Books for primary schools

Books and furniture for primary schools

Whether you're updating your curriculum topic support, refreshing your classroom reading collection or embedding a reading for pleasure culture throughout your whole school, we can help. Our children's book specialists can support with everything from reading schemes for primary schools, to phonics reading books and book banding, to diverse and inclusive fiction and non-fiction.

Characters with disabilities

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A selection of recent titles that feature characters with disabilities, yet the story doesn't revolve around the disabilities. These are children that get into adventures, scrapes, misbehave and generally do all of the things you expect of a child. There are also titles that show how, as an abled-bodied person, to respond to the disabled with empathy and inclusion. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is on 3rd December this year.

In Autumn is Awesome you can look forward to woodland sounds, colourful illustrations and lots of seasonal fun.

Eglantine Bury can't find her Witchspark. But if her magic doesn't appear, her family and their magical house will fall into the terrifying clutches of the evil Whistlewitch.

Billy has cerebral palsy and he's had enough of his classmates treating him differently.

When Mimmi gets nervous and distracted about her running abilities, her friend, Frankie, offers some important advice.

A celebration of the wheelchair and how its user becomes a permanent lap to snuggle on.

Join the young detective dream team in their next epic case.

The story follows a boy with a prosthetic limb as he demonstrates various enjoyable exercise routines at the beach and under water.

The Fantastic Freewheeler, schoolboy superhero!

On his twelfth birthday, Drew Daniels receives a chunk of alien spacecraft. Then a Martian secretly comes to take the piece back and gives Drew an even more amazing gift in exchange: the power to absorb information through touch

The Fantastic Freewheeler vs the mall of doom

When property tycoon Natalie Main declares that the beloved outdoor space will be bulldozed to make way for a ginormous mall that never closes, Drew Daniels tries to stop the demolition plot.

One boy's mindful journey allows him to discover the wonders of nature and birdsong.

As Scooter and his friends try to repair Fizzbee's reputation, Agent Fleur De Vious is out to destroy Fizzbee and get him evicted from Earth.

The Fantastic Freewheeler and the mega bot attack

Drew Daniels, also known as the Fantastic Freewheeler, has joined the robotics club. Brent Baker becomes his partner and attempts to hijack their project by building a mega robot.

In a future world where giant mechanical animals called Constructs fight and are driven by human crews, a young teenage boy is separated from his Wolf Construct and must survive with a new crew of similarly lost youngsters

A young boy joins in the with safari animals as they move and dance in different ways.

Jayben returns from the Earth World to the Elf World where he once again must use his powers to prevent the Null from taking control of both worlds

When the gang hears about a half-term pony camp with a mystery nearby, Ellie and the rest of the Starlight Stables gang try to solve the mystery before the camp end.

A boy with one leg struggles with strangers being overly encouraging when he does everyday things

Two sisters play their favourite unicorn game but their fun is ruined by their bossy neighbour who wants to join in

Scooter, Fizzbee and Cat have turned McLays jam factory into a tropical jam-making paradise but have to fend off a slug invasion.

New recruits Muffin and Tiny join a puffin rescue team and carry out their first mission to rescue a stranded baby chick

Life changes

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Books to help younger readers understand their bodies, including growing up and beginning puberty, as well as dealing with big feelings.

An introduction to the functions of the human body, aimed at young children.

A modern and inclusive guide to help every child understand their journey from childhood to being a grown-up.

Explores how how bodies grow as we get older.

A guide to what happens when breasts develop in puberty and what you will feel and experience.

An introduction to what periods are, why girls and women get them, and how to deal with them.

An introductory look at how children's bodies grow and change from babyhood to adulthood.

A guide to puberty for boys, covering physical changes, managing emotions, friends and family, and how to have healthy relationships.

An introduction to how children can look after their mental health and their physical.

A first look at growing up and the changes that happen, physically and emotionally.

A cheeky celebration of boobies! Nancy Vo's latest creation is fresh and funny, while serving up just the right amount of fact.

Explains what the endocrine system is and how it helps our bodies to grow and develop.

A gloriously empowering tale of how choosing fun can turn a grumpy, humpy start into a happy ending.

Join Elephant as he experiences feelings of loneliness and learns to make sense of and deal with these difficult emotions.

Go on a gentle journey with cuddly Kitten as she experiences feelings of worry and learns to navigate these difficult feelings.

Andrew struggles to control his anxiety, and the various events in his school day plus the news of his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, being missing overwhelms him.