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Books beginning with: F

• F2: Galaxy of Football - Attack of the Football Cyborgs

  Author: Dan Watters and Alex Paknadel Illustrator: Amrit Birdi & Co
  Publisher: Blink Publishing
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 10+

  F2Freestylers Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch present a fantastical graphic novel that will enthral young readers with its tale of a race through time to save the beautiful game.

• Fabio the World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective: The Case of the Missing Hippo

  Author: Laura James Illustrator: Emily Fox
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 7-9
  Reading age: 7+

  Fabio is the world’s greatest flamingo detective, and the new head judge of the local talent show. But then Julia – a fabulous singing hippo – disappears from the stage right in the middle of her audition. A bright and jazzy young reader’s chapter book. 

• Fablehouse

  Author: EL Norry
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  This is a wonderful book, full of hope and magic. Heather and her friends don’t feel special, they don’t feel like the ‘chosen ones’. But through the magic of friendship they grow strong – discovering maybe being chosen isn’t something you are but something you become. So this is a book about making your own destiny, being the architect of your own life and …

• Face Painting

  Author: Monica Hughes
  Publisher: Pearson Education
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 4+

  'I am a clown, I am a pirate', there’s a face painting design every child will enjoy in this fun non-fiction book, from a beautiful butterfly to a fearsome pirate and a scary monster.
  
  Full of colourful photos of children with their faces painted, your child will enjoy engaging with this book by describing what they see and reading the words they know.

• Faces

  Author: Jan Pieńkowski; lettering by Caroline Austin
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 2-3
  Reading age: N/A

  Happy, sad, angry, shy: Jan Pieńkowski explores all manner of facial expressions and emotions in this bright and original book for toddlers, full of his trademark bright, thick-outlined illustration.

• FactFeed: The Ultimate Book of Randomly Awesome Trivia

  Author: Penelope Arlon
  Publisher: Scholastic Children’s Books
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  This bright and highly illustrated large format paperback is chock full of facts about everything - from computer viruses to weather, weird foods to gross jobs. Its interactive quizzes should ensure it is picked up, read and enjoyed many times.

• Factopia

  Author: Kate Hale Illustrator: Andy Smith
  Publisher: Britannica Books
  Interest age: 10-14
  Reading age: 10+

  The perfect book for any fact-lover, Factopia contains 400 different facts to discover and be wowed by, covering almost anything from nature to robots to the human body to space. Did you know that around 12% of people dream in black and white? That the Earth hums? That there is a hotel in America shaped like a potato?

  Each fact is presented as a snippet on t…

• Fangirl

  Author: Rainbow Rowell
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 13+

  Wren is excited about starting a new life at college, but twin sister Cath is much more comfortable in the world of the fan fiction she writes, preferring to write about romance than to experience it for herself.

• Failosophy: a handbook for when things go wrong

  Author: Elizabeth Day
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 12-14
  Reading age: 10+

  Written by the award-winning author and podcaster Elizabeth Day, this is a sensible, kind and practical tool for all teenagers (and adults!) showing how to re-frame supposed failures into essential parts of life that we can learn from.

• Fairy Magic

  Author: Cerrie Burnell Illustrator: Laura Ellen Anderson
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 6+

  Isabelle has discovered a fairy called Summer-Blue in a hidden magical world at the bottom of her garden... But will she be able to convince her brothers and sisters? A charming story about fairies, the changing seasons and a little girl who is deaf.

• Fairytale Ninjas: the Glass Slipper Academy

  Author: Paula Harrison Illustrator: Mónica de Rivas
  Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  Interest age: 6-8
  Reading age: 5+

  A charming story that puts fairytale girls at the heart of the action. Readers will love the cute wolf pup, talking frog and contrary flying carpet. The illustrations – and map – are delightful too. 

• Fallen

  Author: Lauren Kate
  Publisher: Corgi Children's
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  Luce has been falsely implicated in the mysterious death of a school friend, and much to her despair, has been sent to reform school. But one student, Daniel, seems curiously familiar.

• Fallen Grace

  Author: Mary Hooper
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12+

  Grace is desperately poor, struggling to evade the workhouse – she has also had an illegitimate child. And the sinister Unwin family are scheming to blight her life again...

• Falling to Ash

  Author: Karen Mahoney
  Publisher: Corgi
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  Moth, a newly-made Vampire, used to be a normal teenage girl called Marie. Now, she is trying to juggle the demands of her living family with her new, secret, night life, knowing that soon she will have to forgo daylight and her true family forever.

• Fame Thing

  Author: Jonathan Meres Illustrator: Jake McDonald
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 10-14
  Reading age: 8+

  The 'bad boy' reputation of teen footballing sensation Dean Johnson is already known when he moves into a huge house in a quiet village. But should you really believe everything you read in the papers? Funny, intelligent and revealing.

• Families, Families, Families!

  Author: Suzanne and Max Lang
  Publisher: Corgi
  Interest age: 3-6
  Reading age: 5+

  Sheep, pigs, koalas, pandas, chickens, walruses all feature in this hilarious photo album of different family shapes and sizes.

• Fanatical About Frogs

  Author: Owen Davey
  Publisher: Flying Eye
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  The fifth in Owen Davey’s wonderful non-fiction series about animals adds frogs to the ranks of clear, fascinating reads, accompanied by truly amazing graphic illustration and just the right level of information to inspire all primary school kids. 

• Fancy Dress Christmas

  Author: Nick Sharratt
  Publisher: Alison Green Books
  Interest age: 1+
  Reading age: 5+

  Today is the Christmas Party, and all the animals have come in fancy dress!

• Fancy Dress Farmyard

  Author: Nick Sharratt
  Publisher: Alison Green Books
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 6+

  This simple, engaging story is told in just four lines of rhyme on each page

• Fantastic Football Poems

  Author: John Foster and Korky Paul
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Interest age: 6-10
  Reading age: 6+

  Famous children's poems and lesser-known gems are featured in this imaginative, funny and engaging collection of poems for footie fans.

• Fantastic Footballers

  Author: Jean-Michele Billioud Illustrator: Almasty
  Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This Madam Tussauds of the footballing world showcases 40 legends from the beautiful game. Ideal for fact-hungry football fans but also stylishly designed to create the perfect coffee table book. A great book to read together as a family.

• Fantastic Mr Dahl

  Author: Michael Rosen Illustrator: Quentin Blake
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 6+
  Reading age: 8+

  This new biography of Roald Dahl, written especially for children by former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen, has been much anticipated - it's been ten years in the making!

• Fantastic People who Dared to Fail!

  Author: Luke Reynolds Illustrator: M S Corley
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This book's premise is that failure is a necessary part of success as it builds resilience, determination and perseverance. It explores the setbacks that inspiring people have overcome to achieve their goals and tries to motivate children to have more self-belief. 

• Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

  Author: Kate Pankhurst
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 6-9
  Reading age: 7+

  Written and illustrated by a direct descendant of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, this colourful picture book is full of facts about 13 inspirational women from history, showcasing their achievements in a fun and accessible way.

• Fantasy Sports

  Author: Sam Bosma
  Publisher: Nobrow
  Interest age: 7-12
  Reading age: 7-9

  Magic and sport are rarely combined in stories for children, especially with a girl protagonist you can root for from the first page – and all this presented in a bright, stylish, engaging graphic novel format make Fantasy Sports a winner.

• Fantasy Sports 3: The Green King

  Author: Sam Bosma
  Publisher: Nobrow
  Interest age: 6-8
  Reading age: 7-8

  The third in the Fantasy Sports graphic novel series, following the adventures of Mug and Wiz through sports-based challenges. This one focuses on golf and has a great sense of humour, reminiscent of Indiana Jones and TV cartoons.

• Far From Home

  Author: Na'ima B Robert
  Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 11+

  This moving tale describes the violent history of Zimbabwe as seen through the eyes of two very different young girls.

• Far From Home

  Author: Berlie Doherty
  Publisher: HarperCollins
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  A parallel volume to Doherty’s powerful 2009 story set in the 1860s around Jim Jarvis, Dr Barnado’s inspiration for the orphanages he set up.

• Far Rockaway

  Author: Charlie Fletcher
  Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 10+

  A clever and unusual observation of love, life and death explored through fantastic and dangerous adventures with larger than life characters

• Farewell Floppy

  Author: Benjamin Chaud
  Publisher: Chronicle Books
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 6+

  This funny and bittersweet story about growing up and friendship is a thoughtful and mature read for any child that loves animals - reassuring us all that we don't have to be too grown-up too soon.

• Farm Boy

  Author: Michael Morpurgo Illustrator: Michael Foreman
  Publisher: Harper Collins
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 8+

  Rich with historical detail and beautifully illustrated, this is a touching and inspirational portrayal of farming life and familial ties.

• Farmer Duck

  Author: Martin Waddell Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 6+

  There once was a lazy farmer who spent his days in bed eating chocolate while his duck did all the hard work around the farm.

• Farmyard Friends: Portly Pig

  Author: Axel Scheffler
  Publisher: Nosy Crow
  Interest age: 1-3
  

  Portly Pig is worried about being too clean. The grass is too pristine and the flowers and trees are too neat, so he goes to find somewhere muckier. Yet when Portly finds a nice muddy puddle to roll in, grey clouds appear and Portly gets washed clean again. What’s a pig to do?

• FArTHER

  Author: Grahame Baker-Smith
  Publisher: Templar Publishing
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  Words and pictures combine beautifully to tell a moving story about fathers and sons

• Fashion Conscious: Change the World With a Change of Clothes

  Author: Sarah Klymkiw and Kim Hankinson
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 12-14
  Reading age: 12+

  This stylish and practical guide to ethical fashion offers tips on mending and recycling clothing, facts about the environmental impact of fast fashion, and empowering ways to become an eco-fashionista.

• Fast Forward: The World's Most Famous Race Tracks and Race Cars

  Author: Adam Skinner Illustrator: James Gilleard
  Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This remarkable, colourful guide to car racing will thrill little petrolheads: expect technical details, history, and fascinating personal interest stories.

• Faster, Faster! Nice and Slow!

  Author: Sue Heap Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
  Publisher: Penguin
  

  • This book is an introduction to simple opposites.

  • Friendship is a central theme.

  • The story's full of Nick Sharratt's funny and bright illustrations.

• Fat Boy Swim

  Author: Catherine Forde
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  This is a wonderful story, brilliantly told in the Glaswegian dialect, and despite containing distressing accounts of bullying, it also reveals the complexities of human nature

• Father Christmas

  Author: Raymond Briggs
  Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 5+

  For poor Father Christmas, December 24th is the hardest night of work in the year. Raymond Briggs follows him on his wonderfully grumpy and funny journey, revealing some beautifully illustrated moments of joy.

• Father Christmas Goes on Holiday

  Author: Raymond Briggs
  Publisher: Puffin Books
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 5+

  Raymond Briggs' classic comic book has all of his trademark humour and an endearingly grumpy Father Christmas

• Father Christmas Heard A Parp

  Author: Olaf Falafel
  Publisher: HarperCollins
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 5+

  Silly holiday fun as Father Christmas hears a parp... but who is responsible? A toy? An elf? Or someone who has had a few too many sprouts?

• Father Christmas Needs A Wee

  Author: Nicholas Allan
  Publisher: Red Fox Picture Books
  Interest age: 2-6
  Reading age: 4+

  At each different house that he visits Father Christmas drinks and eats all the goodies left out for him. Before long he really, really, really needs a wee. So much so that he even forgets to leave the presents behind. But he dashes back, delivers all the pressies and flies home at high speed to avoid an embarassing accident . . . there's just one tiny probl…

• Fear

  Author: Michael Grant
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  The penultimate book in Michael Grant's hard-hitting FAYZ series ratchets up the action as this gripping dystopian series sweeps towards an exciting conclusion.

• Fearless Fairy Tales

  Author: Konnie Huq and James Kay Illustrator: Rikin Parekh
  Publisher: Piccadilly
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  A hilarious, subversive collection of thoroughly modern fairy tales reflecting a new morality inspired by 21st century issues.

• Fearless! How to be your true, confident self

  Author: Liam Hackett Illustrator: Mike Perry
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-13
  Reading age: 10+

  A self-help guide for youngsters struggling with self-esteem, peer pressure or ‘fitting in’.

• Fearsome Dreamer

  Author: Laure Eve
  Publisher: Hot Key Books
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  Apprentice hedgewitch Rue is bored of her sheltered country life, so she is thrilled to be whisked away to the city to make use of her special talent.

• Feather Boy

  Author: Nicky Singer
  Publisher: HarperCollins
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 11+

  Robert is having a tough time at school, being bullied by Nicker; he's also trying to deal with the break-up of his parents' marriage.

• Feathers in the Wind

  Author: Sally Grindley
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 8+

  Joe and Aesha travel to India with their father, a wildlife photographer, and their mother Binti, a vet who wants to help protect vultures who are often injured in the annual kite festival.

• Feel Better, Daddy

  Author: Nancy Loewen and Hazel Quintanilla
  Publisher: Words and Pictures
  Interest age: 1-3
  

  This adorable story about a little girl taking care of her unwell father is one that encourages empathy in little ones. It's a lovely little story with appealing red, black-and-white illustrations in a ten-page board book.

• Feeling Great

  Author: Ailie Busby
  Publisher: Child’s Play
  Interest age: 1-2
  

  One of the Just Like Me series, this colourful board book with flaps to lift encourages very young children to find out all about themselves and includes an inclusive cast. 

• Felt Fun Beep! Beep!

  Author: Illustrator: Jonathan Lambert
  Publisher: Templar
  

  • From rockets and yachts to planes and cars, there are lots of different vehicles in this book.

  • Children will have great fun as they match each of the brightly coloured felt pieces to the correct scene.

  • A great rhyming text and lots of sound-words to read aloud together.

• Femi and the Mindfulness Machine

  Author: Flo Fielding Illustrator: Sawyer Cloud
  Publisher: Doring Kindersley in association with Woke Babies
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Femi’s wind machine for Science Day doesn’t always work. Gran has some useful advice – but what will happen at school when it matters? With techniques to calm anxiety, and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book will stimulate conversations about feelings. 

• Fergal in a Fix!

  Author: Robert Starling
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 4-8
  Reading age: 5+

  A brilliant follow-up from Fergal is Fuming, the fiery yet well-meaning dragon is back to learn that perhaps trying to win and impress everyone isn’t the best way to help make friends in new situations. A humorous story with charmingly simple illustrations.

• Fergal Meets Fern

  Author: Robert Starling
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Fergal is perfectly happy with his Mum and Dad - but then Baby Fern turns up. This heart-warming tale explores feelings of anger, jealousy and love and will strike a chord with any child who is adjusting to the arrival of a new sibling.

• Fergus Crane

  Author: Chris Riddell
  Publisher: Random House
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  Fergus Crane is the story of a young boy whose daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of tiny winged boxes carrying mysterious messages from a long-lost uncle.

• Fever

  Author: Dee Shulman
  Publisher: Puffin Books
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 13+

  Seth and Eva couldn't be more different - he is an elite Roman gladiator in  AD 152, she's an awkward modern teenager. Nevertheless they share a mysterious illness - and an intense romantic attraction.

• Fever Crumb

  Author: Philip Reeve
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  In a teasingly recognisable London threatened by northern invaders, orphan Engineer, Fever Crumb, is assigned to help renegade archaeologist Kit Solent.

• Field Trip to the Moon

  Author: Jeanne Willis Illustrator: John Hare
  Publisher: Macmillan
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 6+

  This original take on the idea of a moon landing plays with the idea that the moon might need a bit of brightening up – and that aliens might be more caring than we expect. Fans of Jeanne Willis’ Dr Xargle picture book and new fans alike will adore it.

• Fiendish

  Author: Brenna Yovanoff
  Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 11+

  This is an exceptionally well-paced thriller, packed with fantastic characters and an explosive climax. Highly recommended.

• Fig Swims the World

  Author: Lou Abercrombie
  Publisher: Little Tiger
  Interest age: 12-14
  Reading age: 12+

  Fig is tired of her mother making New Year's resolutions for her, so this year she's come up with her own - to swim around the world (she just has to learn how to swim first). A wonderful coming-of-age adventure that will leave young people feeling inspired.

• Fight Back

  Author: A.M. Dassu
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 10-14
  Reading age: 10+

  When a terrorist attack happens at a local concert, Muslim schoolgirl Aaliyah finds herself and her family the target of racist bullying and abuse. Can she fight back against the tide of hatred?

• Fightback

  Author: Steve Voake
  Publisher: Faber
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 9+

  Kier has seen his father murdered, the police want to arrest him and the bad guys are after him. Voake provides fast and exciting action but always underpinned by a thoughtful, ethical subtext.

• Finger Wiggle Book: Look at Me

  Author: Sally Symes illustrations by Nick Sharratt
  Publisher: Walker Books
  

  This special edition for BookTrust includes Nick Sharratt’s brilliant, bright, accessible and diverse illustrations and a rhyming text from Sally Symes. This is a joyful book to share with little ones, and lots of fun can be had with the ‘finger wiggle’ element. 

• Filippo, Me and the Cherry Tree

  Author: Paola Peretti Translator: Denise Muir
  Publisher: Hot Key Books
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9-11

  A sequel to Peretti’s first story about Mafalda, this is also an effective stand-alone read. Unusual, quirky and touching, it’s a book that remains with you after the last page.

• Finally Seen

  Author: Kelly Yang
  Publisher: Knights Of
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  After five years of living with her grandma in Beijing, Lina is finally getting to join her Mum, Dad and little sister in the US but, after dreaming about it for so long, the reality isn’t at all what she expected.

• Find Peace in a Poem: Poetry About Mindfulness

  Author: Various authors Illustrator: Annalise Barber Mariana Roldán Masha Manapov and Nabila Adani
  Publisher: Little Tiger
  Interest age: 6-8
  Reading age: 9-11

  Poetry holds a kind of quiet magic, as the introduction to this lovely illustrated poetry anthology reminds the reader. Reading a poem can provide a moment of peace and focus for the reader, and help us to see the world in a new way. In this way, reading a poem can be seen as an act of mindfulness.

• Find Spot at Nursery

  Author: Eric Hill
  Publisher: Penguin
  Interest age: 1-3
  

  Who doesn't love Spot? Find Spot at Nursery sweet, fun and interactive, and also a very effective and gentle way to introduce the concept of nursery to children and to show that there is nothing to be frightened or wary about. 

• Find Spot at the Zoo

  Author: Eric Hill
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 0-2
  

  Everyone’s favourite puppy features in this lovely board book with lots of interesting lift-the-flaps and bright illustrations. It’s great that even though this is a board book aimed at babies and toddlers, there’s still a simple story involved which adds interest.

• Find Your Girl Squad

  Author: Dr Angharad Rudkin and Ruth Fitzgerald Illustrator: Sarah Jennings
  Publisher: Wren & Rook
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  This excellent self-help guide, co-written by a children’s author and a clinical psychologist, is centred around Poppy - who sends the authors regular video diaries to discuss concerns about her friendships with Jada and Izzy. A light-hearted read with lots of tips and checklists, this funny, empowering book will help girls to navigate the turbulent wor…

• Find Your Happy

  Author: Emily Coxhead
  Publisher: Walker
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  A young sloth loves feeling happy - it's the most wonderful feeling. But he doesn't feel happy all the time. When he's feeling sad, worried or even angry, there are simple things he can do to try and find his happy again.

• Finding a Voice

  Author: Kim Hood
  Publisher: O'Brien
  Interest age: 12-16
  Reading age: 10+

  This is an engaging story about the two-way nature of friendship and the risks of making assumptions. The overriding message is uplifting, whilst also leaving the reader with a powerful reminder that good intentions aren't always enough.

• Finding Black Beauty

  Author: Lou Kuenzler
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 9+

  This is a lovely reimagining of Black Beauty - in this case, told from the point of view of 'Jo', the inexperienced stable boy who makes two brief appearances in Anna Sewell's original novel. It is a well-written, richly detailed adventure story. 

• Finding Cherokee Brown

  Author: Siobhan Curham
  Publisher: Electric Monkey Books
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12+

  Claire Weeks is being bullied. She has no-one to talk to, and unsure where to turn, she comes up with the idea of writing a book about her life.

• Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog’s Big Journey

  Author: Dion Leonard
  Publisher: Harper Collins
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 8+

  An extraordinary true story about an ultra-marathon runner’s quest to find the small stray dog he fell in love with while running across the Gobi desert. A story that will appeal to any reader with an interest in dogs or tales of adventure and survival sports. 

• Finding her Feet

  Author: Eve Ainsworth Illustrator: Luna Valentine
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 8+

  Can Lily’s talent for football help her overcome the challenges of starting at a new school? This dyslexia-friendly story is interspersed with women’s football facts.

• Finding Hope

  Author: Nicola Baker Illustrator: Rachael Dean
  Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 8+

  While staying on her aunt and uncle’s farm, Ava helps to nurse an abandoned, newborn lamb back to health. However, she keeps making mistakes and wonders if she’ll ever be good at anything. A heart-warming chapter book for junior readers. 

• Finding My Voice

  Author: Aoife Dooley
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  When Frankie starts secondary school, she wants to make friends and be cool, but also be herself and not be too different. How can she find her voice?

• Finding Wonder

  Author: Lauren St John Illustrator: Levi Pinfold and Marie-Alice Harel
  Publisher: Faber
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Thanks to a lottery win, Roo is suddenly able to buy a horse – but the horse she wants is stolen. Can she solve who is stealing prize horses? Beautifully written and utterly thrilling.  

• Finn Family Moomintroll

  Author: Tove Jansson Translator: Elizabeth Portch
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 5-8
  Reading age: 6+

  Moomintroll is cheerful and chubby and lives in the magical Moominvalley with his mother, Moominmamma, his father, Moominpappa and all of their friends.

• Finn Jones Was Here

  Author: Simon James Green Illustrator: Jennifer Jamieson
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Eric can’t believe that his best friend, Finn, has died. Or has he? A funny, poignant story about embracing life and making every second count.

• Finn’s Little Fibs

  Author: Tom Percival
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  When Finn tells a fib about breaking Grandma’s clock, it leads to more and more fibs. How can he tell the truth? Reassuring, kind and sensitive, this is a lovely book, beautifully illustrated.

• Fins Fluff and Other Stuff

  Author: Dreda Blow and Bruno Merz
  Publisher: QED
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 6+

  An interesting discussion starter with a lively rhyming text and entertaining illustrations. At the back there are suggested next steps for parents or teachers.

• Fintan Fedora: The World's Worst Explorer

  Author: Clive Goddard
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 7+

  Fintan's disasters invariably turn out worse for his opponents than for him, and every brilliantly comic page presents readers with a cartoon in words. A sequel is on its way, which promises more excellent entertainment for KS2 readers.

• Fire and Thorns

  Author: Rae Carson
  Publisher: Gollancz
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  Princess Elisa bears the Godstone, a sign that she has been chosen to perform an act of heroism, in her navel. However, her people see her as useless and lazy.

• Fire Boy

  Author: J M Joseph Illustrator: Samuel Perrett
  Publisher: Hodder
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  A hair-raising and hilarious tale of treachery, circus tricks and some most unusual superpowers.

• Fire City

  Author: Bali Rai
  Publisher: Corgi Children's
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 10+

  In this terrifying dystopia from Bali Rai, the young, the old and the sick have become the prey of horrifying demons that Fire City's wealthy employ to police the city.

• Fire Dreamer

  Author: Beth Webb
  Publisher: March Hamilton
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 9+

  The second novel in Webb's series about Tegen, an Iron Age trainee druid

• Fire Girl

  Author: Matt Ralphs
  Publisher: Macmillan
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 10+

  Hazel must embrace her magic powers in a world where witchcraft is outlawed after her mother is kidnapped by a demon.

• Fire Spell

  Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 11+

  In this wonderfully creepy Victorian adventure, three children take on sinister pupeteer Grisini,

  encountering a mysterious mansion, a dying witch and a powerful fire opal along the way.

• Firebird

  Author: Saviour Pirotta Illustrator: Catherine Hyde
  Publisher: Templar
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 8+

  This is a wonderful retelling of the classic Russian folk tale about the quest for the elusive Firebird

• Firebird

  Author: Elizabeth Wein
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 12-16
  Reading age: 10+

  The atmosphere and setting of World War Two Russia are brought vividly to life through Anastasia: she’s a young woman full of hope and dreams, yet entirely a product of her country. This novella packs a real punch.

• Fireborn

  Author: Aisling Fowler
  Publisher: Harper Collins
  Interest age: 9-12
  Reading age: 9+

  Warrior Twelve has given everything to the Lodge of Hunters, even her name. When they are attacked, she has to live up to her pledge to defend them. A breathlessly fast-paced, gripping quest with a richly imagined world reminiscent of Tolkien’s.

• Firecrackers

  Author: Zaro Weil Illustrator: Jo Riddell
  Publisher: ZaZaKids Books
  Interest age: 4-8
  Reading age: 7+

  This is more than just your standard collection of poems! This beautifully-illustrated anthology of verse, rap, fairytales and rhyming plays is perfect for sharing.

• Firesong

  Author: William Nicholson
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12

  Bowman and Kestrel face an awesome responsibility for the future of their people: they must unravel the mysteries of the Singer people and prepare to face their worst fears.

• Firewallers

  Author: Simon Packham
  Publisher: Piccadilly Press
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 14+

  Jess's mum announces a sudden plan to join a technology-free hippy commune on a remote Scottish island.

• First 100 Nature Words

  Author: Illustrator: Jean-Claude
  Publisher: Priddy Books
  Interest age: 2-3
  

  This bright board book introduces babies and toddlers to the wonderful world around them.

• First Class Murder

  Author: Robin Stevens
  Publisher: Corgi
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  A detective duo pounce into action en route to their holiday when a woman is murdered on a train.

• First Day at Bug School

  Author: Sam Lloyd
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  With bright bustling illustrations fizzing with quirky details and insect jokes, this cheery, rhyming introduction to starting school from a unique bugs-eye point of view is reassuring and fun.

• First Day at Skeleton School

  Author: Sam Lloyd
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 5+

  This bright and funny picture book shows young children that everyone goes to school - even skeletons and monsters. But Skeleton School is definitely a bit different from Human School...

• First Explorers: Beautiful Birds

  Author: Macmillan Publishers
  Publisher: Campbell
  Interest age: 2-5
  

  Watch eggs hatch, geese take flight, ducklings swim and an emu charge across the grassland in this fabulous, interactive board book about birds from all over the world, which makes early learning fun!

• First Festivals: Hanukkah

  Author: Rabbi Ruti Regan (Consultant) Illustrator: Kathryn Selbert
  Publisher: Ladybird Books
  Interest age: 2-3
  

  This sturdy lift-the-flap board book provides a first introduction for very young children to Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.  

• First Festivals: Ramadan: a lift-the-flap book

  Author: Imam Abid Khan Illustrator: Junissa Hardianto
  Publisher: Ladybird
  Interest age: 2-3
  

  The month of Ramadan has arrived! Lift the flaps of this charming board book to discover all about this special holiday.

• First Prize for the Worst Witch

  Author: Jill Murphy
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 8+

  With its gentle humour, engaging characters and simple yet satisfying plot, this is the final instalment in the hugely successful Worst Witch series and brings the story of Mildred Hubble’s schooldays to an end.

• First Term at Malory Towers

  Author: Enid Blyton
  Publisher: Hachette
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 8+

  We're rooting for Darrell Rivers as she starts boarding school, and learns to cope with her fiery temper and decide for herself which friends are genuine.

• First Week at Cow School

  Author: Andy Cutbill Illustrator: Russell Ayto
  Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 4+

  Starting school is full of fun in this laugh-out-loud sequel to The Cow That Laid and Egg and The Best Cow in Show.

• Fish Boy

  Author: Chloe Daykin
  Publisher: Faber
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9-12

  Billy is an odd boy: he's quiet, different from other children, and his skin's always wrinkled from swimming in the sea. At heart, this is a story about friendship in the face of adversity, and Chloe Daykin's writing is clear, poetic and grips you from the start.

• Fish Food

  Author: Andy Mansfield Illustrator: Henning Lohlein
  Publisher: Templar Publishing
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 4+

  A clever pop-up book about the underwater food chain.

• Fish is Fish

  Author: Leo Lionni
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3-6
  Reading age: 6+

  A classic picture book with whimsical, textured illustrations exploring some basic philosophical questions and offering reassurance that it's ok to follow your own path in life.

• Fish-Head Steve

  Author: Jamie Smart
  Publisher: David Fickling Books
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 8+

  This collection of comic strips does exactly what it says on the tin: a boy called Steve wakes up one day to discover he has a giant fish for a head.

• Five Children and It

  Author: E. Nesbit
  Publisher: Faber
  Interest age: 6+
  Reading age: 8+

  When five siblings - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother, the Lamb - discover a sand-fairy in their gravel pit, they are jolly surprised and a little delighted.

• Five Children on the Western Front

  Author: Kate Saunders
  Publisher: Faber & Faber
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  This moving and memorable homage to E Nesbit's classic story is no ordinary children's book. A heart-wrenching and poignant tribute to 'all the boys and girls, 1914-18', it is a must-read for children and adults alike.

• Five Christmas Friends

  Author: Danielle McLean Illustrator: Rosalind Maroney
  Publisher: Little Tiger
  Interest age: 0-2
  

  A Christmas "count-and-slide" board book, this story is a clever way to help little ones learn to count while also introducing lots of festive favourites: from snowmen to elves and wintry robins and even Santa Claus himself.

• Five Hundred Miles

  Author: Kevin Brooks
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 13-16
  Reading age: 9+

  In the industrial wastelands of east London, two brothers are delivering forged vehicle documents. As soon as they walk into the pub, Cole knows something is going on. This is a stark, intense, plot-driven, cinematic story of hoping for better.

• Five Little Chicks

  Author: Lily Murray Illustrator: Holly Surplice
  Publisher: Templar Books
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Five cute little chicks go out into the beautiful countryside one day with Mamma Hen, finding lots of other animals to make friends with and all manner of exciting places to hide. With the help of some delicious cake, can Mamma Hen find them all again?

• Five Little Ducks

  Author: Anthony Lewis
  Publisher: Child's Play
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 5+

  This board book has popular rhymes and songs with young children signing key words. It also features a child with an arm splint and a child with a hearing aid.

• Five Little Penguins

  Author: Lily Murray Illustrator: Holly Surplice
  Publisher: Templar
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Join the adorable little penguins on a lift-the-flap walk through a winter wonderland in this sweet rhyming book inspired by the Five Little Ducks nursery rhyme.

• Five Minutes Peace

  Author: Jill Murphy
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Mrs Large the elephant just wants five minutes of peace away from her three boisterous children... but that proves to be a bit of a challenge! This funny, charmingly observed portrayal of family life is sure to resonate with parents and children alike.

• Five More Minutes

  Author: Marta Altes
  Publisher: Macmillan
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  Adults are always saying things like: 'There’s no time!' and 'Five more minutes!' But little fox thinks there’s always time to juggle, watch the birds and make new friends when you’re on the way to nursery! This adorable story about how differently little ones and adults experience time will be utterly relatable for anyone with a young family, and …

• Five on a Treasure Island

  Author: Enid Blyton
  Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 9+

  Meet Enid Blyton's most famous characters - Julian, Dick, Anne, George and of course the ever-loyal Timmy the dog - for the first time in this, the first book in the classic Famous Five series.

• Five Things They Never Told Me

  Author: Rebecca Westcott
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 9+

  Erin counts her life in days since her mother left home. Erin is forced to accompany her father to the old people's home where he gardens for the summer.

• Fizzlebert Stump

  Author: A.F. Harrold
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  Living in the circus with his parents means Fizzlebert Stump’s life is always exciting - but he would prefer a normal life.

• Flambards

  Author: K.M. Peyton
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12+

  Christina tentatively discovers her adult identity in this unashamedly romantic, coming-of-age novel set just before the First World War.

• Flashes

  Author: Tim O’Rourke
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 14+

  With a fast paced plot and enough twists to keep you guessing it makes for an exciting read and is a welcome addition to the YA thriller scene.

• Flashing Fire Engines

  Author: Tony Mitton Illustrator: Ant Parker
  Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  

  This story’s full of big, bold fire engines ready to rescue or fight fires. There’s plenty of action, rhyme and rhythm.

• Flat Cat

  Author: Hiawyn Oram Illustrator: Gwen Millward
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 5+

  A lovely story about a pet that lives in a city apartment block, this is a nice reminder that many children also live in cities, as well as the moral that things don’t make people as happy as friends and family – and freedom – do.

• Flat Stanley

  Author: Jeff Brown Illustrator: Scott Nash
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 5+
  Reading age: 7+

  Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning to find he is only half an inch thick

• Fleabag

  Author: Helen Stephens
  Publisher: Alison Green Books
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 6+

  A small, scruffy dog visits the park every day and looks longingly at the other dogs who all have people to take for walks.

• Flesh and Blood

  Author: Simon Cheshire
  Publisher: Little Tiger
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 12+

  Simon Cheshire has created a spine chilling story.

• Flesh and Blood

  Author: Chris Priestley
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 10-13
  Reading age: 8+

  Bill thinks his wish for a brother has come true when his family takes in a boy injured during a World War Two air raid - but is he about to discover that wishes can go horribly wrong? A spine-chilling story from the master of spookiness, Chris Priestley.

• Fleshmarket

  Author: Nicola Morgan
  Publisher: Hachette
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 10+

  When Essie and Robbie’s mother dies, following a failed operation, they are abandoned by their father and left to fend for themselves in nineteenth-century Edinburgh.

• Flights of Fancy: Stories, Pictures and Inspiration from Ten Children’s Laureates

  Author: Quentin Blake Anne Fine Michael Morpurgo Jacqueline Wilson Michael Rosen Julia Donaldson Anthony Browne Malorie Blackman Chris Riddell and Lauren Child
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 6+

  To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Waterstones Children’s Laureate, the incredible authors and illustrators who have held the title have come together to make one magical anthology, full of inspiration to help children’s imaginations soar.

• Flightsend

  Author: Linda Newbery
  Publisher: David Fickling Books
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 10+

  Could moving to a remote, ramshackle cottage in the middle of nowhere really mark the start of a new life and draw a line under the tragedy of recent months?

• Flip Flap Dogs

  Author: Nikki Dyson
  Publisher: Nosy Crow
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  In board book format with a ring bound centre, this is a great book for young kids that love dogs, and who also love making up silly words.

• Flirty Dancing

  Author: Jenny McLachlan
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12+

  First of four books, this is smart, funny writing, engagingly balancing the serious stuff - bullying, first love, friendship - with the joy of lindy hop and aerial moves.

• Flood Child

  Author: Emily Diamand
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, is out sailing with her sea-cat when the bloodthirsty Reavers come raiding - and kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter.

• FloodWorld

  Author: Tom Huddleston
  Publisher: Nosy Crow
  Interest age: 10-14
  Reading age: 9+

  When the sea level rose, a wall was built to protect London. Now Kara and Joe are stuck in the middle between the privileged few inside the wall and the ruthless Mariners out on the ocean. An action-packed, edge-of-the-seat thriller with an environmental edge. 

• Floors

  Author: Patrick Carman
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  Enjoy your stay at the weird and wonderful Whippet Hotel, with crazy, colourful rooms, a roof full of troublesome ducks and a very angry manager.

• Flora in Love

  Author: Natasha Farrant
  Publisher: Faber Books
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 12+

  This lovely family story from Natasha Farrant is the second in the Diaries of Bluebell Gadsby series. 

• Florentine and Pig and the Lost Pirate Treasure

  Author: Eva Katzler & Jessica Mikhail
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 6+

  Florentine and Pig are stuck in the house on a gloomy day, but they're brimming with inspiration for entertaining things to do

• Flotsam

  Author: David Wiesner
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  The story of a boy finding a vintage camera washed up on a beach unspools like a silent film in this mind-expanding wordless picture book.

• Flour Babies

  Author: Anne Fine
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 9-12
  Reading age: 9+

  A classic, touching and very funny coming-of-age story about an unusual science project that teaches the boys in 4C so much more than just science.

• Fluff the Farting Fish

  Author: Michael Rosen Illustrator: Tony Ross
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 5-8
  Reading age: 6+

  As ever, former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen tells a delightfully relatable story – this time, to kids who are desperate for a pet. This fish is a little different from the usual, however, as this one can fart! 

• Flush

  Author: Carl Hiaasen
  Publisher: Random House
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 9+

  This is an engaging and light-hearted thriller about issues that matter - justice, family and the environment.

• Fly By Night

  Author: Frances Hardinge
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 11+

  Smugglers, thieves, murder, floating coffeehouses, river battles, highwaymen, suspense, political intrigue and excitement - this book has everything!

• Fly Chick Fly!

  Author: Jeanne Willis Illustrator: Tony Ross
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 6+

  This touching tale about overcoming fear is a lovely and reassuring book to share with any child. 

• Fly!

  Author: Xavier Deneux
  Publisher: Chronicle Books
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 3+

  Two birds build a nest to lay their eggs and look after their chicks - until the day their babies are big enough to fly to their own tree. This utterly charming book is bursting with bold yet simple illustrations, plus a robust and interactive design.

• Flyaway

  Author: Lucy Christopher
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 11+

  The possibility of losing loved ones is captured in heart-breaking detail in his touching teenage book which tackles first love, friendship and the challenge of overcoming fear.

• Flying Colours: A Guide to Flags from Around the World

  Author: Robert G Fresson
  Publisher: Cicada Books
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 8+

  Flying Colours is far more than just a textbook about flags. With the use of a little team of multi-coloured flag experts called vexillologists, illustrating the elements of each flag alongside clear information, you will be ready for a quiz on flags in no time at all!

• Flying Free

  Author: Nicola Davies Illustrator: Cathy Fisher
  Publisher: Graffeg
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 8+

  When Colin shoots a sparrowhawk, he knows that he’s done something wrong and takes the hawk to the vet. Soon, Colin finds a passion for wildlife he never knew he had. Anyone reading Flying Free will want to rescue their own hawk...

• Flyntlock Bones: The Eye of Mogdrod

  Author: Derek Keilty Illustrator: Mark Elvins
  Publisher: Scallywag Press
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  Flynn and the pirate detective crew of the Black Hound are back for another mystery! The fearsome chief of a Barbarian clan has lost his golden chalice - could the legendary cat Mogdrod be behind it?

• Flyntlock Bones: the Sceptre of the Pharaohs

  Author: Derek Keilty Illustrator: Mark Elvins
  Publisher: Scallywag Press
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  Flynn's the cabin boy aboard the Black Hound ship, full of pirates specialising in detective work - but when the ancient sceptre of the pharaohs goes missing from a museum, it's up to Flynn and his friend Red to solve the mystery.

• Follow Me

  Author: Lucie Sheridan
  Publisher: LOM Art, an imprint of Michael O’Mara Books
  Interest age: 0-3
  

  This simple and effective board book is great fun for little fingers to explore. Each page shows a different touchy-feely track for hands to follow around the page. 

• Follow Me Down

  Author: Tanya Byrne
  Publisher: Headline
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 14+

  Adamma isn't too impressed to be leaving her life in New York for an exclusive English boarding school. But then she meets Scarlett and the two strike up an intense friendship.

• Follow that Bear if you Dare

  Author: Claire Freedman Illustrator: Alison Edgson
  Publisher: Little Tiger Press
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 5+

  Hare thinks he loves bears, so he buys a book which he thinks will help him catch one.

• Follow the Firefly/Run, Rabbit, Run

  Author: Bernardo Carvalho
  Publisher: Book Island
  Interest age: 2-5
  Reading age: A book without words

  This fabulous, wordless picture book contains two stories. One that runs from start to finish and the other that runs from finish to start.

• Follow the Moon Home

  Author: Deborah Hopkinson and Philippe Cousteau Illustrator: Meilo So
  Publisher: Chronicle Books
  Interest age: 5-12
  Reading age: 6+

  When Viv moves to a new home and school, she discovers that her local beach is a loggerhead turtle nesting area - but some baby turtles are dying. This is a great book for the classroom, with ideas and plans for all aspiring campaigners.

• Follow the Swallow

  Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Pam Smy
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 6+

  Chack the blackbird is brown but claims he will turn black and that the berries in the tree where he lives will turn orange, but Apollo the swallow doesn't believe him.

• Follow the Trail: Minibeasts

  Author: DK
  Publisher: DK
  

  This fun book offers lots of interaction, from the trails (which are great for fine motor skills and getting used to tracing, a precursor to learning to write) to the information about the natural world. 

• Following Frankenstein

  Author: Catherine Bruton
  Publisher: Nosy Crow
  Interest age: 9-13
  Reading age: 9+

  When Maggie sneaks onto her father's boat to find the famous "monster", he is not what anyone expected. A kind of sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this gripping Gothic adventure ingeniously blends fact and fiction and explores a message of 'otherness'. 

• Food and Faith

  Author: Susan Reuben Illustrator: Sophie Pelham
  Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  An excellent resource for religious education

• Football Academy Reading the Game

  Author: Tom Palmer Illustrator: Brian Williamson
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  One of six titles in the Football Academy series, each featuring two young players

• Football School Season 3

  Author: Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Have you ever wondered how your height and your foot size affect how you play football? What about who the first ever football club was? Or exactly how league tables are calculated?

• Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World

  Author: Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton Illustrator: Spike Gerrell
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 6+

  Coaches Alex and Ben are back for a fourth season of the brilliantly informative Football School. A brilliant present for fact and football fans – these books should be in every school library.

• Football School: Epic Heroes

  Author: Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttelton Illustrator: Spike Gerrell
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This collection of 50 real-life tales from around the world spans a period of more than 75 years and spotlights the remarkable achievements, both on and off the pitch, of a variety of football heroes.

• Football School: Star Players

  Author: Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton Illustrator: Spike Gerrell
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Featuring 50 outstanding football players, this is a who’s who guide to the footballing world, from Eniola Aluko to Zinédine Zidane. Players included come from all around the world and from across the last century.

• Football School: Where Football Explains the World

  Author: Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton Illustrator: Spike Gerrell
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 7+
  Reading age: 7+

  This book is packed with true stories, real science and fascinating facts that all relate back to football. Funny, informative, and hugely entertaining, it is recommend for fans of non-fiction books.

• Footpath Flowers

  Author: JonArno Lawson Illustrator: Sydney Smith
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 5-7
  

  A little girl spreads joy and colour through the grey townscape, when she picks and presents flowers from the pavements to the people and animals she meets. This wordless picture book is a beauty to behold.

• For All the Stars Across the Sky

  Author: Karl Newson Illustrator: Chiaki Okada
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  Luna the little bear is yawning. It’s time for bed but Luna wishes she could fly like a bird, swim like a fish and be small like a ladybird, so she and Mummy journey in their imaginations to amazing locations and magical meadows. This beautiful picture book has the feel of a classic - full of stars and dreams, and perfect for cosy bedtime moments.

• For Every One

  Author: Jason Reynolds
  Publisher: Knights Of/404 Ink
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  The wonderful Jason Reynolds has written this seamless long-form poem about achieving your dreams and reaching your potential. A small but perfectly formed and utterly delightful book: an ideal pick-me-up for everyone.

• Forever

  Author: Judy Blume
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 13+

  Seventeen-year-old Katherine meets Michael at a party. The two of them like each other immediately, and soon fall in love - but are they ready to take their relationship to the next level?

• Forever Star

  Author: Gareth Peter and Judi Abbot
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  This sweet rhyming tale about a same-sex couple adopting a child is a lovely read for any family, but perhaps particularly ones with same-sex parents that may not always find their experience represented in picture books.

• Forge

  Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  In the midst of the American War of Independence, a young, freed slave escapes his gaol and finds himself fighting with an underequipped American army.

• Forged in the Fire

  Author: Ann Turnbull
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 10+

  This is a fabulously atmospheric and beautifully written historical adventure and love story, set in 1665, at a time of religious intolerance and uncertainty.

• Forget Me Never

  Author: Gina Blaxhill
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 14+

  When her cousin Dani jumps from her balcony, Sophie refuses to believe it could be suicide.

• Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

  Author: Matthew Quick
  Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
  Interest age: 15+
  Reading age: 14+

  It's Leonard Peacock's 18th birthday - but it's also the day he has decided to kill his former best friend and then himself

• Fortunately Unfortunately

  Author: Michael Foreman
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 5+

  The day Milo the Monkey tries to return an umbrella to Granny turns into a roller-coaster ride!

• Fortunately, the Milk

  Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Chris Riddell
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's
  Interest age: 6+
  Reading age: 7+

  When Dad goes out to get some milk from the corner shop, a host of completely unexpected adventures befall him.

• Foul Play

  Author: Tom Palmer
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 7+

  Danny is obsessed with two things: football and investigating crimes.

• Four Children and It

  Author: Jacqueline Wilson
  Publisher: Puffin Books
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  Jacqueline Wilson pays tribute to her 'all-time favourite classic children's author' E. Nesbit in this contemporary reimagining of Five Children and It.

• Four Silly Skeletons

  Author: Mark Sperring Illustrator: Sue Hendra
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
  Interest age: 3-6
  Reading age: 6+

  This bold rhyming picture book features four accident-prone skeletons. Children will giggle at their various mishaps, making this an ideal book to share with little ones at Halloween.

• FOX

  Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks
  Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 6+

  A story with a true moral behind it: that friendship can conquer anything. Now available in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition

• Fox & Chick: The Party and Other Stories

  Author: Sergio Ruzzier
  Publisher: Abrams & Chronicle
  Interest age: 5-7
  Reading age: 6+

  Explore the unique friendship and everyday adventures of mild-mannered Fox and excitable Chick: two seemingly opposite friends. Full of personality and humour.

• Fox & Son, Tailers

  Author: Paddy Donnelly
  Publisher: The O’Brien Press
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Rory’s dad is a renowned tailer, from a long line of tailers, and animals from all over the world come to have their tails made by him.

• Fox and Rabbit

  Author: Beth Ferry Illustrator: Gergely Dudas
  Publisher: Amulet
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 6+

  The fair has come to town and Rabbit is really excited about going on the Ferris wheel, but Rabbit’s best friend Fox is rather anxious about it. To help her friend, Rabbit sets out to win Fox a toy to hold onto during the ride – but that’s easier said than done! And how will Rabbit feel when Fox does much better at the games than she does? Fortunately, Fox a…

• Fox Investigates: A Brush with Danger

  Author: Adam Frost
  Publisher: Stripes
  Interest age: 6+
  Reading age: 8+

  An illustrated investigation for budding super-sleuths, the Fox Investigates series will impress kids who love their mysteries mysterious and their detectives foxy!

• Fox’s Socks

  Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
  Publisher: Macmillan
  Interest age: 1-4
  

  Mr Fox has lost his socks! Where could they be? A 'getting dressed' book, a hide-and-seek book and a lift-the-flap book, all rolled into one! The ultimate question, of course, is will Fox find his socks?

• Foxlight

  Author: Katya Balan Illustrator: Barry Falls
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Fantasy about sisters in a children’s home who go in search of their mother. 

• Foxly's Feast

  Author: Owen Davey
  Publisher: Templar
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 3+

  Foxly's stomach is rumbling! On his search for dinner, he meets ducks, rabbit, sheep, mice - and even a friendly owl. What a feast this will be! But which tasty item will he choose...?

• Foxy and Egg

  Author: Alex T. Smith
  Publisher: Hodder
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 6+

  When Foxy Dubois invites Egg to stay for breakfast she has only one thing on her mind; serving him up with toast!

• Foxy Tales: The Cunning Plan

  Author: Caryl Hart Illustrator: Alex T Smith
  Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
  Interest age: 6+
  Reading age: 7+

  This fun chapter book from the lively pairing of Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith is the first in a new series, which brings back the characters from Smith's popular picture books Egg and Catch Us if You Can-Can.

• Fracture

  Author: Megan Miranda
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 12+

  This mysterious, dark tale looks at how death can teach us so much about life, love, friendship and what really matters

• Framed

  Author: Frank Cottrell Boyce Illustrator: Steven Lenton
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  The story centres on Dylan Hughes, the only boy left in a small Welsh mountain town called Manod. This is an immensely entertaining book, about the power of art to bring about change and to redeem.

• Frank and Bert

  Author: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
  Publisher: Nosy Crow
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 2-3

  Frank and Bert love a game of hide-and-seek, but Bert hasn’t quite mastered the art of hiding in 10 seconds. In fact, Bert complains that he never gets enough time to hide, and so Frank counts all the way to 100 to give him some quality hiding time.

• Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor

  Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Brian Biggs
  Publisher: Abrams
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 10+

   A gripping, comical tale of ambition, imagination, determination, old bicycle wheels and expired batteries which blends real science with wacky science-fiction to create the compelling first book in a new series by best-selling author Jon Scienzka.

• Frank Einstein and the Electro Finger

  Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Brian Biggs
  Publisher: Abrams Books
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 8

  Science facts, illustrated by wittily accurate graphs, diagrams and maps intertwine with good-guys versus bad-guys roller-coaster action in this inventive, entertaining, educative series.

• Frank!

  Author: Connah Brecon
  Publisher: Running Press Kids
  Interest age: 3-6
  Reading age: 7

  This quirky tale about helping out and friendship is brought to life by wonderfully expressive and funny illustrations that can't fail to spark a young child's imagination.

• Frankenstiltskin

  Author: Joseph Coelho Illustrator: Freya Hartas
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 8+

  This funny, clever and very enjoyable verse retelling of Rumpelstiltskin takes the story back to its original darkly horrifying roots and adds a smart, likeable heroine who saves the day with a story. 

• Frankie’s World

  Author: Aoife Dooley
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  This lovely, often funny, relatable and sensitive story about Frankie, a girl with autism, was inspired by the author Aoife Dooley’s own real life experiences. A great story about growing up and learning who you are.

• Franklin’s Flying Bookshop

  Author: Jen Campbell Illustrator: Katie Harnett
  Publisher: Thames & Hudson
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 6+

  Franklin the dragon can't find anyone to listen to his stories until he meets fellow bookworm Luna in this poetic, dreamy tale about the wonder of reading and the power of friendship.

• Freak the Mighty

  Author: Rodman Philbrick
  Publisher: Usborne
  Interest age: 11+
  Reading age: 9+

  Kevin and Max are both accustomed to ridicule but when fate throws this seemingly mismatched pair together the result is awesome: Freak the Mighty. A tragic, suspenseful and touching story that is ultimately uplifting.

• Freaks

  Author: Kieran Larwood
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  Kieran Larwood won The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2011 for this lively Victorian adventure story.

• Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome

  Author: Luke Jackson
  Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 12+

  This is a guide to Asperger’s Syndrome by a young man who was just 13-years-old at the time of writing...

• Freaky & Fearless: How to Tell a Tall Tale

  Author: Robin Etherington Illustrator: Jan Bielecki
  Publisher: Piccadilly Press
  Interest age: 8-13
  Reading age: 8+

  When a shadowy monster kidnaps Simon's little sister, Rosie, it seems as if the comic book world is starting to leak into the real world. An illustrated, monster-hunting adventure story for lovers of comic books and gruesome humour.

• Freax and Rejex

  Author: Robin Jarvis
  Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 11+

  It is five months since evil occultist Austerly Fellows was reincarnated as the Ismus and began to infest and mesmerise the world with the devilish text that was discovered in Dancing Jax.

• Fred Gets Dressed

  Author: Peter Brown
  Publisher: Templar Books
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  Like many boys and girls, Fred is having a brilliant time exploring Mum’s dressing table and makeup bag, and inspires everyone to get involved too. A delightful and very beautiful picture book about play, families and identity.

• Fred: Wizard in Trouble

  Author: Simon Philip Illustrator: Sheena Dempsey
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 8+

  A funny, exciting fantasy adventure featuring Fred, a young wizard who finds that courage and determination can sometimes be more powerful than even the greatest magic.

• Frederick

  Author: Leo Lionni
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 6+

  Frederick is a field mouse with a difference. While his family harvests corn, nuts, wheat and straw for winter, he gathers sun rays, colours and words, sometimes to the frustration of his siblings.

• Freddie and the Fairy

  Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Karen George
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 3+
  Reading age: 6+

  Freddie rescues a fairy who offers to grant him his every wish. The only problem is that she can't hear very well, and so his wishes result in some unexpected surprises...

• Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer

  Author: Alexander McCall Smith Illustrator: Kate Hindley
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 5-8
  Reading age: 7+

  Freddie can't believe his luck when he's offered a holiday job at the circus, but is alarmed when he's asked to take on the challenge of lion taming. This entertaining tall tale is ideal for confident independent readers.

• Freddie’s Amazing Bakery: The Great Raspberry Mix-Up

  Author: Harriet Whitehorn Illustrator: Alex G Griffiths
  Publisher: Oxford
  Interest age: 6-8
  Reading age: 6+

  An illustrated first chapter book, featuring a baking competition that seems strangely familiar but has one particularly desperate and ruthless contestant who will stop at nothing to win first prize.

• Freddy and the New Kid

  Author: Neill Cameron
  Publisher: DFB
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  When a new girl starts at Freddy the Robot's school, Freddy is a bit worried - Aoife is brilliant at EVERYTHING and she thinks humans are better than robots. Can Freddy outshine his rival?

• Freddy and the Pig

  Author: Charlie Higson Illustrator: Mark Chambers
  Publisher: Red Squirrel Books
  Interest age: 5-8
  

  Freddy hates school and thinks that it is boring, but he comes up with clever plan. The dyslexia-friendly features make this book highly accessible.

• Freddy vs School

  Author: Neill Cameron
  Publisher: DFB
  Interest age: 9-13
  Reading age: 7+

  Freddy is proud to be a robot boy - but he keeps getting into trouble at school! This funny, light-hearted chapter book examines what it feels like to be different and explores issues of friendship, jealousy and bullying. 

• Free Lance and the Field of Blood

  Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 10-12
  Reading age: 7-9

  Stewart and Riddell expertly combine humour, adventure, and moral dilemmas in this slick short story that’s presented in a dyslexia-friendly format. This is a tale of chivalry, villains and heroes that will appeal to all young knights in search of their next adventure.

• Free Lance and the Lake of Skulls

  Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell
  Publisher: Barrington Stoke
  Interest age: 5-12
  Reading age: 8+

  The dream team of Stewart and Riddell are on fantastic form for this outing: full of Stewart’s trademark fantasy wit and grandeur, and Riddell’s detailed and capturing illustrations.

• Freedom (1783)

  Author: Catherine Johnson
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  This is a brilliant adventure story that manages to give young readers a really important insight into slavery without being so upsetting that it’s impossible to read: a very fine balance, masterfully achieved.

• Freedom, We Sing

  Author: Amyra Leon Illustrator: Molly Mendoza
  Publisher: Flying Eye Books
  Interest age: 4-8
  

  In this stunning picture book that brims with vitality, movement and joy, a mother and child meditate on what it is to be free.

• Frida and Bear

  Author: Anthony Browne
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 3-6
  Reading age: 6+

  An absolutely brilliant picture book to inspire children's imaginations and get them drawing. After sharing this book you'll have a fun new game to play as well, just give it a go.

• Frida Kahlo

  Author: Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara Illustrator: Gee Fan Eng Translator: Emma Martinez
  Publisher: Frances Lincoln Books
  Interest age: 5-8
  Reading age: 6+

  Frida Kahlo's life story is adapted for younger readers - with bold and colourful illustrations, and an inspiring facts and photos section at the back.

• Frida the Rock-and-Roll Moth

  Author: Kim Hillyard
  Publisher: Ladybird
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  Frida the rock-and-roll moth is full of self-doubt, so changes her style to be more like the other moths. This upbeat,imaginativelyillustratedpicture book explores the importance of being true to yourself and having the confidence to shine.  

• Friday Brown

  Author: Vikki Wakefield
  Publisher: Hot Key Books
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 14+

  Friday Brown is cursed. Warned of the terrible fates of the women in her family, each of whom has met a mysterious death, she carries the weight of her ancestors on her shoulders.

• Friendly Matches

  Author: Allan Ahlberg Illustrator: Fritz Wegner
  Publisher: Penguin
  Interest age: 6-9
  Reading age: 6+

  Friendly Matches is an entertaining, and at times thought-provoking, collection of poetry about football.

• Friends

  Author: Helen Oxenbury
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 0+
  Reading age: 0+

  Great for the youngest of babies as it invites adults to talk about the pictures and to interact with their baby as they look at the book together.

• Friends

  Author: Michael Foreman
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3-5
  

  Foreman's characteristic, beautifully soft and gentle illustrations are used to great effect in this simple but powerful picture book about friendship

• Friends

  Author: Eric Carle
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 7+

  A delightfully improbable ending crowns this story of friendship lost and regained which is fabulously illustrated in vivid colour with Eric Carle's distinctive collage technique.

• Friends are Amazing

  Author: Hughie Higginson and Freddie Xavi Illustrator: Erica Salcedo
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 4-5
  

  This cheerful, vibrant picture book is a joyful celebration of friendship, exploring why friends are important and identifying some key qualities which make a truly great friend.

• Friendship Never Ends

  Author: Alexandra Sheppard
  Publisher: Knights Of
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 11+

  An insightful and engrossing portrait of a unique friendship that might be threatened when four girls have to spend their summer away from one another.

• Friendship Survival Guide

  Author: Caroline Young Illustrator: The Boy Fitz Hammond and Helen Lang
  Publisher: Usborne
  Interest age: 12+
  Reading age: 9+

  A warm, practical book offering tips for what to do when friendships have problems, while celebrating all that is great about good friends.

• Frightfully Friendly Ghosties

  Author: Daren King
  Publisher: Quercus
  Interest age: 6-10
  Reading age: 8+

  When Pamela Fraidy gets locked in the attic with a big, leggy spider by a mean still-alive, her ghostie friends have to call on all their ingenuity to set her free.

• Frindleswylde

  Author: Natalia & Lauren O’Hara
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 6-8
  Reading age: 6+

  With echoes of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale The Snow Queen, this perilous tale of icy magic is ideal for older readers who will appreciate its complexity. 

• Frockodile

  Author: Jeanne Willis Illustrator: Stephanie Laberis
  Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 6+

  Cliff the crocodile discovers a slinky frock and some fabulous peals and heels, and feels divine in them! But when the hyenas laugh at him, he starts to worry about others finding out his secret. A funny picture book that looks at inclusion and acceptance with a light, expert touch.

• Frog and Toad Are Friends

  Author: Arnold Lobel
  Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 7+

  Arnold Lobel's classic characters Frog and Toad return in this recently republished collection of five favourite stories.

• Frog and the Stranger

  Author: Max Velthuijs
  Publisher: Anderson Press
  Interest age: 4-6
  Reading age: 6+

  When a rat comes to live at the edge of their wood, the animals decide they don't like having a stranger in their midst

• Frog in Love

  Author: Max Velthuijs
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 3-7
  Reading age: 5+

  Frog is not well. His heart is beating too fast and he feels hot and cold. A trip to the doctor reveals that he is in love. But who is he in love with?

• Frog is Frog

  Author: Max Velthuijs
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 2+

  A little frog gazes happily at his reflection, musing on his luck being so beautifully green and such a good swimmer. But then he sees what his friends can do and gets worried...

• Frogkisser!

  Author: Garth Nix
  Publisher: Piccadilly Press
  Interest age: 10-12
  Reading age: 10+

  A fairy tale for the modern feminist generation, Anya's Quest (yes, Quest with a capital Q) takes her through dark woods and across barren moorlands, outwitting giants, making appointments with Good Wizards, travelling by magic carpet and looking into magic mirrors.

• From Acorn to Zoo

  Author: Satoshi Kitamura
  Publisher: Andersen Press
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 2+

  This is an alphabet book with a difference, in which the unexpected is juxtaposed with the everyday to sometimes surreal effect.

• From Head to Toe

  Author: Eric Carle
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 2+
  Reading age: 6+

  Can you arch your back like a cat, clap your hands like a seal or wave your arms like a monkey?

• From Hereabout Hill

  Author: Sir Michael Morpurgo
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9+

  The stories encompass themes of life, death, friendship, love and revenge and each is preceded by a short paragraph explaining the inspiration behind it.

• Front Desk

  Author: Kelly Yang
  Publisher: Knights Of
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Smart, courageous Mia Tang runs the front desk at a motel, but will her family ever escape the poverty trap and gain everything the USA has to offer? Based on the author’s life story. 

• Front Lines

  Author: Michael Grant
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 14+
  Reading age: 14+

  It's an alternate history where girls are subject to the military draft in the US. Fast-paced, clever and with incredibly relatable characters, Front Lines is a fresh take on the second world war, while also letting females be kickass.

• Frostfire

  Author: Jamie Smith
  Publisher: Chicken House
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  On the day of her Choosing, Sabira is haunted by memories of her lost brother and anxieties about the future of her city. An icy, magical, coming-of-age adventure, set high on a sacred mountain, haunted by venomous mutants and deadly monsters.

• Frostheart

  Author: Jamie Littler
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This inventive story is helped along by vivid illustrations that conjure up a world populated by yetis and monsters that live under the snow. Jamie Littler’s first novel is a frosty delight, depicting a fantasy world with brilliant characters and adventure. 

• Frostheart: Escape From Aurora

  Author: Jamie Littler
  Publisher: Penguin
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  In the second book in Jamie Littler's epic series, Ash and the crew of the Frostheart arrive at the majestic stronghold Aurora in the search for Ash's long-lost parents - but they're forced to flee when a dark uprising puts the safety of the Song-Weavers in jeopardy.

• Frozen in Time

  Author: Ali Sparkes
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 8+

  Sparkes justifiably won the Blue Peter Children's Book Award 2010 with this novel, almost a twenty-first century update of a Blyton Famous Five adventure.

• Frozen: Heart of Dread

  Author: Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
  Publisher: Orchard Books
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 8+

  This is the promising start to a new series of magic and adventure amid a post-apocalyptic setting. Fantasy and science fiction meet love and romance in a thrilling and engrossing page turner.

• Fruit in Suits

  Author: Jared Chapman
  Publisher: Abrams
  Interest age: 2-5
  

  It's time to go swimming, and everyone has a different swimming suit. The quirky twist is that all the keen swimmers are... Items of fruit! This book is very, very silly but has oodles of charm, with an underlying message about difference and having fun.

• Fruitloops and Dipsticks

  Author: Ulf Stark Translator: Julia Marshall
  Publisher: Gecko Press
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 8+

  This Swedish story retains its continental flavour. Largely light and humorous in tone, the book nonetheless touches on feelings of loss, grief and change

• Fruits of India

  Author: Jill Hartley
  Publisher: Tara Publishing
  Interest age: 6 months - 4 years
  Reading age: 1+

  This sturdy, small format board book presents over twenty different fruits commonly eaten in India.

• Fruits: a Caribbean Counting Poem

  Author: Valerie Bloom Illustrator: David Axtell
  Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
  Interest age: 4-7
  Reading age: 5+

  From half a pawpaw to five jew-plums through to ten bananas, this girl’s love of Caribbean fruits is so infectious that you can almost taste the juice dribbling down your chin.

• Fungus the Bogeyman

  Author: Raymond Briggs
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  This sophisticated cartoon-strip picture book for older children follows one day in the life of Fungus, a morose bogeyman who scares humans - but starts wondering what it's really all for? This is Briggs at his subversive and entertaining finest.

• Full, Full, Full of Love

  Author: Trish Cooke Illustrator: Paul Howard
  Publisher: Walker Books
  

  • This great book is all about a boy and his Grannie.

  • The warm story is a real celebration of family.

  • Gorgeous pictures shine with the love in the book's title.

• Funky Chickens

  Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  A funny, thought-provoking collection of poems for older children from Britain’s best-loved rap poet, Benjamin Zephaniah, which cover a diverse and sometimes difficult range of topics but are full of fun and imagination. 

• Funny Face

  Author: Nicola Smee
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
  Interest age: 0+
  Reading age: 5+

  This board book for the youngest readers has bright, funny bold drawings and a simple text exploring a considerable variety of feelings, all eventually happily resolved.

• Funnybones

  Author: Allan & Janet Ahlberg
  Publisher: Penguin
  Interest age: 4+
  Reading age: 6+

  In the first book of this now classic series, we are taken down the dark, dark street to the dark, dark house and into the dark, dark cellar in which the skeletons live.

• Funnybones: The Black Cat

  Author: Allan Ahberg Illustrator: Andre Amstutz
  Publisher: Penguin
  Interest age: 5+
  Reading age: 8+

  Another Funnybones adventure. This time, the skeleton friends go sledging - whee!

• Furthermore

  Author: Tahereh Mafi
  Publisher: Puffin
  Interest age: 9+
  Reading age: 9-12

  This is a magical and mythical quest tale reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, with an engaging heroine that will enchant boys and girls.

• Future Friend

  Author: David Baddiel Illustrator: Steven Lenton
  Publisher: HarperCollins
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 7+

  When Pip@256X#YY.3_7, who lives in 3020, arrives in 2019 through an XL toilet seat, Rahul, genius child-inventor, faces a race against time to return Pip to her own world.

• Future Girl

  Author: Asphyxia
  Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  Interest age: 13+
  Reading age: 13+

  When 16 year old Piper, who is deaf, falls in love with Marley, she becomes captivated by the beauty and freedom of expression of sign language - she herself has used lip-reading and hearing aids all her life. However, this new world brings with it some challenging questions about identity.

• Future Hero: Race to Fire Mountain

  Author: Remi Blackwood Illustrator: Alicia Robinson
  Publisher: Scholastic
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  Inspired by African mythology, this fast-paced adventure combines magic and futuristic technology to create a compelling fantasy tale, which will leave readers desperate for the next instalment. 

• Future Hopes

  Author: Eli Brown L R Lam M G Leonard Rebecca Lim Oisin McGann Tolá Okogwu Neal and Brendan Shusterman Louie Stowell Bijal Vachharajani Editor: Lauren James
  Publisher: Walker Books
  Interest age: 9-11
  Reading age: 9+

  A diverse and exciting collection of short stories with an environmental theme from a group of exceptional authors. Some are funny, others scary, some deal with difficult emotions while others are more slapstick, but all are compulsively readable.  

• Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies

  Author: Jim Smith
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 8+
  Reading age: 9+

  Colin Lampost is transported to the future where he must battle the Killer Robot Grannies and try to return to his own time.

• Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom-Noms

  Author: Jim Smith
  Publisher: Farshore
  Interest age: 6-7
  Reading age: 6-7

  Future Ratboy (A.K.A Colin Lamppost) has been zapped millions of years into the future by a bolt of lightning. As if that’s not bad enough, horrible little insects are turning everyone into zombies. A brilliantly hilarious superhero comedy adventure.

• Fuzz McFlops

  Author: Eva Furnari Translator: (from Portuguese) by Alison Entrekin
  Publisher: Pushkin Children’s Books
  Interest age: 7-11
  Reading age: 7

  This is a wonderfully quirky tale, with endearing characters and delightfully amusing illustrations.

• Fuzzy Mud

  Author: Louis Sachar
  Publisher: Bloomsbury
  Interest age: 10+
  Reading age: 10+

  Marshall and Tamaya take a short cut home from school one day to avoid the school bully – through the forbidden, completely out-of-bounds woods. This is a fast-paced and exciting story of bravery, friendships, and science gone wacky.

• Sofia Valdez, Future Prez

  Author: Andrea Beaty Illustrator: David Roberts
  Publisher: Abrams
  Interest age: 6-11
  Reading age: 6+

  Sofia Valdez isn’t just a do-gooder: she’s a do-better, visiting people in her community who can’t get out much, or just stopping for a chat. Andrea Beaty’s brilliant rhyming text tells Sofia’s story flawlessly, and David Roberts' characters and imagery are stunning.