The Best Book Guide contains reviews of 32 of our favourite children's books.

The selected books range from picture books to teenage fiction and are organised into four different age categories:

> 5 years and under
> 5 to 8 years
> 9 to 12 years
> teenage

All these reviews and hundreds more can be found on this website , where you can search for books using keywords, genre, and age-range.

The 2008 edition of the Best Book Guide has been produced to tie in with the Big Picture Best New Illustrators Campaign. Download a copy here:

2008 Best New Illustrators Guide (A5 pdf 879Kb)

The 2006 and 2007 editions are available to download here.

2006 Edition (A5 pdf 909Kb)

2006 Edition (large print) (1.6Mb)

2007 Edition (A5 pdf 909Kb)

Books For All

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