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
- Tabby McTat Picturebook and CD by Julia Donaldson
- Dinosaur Munch! The Diplodocus by Jeanne Willis
- Six Little Chicks by Jez Alborough
3+ readers
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
- Tyrannosaurus Drip 10th Anniversary Edition by Julia Donaldson
5+ readers
- The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
- Best Friends! by Wendy Finney
- Children's Discovery Atlas by Anita Ganeri
7+ readers
- My Mum's Going To Explode! by Jeremy Strong
- The Accidental Billionaire by Tom McLaughlin
- Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright by Chris Riddell
9+ readers
- Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac
- Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
- Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
11+ readers
- The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
- The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
- The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster
13+ readers
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
YA readers
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman
- A Monster Calls: Special Collector's Edition by Patrick Ness
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You give me age appropriate ideas of books I can read and buy for the children and find out what other children their age think of them too.
Katie Lonsdale
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
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
Lovereading is just a convenient way to find new books and hear others opinions on them.
Sarah Murray – age 15
I love finding new books to read. My mummy and me look at the new ones coming out. I have written reviews of some of them!
Jessica Cobbin – age 7
We love Lovereading4kids because they put books in front of us we wouldn’t otherwise have read. They make us more adventurous readers!
Emily Jacques
I love Lovereading4kids because I get an opportunity to put my opinion forward and to try new books
Elosie Clarkson – age 11
I love all the books they recommend & put up for me to review. I also love the fact that they give new authors the chance to share their boo
Daisy Pennock – age 15
This month's 'featured books':
Bedtime Reading
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Touch and Feel Playbook
Eric Carle
A Touch and Feel version of this is a much-loved classic, first
published in 1969, is perfect for older babies and toddlers. It
features concepts…
Dinosaurs Don't Have Bedtimes!
Timothy Knapman
Illustrated by Nikki Dyson
Pity the poor mum in this story who has to wrestle a very lively
young dinosaur fan into bed. Her little boy knows just how
dinosaurs behave, what…
The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep
Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin
Illustrated by Irina Maununen
When Roger can't fall asleep, Mummy Rabbit takes him to see Uncle
Yawn, who knows just what to do. In this volume, children can join
Roger on his…
Let's Join in
Shirley Hughes
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month July 2017 Four simple bedtime
stories capture the precious yet everyday moments in pre-school
and…
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…
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…
This month's 'featured books':
Carnegie Greenaway
Railhead
Philip Reeve
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Shortlisted for the
UKLA 2017 Book Award | August 2016 Book of the Month Set…
Buffalo Soldier
Tanya Landman
Winner of the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal The Judges comment
“We were particularly impressed with how Buffalo Soldier
explored what it means to…
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 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…
The Edge of the Cloud
K. M. Peyton
Winner of the 1969 CILIP Carnegie Medal K.M. Peyton won the
Carnegie Medal for this romantic and passionate story set in the
run up to…
The Journey
Francesca Sanna
Winner of the UKLA 2017 Book Award | Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate
Greenaway Medal 2017 and awarded the Amnesty CILIP Honour |
Shortlisted for the…
This month's 'featured books':
Books Reviewed by Children
Never Say Die
Anthony Horowitz
June 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: simply the best
action-packed, stylish adventure and escapism Anthony
Horowitz's…
This month's 'featured books':
Bookshelf Essentials
My Dad's a Birdman
David Almond
Illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Join a father and daughter as they find their wings together and
take to the skies in this funny, tender tale from the master of
contemporary…
Gangsta Granny
David Walliams
Category Winner of The Red House Children's Book Award 2013 &
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012. Following in
the…
The Little Bookroom
Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Ardizzone
This award-winning book is an outstanding collection of stories to
inspire dreams and wonder. Eleanor Farjeon has put together an
elegant collection…
Aristotle
Dick King-Smith
Illustrated by Bob Graham
The best-selling author of The Sheep Pig tells a charming and witty
story about a bold young kitten who is always getting into
mischief! Aristotle…
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…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel
A lovely hardback edition to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of
this world famous children's classic. A book that's chock full of
great…
This month's 'featured books':
Classics
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Alan Marks
Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything -
even Christmas! But when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve,
Scrooge is…
Smith
Leon Garfield
Illustrated by Kenny McKendry
Smith is a sort of artful dodger character of his time. Set in 18th
century London, this is the story of a 12 year old and how, having
pickpocketed…
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll, Chris Riddell
Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel
A favourite book chosen by Philip Pullman, along with Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland: "Indispensable. The great classic
beginning of English…
Across the Barricades A Kevin and Sadie Story
Joan Lingard
Across the Barricades is part of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking
Kevin and Sadie series, the sequel to The Twelfth Day of July. Both
books are part of…
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
One of the most dramatic and exciting stories of all time, this
classic modern fairy story by the former Poet Laureate takes on the
biggest theme of…
Tales from Grimm
Antonia Barber
Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain
Nine of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's best-known stories are retold
with great fluency in this beautifully produced edition which is
perfectly…
