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Covid children's booklistPicture books that can help open conversations:
Armitage and the Big Wave, Quentin Blake ⎮ Journey, inventions, adventures
Armitage on Wheels, Quentin Blake ⎮ adventure and bike fixing
Angelica Sprockets Pockets, Quentin Blake ⎮surprised, guessing and remembering
Ada Twist Scientist, Andrea Beaty & David Roberts ⎮Curiosity, rhyming, STEM Subjects
Badger’s Parting Gifts Susan Varley ⎮Loss, grief and bereavement
Be You Peter h Reynolds ⎮Celebrating curiosity, adventurous, brave
Ben’s Magic Telescope Brian Patten Peter & Sian Bailey ⎮Beauty of the world around
Boy who bit Picasso Antony Penrose ⎮True tail of childhood friendship
Billy’s Bucket Kes Gray & Garry Parsons ⎮imaginative play with sea creatures
Bringing Down the Moon Jonathan Emett & Vanessa Cabban ⎮ lyrical story friendship
Can you catch a Mermaid Jane Ray⎮Tale about friendship, magic, myth and mystery
Camille and the Sunflowers Laurence Anholt ⎮ A tail about Van Gough
Clare Button/the Magical Day Amy De La Haye & Emily Stutton⎮ Trip to the museum
Cloudland John Burningham ⎮Friendship, Magic
Cockatoos Quentin Blake ⎮Animals, counting book,
Commotion in the Ocean Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz ⎮Poetic, sea creatures
Dot Peter H. Reynolds ⎮ Confidence in yourself, encouraging and nurturing others.
Dolls House Fairy Jane Ray ⎮Tale of friendships and caring for others
Day The Crayons Quit Oliver Jeffers ⎮colour, letter writing, fun
Day The Crayons Came Home Oliver Jeffers ⎮
Edwardo John Burningham ⎮Family, Everyday life, early learning
Frida Kahlo Isabel Sanchez Vegara Gee Fan Eng ⎮True story
Flower John Light & Lisa Evans ⎮Transformation, growth
Girl with the Birds Nest by Sarah Dyer ⎮Adventure, asking for help
Giraffes Can’t Dance Giles Andrede &Guy Parker-Rees ⎮ Embracing own differences,
Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein ⎮unconditional love, selfishness, friendships
Gilbert the Great Jane Clark & Charles Fuge ⎮loss, friendship and feeling angry
Goldilocks on CCTV John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura ⎮ fairy tales in modern day text
Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers, Loss, grief
Hair Love Matthew A Cherry ⎮Relationships between father and daughter
Handa’s Surprise Eileen Browne ⎮Counting, Rhythm and Journey
Hallibut Jackson David Lucas ⎮Feeling Shy, innovated, confidence
Happy Dreamer Peter h Reynolds ⎮Celebrating the joys the creative spirt
Happy Birthday Madame Chapeau Andrea Beaty & David Roberts⎮
Herstory Katherine Halligan & Sarah Walsh ⎮Women Who Shook Up the World
How to Catch a Star Oliver Jeffers ⎮problem solving, thought process
I am Peace A Book of Mindfulness Peter h Reynolds ⎮mindfulness and express feelings
I am Human Peter h Reynolds, ⎮Empathy, making mistakes and power of good
Ish Peter H. Reynolds⎮ attempt to answer whether beauty can be defined objectively
Its Okay to Be Different Todd Parr ⎮ being who you are, no two people exactly alike
Isaac and his amazing Asperger superpowers Melanie Walsh ⎮Siblings,
Iggy Peck Architect Andrea Beaty illustrated & David Roberts, ⎮independence, design
Just Imagine Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart ⎮exploring, interactive immigration
King of the Birds, Helen Ward ⎮journey, race, nature, birds
Lonely Giraffe Peter Blight & Michael Terry ⎮Friendships, team work
Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers ⎮friendship, feelings
Lost Words Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morries ⎮
Look Up Nathan Bryon & Dapa Adeola ⎮true story, space exploring
Lost Stars Hannh Cumming ⎮travel, feelings, expressing
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Maya Angelou paintings & Jean Michel Basquiat⎮
Mr Big by Ed Vere ⎮friendships, playing in a band
Magic bed John Burningham magic world, sleeping, journey
Oi Get off our Train John Burmingham ⎮journey, adventure
Owl Babies Martin Waddell & Patrick Benson ⎮loss, feeling scared,
Once upon an Alphabet Oliver Jeffers ⎮short stories
Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali ⎮
highlighting school transitions
Paper Dolls Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb ⎮loss, Journey, movement
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat⎮True story
Rainbow Bird Eric Maddern & Adrienne Kennaway, colour, emotions, folk story
Rosie Revere Engineer Andrea Beaty & David Roberts, Women land army, not giving up
Sky Colour Peter h Reynolds, Taking risks, mixing colour
Shh we have a plan Chris Haughton ⎮adventure, teamwork
Slug Needs a Hug Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross feelings, family and insets
Silly Billy Anthony Browne worries, making worry doll
Smartest Giant in Town Julia Donalson & Alex Scheffler ⎮journey, sharing
Selfish Crocodile Faustin Charles & Mchael Terry ⎮friendship, asking for help
Secret of Black Rock Joe Todd Stanton ⎮adventure, looking after our sea
Stripe Island Tupera Tupera ⎮pattens and travel
Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler ⎮journey friendship
Super Stan bMatt Robertson ⎮siblings, feeling left out
Thank you, Omu Oge Mora ⎮Highlighting sharing, friendships and giving ⎮
Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr ⎮sharing and play
Tin Forest Helen Ward & Wayne Anderson invention, wishing, magic and jungle
Tiger Skin Rug Gerald Rose friendships,
Tiny Seed Eric Carle changes, loss, growth, transitions
Tyrannosaurus Drip Julia Donaldson bullying, acceptance and prejudice.
Way Back Home Oliver Jeffers ⎮helping, friendship and lost
Worst Princess Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie empowerment, expression
What I like About Me Miki Sakmoto & Allia Zobel-Nolan difference and expression
You Choose Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart ⎮Imitative, interactive and exploring
Young Gifted and Black Jamia Wilson ⎮ Black Heroes from Past and Present
Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle growth, days, changing
Zog Julia Donalson and Alex Scheffler ⎮empowerment, transitions in primary school
