👋 SCHOOLS - have you purchased the Year Group recommended read bookpacks yet? 🌟 50 Recommended Reads for each year group from preschool to Y6. Ideal for book corners and libraries. ➡️ Our partners at Peters offer 20% off the RRP of packs here: peters.co.uk/books-for-topi…

👋Our review panellists are back for a new school year reading ALL the piles of new books flying through HQ 5 top books this month: 💥Marv and The Killer Plants 💥Smugglers’ Fox 💥Finding Bear 💥Finding Wonder 💥Henri and The Machine Reviews here: ➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/book…

Thank you HarperCollins Children's Books & Farshore for inviting us to your media showcase! Great to get a sneak peek (and a musical serenade) for some exciting upcoming titles 👊 Hannah Gold - here sometimes 🤩 Matt Lucas HQ Rob Biddulph

Have you explored the The Diverse Book Awards shortlists yet? We were thrilled to be involved longlisting for this award this year and can't wait to hear the winning announcement next month!

🎄It’s getting a little festive in our office this week!🎄 👀👀And just LOOK at this JOYFUL book post containing a gorgeously illustrated retelling of the classic Christmas story The Nutcracker, by @Alex_T_Smith - out 5th Oct 2023. Thanks for our copy Macmillan Children's Books!

🎉 Super busy Monday ahead with the The Bookseller Children’s conference and the The Week Junior book awards. Hope to see some of your friendly faces there - do say hi! 👋

🤓 To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay, we share five tips for schools looking to promote primary poetry all year round: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/promoting-prim… 📣Shout-outs to Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @JosephACoelho Kᗩᖇᒪ ᑎOᐯᗩ 🕶 🐾 ᒪIᘔ ᗷᖇOᗯᑎᒪEE

📜 UPDATED: History topic booklists: booksfortopics.com/booklists/topi… Travel back in time with our handpicked selection of recommended children’s books for history topics. We have oodles of quality-checked book recommendations to support your history curriculum planning.

We are delighted to welcome author Adam Baron to the blog today, whose new book Oscar's Lion is publishing this Thursday. Adam discusses how personal experiences of growing up & grief shaped the story & offers some ideas for classroom conversations ... booksfortopics.com/growing-up-and…

🥳Exciting news - we’ve been shortlisted!🥳 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 We are delighted to be shortlisted for the #IndieChampionsAwards2023 Read more here: booksfortopics.com/news-weve-been…

🌟This year #AntiBullyingWeek is 13-17 Nov, with the theme ‘Make A Noise About Bullying.’ 📚On our blog, we highlight five books that resonate particularly well with this year's theme & we’ve also highlighted where supporting resources are available: ➡️ booksfortopics.com/anti-bullying-…

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ 📚 Delighted to reveal the cover for the THIRD #MajorAndMynah series book - Tarantula Terror - out Feb 24! Illustrated by Louise Forshaw. 🕵️‍♀️Join Callie, Grace & Bo in their detective adventures. This inclusive series is a cracking read for ages 6+📖

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Very chuffed to see ‘Santa’s New Reindeer’ on the BooksForTopics primary school Christmas gift guide. Check out the link 👇 for lots of fantastic suggestions. Faber Children's booksfortopics.com/booklists/prim…

These beauties have been galloping out to our review panel over the past few weeks. A good, stable selection here. It’s not too hard to guess the mane theme! (Sorry for trotting out the puns, we’ll rein it in now). 👀🐎 Keep an eye out for our themed booklist coming soon!

📢NEWS: CLPE Reflecting Realities 2023 report – released today! Today, CLPE released the 6th annual #ReflectingRealities report, indicating that 30% of children’s books published in 2022 feature a racially minoritised character. ➡️➡️ READ MORE here: booksfortopics.com/news-clpe-refl…

We are delighted to welcome to our blog Mike Stirling, the 'Director of Mischief' at Beano and co-author of the Boomic range. Mike shares insights into how laughter can power reading and how Boomics encourage more children to read for enjoyment. booksfortopics.com/when-laughter-…

Our Ancient Egypt unit has been handpicked by @Tesforteachers for the Ancient Egyptians in Primary blog. "If you're looking for a fascinating project to engage children, this hand-picked collection of resources is perfect for young historians." Download: tes.com/teaching-resou…

💥 We love GRAPHIC NOVELS & there are some brilliantly talented creators that we'd love to share with you. 💥Here are our primary graphic novel recommendations: Upper KS2 / 9-11: booksfortopics.com/upper-ks2-grap… Lower KS2 / 7-9: booksfortopics.com/lower-ks2-grap… KS1 / 5-7: booksfortopics.com/booklists/topi…

🚀HURRAY!🚀 The BooksForTopics 2024 Year Group booklists are published today - with new titles and new-look downloadables! 🌟Quick links🌟 ➡️ BROWSE: booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco… ➡️ PURCHASE: peters.co.uk/books-for-topi… ➡️ PRINT: booksfortopics.com/resources/prin…