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If you like Percy Jackson, try these…

The Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan form a multi-million-selling series that has also been televised with Disney and is hugely popular in Key Stage 2 among fans of action and adventure. Percy Jackson’s modern world is turned upside down when he finds out he is descended from Greek gods. What follows is battles with monsters and epic quests in an action-packed series that merges Greek mythology with the modern world.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of the Percy Jackson books. Readers who love mythical beasts and fantastic creatures might enjoy trying Skandar and the Unicorn Thief or Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures and those who are inspired by Percy Jackson to get stuck into more Ancient Greek mythology might like Tales of the Greek Heroes or Who Let the Gods Out.

Readers looking for another collectable action series after Percy Jackson should try the Artemis Fowl books or Michelle Paver’s prehistoric Wolf Brother series. For more quests and battles of good-versus-evil in different cultural settings, visit Ancient China with the Dragon Mountain books or explore West African mythology with Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.

Browse the full list below of books for children looking for more books like Percy Jackson…

books for fans of dork diaries
If you like Dork Diaries, try these…

The bestselling Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell follows Nikki Maxwell as she documents the ups and downs of her teen years of life through diary entries and comic-style doodles. The stories cover familiar topics such as moving to a new school and navigating friendship groups, bullies and crushes. The Dork Diaries books have earned enormous popularity for their easy-to-read style, casual humour and relatable scenarios.

We’ve compiled a list of ten similar books for fans of Dork Diaries. Readers who love doodle-style diaries will enjoy trying the Lottie Brooks books or The Super Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson and those who want to get stuck into more stories of real-life drama like Dork Diaries will enjoy Maddy Yip’s Guide to Life and The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.

Readers looking for another collectable series after Dork Diaries should try the Anisha Accidental Detective books or for more stories to make them laugh out loud try Trixie Pickle Art Avenger or Danny Wallace’s The Boss of Everyone. If you like the high ratio of illustration to text found in Dork Diaries, you might like to try graphic novels like Roller Girl or Frankie’s World.

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It’s easy to feel lost in the flood of so many new children’s books available. Each month, our review panel reads scores of new books and we highlight five of our recently published favourites.

Check out our Review Panel’s top books for you to read in March 2024.

It’s easy to feel lost in the flood of so many new children’s books available. Each month, our review panel reads scores of new books and we highlight five of our recently published favourites.

Check out our Review Panel’s top books for you to read in February 2024.

Best Books for KS2 Children

We’ve hand-picked a list of 30 recommended books for Junior School children. Update your Key Stage 2 classroom library or home book collections with our list of the best books for children aged 7-11, featuring disappearing grown-ups, a robot best friend, a hero on an elephant and a football-loving dog!

This booklist includes books to read with children alongside books for them to read themselves. Featuring popular storytime reads like Matilda, laugh-out-loud choices like You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum!, thrilling adventure stories like Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and captivating mysteries like The Highland Falcon Thief, this list really does have something for everyone.

If you’re a parent or teacher looking for the best books for Key Stage 2 children, look no further than our list. Whether you are looking for classic tales, funny read-alouds, new releases or educational reads, we have something to suit every young reader’s interests. Our Key Stage 2 booklist includes both fiction and non-fiction recommendations to help open minds and spark imaginations.

There is also a downloadable checklist and a printable poster, and schools can purchase full packs of these books from Peters or select packs of the Primary books or KS1 books instead.

If you are looking for more specific recommendations, you may like our Year Group Lists (see below) or Curriculum Topic Booklists.

Best Books for KS1 Children

We’ve hand-picked a list of 20 recommended books for Infant School children. Update your Key Stage 1 class library or home book collections with our list of the best books for KS1 children, featuring everything from fashion-conscious flamingoes to pesky pirates to sizzling sausages.

Featuring popular KS1 storytime reads like Hotel Flamingolaugh-out-loud choices like Narwhal, classic picturebooks like Elmer and top-notch non-fiction like Meet the Microbes!, this list really does have something for everyone.

So, if you’re a parent or teacher looking for the best books for infants, look no further than our list. Whether you are looking for classic tales, funny read-alouds, new releases or educational reads, we have something to suit every young reader’s interests. Our Key Stage 1 booklist includes both fiction and non-fiction recommendations to help open minds and spark imaginations.

There is also a downloadable checklist and a printable poster, and schools can purchase full packs of these books from Peters or select packs of the Primary books or KS2 books instead.

If you are looking for more specific recommendations, you may like our Year Group Lists(see below) or Curriculum Topic Booklists.

Best Books for Primary School Children

Browse our reading list of 50 recommended books for Primary Schools. Update your class library or home book collections with our list of the best Primary School books, featuring everything from fashion-conscious flamingoes to hilarious skeletons, greedy monsters to angry pirates, murder and intrigue to super scientists.

This primary reading list includes books to read with children alongside books for them to read themselves. Featuring popular storytime reads like The Highway Ratlaugh-out-loud choices like Funnybones, action-packed chapter books like Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and top-notch non-fiction like The Rainforest Book, this list really does have something for everyone.

Our team of experts carefully curated this collection of primary books with the help of our Review Panel members, who have tried and tested hundreds of titles in their primary school settings to bring you only the best of the best.

So, if you’re a parent or teacher looking for the best books for Primary School children, look no further than our list. Whether you are looking for classic tales, funny read-alouds, new releases or educational reads, we have something to suit every young reader’s interests. Our Primary School booklist includes both fiction and non-fiction recommendations to offer primary school children a deliciously tempting offering of reading-for-pleasure choices. There is also a downloadable checklist and a printable poster, and schools can purchase full packs of these books from Peters or select packs of the KS2 books or KS1 books from the list.

If you are looking for more specific recommendations, you may like our Year Group Lists (see below) or Curriculum Topic Booklists.

It’s easy to feel lost in the flood of so many new children’s books available. Each month, our review panel reads scores of new books and we highlight five of our recently published favourites.

Check out our Review Panel’s top books for you to read in January 2024.

Best Rhyming Stories for Children

On this booklist, we have picked a selection of rhyming books suitable for primary school classrooms. This hand-picked collection of rhyming stories will delight and entertain children throughout EYFS and KS1 and boost phonics learning and language development in Early Years classrooms.

Established classics like Each Peach Pear Plum, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy and The Giant Jam Sandwich feature alongside relative newcomers like Nabil Steals a Penguin and The Gecko and the Echo, which are already proving themselves as ‘all-join-in’ favourites in classrooms across the country.

So jump on in, it’s not to be missed: the BooksForTopics Rhyming List!

 

It’s easy to feel lost in the flood of so many new children’s books available. Each month, our review panel reads scores of new books and we highlight five of our recently published favourites.

Check out our Review Panel’s top books for you to read in December 2023.

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