Booklists
The Reading Agency’s Back to School booklist!
For many children and young people, September marks the start of the new school year, a time that can be both exciting and daunting. We have created a booklist for all children, from nursey school age through to secondary students, related to school. There are novels about lab experiments gone wrong and teenage romance, as well as books about friendship, fitting in and being brave.
Book Lovers’ Day Booklist
This list includes titles for toddlers, children, teens and young adults, all about the wonderfulness of words, brilliant bookshops and our love of libraries. There are also books that we think are just perfect for inspiring a life-long love of reading.
Understanding refugees’ experiences
We have worked with our publisher partners to create a booklist to help children, young people and adults understand the realities refugees around the world face, and sympathise with their experiences. The list contains a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles, many of which are written by people who themselves were forced to flee their countries. We hope that libraries, schools and readers can use this list to increase awareness and foster compassion for all members of our society and communities around the world.
Picture Books for KS1-2 by Eve Morton
Eve Morton works alongside other education professionals in school improvement, with a focus on English and literacy skills. She supports teachers, leaders and other colleagues in school to develop knowledge and practice to improve outcomes for all groups of pupils.
Picture Books for KS3-4 by Hannah Grace
Hannah Grace is the KS3 Curriculum Lead for English at a Secondary School in the West Midlands. She is the TRG Leader for the Halesowen OU/UKLA Teachers Reading Group and currently a Teacher Judge for the UKLA Book Awards. Hannah is a passionate
advocate of the value of sharing picture fiction in the secondary classroom and supporting our students in finding the texts that speak to them as readers.
New Novels for Younger Readers by Zoey Dixon
Zoey Dixon works for Lambeth Libraries and has served on the book selection panels for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge, BookTrust’s Letterbox Club and the judging panel for CILIP’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book Awards, and currently the Branford Boase Award and Macmillan Prize for Illustration.
New Novels for Older Readers by Zoey Dixon
Zoey Dixon works for Lambeth Libraries and has served on the book selection panels for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge, BookTrust’s Letterbox Club and the judging panel for CILIP’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book Awards, and currently the Branford Boase Award and Macmillan Prize for Illustration.
Books about Nature and Wildlife for Children and Young People
July marks the start of the Summer Reading Challenge, which this year is in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF). We have created a booklist inspired by the theme Nature and Wildlife, with a mix of fiction, non-fiction, picture books and poetry. Creatures of every shape and size can be found between these pages, including a kindly badger, a loving penguin, a worried gecko, a determined wolf and many more.
Russell Education Trust Young Adult Book List
Discover titles for young adults with this book list created by Esther Menon, Lead English Adviser at the Russell Education Trust. This list included YA titles to support literacy across the curriculum with suggestions for every subject, from music, to maths, to geography.
The Russell Education Trust is a high performing MAT comprising 5 secondary schools: Bristol Free School, Becket Keys CE School, King’s School (Hove), St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School and Turing House School.
Pearson’s Lit in Colour Booklist
Together with Penguin Random House UK and The Runnymede Trust, Pearson want to highlight the importance of a diverse English Literature curriculum. It’s essential that students across the UK are given access to books by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers and those from a range of backgrounds, to ensure a better reflection of contemporary culture and society, and to provide students with both experiences beyond their own and experiences that may resonate with them.
2021 Information Book Award (IBA) shortlist
In partnership with their sponsors, Hachette Children’s Book Group, and Peters, who support the award, the School Library Association are pleased to announce the 2021 Information Book Award (IBA) shortlist. Now in its eleventh year, the IBA aims to emphasise the importance of non-fiction by highlighting and celebrating the high standard of children’s information books.