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🏆 Award-winning children’s booklisting website 📕 Recommended children’s books sorted by age or topic - visit us at www.booksfortopics.com #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #BookSky

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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Year 5 - what a transitional year for reading identities! 💥 📚 There are 50 books to choose from on our Y5 book list, but keep a special eye out for houses that walk, moon miners, boarding schools for criminals & an exciting polar bear rescue… ➡️LINK: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Set sail for history with our hand-picked VIKINGS booklist. 🗺️🐉🪓 From formidable raiders and clever traders to the magic of Norse myths, these quality KS2 texts are treasures for any primary classroom. Explore the full hoard at BooksforTopics: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Move aside Black Friday - we're celebrating BOOK Friday! 📚 Discover the recommended books picked by Louie Stowell, Tony Bradman, Professor Teresa Cremin and all 40 of our Reading Champions. View the full list and grab the FREE posters: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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Bex Hogan @bexhogan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There's also a FREE resource kit for schools to download - head to the website for details! www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Find your free resources by following the link below 📚! #BookFriday #BooksForTopics #KidlitUK #UKKidlit www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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Best children's books - Book Friday Book Recommendations
Discover our recommended booklist - Book Friday Book Recommendations - with the best books and quality texts for primary ages and topics, reviewed and selected by experts.
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for @booksfortopics.bsky.social’s #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th! This is a celebration of the best books in our schools & libraries. My recommendation is Ice Apprentices by Jacob North There's a FREE resource kit for schools too! Link in the next post!
Poster showing my ugly mug, the cover of the book and my 5-word recommendation: adventure, excitement, monsters, diversity and secrets.
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Bex Hogan @bexhogan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Forget Black Friday and celebrate #BookFriday on Nov 28th! This campaign celebrates the best books in our schools and libraries! My Reading Champion recommendation is WITCHSPARK by Dominique Valente 🥰 @booksfortopics.bsky.social #ReadingChampions #BooksForTopics #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating reading! Our authors have contributed their top recommended books to the Book Friday reading list for schools and libraries. Download the FREE poster set now: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to.... #BookFriday #ReadingChampions @booksfortopics.bsky.social
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Black Friday? NO. It's #BookFriday with @booksfortopics.bsky.social who asked me to choose my fave recent book to celebrate. There are so many books published, wading through em to find the right book is hard. Here to help! Free resources here too! #KidLitUK www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to....
A graphic showing the cover of BOSS OF THE UNDERWORLD by Tor Freeman aka the book I've been wanging on about all year. I've given a 4 word book recommmendation: Funny, Weird, Mysterious, Absurd, Page-turner. The graphic says you can find the full Book Friday list of recommendations at Booksfortopics.com
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
📢NEWS: Reflecting Realities released! READ the summary - www.booksfortopics.com/news-reflect... Today, @theclpe.bsky.social released the 8th Annual #ReflectingRealities Report, showing progress in ethnic representation and calling on the industry to keep inclusive literature as standard practice.
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Reflecting Realities Report 2025: Summary of Findings
Read the summary of the CLPE Reflecting Realities Report 2025. We explain the key findings on ethnic representation in UK children's books.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🧀 Flea-hopping and buried cheese?! It must be our FIRE OF LONDON topic booklist! 🔥 Discover the Fire of London as told through children's books. Get to grips with the key events of the Great Fire and discover its impact. 🚒 See the booklist here: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
👩‍🚀Blast off into reading with our SPACE-THEMED book recommendations for children! 🪐 Space booklist for 7-11 year olds: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... ☄️Space booklist for 3-7 year olds: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
💡BOOKLISTS - ELECTRICITY & FORCES!💡 Check out these popular primary science book guides from our collection: 🧲 Forces and Motion Topic Booklist - www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... ⚡️Electricity Topic Booklist - www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Lovely @bardymum.bsky.social has brought this to my attention. Thank you @booksfortopics.bsky.social , for including Little Light. (If you want to buy a signed copy . . . 😬)
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
TEACHERS, don't miss 🐲 The Amazing Book of World Mythology 🐲 ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/book/the-ama... ✅ October Book of the Month ✅ Illustrated by artists from around the world ✅ "...Such an effective broadening of horizons" - BooksForTopics review panel ✅ Downloadable teaching notes
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The Amazing Book of World Mythology Book Review
Read our review of The Amazing Book of World Mythology at BooksForTopics - the best books for children by age and topic.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
STONE AGE BOOKLIST - updated for Sept 2025! We only feature quality texts on our booklists! 👀 Browse our curated list of children's books about the Stone Age to Iron Age history topic! Here's the recommended book list: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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Abena Eyeson @eyesab2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Did you know National Fitness Day is on 24th September? Well, @booksfortopics.bsky.social have put together a great reading list to inspire you, including my debut novel Running My Own Race. www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... @nosycrow.bsky.social #nationalfitnessday #bookstoinspire
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📚 YEAR 7 Booklist: booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... This reading list of recommended books is for Year 7 pupils as they grow through the first year of secondary school. There is also a downloadable checklist and printable poster, plus purchasing options for schools!
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
💛KINDNESS BOOKLIST💛 When the world seems bleak, don't forget that children voted 'Kindness' as their latest Word of the Year- highlighting just how much this value resonates with them. 👀 Check out our list of children’s books about being kind: ➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🦣 STONE AGE to IRON AGE 🦣 - a KS2 history curriculum topic and a favourite of ours! 📚 The BooksForTopics Stone Age BOOKLIST is specially curated to support the topic: ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🔎 Looking for topic books for an ANCIENT EGYPT topic? We've unwrapped the best for KS2! Egypt booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🌟PRESCHOOL 🌟Recommended Booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... 🛝This preschool booklist features RECOMMENDED books for preschoolers, including newly published books, classic stories, laugh-out-loud picturebooks, classroom favourites, poetry books and non-fiction...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New term 💥 New plans 💥 New books 💥 Let's go!
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🎒 BACK TO SCHOOL books: ➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🌟Don't miss our UPDATED list of back-to-school picturebooks to share with children returning to classrooms – grouped into themes of community, being yourself, starting something new, big feelings, friendship and fun.
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Book Clubs in Schools @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
So useful for keeping track of the shortlists for children's book awards. Thank you @booksfortopics.bsky.social 👏 Here's the full page: bit.ly/3JfHHWV #ReadingForPleasure #KidLitUK
A calendar that shows which months the shortlists for children's book awards come out. It has been produced by Books For Topics.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🌟BACK TO SCHOOL🌟picturebooks list: ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🎒 See our UPDATED list of back-to-school books to share with children returning to classrooms – grouped into themes of community, being yourself, starting something new, big feelings, friendship and fun.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🌳🍁🌠 Autumn term brings NEW starts, new classes & new topics - and our booklists are nestling in with new books too! 🎒 Browse booksfortopics.com to find book inspiration for topics including Autumn, festivals, WW2, All About Me, electricity, space, Stone Age and more!
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Mrs Burton-Gardner @mrsb-g.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Visited York Castle museum today - we loved it! I particularly liked the fact that at several points there were lots of fabulous books to relate to that section. Lovely idea! Great place to Visit @openuni-rfp.bsky.social #readingforpleasure @booksfortopics.bsky.social
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
💥YEAR 5💥 booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... / 50 recommended reads for Y5 - including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, picture books, golden oldies and newly published titles too! 🖨️PLUS printable poster and checklist📚
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🏺⚡️Ancient Greece🏺⚡️ topic booklist: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... If you or your colleagues are teaching an ANCIENT GREECE topic next term, take a look at our recommended book list - designed to support the KS2 history topic. 📚
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
“I had lots of brilliant suggestions to add to my Ancient Egypt book box ... these were selected using @booksfortopics and the children have loved them!" Mrs C. 🤩 We love seeing our book recommendations in action! ➡️Ancient Egypt booklist: ➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
💫YEAR 8💫 Recommended Reading List 👇 www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re...
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Abena Eyeson @eyesab2.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/bo... Thank you @booksfortopics.bsky.social for selecting RUNNING MY OWN RACE as one of your five outstanding titles for August 🙏🏽❤️. #runningmyownracebook #bookofthemonth #booksfortopics #summerread
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Best children's books - Best Books This Month - August 2025
Discover our top children's book picks for April 2025, featuring the latest releases recommended by our expert review panel.
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I’m doing a couple of signings up north this September, and I’ll be announcing them first on my mailing list tomorrow at 4pm IF YER INTERESTED —> jamiesmart.substack.com (then more widely after, obvs)
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🔎Looking for children's books for an ANCIENT EGYPT topic? ➡️ Ancient Egypt booklist: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... We've unwrapped the best KS2 books for this fascinating topic - AND we're regularly updating our history topic lists with exciting newer titles! 🥳
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
⚡️ROMANS Topic Booklist ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... Conquer the topic with our Romans booklist for KS2, which is regularly updated to aid the quest to find recommended children's books about the Romans...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🪓VIKINGS 🪓topic booklist: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🗺️🐲🛖 From raiders and traders to myths and monsters, the Vikings topic offers a hoard of fascinating themes. We’ve put together this reading list of the best Viking-themed children’s books for KS2.
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Kate Gettings @kategettings.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Thank you for including so many @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social series - we love making first chapter books!
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🌟 Booklist: FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS 🌟 ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🦘Make the LEAP into reading! Check out our team's curated list featuring recommended colour-illustrated short chapter books.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🪖 WORLD WAR 2 topic booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 📚 This WW2 history curriculum booklist for KS2 is available to browse on the BooksForTopics website. We've added links to audio versions and downloadable resources where we can too.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
⚡️ANCIENT GREECE⚡️ topic booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🏺Check out our list of recommended KS2 children's books about ANCIENT GREECE. The history topic is full of intriguing stories of ancient gods & heroes as well as fascinating tales of daily life & epic battles...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🌄 BOOKLIST: Recommended children’s books about HABITATS and ECOSYSTEMS: ➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🔎 In this curated list of children’s books about habitats and ecosystems, readers can explore the intricate web of life that sustains each unique habitat. #KS2 #PrimaryScience
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🎶 Never miss a beat....🎶 Don't miss out on our news updates featuring brand-new children's book recommendations and our latest booklists. Latest email newsletter coming this afternoon! Sign up for the BooksForTopics newsletter via our website: booksfortopics.com/mailing-list/
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Mailing List on BooksForTopics | Recommended children's booklists sorted by age or topic...
Mailing List - Find the best children's books for all primary school year groups on BooksForTopics
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🥳 BOOKLIST links: Y1: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... Y2: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... Y3: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... Y4: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... Y5: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... Y6: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re...
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🎩📚 VICTORIANS topic booklist: ➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🚂 Known as an age of invention & industrial development as well as an era of poverty, child labour & crime, the Victorian period was a time of great contrasts. Check out our KS2 list of Victorian-themed topic books.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
NEW! 🏊 SWIMMING & DIVING 🏊 booklist for children! ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... 🤿 From life stories of Olympians and swim squad drama to stories that encourage first visits to the pool, dive into our list of children's books about swimming and diving!
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🏝️🌊 We love this story with summer vibes - a great choice from our Reception Booklist: CLEAN UP!: ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/book/clean-up/ 🏖️Sequel to 'Look Up!' 🏄‍♀️Seaside setting 🏖️Lovable and passionate main character 🏄‍♀️Environmental themes 🏖️Audio version available 🏄‍♀️Free resource pack
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🏝️🌊 We love this story with summer vibes - a great choice from our Reception Booklist: CLEAN UP!: ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/book/clean-up/ 🏖️Sequel to 'Look Up!' 🏄‍♀️Seaside setting 🏖️Lovable and passionate main character 🏄‍♀️Environmental themes 🏖️Audio version available 🏄‍♀️Free resource pack
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
New on the blog - children's books for sports day. www.booksfortopics.com/sports-day-b...
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Sports Day Books: 5 Recommended Books for Children on the BooksForTopics Blog
Read our blog post: Sports Day Books: 5 Recommended Books for Children - bringing you the best children's books reviewed and recommended by teachers for primary schools.
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🎾NEW: Tennis booklist for children! ➡️➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to... With #Wimbledon2025 in full swing, these recommended TENNIS books for children are destined to serve up excitement and inspire young tennis fans to love reading as much as they love racquets!
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