Books that Click Book List
Books that Click
This list has been compiled to coincide with the 2022 Federation of Children’s Book Groups annual conference. Its compiler, librarian & Reading Children’s Book Group chair Chris Routh, has chosen a recently published book to represent & celebrate the work of each of the 25 contributors.
In addition to the current Children’s Laureate, Cressida Cowell, three of the first ten Children’s Laureates will be speaking at the conference. Find out about the exceptional talents of Lauren Child, Anne Fine & Michael Morpurgo in:
Flights of Fancy: Stories, pictures and inspiration from ten Children’s Laureates. Walker Books, 2019. ISBN 978 1406384659
5-8
John Agard’s Windrush Child by John Agard & Sophie Bass, Walker Books, 2022. ISBN 9781529501121 (Picture Book; Poetry)
Black History; Journeys; Feelings.
Tiger in Trouble (The Adventure Club 2) by Jess Butterworth & Kirsti Beautyman, Orion, 2022.
ISBN 978 1510107984
Adventure; Animals; India.
One World: 24 Hours on the Planet Earth by Nicola Davies & Jenni Desmond, Walker Books, 2022. ISBN 978 1406394771 (Picture Book; Nonfiction)
Natural World; Time; Climate
Pizazz vs The Demons by Sophy Henn, Simon & Schuster, 2022.
ISBN 978 1398505803
Humour; Superhero; Comic-style
A Best Friend for Bear by Petr Horacek, Walker, April 2022. ISBN 978 1406397547 (Picture Book)
Feelings; Friendship
It’s Up To Us: A Children’s Terra Carta for Nature, People & Planet by HRH The Prince of Wales & Christopher Lloyd plus various illustrators, What On Earth Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978 1913750558 (Picture Book; Nonfiction)
Natural World; Climate; Conservation
Barney the Horse & Other Tales from the Farm: A Farms for City Children Book by Michael Morpurgo & Guy Parker Rees, Harper Collins Children’s, April 2022. ISBN 978 0008451516
Short Stories; Animals; Countryside
Kevin vs the Unicorns by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, OUP, 2021.
ISBN 978 0192766175
Humour; Fantasy; Friendship
9-12
Maddy Yip’s Guide to the Holidays by Sue Cheung, Andersen, May 2022. ISBN 978 1839131974
Humour; Family; Seaside
Clarice Bean: Think Like an Elf by Lauren Child, Harper Collins Children’s, 2021. ISBN 978 0008470845
Christmas; Family
The Wizards of Once: Never & Forever by Cressida Cowell, Hodder Children’s, 2021. ISBN 978 0008470845
Adventure; Fantasy; Magic
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant, Faber & Faber, 2020.
ISBN 978 0571348763
Adventure; Historical; Courage
Bright Bursts of Colour by Matt Goodfellow & Aleksei Bitskoff, Bloomsbury, 2020. ISBN 978 1472963543 (Poetry)
Pages & Co: The Book Smugglers by Anna James, Harper Collins Children’s, 2021. ISBN 978 0008410810
Adventure; Fantasy; Friendship
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna, Wellbeck Flame, April 2022.
ISBN 978 1801300087
Fantasy; Magic; Witchcraft
Bigfoot Mountain by Roderick O’Grady, Firefly Press, 2021.
ISBN 978 1913192418
Natural World; Family; Grief
Arctic Star (Conkers) by Tom Palmer & Tom Clohosy Cole, Barrington Stoke, 2021. ISBN 978 1781129715
World War Two; Arctic Convoys; Courage
Goddess: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints & Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief by Janina Ramirez & Sarah Walsh, Nosy Crow, 2022. ISBN 978 1788009959 (Nonfiction)
Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep by Philip Reeve, David Fickling Books, 2021. ISBN 978 1788452373
Fantasy; Mystery; The Sea
Little Light by Coral Rumble, Troika, 2021. ISBN 978 1912745166
(Verse novel 11+)
Bullying; Friendship; Empathy
A Gathering of Giants (How to be a Hero 3), by Cat Weldon, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2020. ISBN 978 1529046984
Humour; Vikings; Fantasy
Daydreams & Jellybeans by Alex Wharton & Katy Riddell, Firefly Press, 2021.
ISBN 978 1913102432 (Poetry)
The Tide Singer by Eloise Williams & August Ro, Barrington Stoke, 2022.
ISBN 978 1800900110
Mystery; Legends; Tolerance
13+
Aftershocks! by Anne Fine, Old Barn Books, 2022. ISBN 978 1910646779
Fable; Natural Disaster; Grief
