Recommended Children's eBooks
If you own an 'e-reader' then our kids eBook store is just for you. Scroll down to see the last three month's worth of eBook recommendations or just search for a book in the search box and we will show you the eBook formats we have available. For the ePub and PDF downloads from Lovereading we strongly recommend you use the free software Adobe Digital Editions to read them.
This Month's Featured eBooks
Kick
Mitch Johnson
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2018 | October 2017
Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: serious issues in a
fast-moving, vividly told football story Like lots of kids
in this country, Budi lives for football, training with...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Released 2017-09-01
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Moonrise
Sarah Crossan
July 2018 Book of the Month | Shortlisted for the YA Book
Prize 2018 | Shortlisted for the Centre for Literacy in Primary
Poetry Award 2018 | One of Our Books of the Year 2017 |
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book...
Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Released 2018-07-12
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The Wordsmith
Patricia Forde
Speculative fiction with a powerful political premise. Lovereading
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Featured in: 11+ readers
Released 2018-07-15
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Yoga Babies
Fearne Cotton
Yoga has never seemed more tempting than in this lovely new book,
written by Fearne Cotton and illustrated by Sheena Dempsey. Eleven
little children, the ‘Yoga babies', are shown doing different
yoga poses, always with a parent or adult...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | 3+ readers
Released 2018-05-31
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Welcome to Nowhere
Elizabeth Laird
Winner of the UKLA 2018 Book Award 7-11 | In a nutshell:
the lives of a Syrian family brought vividly and sympathetically to
life for young readers | This is an excellent book for
young people who want to know...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Released 2017-07-13
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Open Road Summer
Emery Lord
In a Nutshell: Road-trip, romance, fame and
friendship Surely one for fans of Jandy
Nelson and Rainbow Rowell, this smart
coming-of-age story reels with romance, life lessons and big
questions about finding your way. Seventeen-year-olds Reagan and
Dee...
Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Released 2018-06-14
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Undercover Princess
Connie Glynn
July 2018 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: Cinderella
story made for summer reading | An unusual friendship, a
chance to live as a princess, mystery, romance and intrigue, all
set in the luxurious surroundings of a top...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Released 2018-06-28
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Never Say Die
Anthony Horowitz
In a nutshell: simply the best action-packed, stylish
adventure and escapism Anthony Horowitz's announcement
that he was writing a new Alex Rider book was one of the best bits
of literary news of the last year. Now the book is...
Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Released 2018-07-05
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Johnny and the Dead
Terry Pratchett
Fantastic, funny and weirdly wonderful, with beautifully apt
illustrations by Mark Beech. Johnny can see and talk to the dead,
not scary zombie ghostly dead people, just rather ordinary dead
people who don't want anyone to build on their cemetery....
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Released 2018-05-10
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the first bestselling book
in Rick Riordan's phenomenally successful Percy Jackson series -
now with a new cover look. Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero. This title
tells the author story. Like Percy...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Released 2013-07-04
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We Come Apart
Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan
Winner of the UKLA 2018 Book Award | 12-16 January 2018
Book of the Month | In a nutshell: unputdownable
story, beautifully told | Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan
are two of our most garlanded YA authors: she won...
Featured in: YA readers
Released 2018-01-11
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Last Month's Featured eBooks
After the Fire
Will Hill
Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018 | Shortlisted for the
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 | In a nutshell: tense, super-suspenseful
novel based on harrowing real life events After the...
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Where the World Ends
Geraldine McCaughrean
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 | Shortlisted for
the UKLA 2018 Book Award | In a nutshell: beautifully written,
totally original, mesmerising storytelling In the summer
of 1727...
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Genuine Fraud
E. Lockhart
June 2018 Book of the Month | Wonderfully
chilling, this is another thrilling treat from E. Lockhart, author
of We Were Liars. Two girls, in an intense
relationship...
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The Dark Prophecy
Rick Riordan
In a nutshell: epic adventure, story-telling
genius It's not easy being immortal in Rick Riordan's
Greek-myth inspired sagas, and Apollo has every right to feel fed
up in this one....
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Shadowblack
Sebastien de Castell
In a Nutshell: Magic | Murder | Mystical plague |
This satisfying sequel to Spellslinger sizzles
with sorcery, secrets and a slathering of swindle and comes
highly-recommended for fans of...
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I Want My Dad!
Tony Ross
We're used to the Little Princess behaving badly, but this new
story shows a different side to her, and is surprisingly tender.
She's proud of her dad, the king, but...
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The Hippo at the End of the Hall
Helen Cooper
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month June 2018
Award-winning illustrator Helen Cooper's debut novel is a richly
imagined and cleverly crafted story perfectly matched by her own
illustrations....
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Nobody Real
Steven Camden
In a Nutshell: Growing up and moving on, with an imaginary
bear-armed best friend in tow | A sublimely fresh and
moving exploration of how it feels to be teetering...
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Elmer's Friends
David McKee
Elmer introduces his friends and more in this bright, user-friendly
board book. He's the brightest, giraffe is the tallest, snake is
the longest – it's a great way to learn...
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Dog
Andy Mulligan
In a nutshell: gripping, sometimes heart-breaking story of
a dog and his boy Guardian award-winner Andy Mulligan
brings his own sensibility to a much-loved model - boy and dog
form...
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The One Memory of Flora Banks
Emily Barr
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | Longlisted for the
Branford Boase Award 2018 | One...
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Straight Outta Crongton
Alex Wheatle
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | From the
acclaimed author of Liccle Bit and Crongton Knights, comes another
story from the South Crong council estate.
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Knighthood for Beginners
Elys Dolan
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 | In a
nutshell: hilarious courtly adventure from one of our funniest,
most inventive writer-illustrators Elys Dolan fills her
first adventure story for...
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La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Philip Pullman
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | One of Our
Books of the Year 2017 | November
2017...
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Indigo Donut
Patrice Lawrence
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | One of Our Books
of the Year 2017 | In a Nutshell: Soaring soundtrack to resilience
and love Real-life grit, gripping mystery,...
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STAGS
M. A. Bennett
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | August 2017 Debut
of the Month It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is
struggling to settle into the sixth form at...
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It Only Happens in the Movies
Holly Bourne
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | October 2017 Book
of the Month A feast of feel-good funniness and feminism
that cleverly contrasts the impossible magic of movie romance...
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Moonrise
Sarah Crossan
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 |
Shortlisted for the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award
2018 | One of Our Books of the Year 2017 |
Shortlisted for the...
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Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
Megumi Iwasa
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award Giraffe
is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he
writes a letter and sends it as far...
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Potter's Boy
Tony Mitton
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 |
The first novel by acclaimed poet Tony Mitton (winner of the CLPE
Poetry Award - the only award for published poetry for...
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Fish Boy
Chloe Daykin
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 | Longlisted
for the UKLA 2018 Book Award March 2017 Debut of
the Month In a sparely written but richly...
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Fly By Night
Frances Hardinge
Winner of the Branford Boase Prize 2006 Fly By
Night is a wholly original fantasy peopled with a cast of unusual
characters whose adventures unravel at a breathtaking pace.
Mosca...
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Gullstruck Island
Frances Hardinge
A hugely imaginative and inventive fantasy, Gullstruck Island is
the wonderful creation of a whole new world in which some of the
strangest things happen. Arilou is a Lost, a...
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Things a Bright Girl Can Do
Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | February
2018 Book of the Month This inspirational
novel about three young Suffragettes from very different
backgrounds is at once a riveting...
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Girls for the Vote
Linda Newbery
Brings the past brilliantly to life and introduces inspirational
women to today's girls. Historically strong, this is a dramatic
story with a real sense of atmosphere which in turn sheds an
impressively wide light...
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Spirit
Sally Christie
May 2018 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: old magic in
the real world of today A game of Truth or Dare in the
humdrum setting of a...
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A Boy Called Bat
Elana K. Arnold
The first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle
grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism
spectrum, from acclaimed author Elana K. The Lovereading Comment...
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Dear Martin
Nic Stone
May 2018 Debut of the Month | In a Nutshell: Striving for
goodness when the world has you down as bad Picture this.
You're an honors student with a top...
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Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge creates a brilliant sense of menace in this
chillingly dark fairy story . Something sinister, beyond just
getting wet, happens to Triss when she falls into the Grimmer....
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The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge
Award-winning Frances Hardinge is spellbinding is this hugely
entertaining and dramatic Victorian thriller. When Faith's father
dies suddenly she knows she must try to find out exactly what he
was...
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Release
Patrick Ness
***Recommended for 16+ due to content.
Book of the Month for May 2018
| Shortlisted for the CILIP
Carnegie Medal 2018 |In a Nutshell: love, truth
and the power...
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The Tickle Test
Kathryn White
Two little lab-coated mice set out to find out the best way to
tickle (sending their mice assistants in to do the actual
tickling). Their subjects include a giraffe, bear,...
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The Wizards of Once
Cressida Cowell
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month May 2018 | Winner of
the 2018 Blue Peter Awards - Best Story Best-selling
Cressida Cowell launches her new series with a title that...
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The Wonderling
Mira Bartok
In a Nutshell: Half-human, half-fox foundling seeks true
destiny Sparkling with the wit and wonder of a children's
classic, this exuberant quest-driven debut is a treat for readers
of ten...
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Chocolate Cake
Michael Rosen
Fantastically funny and full of silly noises, this is Michael
Rosen's love letter to every child's favourite treat, chocolate
cake.
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
A.S. King
Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable
novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising.
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The Racehorse Who Disappeared
Clare Balding
There's a new mystery afoot in this entertaining sequel about Noble
Warrior and his owner. Everything seems calm. Young horse lover
Charlie Bass is getting her life back on track...
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Lord of Shadows
Cassandra Clare
In a Nutshell: Epic fantasy packed with passion and
paranormal intrigue There are dark dangers and dilemmas
aplenty in this glamorous, gripping sequel to Lady Midnight, second
in The Dark...
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Football School Season 2: Where Football Explains the World
Spike Gerrell, Alex Bellos
This clever, hugely entertaining book is further proof, if it were
needed, that football is the best game in the world, and that there
is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can't...
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Each Peach Pear Plum
Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg
A delightful board book with simple rhyming text and engaging
interactive pictures. Children will be able to find characters that
are mentioned in the text, such as Mother Hubbard and...
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The Starman and Me
Sharon Cohen
Highly Commended for the Branford Boase Award 2018
| Twelve-year old Kofi thinks he's seeing things when he
spots a tiny human being on a roundabout near his home. But...
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The Faceless Ones
Derek Landy
Prize winning Skulduggery Pleasant is back for a third thrilling
adventure. Along with his side-kick Stephanie, Skulduggery, the
skeleton detective, must stand up to the Faceless Ones in a
typically...
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Please check your own eReader to confirm which format eBook you need to download before you purchase.
At present the e-Pub format downloads offered on Lovereading cannot be read on an iPad / iPhone via the iBooks application.
eBooks have at last come of age and although you have been able to see if an eBook is available on a title by title basis on Lovereading4kids for a while now, we also wanted to create a special section which features our real ebook highlights each month.
To find out what e-formats we have available and the prices etc just click on a book cover. This will take you to the book page, which will show you ALL the formats we have available for that title including ePub, KOBO and books on the iBookstore.
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