Discover the books – Collins

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Get stuck in with our wide range of brilliant books. We have created reading lists for all different primary age groups and interests - there’s something for everyone!
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All about animals

Inspire your animal lovers to become book lovers with these great reads.

Stories for the seasons

Find a book for every time of the year with this collection of seasonal books.

Best books to read aloud

Get creative with your story time skills -amazing titles to read aloud, creating those special shared reading experiences.

Yourself and others

Looking for books that will help your young readers to better understand the world around them? We’ve got it covered with these great books.

Laugh out loud

What’s better than sharing a joke with your class? Be prepared to laugh out loud with these hilarious books from top authors.

Amazing adventures

What better way for your class to transport themselves to other worlds than with an action-packed adventure book. Find some of our favourites here.

The non-fiction list

Sometimes real life is better than the story books. Discover a list of our top non-fiction titles.

Best books to read aloud

Browse our collection of all the best titles for story time in the classroom.

Game on! The sporty list

Have pupils who would rather be on the football pitch? Inspire them to love reading with this sporty list.

Graphic novels

Comics are books too! Find some of our favourites here.

Yourself and others

We realise that promoting wellbeing and empathy is so important at this age, so we’ve created this list to help support your teaching.

The non-fiction list

A book list for those who just cannot get enough of real-life stories.

Outside In: Nature Poems

Temporarily Out of Stock

Carnival of the Animals

Sample 1 for Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised – Age 7+ - Swallowing the Sun and Other Poems: Phase 5 Set 4 (9780008668679)

Sample 1 for Being you: Poems of positivity to support kids’ emotional wellbeing (9780008581336)

Sample 1 for Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised – Age 7+ - The Toothless King: Phase 4 Set 1 (9780008668594)

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency - Poetry is not for me!: Fluency 1

Sample 1 for Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised – Age 7+ - Ziggy and Marley Laugh Their Heads Off: Phase 5 Set 4 (9780008668662)

Poetry

Into the past

Discover some of our favourite history books, with fiction set in the past and some great fact books too!

Fantasy and myth

Explore other worlds with gripping fantasy and mythological books.

Crime and mystery

What better way to keep your class hooked than with a whodunnit? Explore our favourites here.

The non-fiction list

From the Ancient Egyptians to climbing Everest, this list of top non-fiction titles has something for everyone.

The world around us

Struggling to find top reads that will inform your class about the planet and the world we live in? Explore our reading list designed to inform, entertain, build awareness and inspire empathy.

Laugh out loud

Sometimes a funny book can be just the thing to get your class into reading. Explore some of our hilarious reads here!

World of sports

All the books you need to encourage your pupils to love reading as much as they love sport.

Sci-fi

A collection of our favourite science fiction books for pupils who love to escape to planets far far away!

Book club pick!

We will regularly spotlight a book we are loving at the moment, with associated resources for you to use in the classrooms.

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