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, 309KB)
- Doctors, hospital and dentist booklist (PDF, 302KB)
- New baby booklist (PDF, 333KB)
- Starting school booklist (PDF, 377KB)
- Toilet training booklist (PDF, 284KB)
Difficult situations
- Behaviour and manners booklist (PDF, 431KB)
- Death and bereavement - Children's booklist (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Death and bereavement - Teenage booklist (PDF, 201KB)
- Dementia booklist (PDF, 365KB)
- Fears and anxiety booklist (PDF, 334KB)
- Fostering and adoption booklist (PDF, 327KB)
- Telling the truth booklist (PDF, 220KB)
Additional needs
- Aspergers and autism booklist (PDF, 583KB)
- Dyslexia - Children's booklist (PDF, 585KB)
- Dyslexia - Teenage booklist (PDF, 303KB)
- Giant print books and Braille booklist (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Resources for deaf and hearing-impaired children booklist (PDF, 468KB)
- Sensory stories booklist (PDF, 756KB)
Food
- Growing food booklist (PDF, 264KB)
- Fun with food booklist (PDF, 261KB)
- Fit and strong booklist (PDF, 274KB)
- Cooking and ingredients booklist (PDF, 254KB)
- Food stories booklist (PDF, 262KB)
- Food explorers - information booklist (PDF, 245KB)
Other topics
- All kinds of families booklist (PDF, 312KB)
- Black stories matter - Children's booklist (PDF, 442KB)
- Black stories matter - Teenage booklist (PDF, 371KB)
- Celebrating diversity booklist (PDF, 733KB)
- Gender identity booklist (PDF, 360KB)
- LGBTQ+ teenage booklist (PDF, 511KB)
- Refugees, seeking asylum and moving to a new country booklist (PDF, 432KB)
- Wordless picture books list (PDF, 405KB)
If you would like suggestions for topics or themes not covered here contact your local library for help.