0-2 YearsRecommended ReadsI love my mummy    Giles Andreae

Happy Snappy!    Jo Lodge

That’s Not My Tiger...    Fiona Watt

Hop a Little, Jump a Little!    Annie Kubler

Baby Loves Tiger    Claire Dowe

The Big Night-Night Book    Georgie Birkett

Five Little Ducks    Francesca Stich and Jemima Lumley

Baby’s Very First Outdoors Book    Jenny Tyler

That’s not my Frog…    Fiona Watt

The Baby’s Catalogue    Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Dear Zoo    Rod Campbell

Chick    Ed Vere

Is This My Nose?    Georgie Birkett

Tucking In!    Jess Stockham

I Love You!    David Ellwand & Mike Jolley

Lenny has Lunch    Ken Wilson-Max

Elmer and the Lost Teddy    David McKee

Hello Tilly    Polly Dunbar

Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones    Claire Freedman

Up and Down     Oliver Jeffers

Baby Einstein: Mirror Me    J Aigner-Clark

Baby’s Very First Touchy-Feely Book    S Baggott

Clap Hands    H Oxenbury

Faces    J Fordham

Peepo! Bunny    E Butler

Teddy or Train?    A Lewis

Wally Whale    P Adams

Dogs Don’t do Ballet    A Kemp

Little Drivers: Here to Help    D Crisp

Spot’s Noisy Night    E Hill

Annie Rose is My Little Sister    Shirley Hughes

Handa’s Hen    Eileen Browne

Charlie and Lola Board Books    Lauren Child

 Popular BooksSpot series    Eric Hill

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes    Mem Fox

That’s Not My … Series    Fiona Watt

Noodle Loves series    Marion Billet

I love my Daddy    Giles Andreae

Thomas and Friends    Rev. W. Awdry

The Bad-Tempered Ladybird    Eric Carle

Jonah’s Incredible Journey    Elena Pasquali

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?    Bill Martin Jr.

Sheep in a Jeep    Nancy E. Shaw

Bark, George     Jules Feiffer

In the Tall, Tall Grass    Denise Fleming

Silly Suzy Goose    Petr Horacek

The Little Dinosaur    Michael Foreman

If You’re Happy and You Know It!    Jan Ormerod and Lindsay Gardiner

Babies     Ros Asquith, illustrated by Sam Williams

Pants   Giles Andreae and Nick Sharrat

Giddy Up! Let’s Ride!   Flora McDonnell

My Nose, Your Nose   Melanie Walsh

ClassicsThe Little Engine That Could    Watty Piper and Loren Long

Goodnight Moon    Margaret Wise Brown

The Giving Tree    Shel Silverstein

Three Little Pigs    James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

The Very Hungry Caterpillar    Eric Carle

Tales of Mother Goose    Charles Perrault

Pat the Bunny    Dorothy Kunhardt

The Runaway Bunny    Margaret Wise Brown

Guess How Much I Love You    Sam McBratney

Where the Wild Things Are    Maurice Sendak

Mog Series   Judith Kerr

Love You Forever   Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw

Toddle Waddle   Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt

Meg and Mog (Board)   Helen Nicoll

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type   Doreen Cronin

Owl Babies   Martin Waddell

2-4 years 

Recommended ReadsScruffy Bear and the six white mice    Chris Wormell

Yuck! That’s not a monster    Angela McAllister & Alison Edgson

we’re going on a bear hunt    Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury

There     Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

The Lion Who Wanted to Love    Giles Andreae

Oliver who Travelled Far and Wide    Mara Bergman

Stuck    Oliver Jeffers

A Bit Lost    Chris Haughton

Tiny Little Fly    Michael Rosen

Wolf Won’t Bite!    Emily Gravett

The Incredible Book Eating Boy    Oliver Jeffers

A Splendid Friend, Indeed    Suzanne Bloom

Penguin    Polly Dunbar

Goodnight Baby Bat!    Debi Gliori

Henny Penny    Vivian French

How do you feel?    Anthony Browne

Lion’s Lunch    Fiona Tierney

Where’s My Teddy?    Jez Alborough

Mini Picture Dictionary    S Turhan and S Hagin

Lulu Loves Stories    A McQuinn

Dogs Don’t Do Ballet    A Kemp

Full, full, full of Love    T Cooke

Lost and Found    O Jeffers

The Tiger Who Came to Tea    J Kerr

We All Went on Safari    L Krebs

Ernest    C Rayner

There Are Cats in This Book    V Schwartz

Don’t let the Pigeon drive the bus     Mo Willems

Just like my Dad     David Melling

Goodbye Mog     Judith Kerr

I Hate School   Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross

Bunny Cakes     Rosemary Wells

The Big Big Sea     Martin Waddell

 Popular BooksAugustus and His Smile    Catherine Rayner

Noddy    Enid Blyton

I Don’t Want to be a Pea     Ann Bonwill

Press Here    Hervé Tullet

Ernest    Catherine Rayner

Giraffes Can’t Dance    Giles Andreae

What the Ladybird Heard    Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks

Faster, Faster! Nice and Slow!    Sue Heap

There Are No Cats in this Book    Viviane Schwarz

Puffin Peter    Petr Horáček

Rollo and Ruff and the Little Fluffy Bird    Mick Imkpen

Peppa Pig    Various

Happy Learners series    Jillian Phillips

Pirate Pete’s Potty    Andrea Pinnington

Monkey And Me    Emily Gravett

Dora the Explorer series    Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar series    Eric Carle

Pip and Posy and the Little Puddle    A Scheffler

What I Like!    G Phinn

Book of Nursery Rhymes    Ladybird Books

Charlie and Lola series    L Child

Ketchup on your Cornflakes?    N Sharratt

Howler     Michael Rosen

The Great Paper Caper     Oliver Jeffers

My Uncle is a Hunkle Says Clarice     Lauren Child

I am too Absolutely Small for School     Lauren Child

Winnie the Witch     Korky Paul and Valerie ThomasAlso:

Picture Books by Julia Donaldson (Stick Man, Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Zog etc.)

Picture Books by Shirley Hughes (Annie Rose is my Little Sister, Abel’s Moon, Alfie etc.)

  ClassicsThe Tale of Peter Rabbit    Beatrix Potter

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs     Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Fox in Socks    Dr. Seuss

The Little Mermaid    Michael Teitelbaum

Dumbo    Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl

Bambi    Felix Salten

Pinocchio    Carlo Collodi

Green Eggs & Ham    Dr. Seuss

Goldilocks and the Three Bears    Robert Southey

The Owl and the Pussycat     Edward Lear

The Little Red Hen    Unknown

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck    Beatrix Potter

The Snowman     Raymond Briggs

The Gingerbread Man    Unknown

The Velveteen Rabbit     Margery Williams

Winnie the Pooh   AA Milne

A Bear Called Paddington     Michael Bond

4-7 yearsRecommended ReadsThe Tiger Who Came To Tea Judith Kerr

A Piece Of Cake Jill Murphy

Boom Chicka Boom Liz Weir

Bunny My Honey Anita Jeram

Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? Martin Waddell

Clap Hands Helen Oxenbury

Dear Zoo Rod Campbell

Elmer and the Lost Teddy by David McKee

Farmer Duck Martin Waddell

I Love My Mummy Giles Andreae

I’ll Always love You Hans Wilhelm

Owl Babies Martin Waddell

That’s Not my Tiger… Fiona Watt (There are multiple titles in this series)

The Baby’s Catalogue Janet and Allan Ahlberg

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf Jon Scieszka

Up And Down Oliver Jeffers

Zog    Julia Donaldson

The Jolly Postman    Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Aliens Love Underpants    Claire Freedman

The Lonely Beast    Chris Judge

The Cats in Krasinski Square    Karen Hesse

The Heart and the Bottle    Oliver Jeffers

Her Mother’s Face    Roddy Doyle

Cats Ahoy!    Peter Bently

Otto the Book Bear    Katie Cleminson

A Place to Call Home    Alexis Deacon

Dog Loves Books    Louise Yates

One Fish Smart    Chris Wormell

On the Road with Mavis and Marge    Niamh Sharkey

Sniffer and Naughty Nancy    Roger Abbott

Football Academy: Boys United    Tom Palmer

Mr. Cool     Jacqueline Wilson

The Owl Who Was Afraid of theDdark    Jill Tomlinson

The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth    Eoin Colfer

But Where Completely are we?    L Child

We all went on safari    L Krebs

30 Yummy Things to cook    C Atkinson

Dressing Up Fairies    N Lambert

Harry and Hopper    M Wild

Horrid Henry Rocks    F Simon

Penguin    Polly Dunbar

Romans Vs Dinosaurs on Mars     T Wessen

You Choose    P Goodhart and N Sharratt

The Jumble Book    T Stevens (Editor)

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt Michael Rosen

Orange Pear Apple Bear Emily Gravett

The World Came To My Place Today Jo Readman

Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman

Flat Stanley Jeff Brown

George Speaks Dick King-Smith

The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog Jeremy Strong

Popular BooksThe Twin Giants    Dick King-Smith

Egg Drop    Mini Grey

Rainbow Magic series    Daisy Meadows

Mr. Men Series    Roger Hargreaves

The Gruffalo    Julia Donaldson

Hey Presto!    Nadia Shireen

The Giggler Treatment Roddy Doyle

Rover Saves Christmas Roddy Doyle

Meanwhile Adventures Roddy Doyle

Jonathan and Martha    Petr Horacek

Where’s Spot Eric Hill (and other Spot books by the same author)

No!    Martha Altes

The Pirates Next Door     Jonny Duddle

Jack and the Flum Flum Tree    Julia Donaldson

Good Little Wolf    Nadia Shireen

Guji Guji     Chih-Yuan Chen

Oliver Who Was Small but Mighty    Mara Bergman

Box of Tricks    Katie Cleminson

The Great Paper Caper    Oliver Jeffers

Winnie the Witch    Valerie Thomas

Dinosaurs Love Underpants     Claire Freedman

Don’t Worry Douglas     David Melling

The Big Sticky Bun    Vivian French

The Lorax     Dr. Seuss

My Granny is a Pirate    Val McDermid

Room on the Broom     Julia Donaldson

The Tiger Who Came to Tea    Judith Kerr

Commotion in the Ocean    Giles Andreae

Dirty Bertie series    Alan McDonald

The Legend of Spud Murphy    Eoin Colfer

The Curious Kitten    Lucy Daniels

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid    Megan McDonald

Judy Moody books Megan McDonald

Witch Baby and Me    Debi Gliori

And then there were 10    Egmont Books

Iggy and Me     J Valentine

The Playful Puppy    L Daniels

Think of an Eel    K Wallace

Where’s Wally: Fantastic Journey    M Handford

Horse    M Doyle and A Rinaldi

Little Rabbit Foo Foo    M Rosen

Dino Dinners    A Manning

How to Draw Animals    F Watt

Eat Your Peas    K Gray

Mixed up Fairy Tales    H Robinson

See You Later, Alligator!    A Kubler

Prehistoric Actual Size    S Jenkins

Traction Man is Here    M Grey

A Footballer Called Flip    I Whybrow

Bats    A John L’Hommedieu

Even Stevens F.C.    M Rosen

Gorilla City    C Small

The Little Dinosaur    Michael Foreman

In the Tall, Tall Grass    Denise Fleming

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?    Bill Martin Jr.

The Bad-Tempered Ladybird    Eric Carle

I love my Daddy    Giles Andreae

Rumble in the Jungle   Giles Andreae

The Cat in The Hat   Dr. Seuss

Horrid Henry series   Francesca Simon

Chimp and Zee   Laurence Anholt

My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out   Lauren Child

Diary Of A Killer Cat   Anne Fine

My Brother Bernadette   Jacqueline Wilson

The Legend of Spud Murphy   Eoin Colfer

The Worst Witch series   Jill Murphy

ClassicsSleeping Beauty    Unknown

101 Dalmatians    Dodie Smith

Winnie-the-Pooh     A. A. Milne

The Velveteen Rabbit    Margery Williams Bianco

The Gingerbread Man    Unknown

Little Red Riding Hood    Unknown

Thumbelina    Hans Christian Andersen

The Elves and the Shoemaker     Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Where the Wild Things     Maurice Sendak

Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney

Pippi Longstocking    Astrid Lindgren

The Story of Doctor Dolittle    Hugh Lofting

Curious George    H. A. Rey

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs    Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Fantastic Mr Fox   Roald Dahl

The Iron Man   Ted Hughes

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark   Jill Tomlinson

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland   Helen Oxenbury

Oi! Get off our Train   John Burningham

Dogger   Shirley Hughes

An Evening at Alfies (and other titles in the Alfie series)

Matilda   Roald Dahl

Stranger Danger   Anne Fine

Bill’s New Frock   Anne Fine

The Baby’s Catalogue   Allan Ahlberg

Dear Zoo Rod Campbell

Each Peach Pear Plum Allan Ahlberg

Rosie’s Walk Pat Hutchins

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle

The Gruffalo   Julia Donaldson

The Polar Express   Chris Van Allsburg

The Tale Of Peter Rabbit   Beatrix Potter

Esio Trot   Roald Dahl

The Twits   Roald Dahl

Josie Smith books   Magdalen Nabb

 

7-9 yearsRecommended ReadsBest Friends    Jacqueline Wilson

The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World    Eoin Colfer

The Diary of a Killer Cat    Anne Fine

The Butterfly Lion    Michael Morpurgo

Animals don’t have ghosts    Siobhan Parkinson

Beware! Killer Tomatoes    Jeremy Strong

Highway Robbery    Kate Thompson

Farther    Grahame Baker-Smith

Snakes’ Elbows    Deirdre Madden

Fierce Milly    Marilyn McLaughlin

It’s a Book    Lane Smith

Little Red Hood    Marjolaine Leray

Nature Adventures     Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom

The Scarecrow and his Servant    Philip Pullman

The evil hairdo    Oisín McGann

Animals in School    Julia Donaldson

The Diary of a Killer Cat    Anne Fine

Actual Size    S Jenkins

Create Your Own Superhero Stories    Buster Books

How-To Handbook    Egmont Books

Lizzy Zipmouth    J Wilson

The Giggler Treatment    Roddy Doyle

Rover Saves Christmas    Roddy Doyle

The Meanwhile Adventures    Roddy Doyle

 Popular BooksA Boy and a Bear in a Boat    Dave Shelton

Special Powers    Mary Hoffman

Under the hawthorn tree    Marita Conlon-McKenna

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory    Roald Dahl

Little Manfred    Michael Morpurgo

The Abominables    Eva Ibboston

A Little, Aloud, for Children     Michael Morpurgo

Do Igloos Have Loos?    Mitchell Symons

The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games    Simon Hart

Letters from an Alien Schoolboy    Ros Asquith

The Parade    KP Kojo

One Dog and His Boy    Eva Ibbotson

Big Day Out    Jacqueline Wilson

See Inside Your Body     Katie Daynes and Colin King

Matilda    Roald Dahl

Magicalamity    Kate Saunders

Laugh Your Socks Off Even More Joke Book    J Strong

A Mouse Called Wolf   Dick King-Smith

Horse Pie   Dick King-Smith

George Speaks   Dick King-Smith

How to write really badly    Anne Fine

The Dreaming Tree    Eithne Massey

The Little Witch Who Can’t Spell    Marie Burlington

Demon from the Deep End    James Allison

Her Mother’s Face    Roddy Doyle

Fantastic Mr. Fox    Roald Dahl

Esio Trot    Roald Dahl

Gangsta Granny    David Walliams

Mr. Stink    David Walliams

Bill’s New Frock    Anne Fine

Series booksHorrid Henry series    Francesca Simon

Dirty Bertie series   Alan Macdonald

Angela Nicely series   Alan Macdonald

Alfie Green series    Joe O’Brien

The Magic Key series     Roderick Hunt

Beast Quest series    Adam Blade

Sea Quest series   Adam Blade

Captain Underpants series    Dav Pilkey

Stink series    Megan McDonald

Judy Moody series    Megan McDonald

Elf Girl and Raven Boy series   Marcus Sedgwick

Adventure Island series   Helen Moss

Kitty and Friends series    Various

Maisie Hitchens series   Holly Webb

Mr. Gum series   Andy Stanton

Magic Molly series   Holly Webb

Triplets series   Holly Webb

Lily series   Holly Webb

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series    Jeff Kinney

My Magical Pony series    Jenny Oldfield

Alice series    Judi Curtin

Penny Dreadful series   Joanna Nadin

Moshi Monsters series    various

Hundred-mile-an-hour dog series   Jeremy Strong

Big Nate series   Lincoln Peirce

Geronimo Stilton series

Indie Kidd series   Karen McCombie

Horrible History series   Terry Deary

Astrosaurs series   Steve Cole

Animal Ark series   Lucy Daniels

Jamie & Angus series   Anne Fine

Time Hunters series   Chris Blake

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home series   various

Oliver Moon series   Sue Mongredien

Tom Gates series   Liz Pichon

Worst Witch series   Jill Murphy

St. Clare’s series   Enid Blyton

Malory Towers series   Enid Blyton

Famous Five series   Enid Blyton

Secret Seven series   Enid Blyton

The Five Find-Outers series   Enid Blyton

Mr. Majeika series   Humphrey Carpenter

My Story (historical events) series   various

Doctor Proctor series   Jo Nesbo

My Naughty Little Sister series   Dorothy Edwards

Milly-Molly-Mandy series   Joyce Lancaster Brisley

Tumtum and Nutmeg series   Emily Bearn

ClassicsCharlotte’s Web    E.B White

The Little Prince     Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Alice in Wonderland     Lewis Carroll

A little princess    Frances Hodgson Burnett

Beauty and the Beast    Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Black Beauty     Anna Sewell

Pinocchio    Carlo Collodi

Robinson Crusoe    Daniel Defoe

The Railway Children    E. Nesbit

The Wizard of Oz    L. Frank Baum

What Katy Did     Susan Coolidge

The Wind In The Willows    Kenneth Grahame

Charlotte’s Web     E B White

Aesop’s Fables    Aesop

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood    Howard Pyle

Pollyanna    Eleanor H. Porter

Grimm’s Fairy Tales    Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The Three Musketeers    Alexandre Dumas

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe    C.S. Lewis

The family from one end street    Eve Garnett

Carrie’s War   Nina Bawden

The Indian in the Cupboard   Lynne Reid Banks

The Children of Green Knowe   Lucy Boston

Pippi Longstocking   Astrid Lindgren

The Borrowers    Mary Norton

Five Children and It    E. Nesbit

The Silver Sword    Ian Serraillier

War Horse    Michael Morpugo

Paddington Bear    Michael Bond

Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot    Alf Proysen

10-12 yearsRecommended ReadsThe brilliant world of Tom Gates    Liz Pichon

Skulduggery Pleasant    Derek Landy

Shadow    Michael Morpurgo

harry potter and the philosopher’s Stone    J.K. Rowling

A Monster Calls    Patrick Ness

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows    J.K. Rowling

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas    John Boyce

Airman    Eoin Colfer

Under the Hawthorn Tree    Marita Conlon-McKenna

The BFG    Roald Dahl

The London Eye Mystery    Siobhan Dowd

Then    Morris Gleitzman

The Guns of Easter    Gerard Whelan

Bloodline    Katy Moran

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox    Eoin Colfer

The Considine Curse    Gareth P. Jones

A Year Without Autumn    Liz Kessler

Breaking Dawn    Stephanie Meyer

The Butterfly Heart     Paula Leyden

Will Gallows and the snake-bellied troll    Derek Keilty

Dancing in the Dark    Peter Prendergast

The Real Rebecca    Anna Carey

The Boy in the Dress    David Walliams

The Thing With Finn     Tom Kelly

Moon Pie    Simon Mason

Skeleton Key    Anthony Horowitz

Little Croker    Joe O’Brien

Katie’s War     Aubrey Flegg

Bad Dreams    Anne Fine

My name is Mina    David Almond

Small Change for Stuart     Lissa Evans

Northern Lights     Philip Pullman

House of Secrets    Chris Columbus

The Hunger Games    Suzanne Collins

Noughts and Crosses   Malorie Blackman

TimeRiders     Alex Scarrow

The Set-Up    Sophie McKenzie

The Finisher    David Baldacci

 Popular BooksA Greyhound of a Girl    Roddy Doyle

Bruised    Siobhán Parkinson

Dead Hairy    Debbie Thomas

Harry Potter series    J.K. Rowling

Alice and Megan series    Judi Curtin

Eva’s Journey    Judi Curtin

The Story of Tracy Beaker    Jacqueline Wilson

Double Act    Jacqueline Wilson

Horrible Histories series    Terry Deary

The Mystery of Wickworth Manor    Elen Caldecott

Grace    Morris Gleitzman

Frozen in Time    Ali Sparkes

Dead Man’s Cove     Lauren St. John

Shadow Forest     Matt Haig

Sky Hawk     Gill Lewis

Billionaire Boy     David Walliams

Gangsta Granny     David Walliams

The World of Norm series    Jonathan Meres

Alex Rider Series    Anthony Horowitz

The Saga of Darren Shan Collection       Darren Shan

The Roman Mysteries       Caroline Lawrence

Order of Darkness collection    Philippa Gregory

Young Sherlock Holmes     Andrew Lane

Throne of Glass series     Sarah J Maas

The Inheritance Cycle collection    Christopher Paolini

Cat Royal series     Julia Golding

Darcie Lock series     Julia Golding

Young Knights series    Julia Golding

 ClassicsThe lion, the witch and the wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)    C.S. Lewis

Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl    Anne Frank

Five got into Trouble    Enid Blyton

Anne of Green Gables    L.M. Montgomery

Gulliver’s Travels    Jonathan Swift

The Swiss Family Robinson    Johann David Wyss

The Jungle Book     Rudyard Kipling

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer    Mark Twain

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn  Mark Twain

Peter Pan    J.M. Barrie

Oliver Twist    Charles Dickens

Little Women    Louisa May Alcott

King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table     Roger Lancelyn Green

Journey To The Centre Of The Earth    Jules Verne

Heidi    Johanna Spyri

Black Beauty     Anna Sewell

Anne of Green Gables     Lucy Maud Montgomery

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland    Lewis Carroll

A Tale of Two Cities    Charles Dickens

A Little Princess    Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Christmas Carol    Charles Dickens

Treasure Island     Robert Louis Stevenson

The Wizard Of Oz     L Frank Baum

The Secret Garden    Frances Hodgson Burnett

Goodnight Mister Tom    Michelle Magorian

Around the World in 80 Days    Jules Verne

David Copperfield    Charles Dickens

The Happy Prince and Other Tales    Oscar Wilde