There are so many beautiful and exciting books out there and we really are in a golden age for children’s literature. Having so much choice can sometimes be a little overwhelming, especially if you’re buying gifts for children or schools and teachers.
Let us take the worry away and choose from our curated Top 25 Booklists. All of these books have been tried and tested, are firm favourites and books we recommend over and over again. You’re sure to find a winner here.
Which books are missing from your collection?
Schools – head to our School Booklist page for book bundles and school discounts.
Top 25 books for Early Years ages 0-5
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*Signed and doodled* The Storm Whale by Benji Davies£7.99 -
*Signed with a Colin doodle by Holly Swain* Colin’s Castle by Holly Swain£7.99 -
*Signed* Billy and the Beast by Nadia Shireen£7.99 -
The Storm Whale by Benji Davies£7.99
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle£7.99 -
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury£7.99 -
National Trust: Look What I Found at the Seaside by Moira Butterfield, ill. by Jesus Verona£6.99 -
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen£7.99 -
Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and David Litchfield£7.99 -
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas£7.99 -
Luna Loves Library Day by Joseph Coelho, ill. by Fiona Lumbers£7.99 -
A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young by Michael Rosen, ill. by Chris Riddell£11.99 -
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton£7.99 -
That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell, ill. by Neal Layton£7.99 -
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr£7.99 -
Supertato by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet£6.99 -
You Choose by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt£7.99 -
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler£7.99 -
Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett£7.99 -
The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field£6.99 -
Oi Frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field£7.99 -
Billy and the Beast by Nadia Shireen£7.99
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*Signed* Rhinocorn Rules by Matt Carr£6.99 -
Ravi’s Roar by Tom Percival£7.99 -
Be More Bernard by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley£6.99
Top 25 books for ages 5 to 6
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Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie *With Signed Bookplate*£6.99 -
How To Grow a Unicorn by Rachel Morrisroe and Steven Lenton£7.99 -
Tidy by Emily Gravett£7.99 -
On Sudden Hill by Linda Sarah and Benji Davies£6.99 -
Poems Out Loud!: First poems to read and perform£7.99 -
Never Show a T-Rex a Book! by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, ill. by Diane Ewen£6.99 -
Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram£6.99 -
I Can Catch a Monster by Bethan Woollvin£7.99 -
You Matter by Christian Robinson£7.99 -
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book by Lucy Rowland, ill. by Ben Mantle£7.99 -
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall£7.99 -
The Enormous Crocodile (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl£10.99 -
Tiddler by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler£7.99 -
There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart£6.99 -
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler£7.99 -
Isadora Moon Goes to School by Harriet Muncaster£6.99 -
The Bear and The Piano by David Litchfield£7.99 -
Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits£7.99 -
Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph£6.99 -
Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie£6.99
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Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival£6.99 -
Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love£6.99 -
The Secret Sky Garden by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers£7.99 -
The Girls by Lauren Ace and Jenny Lovlie£7.99 -
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola£7.99
Top 25 books for ages 6 to 7
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Colossal Words for Kids by Colette Hiller, ill. by Tor Freeman£9.99 -
The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, ill. by Oliver Jeffers£8.99 -
Wild by Emily Hughes£7.99 -
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar by Clara Vulliamy£6.99 -
How to be a Lion by Ed Vere£7.99 -
Into the Forest by Anthony Browne£7.99 -
Winter’s Child by Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith£7.99 -
Genie and Teeny (1): Make a Wish by Steven Lenton£6.99 -
The Invisible by Tom Percival£6.99 -
The B on Your Thumb: 60 Poems to Boost Reading and Spelling by Colette Hiller, ill. by Tor Freeman£11.99 -
Claude in the City by Alex T. Smith£7.99 -
Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Arthur & the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton£8.99 -
The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann£7.99 -
Agents of the Wild: Operation Honeyhunt by Jennifer Bell, ill. by Alice Lickens£6.99 -
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali, ill by Hatem Aly£7.99 -
The Last Chip by Duncan Beedie£6.99 -
Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure by Paula Harrison, ill. by Jenny Lovlie£6.99 -
Dotty Detective by Clara Vulliamy£6.99 -
Icarus was Ridiculous by Pamela Butchart£6.99 -
The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer£14.99 -
A Planet Full of Plastic by Neal Layton£6.99 -
Traction Man is Here£7.99 -
Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet by Kate Pankhurst£7.99 -
The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton£7.99 -
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beatty and David Roberts£13.99
Top 25 books for ages 7 to 8
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*With Signed Bookplate* The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell£6.99 -
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice: Spectacularly Silly Poems by A.F. Harrold *With Signed Bookplate*£16.99 -
*Signed* Tom Gates 1: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon£7.99 -
Charlie Changes into a Chicken by Sam Copeland and Sarah Horne£6.99 -
Leon and the Place Between by Angela Mcallister and Grahame Baker-Smith£7.99 -
(1) Pizazz by Sophy Henn£6.99 -
Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest by Vashti Hardy£7.99 -
The Nothing to See Here Hotel:1 by Steven Butler and Steven Lenton£6.99 -
Space Detectives by Mark Powers and Dapo Adeola£6.99 -
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd, ill. by Sara Ogilvie£7.99 -
How to Train Your Dragon: Book 1 by Cressida Cowell£7.99 -
Fortunately, the Milk… by Neil Gaiman, ill. by Chris Riddell£7.99 -
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson£7.99 -
Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend by Guy Bass£6.99 -
Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball by Laura Ellen Anderson£7.99 -
Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts! by Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang£6.99 -
The Bolds by Julian Clary£7.99 -
Tom Gates 1: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon£7.99
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Clifftoppers: The Arrowhead Moor Adventure by Fleur Hitchcock£6.99 -
Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow£7.99 -
Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1 by Alex T. Smith£7.99 -
Anisha Accidental Detective by Serena Patel and Emma McCann£6.99 -
Greta’s Story : The Schoolgirl Who Went On Strike To Save The Planet£7.99 -
Kids Fight Plastic: How to be a #2minutesuperhero by Martin Dorey and Tim Wesson£7.99 -
Me and Mister P by Maria Farrer£7.99
Top 25 books for ages 8-9
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*Signed* Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson£7.99 -
The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley *With Signed Bookplate*£7.99 -
Accidental Diary of B.U.G.: Basically Famous by Jen Carney *With Signed Bookplate*£7.99 -
Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson *With Signed Bookplate*£7.99
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Flotsam by David Wiesner£6.99 -
The Boy Who Met a Whale by Nizrana Farook£7.99 -
Accidental Diary of B.U.G.: Basically Famous by Jen Carney£7.99
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Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson£7.99
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Book 1: The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell£7.99 -
Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World with foreword by Irina Bokova£14.99 -
The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes£7.99 -
The Worst Class in the World Gets Worse by Joanna Nadin, ill.by Rikin Parekh£6.99 -
Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx by Joe Todd-Stanton£8.99 -
The Griffin Gate by Vashti Hardy£6.99 -
Dragon Mountain by Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang£7.99 -
The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley£7.99
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Pax by Sara Pennypacker, ill. by Jon Klassen£7.99 -
The Wilderness War by Julia Green£7.99 -
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian£6.99 -
Hamish and the WorldStoppers by Danny Wallace£7.99 -
*Signed* The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce£8.99 -
The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman£7.99 -
The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell£7.99 -
The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan and Ben Mantle£7.99 -
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf£7.99
Top 25 books for ages 9-10
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*signed* The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr£7.99 -
*Signed* The Secret of the Blood-Red Key by David Farr£8.99 -
The Secret of the Blood-Red Key by David Farr£8.99
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Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy signed bookplate£7.99 -
The Cogheart Adventures: Cogheart by Peter Bunzl *With Signed Bookplate*£7.99 -
Melissa by Alex Gino£6.99 -
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Gods (Book 1) by Rick Riordan£7.99 -
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick£18.99 -
Twitch by M.G. Leonard£7.99 -
The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr£7.99
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I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present by Cerrie Burnell, ill. by Lauren Mark Baldo£8.99 -
Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy£7.99
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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter£7.99 -
Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body by Adam Kay, ill. by Henry Paker£8.99 -
The 1,000-year-old Boy by Ross Welford£7.99 -
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness: Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver£7.99 -
The Cogheart Adventures: Cogheart by Peter Bunzl£7.99
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Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz Evans£7.99 -
Kat Wolfe Investigates by Lauren St John£7.99 -
*signed* Frostheart by Jamie Littler£7.99 -
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens£7.99 -
Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James£7.99 -
Kick by Mitch Johnson£7.99 -
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson£7.99 -
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell£7.99
Top 25 books for ages 10-11
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No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton *With Signed Bookplate*£6.99 -
The Last Bear by Hannah Gold PB£7.99 -
Holes by Louis Sachar£7.99 -
The Arrival by Shaun Tan£10.99 -
Wildspark by Vashti Hardy£7.99 -
The Amazing Edie Eckhart by Rosie Jones£6.99 -
When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle£7.99 -
The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke, ill. by Ayesha L. Rubio£7.99 -
Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu£7.99 -
The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery£7.99 -
The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Rauf£7.99 -
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll£7.99 -
Wonder by R.J. Palacio£7.99 -
The Girl of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave£7.99 -
Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone£7.99 -
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell£7.99 -
High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson£7.99 -
The Middler by Kirsty Applebaum£7.99 -
*signed* A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison£7.99 -
Survivors by David Long£10.99 -
Sky Dancer by Gill Lewis£6.99 -
Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll£7.99 -
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton£7.99
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Politics for Beginners£9.99 -
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay£7.99