Pandora Books | Book Collections for Schools | Autumn 2024
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Welcome to Your 2024/25 Pandora Books Catalogue
When the new children’s laureate, Frank CottrellBoyce, said, “I write children’s books because I think they help build the apparatus of happiness inside us” we could not agree more, and we hope our cover story conveys our passion for sharing the joys and benefits of reading. Supplying schools with high-quality books so children can learn to read, read for pleasure, and read for information is our mission. Uniquely in the educational book world, our expert team carefully reads every book we stock, allowing us to place it in the right collection, or reject it altogether should it not meet our demanding requirements. This year, we have also collaborated with teacher and reading for pleasure advocate, Jon Biddle, who has created four collections of new and proven books for primary schools (see pages 42 & 43). We also stock a wide range of books to support SSP programmes; fluency beyond phonics; short reads to boost reading; longer reads for confident readers; irresistible reads (graphic novels and more) and topic collections to support curriculum learning. All our books arrive fitted with free protective jackets and are discounted so your budgets go further.
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Little Wandle
Fluency
Develop reading confidence, stamina and speed beyond phonics with Little Wandle Fluency.
p42–43
TOPIC
5 Books On… p84–85
Prizewinning & Notable Non-Fiction p86
Science p87–90
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Best New Irresistible Reads for UKS2
These irresistible reads will have pupils clamouring for their next book!
Geography p91–93
History p94–95
PSHE p96
Jon Biddle Packs
Teacher and reading for pleasure champion, Jon Biddle has curated these brilliant collections including picture books, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels. Pages 42–43
Marcia
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
Developed by teachers and experts at the Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary, Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised is a comprehensive SSP that includes an online teaching programme, engaging classroom resources, teacher handbooks and fully decodable reading books published by Big Cat. Books are perfectly matched to the Little Wandle progression and the phases of Letters and Sounds (2021). These updated phase packs and the complete phase pack include new titles published in June 2024. If you are looking to source just the new titles, please see our top-up packs online. See p27 for book storage solutions
Cat Phonics for Little Wandle: Stretch & Challenge Books (also in Phase 4 pack)
Cat Phonics for Little Wandle: Blending Books (also in Phase 2 & 3 packs)
Little Wandle: Rapid Catch-up for Age 7+
The Little Wandle Rapid Catch-up programme is for children in Year 2 and above who are not reading at the expected level for their age. It mirrors the main phonics programme but has been created to help children catch up quickly, so has a faster pace. By the end of the Rapid Catch-up programme, children should be reading with enough fluency and accuracy to access the curriculum in class, and to read with enjoyment and understanding.
The Rapid Catch-up programme includes:
• A comprehensive teacher’s guide with planning grids, lesson templates and prompt cards.
• Grapheme cards for phases 2, 3 and 5
• Word cards and tricky word cards for all phases
• 70 new decodable books matched exactly to the Rapid Catch-up programme and the maturity of children aged 7+
Little Wandle Fluency
Develop reading confidence, stamina and speed with Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency. These forty exciting chapter books, by leading authors and illustrators, are designed to support the transition from learning phonics to becoming independent, avid readers. With a carefully constructed progression and increasing word count across 10 fluency levels, these books help Year 2 and 3 children complete the code and extend vocabulary, whilst gradually improving fluency, speed, confidence, and a love of reading!
These books are the perfect follow-up to teaching phonics with Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised SSP and are supported by free assessment tools and downloadable lesson plans for group/class work.
Sample pages taken from Talk to the Tail Fluency Level: 1
Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds
Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds is a series of beautifully presented books fully aligned to Letters and Sounds phases and banded from Lilac to Turquoise. Pupils can enjoy engaging stories and explore exciting non-fiction topics that are matched to classroom learning. They include reading notes to help parents at home, providing clear and simple learning objectives as well as phonic practise and vocabulary extension activities.
Containing Big Cat Phonics for Letters & Sounds Lilac to Turquoise / Phases 1–6
Sample pages taken from Map Man Book Band level: Pink/Phase 2
Sample pages taken from Beetles Around the World Book Band level: Orange/Phase 5
Sample pages taken from Tusks Book Band level: Blue/Phase 4
Big Cat KS1
One of the most popular schemes in schools today and a favourite of ours too, Collins Big Cat stands alone in its quality and design. The Big Cat books are varied and offer pupils breadth in their overall reading experience. Starting out with predictable and patterned texts, titles broaden to poetry, traditional tales, varied genre fiction, information books, playscripts and biographies from a host of popular children’s authors. Each book looks unique and enticing, guaranteeing your pupils never get bored of reading their Big Cat scheme books.
Sample pages taken from Best Bird Book Band level: Red Sample pages taken from Fire! Fire! Book Band level: Orange
Big Cat KS2
Collins Big Cat books for key stage 2 will delight, engage, and excite your children into reading with fluency and enthusiasm. These appealing books offer a broad mix of genres — including fiction from our literary heritage, biography, autobiography, poetry, traditional tales and a mix of stories from adventure to humour and mystery.
*Collins have their own jewel colours. We have suggested the best fit to standard book band colours for information.
Sample pages taken from The Comedy of Errors Book Band level: Sapphire
Created by leading educational publisher Pearson, and validated by the Department for Education, Bug Club Phonics has a depth and breadth of fully decodable reading books (available digitally and in print) covering GPCs from Phase 2 to Phase 5, so that children can practise, at school and at home, their increasing knowledge of GPCs and their blending skill in meaningful contexts, therefore gradually developing their fluency.
Pandora Books will supply all your books fitted with a free protective jacket so they last longer in school.
Bug Club Phonics
Sample pages taken from Huff! Puff! Phase 2
Bug Club Phonics: Phases 1 & 2 (inc. six books from Phase 1)
Club Phonics: Phase 4
Sample pages taken from The Bright Stars Phase 4
Bug Club Unit Packs.
Buy Bug Club books by teaching unit or phase to ensure children’s reading books reinforce the sounds they have been taught and match your teaching progression. Three copies of each book in the unit are in each pack. Contact us for bespoke size packs of Bug Club Books by Unit.
Bug Club Independent
Bug Club Independent books bridge the gap between children learning to read through phonics and becoming confident readers. Year 2 children can take supported, progressive steps in their reading journey with reading books in a range of genres and styles.
Rapid Phonics
Rapid Phonics is an intervention programme for children in Years 2–6, supporting struggling readers with gaps in their phonic knowledge. Snappy lessons, lively age-appropriate books, and fantastic interactive activities build confidence and fluency. 56 age-appropriate Rapid Phonics readers are accompanied by teaching guides, flashcards, a phonics wallchart, and a teaching programme handbook. See our website for more information. You may also wish to purchase the Rapid Reading series (available online) which builds confidence, fluency, and comprehension. Both Rapid Phonics and Rapid Reading are supported by a digital teaching programme available from pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk
READING STARS PHONICS
Reading Stars Phonics
Reading Stars Phonics is perfectly aligned with SSP programmes following the Letters and Sounds progression. The 250 decodable readers build confidence and competence step by step.
• Systematic Phonics Progression: ensures structured learning and reading fluency.
• Diverse Range of Engaging Stories: to inspire young minds.
• Fully Decodable Text: details phonemes and CEWs, ensuring progressive and effective learning.
Stars Phonics: Phase 1 (6 of each
Reading Stars Phonics: Phase 2
Reading Stars Phonics: Phase 2-5
Reading
Reading Stars Achieve Phonics
For some children, phonics takes longer to master. Reading Stars Achieve Phonics is aimed at pupils aged 7 to 14 who have yet to learn to read fluently with understanding. Designed for pupils who are still learning to read in Key Stages 2 & 3, these 98 fully decodable phonics readers follow the same progression as Letters and Sounds and cover Phases 2 to 5. The books are dyslexia-friendly, and include diverse stories, topics and characters as well as non-fiction. The subjects, illustrations and photographs are age-appropriate and make for genuinely rewarding reads. PRODUCT
For schools using the rigorous, dynamic and DfE validated teaching programme, Read Write Inc. Phonics, these colourful Book Bag Books, for home-reading, support all stages of phonic learning.
Keep your books for longer with our fully fitted protective jackets provided free of charge.
BOOK BAG BOOKS
STORYBOOKS AND NON-FICTION
Ditty Books and Storybooks are a fundamental element of the Read Write Inc. Phonics DfE validated SSP programme, providing reading practice with books that are perfectly matched to class teaching and phonics learning. If you’re looking for more books or you are about to start Read Write Inc. Phonics in your school, we provide all books covered in a free, fitted protective book jacket in colour sets of 1 or 10 copies of each book.
Fresh Start
Read Write Inc. Fresh Start is an intervention programme suitable for UKS2 pupils who are still learning to read. Developed by Ruth Miskin, it uses a proven, phonics-based approach which engages students with high-interest, age-appropriate modules, supplemented by full colour anthologies for further practice.
SSP Resources
Reception Teaching Materials Pack
Year 1 Teaching Materials Pack
Getting all children to read well, quickly
Essential Letters and Sounds is an affordable, easy-to-use, DfE validated phonics programme that gets all children reading quickly. Developed by teachers from Knowledge Schools Trust, ELS helps schools deliver effective phonics teaching based on Letters and Sounds (2007):
• Works with the decodable books you may already have in your classroom as well as the brand-new Essential Blending, Books and Essential Phonic Readers (see p.17)
• A structured approach to teaching phonics that gives children and teachers consistency and security
• Supports children to keep up so they don’t have to catch up
Teaching Subscription and Training
ELS training is delivered by the experts from the Knowledge Schools Trust. The teaching subscription is available to purchase directly from Oxford University Press. Find further details at essentiallettersandsounds.org
ELS
The new ELS Progress pack provides the perfect opportunity for phonics catch-up. The 12 books (24 texts in all) comprise engaging and age-appropriate content for children who are finding reading slightly harder.
The ELS Progress Complete packs can be bought with one or six copies of each reading book and include a Teacher Handbook and 2 sets of Grapheme Cards. As always, all our books are supplied covered in free protective jackets.
These five series of decodable books published by leading educational publisher Oxford are ideal for adding breadth to your existing SSP, and work brilliantly alongside any Letters and Sounds based reading programme. If your school is using Essential Letters and Sounds these books can be used to review learning, building confidence and fluency before children move on. Individual colour band packs are available to purchase online. As always, all our books are supplied fitted with free protective jackets so they last longer in school.
The Story Sparks series contains 68 original fiction stories, that will introduce young readers to the powerful world of imaginative storytelling. Talented authors and illustrators provide a wide variety of writing styles, plots and beautifully drawn illustrations that will draw children straight in. The stories are emotionally powerful, engaging children’s imaginations, thoughts and feelings whilst broadening their comprehension skills and response to writing.
Sample pages taken from The Dragon Balloon Book Band level: Pink
Sample pages taken from
Book Band level:
YELLOW BLUE GREEN ORANGE TURQUOISE PURPLE GOLD WHITE LIME
LILAC PINK RED
Astron
Turquoise
This bright series, written by popular children’s authors, specifically targets very young, confident readers in key stage 1. The All Stars books range from Gold to Lime+ level and provide children with opportunities to build their reading stamina and develop higher comprehension skills. For confident readers it is important to provide reading material that is challenging but is still suitable for the reader’s age and maturity. These books have fun, illustrated pages and short chapters that are age-appropriate and challenging at the same time.
Stars: Gold
Non-fiction series inFact is inspiring, informative and intriguing and makes reading for information fun with colourful illustrations and vibrant photographs. Banded from Lilac to Dark Red+ (Black) (Oxford Levels 1–20), each pack features a compelling mix of subjects and biographies and will slot into any existing reading scheme within your school. Many children choose non-fiction to read for pleasure and these books will appeal strongly to them. Curriculum subjects including Art and Design, Science, History, Geography, PSHE and Technology are all explored in a fresh and exciting way.
INFACT KS1
INFACT KS2
Readerful ensures children continue reading after phonics by building fluency and maintaining motivation through engaging new books for reading aloud in class and independent reading. It offers diverse and inclusive fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and poetry, all aligned to the Oxford Reading Levels to provide appropriate support and challenge. This ready-made reading spine offers the best books for your school without having a strict reading order, creating a rich library to boost knowledge, vocabulary and motivation and helping you easily meet the requirements of the DfE’s Reading Framework (July 2023). Books for Sharing (Reception – Year 6) are picture books designed for reading aloud. These stories, non-fiction and poetry anthologies will hold the attention of every child and transform shared reading in your school. Readerful Independent Library Books (Year 2 – Year 6) have been developed to follow any phonics programme and are carefully designed to develop fluency, motivation and pleasure in reading. Readerful Rise are high-interest, low-reading-level, fully decodable books for struggling readers aged 7–11 (Year 3 –Year 6). Designed and written to appeal to older readers, these books build pupils’ self-esteem and confidence, helping them discover a love of reading and catch up.
Our hugely popular Mixed Scheme Boxes are available from Lilac to Dark Red and are an easy way to stock your classrooms with reading books of exceptional quality from highly regarded publishers. Each box contains a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles which have been handpicked from some of the best-selling reading schemes around today, Collins Big Cat, Engage Literacy, Rising Stars Reading Planet and Oxford Reading Tree’s All Stars, Story Sparks, inFact and more! These brilliant collections contain a handy colour-coded storage box and book band stickers. Every title is fitted in a free, easy-to-clean protective jacket
MIXED SCHEME BOXES
Storage boxes and book labels included
Sample pages taken from How the Elephant Got His Trunk Book Band Level: Green
Guided Reading
Featuring titles from a range of best-selling schemes, including traditional tales and non-fiction alongside original fiction, each pack includes six copies of eight titles for each book band colour from Lilac to Dark Red. All banded guided reading sets arrive with a handy colour-coded storage box, coloured book labels and are covered in free, easy-to-clean protective jackets to ensure a long life in your classroom or library.
Storage boxes and book labels included
EACH COLLECTION FEATURES SIX COPIES OF EIGHT TITLES
Storage boxes and book labels included
Mixed Scheme Boxes: Non-fiction
Sample pages taken from Chocolate From bean to bar Book Band level: Brown
Top up your non-fiction reading books with these prebuilt Non-Fiction Mixed Scheme Boxes. Featuring the best banded scheme reading books for pupils in Reception to Year 6, these books introduce nonfiction in an age-appropriate and attention-grabbing way. They feature bright photography and a variety of text types such as labels, captions, charts, maps, lists and more. They are supplied with handy colour-coded storage boxes, coloured book labels and are fitted with a free, easy-to-clean protective jacket
Mixed Scheme Non-Fiction: Blue M916400EP 15
Mixed Scheme Non-Fiction: Green M916500EP 15 £94.00
Mixed Scheme Non-Fiction: Dark Blue M942000EP 20 £167.91
Mixed Scheme Non-Fiction: Dark Red M942100EP 20 £170.41
Accelerated Reader™
For schools following the Accelerated Reader™ programme from Renaissance, you can update your school reading books quickly and easily with our new AR Mixed Scheme Boxes. We have cherry-picked a balanced mix of fiction and non-fiction titles at levels 0.2–3.9 from reading schemes such as Oxford Reading Tree All Stars, Collins Big Cat, Engage Literacy, Ransom Reading Stars and more. Each collection includes a handy storage box and stickers detailing the quiz number, book level, interest level and AR points. All books are covered in free, easy-to-clean protective jackets .
Storage boxes and book labels included
Library & Classroom Essentials
Books are such an important investment for schools; we understand that you need to protect them so they stand up to the trials of going from school to home and back again, lasting as long as possible. That’s why we supply all of our paperbacks carefully fitted with free protective jackets, saving you time and money. Our mixed scheme collections also include storage boxes and stickers to help you organise your new books in school. You can purchase packs of our colour-coded boxes for your scheme reading books below.
NEED COVERS FOR YOUR EXISTING BOOKS?
Plastic book jackets can be purchased in a range of sizes if you wish to protect existing stock. Please email our friendly team at info@pandorabooks.co.uk for more details.
For a bespoke quantity of single colour storage boxes please email us at info@pandorabooks.co.uk
Purple, Gold, White & Lime (3 of each)
Grey, Dark Blue & Dark Red (3 of each)
Little Wandle Boxes: Foundation to Phase 5 (1 of each)
Little Wandle Boxes: Foundation to Phase 5 (3 of each)
BOOK STICKERS
Each of our sticker sheets contains up to 64 stickers. Sheets are available in packs of 17 (1 sheet of each colour), 85 (5 sheets of each colour) and 170 (10 sheets of each colour).
AR Essentials
Our Accelerated Reader™ collections are supplied with stickers included but if you require stickers for your existing stock, please email info@pandorabooks.co.uk for instructions on how to order them. We offer spine stickers showing AR Book Level and interest level, and inside cover stickers detailing quiz number, book level, interest level and AR points.
Book Level: 3.5
Book Title: Ghost Tower Author: Gillian Cross Quiz No: 236251
What’s INSIDE
Accelerated Reader™ p29–33
Guided Reading p34–38
Book Bands p39–41
Jon Biddle Collections p42–43
EYFS p44–45
KS1 p46–57
Lower KS2 p58–68
Upper KS2 p69–81
Whole School p82
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Expertly Chosen Book Collections
Whatever your school’s needs, you can rely on Pandora’s collections to excite and support all your readers, with books aligned to their interests and ability. Our expert team reads every book to consider the quality of the writing, text level, reader engagement, age-appropriateness, genre, and how well the pack reflects our diverse society. We can help you easily build and update the perfect library for your class or school, full of books that children will love and that support their development as readers. New this term, four brand-new collections curated by English Lead and reading for pleasure advocate, Jon Biddle (p42 & 43). Also, Badger Learning’s Whole Class Guided Reading Range (p38) with new, enticing books along with trusted classics.
AR Graphic Novels
Easily source high-quality, age-appropriate graphic novels that pupils will love to read.
Jon Biddle Recommended Books
Teacher and reading for pleasure advocate, Jon Biddle has curated these brilliant packs for EYFS, KS1, LKS2 and UKS2.
Whole Class Guided Reading
Pages 42–43
Invigorate class reading with these enticing and vibrant books from leading authors supported by expertly written teaching resources.
Marcia BOOK COLLECTIONS MANAGER
ACCELERATED READER™ COLLECTIONS
AR Short Chapter Books
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The Quizzed in 2023 packs are the latest version of our collections that enable schools to easily update their AR range with the newest levelled books from Renaissance Learning which have proved incredibly popular with schools. The brand-new AR Graphic Novels and Keep Boys Reading packs are sure to be a hit with pupils and are ideal for encouraging reading for pleasure. Our hand-picked selections of the best books available are designed to meet different needs and interests and are compiled by experienced specialists. AR spine and inside stickers are included and all books are supplied with free protective jackets.
Fresh New AR Books
for Lower Years
Fresh New AR Books
for Middle Years
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AR Keep Boys Reading
AR Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
AR COLLECTIONS FOR YEARS 2—6
AR for Year 2
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AR for Year 3
Make sure that your AR books are just right for your pupils with these year group AR collections. Each collection has the perfect spread of AR levels, to meet the needs of a range of readers in each class, and every book has been hand-picked for readers in that year group. Whether you have just identified a need for more AR books for your Year 3 readers or want to ensure your AR bookshelves meet the needs of readers across your school, these collections give you exactly what you need and have AR stickers included. These comprise inside cover stickers detailing the book title, author, quiz number, book points and interest level and spine stickers showing the book level and interest level.
AR for Year 4
AR for Year 5
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AR for Year 6
AR COLLECTIONS FOR LOWER & MIDDLE YEARS
AR Non-Fiction for KS1 (Lower Years)
All reading programmes are only as good as the books you use to deliver them and the excitement of quizzes, points, and lovely graphs plotting each reader will soon flounder if your AR levelled books are too narrow, too few or too old. Ensuring that you have a substantial and varied selection of fabulous books across a wide range of AR levels will keep everyone excited and on track. Here we have non-fiction collections, a popular choice with many readers, and our substantial AR Library Packs which are made up of a selection of our best AR packs. As always, these AR collections are made by experienced specialists and come with AR stickers and free protective jackets.
AR Non-Fiction for KS2 (Middle Years)
AR LY Library Pack
AR MY Library Pack
AR Mega Library Pack
Badger Learning’s best-selling Enjoy Guided Reading KS1 resources are perfect for wider reading, exploring quality picture books and short reads. With helpful guidance on matching books to children’s ability, the teacher book provides easy-to-follow lesson plans and follow-up activities matched to the national curriculum objectives for Years 1 & 2.
Improve children’s fluency, clock up the ‘reading miles’ and aid comprehension with expert guidance using these fully planned lessons from Badger Learning’s Enjoy Guided Reading range. Children will love reading the time-honoured and contemporary stories from prominent and popular authors that have been especially selected for Years 2 & 3.
Badger Guided Reading: White & Lime Bands
61 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Badger Guided Reading: Year 3 Pack A
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Badger Guided Reading: Year 3 Pack B
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
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Badger Learning’s popular Enjoy Guided Reading range for Years 4 and 5 provides a selection of quality books that make for pleasurable and rewarding reading. Packs offer both contemporary and classic literature that introduce children to exquisite storytelling. All packs include a teacher book filled with lesson plans and follow up activities matched to the national curriculum objectives. SAVE 10%
Badger Guided Reading: Year 4 Pack A
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Badger Guided Reading: Year 4 Pack B
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Badger Guided Reading: Year 5 Pack A
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
10%
Save valuable time choosing high quality books and planning your guided reading sessions for Years 5 and 6. Badger Learning offers thoughtfully selected, age-appropriate, notable books accompanied by expertly written teacher books. These popular contemporary and classic stories encourage rich discussion, promote new ideas and unequivocally help children to get ‘reading miles’ under their belts.
Badger Guided Reading: Year 5 Pack B
37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Badger Guided Reading: Year 6 Pack A 37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher
Badger Guided Reading: Year 6 Pack B 37 BOOKS 6 of each pupil book 1 teacher book
Non-Fiction Book Bands
Non-Fiction Book Bands for Independent Reading: Turquoise–Lime
Non-Fiction Book Bands for Independent Reading: Brown–Grey
These popular banded collections comprise high-quality educational nonfiction texts and are ideal for introducing children to a wide range of non-fiction and developing their non-fiction reading skills as they progress.
Each book collection is carefully levelled and provides a variety of appealing subjects to help you to match children’s reading interests and ability to high quality texts. Pair these collections with our fiction book band collections for an exciting and supportive library that really helps children to build up their reading miles.
Non-Fiction Book Bands for Independent Reading: Dark Blue–Dark Red
MULTI-BUY: TURQUOISE TO DARK RED NON-FICTION BOOK BANDS
Containing: Turquoise, Purple, Gold, White, Lime, Brown, Grey, Dark Blue, Dark Red
“These collections have been put together to help support a classroom Reading for Pleasure culture and celebrate the amazing children we work with. They all include fiction, non-fiction, poetry and picture books. There is also a selection of graphic novels for the KS1 and KS2 packs, as they have exploded in popularity over the past few years. I have used my knowledge of what is popular at my school and beyond, based on feedback from pupils, staff and my own experiences as a teacher. I hope your pupils enjoy exploring these books as much as mine have!”
Jon Biddle is the English Lead at Moorlands Primary Academy in Norfolk. Over the past several years he has been working alongside colleagues to put Reading for Pleasure at the heart of their school improvement, creating a culture that supports children to discover and grow their identities as readers. This work has led to significant improvements in outcomes for children. He shares his ideas for building reading cultures and book recommendations with school staff through regular education press articles, the popular Facebook group, Reading for Pleasure in Schools , and runs RfP CPD training.
Best New Picture Books for EYFS & Reception
Refresh your classroom’s picture book shelves with books ideal for promoting reading for pleasure in the classroom and for sharing at home. This carefully selected mix of traditional and contemporary high-quality titles, featuring a variety of language patterns and writing styles, has satisfying narratives and a wide range of engaging illustrations. There is plenty here to enjoy again and again.
Diversity in Picture Books for EYFS & Reception
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Best New Picture Books for Year 1
This captivating collection of high-quality picture books offers children in Year 1 absorbing artwork, rhyming texts, emotional engagement, strong narratives, familiar experiences and memorable words and phrases.
Best New Picture Books for Year 2
This engaging collection features a cast of brilliant characters, superb illustrations, diverse writing styles and a range of interesting narratives to capture the attention of children in Year 2 and to enjoy re-reading with the whole class.
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Diversity & Inclusion in Picture Books
for KS1
Books offer children a chance to see different perspectives, to validate their own lived experiences and to embrace the similarities and differences of the lives of others. This broad collection of appealing picture books explores many aspects of diversity and inclusion and includes the work of a variety of diverse authors and illustrators.
Explore Other Countries Through Picture Books
Explore the world and see it through the eyes of others with this glorious collection of picture books to give children a window into the sights, sounds, homes, families, traditions, and lives of children on other continents.
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with a Twist
Best NEW Picture Book Library Pack
These 50 stunning books have been hand-picked from across our picture book collections to offer you an effortless way to top up your library with a carefully balanced variety of the top new titles. These are our current favourite picture books and they are emotionally engaging, funny, and delightful to our ears and eyes! They stand out from the crowd and are all here for you in one handy collection.
Moving on from Decodable Books in Year 2
Help children to take those first steps beyond phonics and to explore non-decodable vocabulary and the natural language patterns of rich storytelling with these supportive reading books. These levelled texts are perfectly pitched to provide progression for readers who are moving on from phonics.
Longer Reads for Year 2
Stretch, extend, and challenge your Year 2 confident readers with this superb collection of books chosen specifically to support the progression of these readers. You can choose whether, or not, to apply the free banded stickers provided and, if so, how prominent you would like them to be.
With themes and features often popular with boys, this motivating collection of Turquoise to Lime reading books appeals to many children, including those who need help to engage with reading.
Confident Reads for Year 2
Stretch, extend and challenge your Year 2 confident readers with this superb collection of White to Brown books chosen specifically to support the progression of these readers.
Super Confident Reads for Year 2
Stretch your able, and very able, Year 2 readers with this varied collection of short chapter books to significantly broaden, deepen, and extend their reading and to support their developing comprehension and fluency.
Best New Short Chapter Books for Transition
Looking for a fresh injection of short chapter books to support readers transitioning from KS1 to KS2? Then look no further than this selection of the best, recently published, short chapter reads at the perfect text levels to support transition. Sourced from a variety of publishers, this collection has been designed to broaden, deepen, and extend children’s reading.
Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in year 2
Reading non-fiction is not only a brilliant way to extend your vocabulary and an essential life-skill, it is also the first choice of many young readers who will love this enticing selection at the perfect range of text levels for Year 2 readers.
Best New Non-Fiction KS1 Library Pack
This brilliant round up of brand-new paperback non-fiction for key stage 1 is a fabulous way to freshen up your infant non-fiction library collections. Read about a wealth of subjects across the KS1 curriculum, from minibeasts to the Arctic and water to Hannukah, with these beautiful and varied books to help children to develop non-fiction reading skills and discover the joy of independent learning through reading.
Best New Books for Year 3
Dare to go into the woods, boldly be yourself, uncover mysteries, perform magic, and much more in these books selected for Year 3. Entertain and enthuse readers with outstanding authors, like Joseph Coelho and Atinuke, and brilliant crowd-pleasers, like Holly Webb and Emma Chichester-Clarke. It is difficult to source books that provide continuity and progression for that tricky transition into KS2, but here we have the perfect new titles for the task.
Best New Books for Year 3 PACK A
Best New Books for Year 3 PACK B
NEW BOOKS FOR YEAR 4
Transport readers to distant places, magical lands, outer space and into history; or bring the adventure to them with humorous, heartfelt, fantasy and mystery stories set in the UK. The authors range from giants of children’s literature, David Almond and Michael Morpurgo, to popular newcomers, like Zanib Mian and Serena Patel, and the books selected offer the widest possible choices for Year 4 readers. Matching books to the interests and reading ability of each pupil has never been easier.
New Books for Year 4 PACK A
New Books for Year 4 PACK B
KEEP BOYS READING IN LKS2
There are patterns in reading progression that we all recognise, and one distinct habit is for many, though not all, boys to seek out repetition in reading. This may mean reading 42 Beast Quests in a row, or the same book over again. There can be benefits of this repetition but gently drawing them away from the familiar can promote progression and broaden their reading. These collections have been designed to be deliciously tempting and provide reading progression in each year group.
Keep Boys Reading in Year 3
Keep Boys Reading in Year 4
Boost Reading with Short Reads in Year 3
Short reads at just the right text level, appealing to a wide range of interests, are critical for supporting pupils who need more practice or who don’t choose to read. They are also ideal for encouraging pupils who do not usually choose to read in their own time. This collection will help you give each child the right book for them and get them racing through the reading miles.
Boost Reading with Short Reads in Year 4
Help all your pupils in Year 4 to see themselves as readers with this exciting collection for readers who need more practice or don’t choose to read. The books have been carefully selected to offer the perfect spread of text levels and an enticing variety of books to make those reading miles fly by and help you to find the right books for each pupil.
Longer Confident Reads for Year 3
Tempt readers to take the next step and become avid readers with these brilliant longer confident reads recommended for Year 3. Designed to build reading stamina, keep confident readers progressing, broaden children’s reading, and get them buzzing about books, this collection will keep them coming back for more.
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Longer Confident Reads for Year 4
Prepare pupils for the reading stamina they will need in upper key stage 2 with this exciting and entertaining selection of longer confident reads recommended for Year 4. This varied collection gives you a range of text levels to keep readers progressing and a variety of genres, themes, and styles to help you find the right book for each pupil and to help them develop as a reader.
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Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in LKS2
Experience of reading non-fiction is a key indicator of future academic success, builds a useful bank of vocabulary and confidence with reading for information; it can also be enormous fun, very rewarding and a favourite for many readers. These collections ensure that you have an enticing selection at a range of appropriate text levels for readers aged 7–9.
Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in Year 3
Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in Year 4
Best New Fiction for LKS2 Library Pack
Get your library going with these books, all selected from our best new lower key stage 2 collections. They are not just our favourites; we also wanted to give you the perfect spread of text levels and interest ages for Years 3 & 4 and a broad range of themes, characters, authors and writing styles to engage them. There were some difficult choices to make but the result is a broad, balanced and widely appealing collection of new books to freshen your library shelves.
Best New Non-Fiction for LKS2 Library Pack
This treasure trove of varied and fresh non-fiction has been selected to appeal to readers in lower key stage 2 and is sure to be very popular in classroom and school libraries. Help pupils to race through the reading miles, expand their knowledge and vocabulary, and develop confidence in reading non-fiction texts, while promoting reading for pleasure with this fabulous collection.
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Best Picture books for LKS2
Regular access to picture books supports comprehension skills in key stage 2 and here we have a wonderful selection with challenging text levels, narratives and ideas — perfect for readers in Years 3 & 4.
Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion in LKS2
This exciting and varied collection reflects ethnic diversity in society and includes titles featuring characters with a disability. These books are our top recommendations of books featuring diverse leading characters for lower key stage 2.
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Here are all the new books that you need to bring your Year 5 classroom library up to date with a flourish and a bang. Ta Da! A brilliant range of genres, an appealing mix of short and longer reads, the perfect mix of text levels, diverse characters, emotionally engaging texts, literary and popular fiction, and a wide range of interests. We have it all covered and can personally guarantee that these collections promote reading for pleasure.
Best New Books for Year 6
Reading can be entertaining and fun, gripping and thrilling, engaging and rewarding, and powerful and provocative. It can transport and open minds, expand imaginations, unlock ideas, enable pupils, and promote wellbeing. Want it to be, and do, all of these things for your Year 6 pupils? No single book can do all this for all readers, but we have been reading all year to find just the right mix of books for the whole class.
Best New Books for Year 6 Pack A
Best New Books for Year 6 Pack B
BOYS READING IN UKS2
Inject enthusiasm into boys’ reading, rev up their reading for pleasure, keep them progressing and help them to step out of the comfort zone of books such as The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Not all, but many boys need help to make reading remain fun and relevant to them as they get older. These collections with fabulous boy protagonists will provide that help without doubt.
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Boost Reading with Short Reads FOR Year 5
Help your Year 5 readers who need more practice, and those who do not choose to read in their own time, to race through the reading miles with these appealing short reads. With plenty of choices in subjects and a range of appropriate text levels, it is easy to match pupils to books and get them reading for pleasure, building momentum and thinking of themselves as readers.
Boost Reading with Short Reads for Year 6
The trend in children’s publishing is towards longer and longer books, making it even more difficult for children who face challenges with their reading to become avid readers. The answer is a wide range of appealing and carefully selected short reads. Different volumes of illustration, text levels, line spacing and font size make the number of pages an unreliable guide, but we have put in our own reading miles to find you just the right books for Year 6 classrooms.
Longer Confident Reads for Year 5
We have got your Year 5 confident readers covered with this exciting collection of varied books. Each title has been carefully levelled to help you place the right books in their hands, but you have the choice of whether to display this on the books. This collection has been designed to keep these readers progressing and enjoying their reading so that they are in the best possible position going into Year 6.
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Longer Confident Reads for Year 6
Set your pupils up for life by cementing that crucial reading for pleasure habit as they move through their last year in primary school. This collection gives your Year 6 readers a wealth of classic and contemporary literature to choose from at confident and superconfident text levels. It lays the groundwork for high school English and reading and provides a rich variety of rewarding books for your pupils to lose themselves in.
Challenging Reads for Very able Readers in UKS2
Here we have something really special to support and stimulate the potential of your most able readers. These books not only have a very challenging Black and Black+ text level but are also examples of extraordinary writing and standout stories that live long in the memory of the reader. Definitely something special.
FUN FOR FANS OF NON-FICTION IN UKS2
Confidence with reading and retrieving information from non-fiction texts is an essential life-skill and keeping children in upper key stage 2 interested in this will reap rewards as they move through Years 5 & 6 and onto secondary school. These exciting and enticing collections are banded to ensure the appropriate range of text levels to encourage and support readers as they progress.
Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in Year 5
Fun for Fans of Non-Fiction in Year 6
Best New Fiction for UKS2 Library Pack
Create a buzz around your bookshelves with this exciting collection. We have cherry-picked books from each interest age and text level in our best new year group collections to offer a broad upper key stage 2 collection ideal for updating your library with fresh new books. Careful selections were made to ensure that there is something new and exciting for all your readers in Years 5 & 6 to enjoy.
Best New Non-Fiction for UKS2 Library Pack
Power up reading, ignite enthusiasm, expand knowledge and race through the reading miles with this superb collection of the best fresh non-fiction for upper key stage 2. With a brilliant variety of subjects and styles of presentation this collection this collection will help you to match books with the interests, preferences, and reading abilities of different pupils and prove very popular in classroom and school libraries.
Best New Irresistible Reads for UKS2
Make your year 5 and 6 classes fall in love with the library with these brand-new and totally irresistible page-turners. Guided by the DfE’s Revised Reading Framework we have included plenty of brand-new graphic novels, hilarious irreverent reads, joke books and high-interest non-fiction. With these ingredients, we have cooked up the perfect recipe for reading for pleasure.
Poetry for UKS2
Navigate and enjoy a wide range of poems, verse, lyrical tales, riddles and rhymes in this diverse collection of poetry books. A literary rollercoaster from the thought-provoking, poignant poems aimed to encourage the development of empathy and mindfulness, to the escapism and outright hilarity of rollicking, ridiculous rhymes to get you laughing.
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Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion in UKS2
Update your library with a wonderful choice of books featuring heroic characters from different ethnic backgrounds, diverse families and people living with disability. The collection largely features children living in the UK today and includes adventures, beautiful stories of hope, funny books, mysteries and fairy tales to enjoy.
Best Picture Books for UKS2
Picture books continue to be a useful resource to extend visual literacy and enhance comprehension in Years 5 & 6 and this sophisticated collection offers plenty to explore. There are curious, powerful and thought-provoking stories and inspiring and intriguing non-fiction picture books to enjoy in this striking and memorable collection.
WHOLE SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Here we have our whole school humdinger highlights, the top new books that we recommended for schools last year. Each one is an outstanding example of its genre and text type and together they help you to select brilliant class texts and to build high-quality school and classroom libraries. Keep your eyes peeled for our 2024 recommendations each term.
Reading Across the Curriculum
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“Reading across the curriculum supports the knowledge and vocabulary to be learnt in each subject…Carefully selecting texts for each year group is therefore important to support curriculum planning. Without such texts, pupils must rely on remembering what the teacher has said. When pupils read, they can control the pace at which they learn.” The Reading Framework (DfE July 2023). We offer collections of the best children’s books available to support curriculum-based learning in KS1 and KS2. These collections have been designed by a team with extensive knowledge of the primary school curriculum, a passion for non-fiction and the full range of subject areas. We offer larger collections that will invigorate your library for a whole key stage and smaller, targeted collections that are ideal for focused study on a topic or for selecting the best children’s books for non-fiction reading. We can help you provide a library where children extend and reinforce their topic knowledge; where teachers find great books for their current topic; and classes choose from a variety of text styles, explore a topic independently, and then come together to share what they have discovered.
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Best History Books for KS1
Inspire historical enquiry in your pupils with these curriculum-linked books hand-picked by experts.
Best New Geography Books for KS2
Keep your non-fiction library up-to-date and make sure you have KS2 Geography covered with these recently published books to explore and enjoy. Page 91
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Our fabulous 5 books on... packs are perfect for projects, lovely for libraries and an economical way to top up your topic books. We have selected our favourite books from our superb science curriculum collections to supercharge learning. These books give pupils a chance to revisit, reinforce and deepen knowledge introduced in the classroom.
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PrizeWinning & Notable Non-Fiction
Excite and captivate readers, fuel children’s curiosity and promote reading for pleasure with the very best non-fiction books. Our stunning collection features award-winning, highly prized and favourite titles to bring your library to life and shine a light on non-fiction reading.
Everyday Materials for KS1
Children love poring over really good non-fiction books, regaling each other with newfound facts, and these books will really get them excited about your science topics. Our non-fiction team read every book to ensure only the best curriculumlinked texts make it into our packs and that every book earns its place in your library. See pandorabooks.co.uk for even more collections.
Growing Plants for KS1
Seasonal Changes for KS1
Minibeasts for KS1
British Wildlife for KS1
Habitats for KS1
The Scientific Study of Animals for KS1
Bodies for
Pets & Animal Care for KS1
Healthy for KS1
The Earth & Space for KS2
Our KS2 topic book collections for science reflect the continued emphasis on observing changes, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying, carrying out fair tests and using secondary sources to broaden and deepen children’s scientific understanding of the world. See our website for even more collections.
Habitats for KS2
Human Biology for KS2
Inheritance, Evolution & Adaptation for KS2
Dinosaurs for KS2
Rocks & Fossils for KS2
Electricity & Magnetism for
Forces for KS2
Light & Sound for KS2
Best New Geography Books for KS1
Contrasting Countries & Cultures for KS1
These curriculum-linked geography collections cover a topic area with a range of books that have been selected to expose children to the most up-to-date texts on each subject. We build collections that offer different text types, beautiful photography and illustrations and well-structured, clear explanations that will engage children. See pandorabooks.co.uk for even more collections. 20
Geographical Features for KS1
Transport & Travel for KS1
Weather Around the World for KS1
Our KS2 geography book collections focus on The UK, Europe, North America, South America and physical and human geography. Our curriculum-linked book packs for KS2 are handpicked by our non-fiction specialist who looks for up-to-date books to develop children’s knowledge and practical geography skills.
The United Kingdom for KS2
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Climate Change for KS2
Living Together: Population, Migration & Settlement for KS2
Water for KS2
We have updated all our PSHE collections in line with current guidance and as we read every book and consider its place carefully, we know that these collections are ideal for use in lessons, circle time and in assemblies. They all cover important subjects sensitively and appropriately for the children in your care.
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Lovely Language for KS1 Classrooms
Longer Reads for Year 2
Moving on from Decodable Books in Year 2
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Boost Reading with Short Reads for Year 3
Boost Reading with Short Reads for Year 4
Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion in LKS2
Longer Confident Reads for Year 3
Longer Confident Reads for Year 4
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