Reviews and Recommendations

Welcome to our recommended reads pages, where you can browse through recommendations of Scottish children's books.


Reviews by young people

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Recommendations by writers

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Books for 0-5-year-olds

  • No Matter What by Debi Gliori, recommended by Derek Brazell

Books for 9-12-year-olds

  • Deep Water by Debi Gliori, recommended by Mary Arrigan

Books for Young Adults

  • Exodus by Julie Bertagna, recommended by Keith Gray
  • A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird, recommended by Chloe Rayban
  • Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard, recommended by Narinder Dhami
  • Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan, recommended by David Belbin
  • Happy by Keith Gray, recommended by Chris D'Lacey
  • Malarkey by Keith Gray, recommended by Anne Cassidy
  • SKARRS by Catherine Forde, recommended by Kevin Brooks
  • The Pack by Tom Pow, recommended by Kate Cann
  • Captives by Tom Pow, recommended by Keith Gray 

  

Other Scottish Children's Book Awards

If you are looking for good books for children and young people, you might want to try reading the shortlisted and winning books for the following children’s books awards.