Children and Young People
Recommended Reading for Children and Young People
Children aged 0-4 years
| Bergman, Mara |
Oliver who would not sleep |
| Bright, Paul |
I’m not going out there |
| Carle, Eric |
“Slowly, slowly, slowly” said the Sloth |
| Donaldson, Julia |
The Gruffalo |
| Dunbar, Polly |
Hello Tilly: A Tilly and friends book |
| Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise |
The Sleeping Giant |
| Floyd, Madeleine |
Cold Paws, Warm Heart |
| Freedman, Claire |
A Kiss Goodnight |
| Gliori, Debi |
Goodnight, Baby Bat |
| Horner, Polly |
Polly and the North Star |
| Inkpen, Mick |
Baggy Brown |
| James, Simon |
Micí Meabhrach |
| Jeffers, Oliver |
The Incredible Book Eating Boy |
| Kuskin, Karla |
So, what’s it like to be a cat? |
| Lewis, Kim |
Mac an Aoire |
| O Laighleis, Ré |
Amy agus Claire agus an Phleist Mhór |
| Prater, John |
The Big Dark |
| Rosenstock, Gabriel |
Na Daoine Dalla |
| Waddell, Martin |
The Hidden House |
| Willis, Jeanne |
Killer Gorilla |
| Woodward, Kay |
Countdown |
Recommended series to read with your child. Age 5- 9 years.
Antelope
Black Cat
Bananas
Boffin Boy
Boys Rule
Cartwheels
Chameleons Colour Crackers
Comix
Creepies
Dorling Kinderseley – Eye Witness Readers
Dr.Seuss
Funny Bones
Girls Rock
Graffix
Graphic Readers
Happy Families
Heinemann
Young Hippo
Hopscotch
I am reading
I can read
Jets
Ladybird – Read it yourself
Ladybird – Favourite Tales
Leap Frog
Letter Land
Magic Key
Magic Tree House
O’Brien Pandas
O’Brien Solos
Orchard
Puffin – Read Aloud
Rapid
Reading Corner
Read at Home
Reading Roundabout
Rockets
Super Phonics
Tadpoles
Twisters
Walker
Children Aged 8 - 11
| Eoin Colfer |
Airman |
| Julia Golding |
Cat o’ nine tails |
| Anthony Horowitz |
Snakehead |
| Derek Landy |
Playing with fire |
| Paul Stewart & Chris Ridell |
The lost barkscrolls |
| Angie Sage |
Queste |
| Robert Muchamore |
The Escape |
| Diana Wynne Jones |
House of many ways |
| Megan McDonald |
Judy Moody goes to college |
| Dick King-Smith |
Sophie’s Snail |
| Michael Morpurgo |
This Morning I met a Whale |
| Jeremy Strong |
Lost! The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour-Dog |
| Lucy Daniels |
Pony in the Porch |
| Don Conroy |
The Owl who couldn’t give a Hoot |
| Oisín McGann |
The Evil Hairdo |
Teenagers
| Sherman Alexie |
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian |
| Holly Black |
Ironside |
| Kevin Brooks |
Black Rabbit Summer |
| Melvin Burgess |
Junk |
| Sarah Dessen |
This lullaby |
| Anita Desai |
The village by the sea |
| Roddy Doyle |
Wilderness |
| E. R. Frank |
America is me |
| Beth Goobie |
Before wings |
| Keith Gray |
Ostrich boys |
| Ally Kennen |
Beast |
| Perry Moore |
Hero |
| Patrick Ness |
The knife of never letting go |
| Philip Reeve |
Here lies Arthur |
| Ann Rinaldi |
Hang a thousand trees with ribbons |
| Meg Rossoff |
How I live now |
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What I was |
| Marcus Sedegwick |
The Foreshadowing |
| Mildred D. Taylor |
The Land |
| Jenny Valentine |
Broken Soup |
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Finding Violet Park |
| Scott Westerfield |
Pretties |
| Chris Wooding |
Poison |
| Benjamin Zephaniah |
Gangsta rap |
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Refugee boy |
