Share this author

Each year thousands of children's books are published and each month we feature around 80 of our favourites, all categorised by age range.

Below, after much debate in the office, are the ones we think are the best of the year.

We hope you enjoy the selection.

Many of them are available in a selection of formats including eBooks for both kindle and iPad.

So, browse away and make sure you haven't missed out on our 'must reads' of 2011.

And if you need more specific recommendations then click one of the special feature links below.

For babies and toddlers don't miss the Picture Book Picnic

Teenage readers will devour our Undercover Reads

Newly independent readers will have a happy time with our Early Readers books

Our Dyslexia-friendly section will help even the most struggling of readers

Finally Poetry - we are huge fans and our section is categorised by age range



Lovereading.co.uk
Lovereading4schools.co.uk
Recommend this website to a friend
Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations

Great Children's Books you may have missed

2011 was a fantastic year for children's publishing. So many amazing
books were published it’s quite possible even the most dedicated of parents missed a few. Below are favourites chosen by our book experts.
Just click on the age range you are interested in. Also don't miss our special Christmas Books section. All of them make perfect presents.

2011 Great Reads for Babies and Toddlers

Tabby McTat Picturebook and CD
Tabby McTat Picturebook and CD
Julia Donaldson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. The best-selling author and illustrator team of the Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have created a heart-warming story about loyalty and friendship. When Tabby McTat the busker’s cat gets separated...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
Price: £5.99- Saving £2.00 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
I Like Peas (Petit Collage)
I Like Peas (Petit Collage)
Lorena Siminovich
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. Irresistible ‘touch and feel’ books, these two chunky board books - I Like Peas and I like Toys - offer a wonderfully tactile experience to the very youngest readers while...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 01/02/2011
Price: £5.24- Saving £1.75 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Dear Zoo Animal Shapes Buggy Book
Dear Zoo Animal Shapes Buggy Book
Rod Campbell
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. A new edition to the Dear Zoo stable for even the smallest hands.  Use the handy strap and clip to attach this sturdy board book to your buggy and take it...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Board book - Released: 01/04/2011
Price: £3.74- Saving £1.25 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Alison Jay's My First Board Books Slipcase
Alison Jay's My First Board Books Slipcase
Alison Jay
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. Four stunning board books introduce the alphabet, numbers, nursery rhymes and fairy stories to the very youngest readers.  The books are very robust and are presented in an equally robust slip...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Board book - Released: 01/01/2011
Price: £9.74- Saving £3.25 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Up and Down
Up and Down
Oliver Jeffers
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. A touching story of how two friends feel when they separate and try to manage without each other. Prize-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers specialises in spare illustrations which are warm hearted but...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011
Price: £5.24- Saving £1.75 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Tigger Buggy Book
Tigger Buggy Book

A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. A board book that lets you take Tigger - and his bounces - wherever you go.  A perfect buggy book.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 06/06/2011
Price: £3.74- Saving £1.25 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Buggy Book
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Buggy Book
Judith Kerr
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. The classic story of the greedy tiger who arrives unannounced and eats up everything in the house is attractively presented in this chunky buggy book. Sophie and her mother are delightfully...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
Price: £2.99- Saving £1.00 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Thank You for Looking After Our Pets
Thank You for Looking After Our Pets
Tim Hopgood
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. There’s a great joke at the heart of this book which is brilliantly captured in the big  and bold illustrations showing the wonderful menagerie that needs looking after. The simple, neighbourly...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster
Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster
Sue Hendra
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Barry, the unusual fish with a full set of fingers, is back for a new set of adventures.  This time he is set to help a hairy, scary monster who no...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
A Bit Lost
A Bit Lost
Chris Haughton
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. Winner of the top children's book award in Ireland in 2011 - the Bisto Award. Babies and Toddlers +. When Little Owl falls out of...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Book Awards | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2011
Price: £5.24- Saving £1.75 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Winnie-the-Pooh Touch and Feel
Winnie-the-Pooh Touch and Feel
Andrew Grey
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. A book that lets you join Pooh on his visit to Rabbit's house - where he gets a little stuck.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 02/05/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Stripy Horse Touch and Feel
Stripy Horse Touch and Feel

A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. Lets your baby join Stripy Horse in the bric-a-brac shop for lots of silly fun.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 02/05/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
My First Gruffalo: Numbers
My First Gruffalo: Numbers
Julia Donaldson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. Bold images from the best-selling The Gruffalo make counting from 1-5 a joy! 1 Gruffalo (obviously!), 2 squirrels and more. Knowing the characters from the stories makes counting simple and fun. Click...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 15/04/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Gilbert the Great (Board Book)
Gilbert the Great (Board Book)
Jane Clarke
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Award-winning illustrator Charles Fuge’s Gilbert is a charming picture book character – despite being a great white shark! The story of his touching friendship with Raymond the Remora is delightfully retold...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 09/06/2011
Price: £4.49- Saving £1.50 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Big Blue Engine
Big Blue Engine
Ken Wilson-Max
A Lovereading4kids 'Great read you may have missed 2011' selection. Masses of wonderfully fun interactive elements enabling toddlers to learn about all kinds of transport and full of bright, bold illustrations and packed with tabs to pull, flaps to lift and...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Novelty book - Released: 15/09/2011
Price: £6.74- Saving £2.25 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Amazing Baby Humpty Dumpty
Amazing Baby Humpty Dumpty
Emma Goldhawk
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Following hot on the heels of Old Macdonald! and Baa baa black sheep!, Amazing Baby's Humpty Dumpty! gives the traditional nursery rhyme a modern, funky twist. Bright, bold graphics and texture...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 01/04/2011
Price: £5.24- Saving £1.75 (25%)
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy
Children's Author List LovereadingLovereading - Lovereading 4 Kids

close close
Share or Bookmark this page

Share this page on Facebook and Twitter.




Tell a friend about this page on Lovereading4Kids.co.uk.

We respect your privacy. The names and e-mail addresses you enter are used only for sending this message. Please read our Privacy Policy.
Your Friend's Name
Your Friend's Email
Your Name
Your E-mail
Your Message
(max. 1024 characters)
  Send Email