When they've been reading all year at school, it's not surprising kids want to run around frantically outside and have some fun when summer finally arrives. But the long holidays are also an ideal time to build on good reading habits, and foster a real life-long love of books away from the dreaded classroom...

Our summer reading selection this year has been "such fun to put together" says our Lovereading4kids 'expert voice' Julia Eccleshare.  We're sure children of all ages will have a great deal of fun reading every one of them.  Some are from well-known and well-loved children's authors, others are from exciting new authors. They are all fantastic reads.

There’s something to appeal to all.  From baby to teenager you’ll find books broken down by age on this page and on other pages on the site, books for reluctant readers, dyslexia friendly books and also you might like to take a look at Usborne’s 10 titles celebrating Five years of Fantastic Fiction and the Real Reads, which are classics retold in just 64 pages.  Or perhaps summer is the time to get your child hooked on a character that you yourself enjoyed as a child and still do enjoy - the wonderful adventures of Tintin and his canine friend Snowy.

So before you pack your suitcases or stuff the family car, remember that books can be taken anywhere in the world, they don't need batteries, and they don't mind the odd dropped blob of ice cream... perfect.