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Top booklists this month
Explore some of our favourite booklists this month!
Books to read aloud to Year 6
A collection of gripping stories, powerful poetry and riveting non-fiction, ideal for reading aloud to children in upper Key Stage 2.
Books about Ramadan and Eid
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated at the end of the month of Ramadan all over the world, while Eid al-Adha follows later in the year. They are times for family, for community and for joyful festivities. Here’s our pick of the best children’s books about Ramadan and Eid.
Books about Black joy for 5-8s
Enjoy this selection of joyous young fiction and poetry books by Black authors, all starring Black characters having adventures.
Top blogs this month
Tips to get children with ADHD enthusiastic about books
Illustrator and street artist Greg Stobbs suggests ways to get those who think differently into reading
Books to help adults empathise with children facing challenging home circumstances
Our Writer in Residence Patrice Lawrence shares a few books to help adults empathise with children facing challenging home circumstances
Reading Rights Summit: ‘Shared reading is a public health intervention that should be available to all children’
Find out what happened when BookTrust and Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce hosted the Reading Rights summit in Liverpool, as part of a campaign to address the 'invisible privilege and inequality' within children's books and reading.
