Need some back to school inspiration?
Looking to freshen up your school library?
The reading framework, published in July 2023 states when choosing books to read aloud (fiction and non-fiction) schools should, ‘refresh the list regularly, at least once a year, as new books are published, and new teachers arrive, to avoid its being set in stone.’
Here are some of the most recently published high-quality books chosen to support schools when refreshing their book lists for all ages;
Author:
Tom McLaugin
Themes Explored:
Eat your greens!
Great fun!
Targer Year Group:
EYFS+
Author:
Emily Hamilton
Themes Explored:
Not being able to sleep
Imagination and Adventure
Choice and Friendship
Sweet Dreams
Targer Year Group:
EYFS+
Author:
Thomas Docherty
Themes Explored:
Not being able to sleep
Imagination and Adventure
Choice and Friendship
Sweet Dreams
Targer Year Group:
EYFS+
Author:
Smriti Halls and Alice Courtney
Themes Explored:
What does home mean
Importance of people
Belonging
Targer Year Group:
Whole-school book
Author:
Helen Mortimer and Cristina Trapanese
Themes Explored:
Non-fiction
Vocabulary
Science Vocabulary
Targer Year Group:
EYFS+
Author:
Naomi Jones and Ana Gomez
Themes Explored:
Malking Choices
Story Writing
Beginning/middle and ending
Quest
What makes a story
Imagination
Targer Year Group:
Year 1+
Author:
Moria Butterfield and Adam Ming
Themes Explored:
Non-fiction
Managing feelings
Different feelings and different animals
Targer Year Group:
Year 1+
Author:
Lily Holland and Debbie Powell
Themes Explored:
Non-fiction
Part of a series
Vocabulary
Pictures with labels
Definitions
Targer Year Group:
EYFS+
Author:
Alex Latimer
Themes Explored:
Scared of the dark
Friendship
Surprises
Targer Year Group:
Year 1+
Author:
Madeleine Cook and Fiona Lee
Themes Explored:
What does love mean
Growing up and hoe love changes in families
Relationships
Targer Year Group:
Whole-school book
Author:
Helen Dockerty and Erica Saledo
Themes Explored:
The power of words
Vocabulary
Small and mighty
Caring for bees
Targer Year Group:
Year 1+
Author:
Wendy Meddour and Nabila Adani
Themes Explored:
Belonging
Identity
Moving to a new country and yearning for your old life
New home
Targer Year Group:
Year 2+
Author:
Harriet Muncaster
Themes Explored:
Doing things your own way
Chapter book
Targer Year Group:
Year 2+
Author:
Sally Nicholls and Julia Sarda
Themes Explored:
Reimagined Grimm tale
Targer Year Group:
UKS2
Author:
Hiba Noor Khan and Harry Woodgate
Themes Explored:
Non-fiction
Physics facts
Complex sceince broken down
Science
Targer Year Group:
UKS2+
Author:
Brian Wildsmith (foreword by Michael Rosen)
Themes Explored:
Poetry
Wild Creatures
Saving the animal world
Celebration of the wild
Targer Year Group:
Whole-school book
Author:
JJ Bola and Clara Anganuzzi
Themes Explored:
Believing in yourself
Managing emotions
Friendship
Lyrical language
Targer Year Group:
Year 3+
KS2
Author:
Mariajo Iluatajo
Themes Explored:
Friendship
Power of people
Refusing to help
Misunderstandings
Targer Year Group:
Year 4+
Author:
Atinuke and Kingsley Nebechi
Themes Explored:
Non-fiction
Black British History
Journey through historical periods
Targer Year Group:
KS2
Author:
Kwame Alexander and Dare Coulter
Themes Explored:
Slavery
Black Lives Matter
Survival, sacrrifice and strength
Targer Year Group:
UKS2+
Books chosen by Maddy Barnes, August 2023
@moonmaddy
