Our booklists offer recommended reads for specific interests or suggested books to support children with difficult situations or new experiences.
New experiences
- Bedtime booklist (PDF, 580KB)
- Doctors, hospital and dentist booklist (PDF, 671KB)
- New baby booklist (PDF, 691KB)
- Starting school booklist (PDF, 908KB)
- Toilet training booklist (PDF, 321KB)
Difficult situations
- Death and bereavement - Children's booklist (PDF, 1.5MB)
- Death and bereavement - Teenage booklist (PDF, 402KB)
- Dementia booklist (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Fears and anxiety booklist (PDF, 708KB)
- Fostering and adoption booklist (PDF, 982KB)
- Telling the truth booklist (PDF, 544KB)
Additional needs
- Dyslexia - Children's booklist (PDF, 709KB)
- Dyslexia - Teenage booklist (PDF, 420KB)
- Giant print books and Braille booklist (PDF, 1.1MB)
Other topics
- All kinds of families booklist (PDF, 340KB)
- Black stories matter - Children's booklist (PDF, 500KB)
- Celebrating diversity booklist (PDF, 1MB)
- Gender identity booklist (PDF, 435KB)
- Refugees, seeking asylum and moving to a new country booklist (PDF, 582KB)
If you would like suggestions for topics or themes not covered here contact your local library for help.