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
- Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
- Tabby McTat Picturebook and CD by Julia Donaldson
- A Busy Day for Birds by Lucy Cousins
3+ readers
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
- Goodnight Everyone by Chris Haughton
5+ readers
- The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
- Grandad's Secret Giant by David Litchfield
- What's My Name? by Wendy Finney
7+ readers
- My Mum's Going To Explode! by Jeremy Strong
- Mango & Bambang: Tiny Tapir Trouble by Polly Faber
- Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds The Jet of Justice by Angie Lake
9+ readers
- Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac
- Dragon's Green Worldquake Book One by Scarlett Thomas
- Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
11+ readers
- Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
- The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
- Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
13+ readers
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. by Anne Frank
- The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
YA readers
- ...And a Happy New Year? by Holly Bourne
- A Monster Calls: Special Collector's Edition by Patrick Ness
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
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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
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
A great way to introduce kids to great books, authors & genres. Parents can find age-appropriate books to share with their children.
Judi Davies – Aberdare Girls Sch
Writing reviews help the children with their literacy skills and we always read the books together which gives us good quality family time!
Cat Bisland (on behalf of the Bi
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
It is fantastic, you get to read lots of books and you always find something new and amazing in them.
Erica Motoc, age 7
It’s so easy to find the right book for your child. Such an easy-to-use, yet in-depth website. 100% reliable.
Pippa, Jack, Liam & Matthew Wils
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
This month's 'featured books':
Bedtime Reading
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…
The Mumsnet Book of Bedtime Stories Ten Prize-Winning Stories from Mumsnet and Gransnet
Mumsnet and Gransnet hosted a bedtime story-writing competition
among their users. Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen
selected the ten…
Five Minutes' Peace
Jill Murphy
Celebrate thirty years of the Large family in this stunning
anniversary edition of a modern picture book classic. There can't
be a mum in the…
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Judith Kerr
This classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest
is now brought to life in an exciting luxury pop-up edition to
celebrate its 40th…
The Lion Storyteller Awesome Book of Stories
Bob Hartman
Illustrated by Krisztina Kallai Nagy
Internationally acclaimed storyteller Bob Hartman brings us a
captivating compilation of his best-loved collections of classic
stories from around…
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Lynley Dodd
First published in 1983 and still as good today. Written by Lynley
Dodd, who is a New Zealander, this is the first in a series of
books about the…
This month's 'featured books':
Carnegie Greenaway
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Longlisted for the UKLA
2017 Book Award It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across
Germany,…
The Stars at Oktober Bend
Glenda Millard
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Longlisted for the
UKLA 2017 Book Award | August 2016 Book of the Month | In a…
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…
One
Sarah Crossan
Winner for the Children's Book Award 2017 - Books for Older Readers
Category | One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Winner of the CILIP
Carnegie Medal…
The Wolves of Currumpaw
William Grill
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 | Longlisted
for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | A beautiful and moving re-telling of
the first…
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…
This month's 'featured books':
Books Reviewed by Children
Isadora Moon Goes on a School Trip
Harriet Muncaster
In a nutshell: half-vampire, half-fairy, Isadora makes a new friend
Lively, told in short chapters and filled with illustrations
this…
The Detective Dog
Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Sarah Ogilvie
A celebration of dogs and books alike, Julia Donaldson employs
typically sparkling rhyme to tell the story of Peter – a very
nice child though…
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…
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…
The Wrong Train
Jeremy De Quidt
In a Nutshell: Sinister short stories Sublimely spine-tingling,
this evokes all the dread of an ominous tap-tap-tapping on your
door in the dead of…
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…
This month's 'featured books':
Bookshelf Essentials
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…
Charlotte's Web
E B White
Magical, this timeless farmyard story tells of the power of
friendship. When the runty little piglet is saved from an early
death, he grows into a…
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…
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
A heart breaking and heart warming story of a special friendship
that grows between Willie Beech, evacuated to the country to avoid
the Blitz on…
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Lynley Dodd
First published in 1983 and still as good today. Written by Lynley
Dodd, who is a New Zealander, this is the first in a series of
books about the…
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…
This month's 'featured books':
Classics
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 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…
King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table (with an introduction by David Almond)
Roger Lancelyn Green
One of the best known and best loved stories in mythology, how a
small boy pulls the sword from the stone thus proving that he is
its rightful keeper…
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
In a Nutshell: Teen rebellion * Class conflict * Gangs gone wrong A
heartrending coming-of-age classic that blazed the trail
for…
A Dog So Small
Philippa Pearce
Award winning Philippa Pearce captures a child's longing –
and need – for a dog perfectly in this brilliant imaginary
story. Ben…
Postcards from No Man's Land
Aidan Chambers
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult Truths
This winner of the 2003 Michael Printz Award and the Carnegie
Medal, told in dual…
