Recommended reads for November
5+ readers
The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket
The Stone Bird by Jenny McCartney
Create Your Own Christmas by Isabel Thomas
Children's Dinosaur Atlas by John Malam
Mint Choc Chip at the Market Cafe by Jonathan Meres
The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy
Snowboy and the Last Tree Standing by Hiawyn Oram
On the Night of the Shooting Star by Amy Hest
Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht
Greatest Magical Stories, chosen by Michael Morpurgo by Michael Morpurgo
Father Christmas Heard a Parp by Olaf Falafel
We Travel So Far by Laura Knowles
Christmas with Princess Mirror-Belle by Julia Donaldson
One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell
ABC Pop-Up by Courtney Watson McCarthy
Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape by Dermot O'Leary
All the Year Round by John Yeoman
Little Hazelnut by Anne-Florence Lemasson
Socks for Mr Wolf by Tatyana Feeney
7+ readers
I'm Just No Good At Rhyming And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
The Lion and the Unicorn and Other Hairy Tales by Jane Ray
Three Cheers for Women! by Marcia Williams
I Killed Father Christmas by Anthony McGowan
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig
The Happy Christmas by Jenny Colgan
Optical Illusions by Gianni Sarcone, Marie-Jo Waeber
9+ readers
The Snow Sister by Emma Carroll
A World of Cities by Lily Murray
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Illustrated Edition by J. K. Rowling
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
The Song from Somewhere Else by A. F. Harrold
Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr, Katie Harnett
Magnificent Birds by Narisa Togo
Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas? By Jo Nesbo
Who's a Big Bully Then? By Michael Morpurgo
Secret of the Stones by Tony Bradman
The White Fox by Jackie Morris
The Polar Bear Explorers' Club by Alex Bell
The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Lucky Button by Michael Morpurgo
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
The Jewelled Jaguar by Sharon Tregenza
Football School Season 2: Where Football Explains the World by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton