Booktrust 100 best books
Booktrust have released their 100 best children's books in celebration of Children's book week.Use the links below to browse each group !
Best books for 0-5 year olds
Best books for 6-8 year olds
Best books for 9-11 year olds
Best books for 12-14 year olds and beyond
0-5 year olds
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Dear Zoo
- Rod Campbell (author)
- Paperback
20 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Dogger
- Shirley Hughes (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Each Peach Pear Plum
- Janet Ahlberg (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Elephant and the Bad Baby
- Elfrida Vipont (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Gorilla
- Anthony Browne (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy
- Lynley Dodd (author)
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32 pages - Available Immediately
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I Want My Hat Back
- Jon Klassen (author)
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40 pages - Available within 48 hours
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I Want My Potty!
- Tony Ross (author)
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32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
- Lauren Child (author)
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32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
- Janet Ahlberg (author)
- Hardback
48 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears
- Emily Gravett (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Lost and Found
- Oliver Jeffers (author)
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32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Meg and Mog
- Helen Nicoll (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Princess Smartypants
- Babette Cole (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Room on the Broom
- Julia Donaldson (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
- Mem Fox (author)
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38 pp pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Cat in the Hat
- Dr. Seuss (author)
- Paperback
64 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Snowman
- Raymond Briggs (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
- Judith Kerr (author)
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32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Eric Carle (author)
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28 pages - Available within 48 hours
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
- Michael Rosen (author)
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40 pages - Available within 7 days
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Where the Wild Things Are
- Maurice Sendak (author)
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48 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Where's Spot?
- Eric Hill (author)
- Hardback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Where's Spot?
- Eric Hill (author)
- Paperback
24 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Would You Rather?
- John Burningham (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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6-8 year olds
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A Bear Called Paddington
- Michael Bond (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Amazing Grace
- Mary Hoffman (author)
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32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Arrival
- Shaun Tan (author)
- Hardback
128 pages - Available within 7 days
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Asterix the Gaul
- Rene Goscinny (author)
- Paperback
48 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Charlotte's Web
- E. B. White (author)
- Paperback
192 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Clarice Bean, That's Me
- Lauren Child (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Jeff Kinney (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Finn Family Moomintroll
- Tove Jansson (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Five on a Treasure Island
- Enid Blyton (author)
- Paperback
208 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Flat Stanley
- Jeff Brown (author)
- Paperback
40 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Horrid Henry
- Francesca Simon (author)
- Paperback
96 pages - Available within 7 days
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Little House in the Big Woods
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (author)
- Paperback
176 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
- Joyce Lankester Brisley (author)
- Hardback
224 pages - Available within 7 days
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Mister Magnolia
- Quentin Blake (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Unavailable
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My Naughty Little Sister
- Dorothy Edwards (author)
- Paperback
192 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £4.49RRP: £5.99You Save: £1.50 (25%)
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Pippi Longstocking
- Astrid Lindgren (author)
- Paperback
144 pages - Available within 7 days
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Our Price: £4.91RRP: £5.99You Save: £1.08 (18%)
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The Queen's Nose
- Dick King-Smith (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Sheep-pig
- Dick King-Smith (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The BFG
- Roald Dahl (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available Immediately
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The Enchanted Wood
- Enid Blyton (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
- Joyce Lankester Brisley (author)
- Hardback
224 pages - Available within 7 days
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The Story of Babar
- Jean de Brunhoff (author)
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48 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Worst Witch
- Jill Murphy (author)
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128 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- Jon Scieszka (author)
- Paperback
32 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Winnie-the-Pooh
- A. A. Milne (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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9-11 year olds
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Artemis Fowl
- Eoin Colfer (author)
- Paperback
320 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Ballet Shoes
- Noel Streatfeild (author)
- Paperback
240 pages - Available Immediately
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Flour Babies
- Anne Fine (author)
- Paperback
160 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Goodnight Mister Tom
- Michelle Magorian (author)
- Paperback
304 pages - Available Immediately
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- J. K. Rowling (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £6.39RRP: £7.99You Save: £1.60 (20%)
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Journey to the River Sea
- Eva Ibbotson (author)
- Paperback
320 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Matilda
- Roald Dahl (author)
- Paperback
256 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Millions
- Frank Cottrell Boyce (author)
- Paperback
265 pages - Available within 7 days
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A Monster Calls
- Patrick Ness (author)
- Paperback
216 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £6.99RRP: £9.99You Save: £3.00 (30%)
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Once
- Morris Gleitzman (author)
- Paperback
192 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Private Peaceful
- Michael Morpurgo, M. B. E. (author)
- Paperback
192 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Skellig
- David Almond (author)
- Paperback
176 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Stig of the Dump
- Clive King (author)
- Paperback
256 pages - Available within 7 days
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Swallows and Amazons
- Arthur Ransome (author)
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528 pages - Available within 7 days
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- C. S. Lewis (author)
- Paperback
208 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Story of Tracy Beaker
- Jacqueline Wilson (author)
- Paperback
192 pages - Available within 7 days
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The Witches
- Roald Dahl (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available Immediately
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- Joan Aiken (author)
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256 pages - Available within 7 days
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Truckers
- Terry Pratchett (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 7 days
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12-14 years old and beyond
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Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging
- Louise Rennison (author)
- Paperback
256 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Coram Boy
- Jamila Gavin (author)
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384 pages - Available within 7 days
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Our Price: £6.74RRP: £8.99You Save: £2.25 (25%)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Mark Haddon (author)
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288 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Forever
- Judy Blume (author)
- Paperback
208 pages - Available within 7 days
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The Graveyard Book
- Neil Gaiman (author)
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304 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Hunger Games
- Suzanne Collins (author)
- Paperback
464 pages - Available within 48 hours
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I Capture the Castle
- Dodie Smith (author)
- Paperback
592 pages - Available within 7 days
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Junk
- Melvin Burgess (author)
- Paperback
336 pages - Available within 48 hours
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The Kite Rider
- Geraldine McCaughrean (author)
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224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £5.73RRP: £6.99You Save: £1.26 (18%)
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Life
- Mal Peet (author)
- Paperback
412 pp pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £5.59RRP: £7.99You Save: £2.40 (30%)
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Looking for JJ
- Anne Cassidy (author)
- Paperback
304 pages - Available within 48 hours
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RRP: £6.99
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Maggot Moon
- Sally Gardner (author)
- Paperback
288 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Northern Lights
- Philip Pullman (author)
- Paperback
448 pages - Available within 48 hours
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RRP: £7.99
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The Owl Service
- Alan Garner (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Revolver
- Marcus Sedgwick (author)
- Paperback
224 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Stormbreaker
- Anthony Horowitz (author)
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240 pages - Available Immediately
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Our Price: £4.89RRP: £6.99You Save: £2.10 (30%)
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- John Boyne (author)
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256 pages - Available within 48 hours
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Our Price: £7.19RRP: £7.99You Save: £0.80 (10%)
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The Knife of Never Letting Go
- Patrick Ness (author)
- Paperback
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The Ruby in the Smoke
- Philip Pullman (author)
- Paperback
240 pages - Available within 7 days
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Witch Child
- Celia Rees (author)
- Paperback
256 pages - Available within 48 hours
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