Which Books?
We have consulted with children, parents, authors and teachers
about their favourite stories for young children. These include
obvious, well established favourites (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,
The Tiger That Came to Tea) with exciting recently published
books (Z is for Moose, It’s a Book). The list of 500 Books will be
updated regularly to provide authoritative guidance on ‘must
read’ books for young children that they will remember for
many years to come. Our guiding principle has been to only
include books that we would want to read ourselves or want to read to our own children. This reflects
George Bernard Shaws’ maxim to, ‘Make it a rule never to give a
child a book you wouldn’t read yourself.’
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