the 1999 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Full of the most
wondrous wit and humour, wonderful magic and believable nonsense,
this…
Railhead
Philip Reeve
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Shortlisted for the
UKLA 2017 Book Award | August 2016 Book of the Month Set…
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
Illustrated by Jim Kay
Winner of the 2012 Carnegie Medal AND 2012 Kate Greenaway Medal.
This is the first time, in the Awards 75 year history, that one
book has won both…
Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | A young girl's
kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. Powerful,
poignant and…
Beck
Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet
*** Suitable for ages 16+ Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal
2017 | In turns brutal and passionate, Beck is an utterly
compelling story of…
This month's 'featured books':
Books Reviewed by Children
The Bolds on Holiday
Julian Clary
Illustrated by David Roberts
There are wonderful new laughs as the Bolds, the hairiest family in
Teddington, set off on holiday. The extended Bold family –
that's Mr…
Blowback
Chris Bradford
Illustrated by Nelson Evergreen
Interest Age 8+ Reading Age 8 | In a nutshell: edge-of-the-seat
stuff that puts comradeship at the heart of the action As
ever,…
What's My Name?
Wendy Finney
Illustrated by Tony Ross
April 2017 Book of the Month | The Little Princess, star of Tony
Ross's much loved series, is growing up and she's just as…
Middle School: Escape to Australia
James Patterson
In a nutshell: Rafe Khatchadorian heads down under In this special
episode of the hugely popular Middle School series, Rafe
Khatchadorian, surely…
Kid Normal
Greg James, Chris Smith
Illustrated by Erica Salcedo
July 2017 Debut of the Month In a nutshell: hapless heroics from a
wimpy kid in a Harry Potter world Imagine what it would be like
if…
School Ship Tobermory
Alexander Mccall Smith
Illustrated by Iain McIntosh
Alexander McCall Smith has taken the ever-popular set up for a
proper children's story – group of plucky kids, no parents
– and…
This month's 'featured books':
Bookshelf Essentials
Dogger
Shirley Hughes
Winner of the Greenaway of Greenaways in 2007 and Greenaway winner
in 1977. Filled with humour and Shirley Hughes' deft touch, this is
a book for…
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…
Lizzie Dripping
Helen Cresswell
Lizzie is an archetypal twelve-year-old dreamer who wanders around
with her head in the clouds. Despite her family's failure to
believe her,…
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Eugene Trivizas
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
This much-loved picture book puts a comic and clever twist on the
familiar fairytale. Three polite young wolves set off to make their
way in the…
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…
Michael
Tony Bradman
A wonderful celebration of a boy who is thought to be bad but is
just... different! At school, Michael's teachers despair of him. He
is late,…
This month's 'featured books':
Classics
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult Truths A
story about writing, this is also a wonderfully romantic story told
by a young…
The Cay
Theodore Taylor
Illustrated by Kenny McKendry
Beautifully written, this novel won every award imaginable in the
USA when it was published. It is a tense, dramatic and compulsive
survival…
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen, Jan Pienkowski
This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi
Lewis, contains twelve of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent
stories. It includes…
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…
Harriet The Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
Although it was written four decades ago, Harriet the Spy is still
a thoroughly modern story. Harriet - bossy, determined, prone to
shouting things…
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…
