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In May we are featuring titles from Around the World!
This National Year of Reading we are celebrating reading for pleasure in all its forms. With the World Cup coming up in June and July we thought highlighting books from around the world – sport, food, architecture, history, geography, animals and of course fiction set abroad! Whether it’s stories or non fiction as Reading for Pleasure or perhaps they might help support learning, we hope the titles below are useful in your school and classroom libraries.
Browse below to see the globe in bite sized chunks and click here if you would like to register to hear about our Football Fantasy Book League – our gamified project combining football and reading around the world for schools to play for free during the FIFA Men’s World Cup and The National Year of Reading.
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Let's Travel Around the World - Fiction
Dadaji’s Paintbrush
ISBN: 9781839131400
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Big Green: Everyone Can Make a Difference
ISBN: 9781915659651
Original price was: £12.99.£9.35Current price is: £9.35.
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The Sleeper Train: A moonlit railway adventure set in India
ISBN: 9781529535150
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
Reprinting
Sala, Mountain Warrior
ISBN: 9781915659064
Original price was: £12.99.£9.35Current price is: £9.35.
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Anna Hibiscus and Her Amazing Family: Two Books in One
ISBN: 9781529526899
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Boy Who Biked the World: Part One: On the Road to Africa
ISBN: 9781903070758
Original price was: £7.99.£6.39Current price is: £6.39.
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The Boy Who Met a Whale
ISBN: 9781788009430
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Wonder Team and the Football Phantom
ISBN: 9781035079803
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Cloud Tea Monkeys
ISBN: 9781406333862
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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The Vanishing Rainforest
ISBN: 9780711221703
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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HarperCollins Children’s Classics: The Akimbo Adventures
ISBN: 9780008726676
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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A Sliver of Moon and a Shard of Truth
ISBN: 9781406398137
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Sona Sharma – A Friend Indeed
ISBN: 9781529504385
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Nikhil and Jay: Off to India
ISBN: 9781915659118
Original price was: £8.99.£6.47Current price is: £6.47.
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Blue’s Planet: Australia
ISBN: 9781802630015
Original price was: £7.99.£5.99Current price is: £5.99.
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Wild Magic 3: Escape of the Sea Turtles
ISBN: 9781398520547
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
ISBN: 9781398505087
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Jummy at the River School
ISBN: 9781913696047
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Too Small Tola Makes It Count
ISBN: 9781406399387
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Safiyyah’s War
ISBN: 9781839133138
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Line They Drew Through Us
ISBN: 9781839134722
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Garbage King
ISBN: 9781035034673
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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A Spoonful of Murder
ISBN: 9780141373782
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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The Waters and the Wild
ISBN: 9780241656433
Original price was: £16.99.£11.89Current price is: £11.89.
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The World between the Rain
ISBN: 9781911427315
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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A Single Shard
ISBN: 9780861541867
Original price was: £6.99.£5.03Current price is: £5.03.
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Let's Travel Around the World - Non Fiction
50 Ways Into Football: Dream Jobs On and Off the Pitch
ISBN: 9781526366733
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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Big Brilliant World: A book of first words
ISBN: 9781835870952
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Celebrating People Like Me
ISBN: 9780008760199
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Everything You Know About Birds is Wrong!
ISBN: 9781839949463
Original price was: £14.99.£10.49Current price is: £10.49.
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Factology: Birds: Open Up a World of Information!
ISBN: 9781787081833
Original price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Football Clubs of England and Scotland
ISBN: 9780008751821
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Football for Kids: An Illustrated Guide
ISBN: 9782889754625
Original price was: £14.99.£11.24Current price is: £11.24.
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Football’s Champions of Change
ISBN: 9781783129423
Original price was: £14.99.£10.79Current price is: £10.79.
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From Valley to Peak: The Story of Mountains
ISBN: 9781445195353
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Greatest Stars of The World Cup
ISBN: 9781804538937
Original price was: £14.99.£10.79Current price is: £10.79.
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How to Be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs
ISBN: 9781788006965
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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How To Survive Anywhere: Staying Alive in the World’s Most Extreme Places
ISBN: 9781788008129
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Kids Can Cook Around the World
ISBN: 9781787081734
Original price was: £16.99.£12.74Current price is: £12.74.
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Lonely Planet Kids Inside – The World’s Wonders
ISBN: 9781838699956
Original price was: £12.99.£9.35Current price is: £9.35.
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Maptastic!: A Mind-Blowing Map Adventure on Every Page
ISBN: 9780241753897
Original price was: £22.00.£15.40Current price is: £15.40.
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On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold! (2024 Edition)
ISBN: 9781805130727
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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Oxford First Atlas (2026 Ed)
ISBN: 9781382076463
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Planet Earth: Discover Our Place in Space
ISBN: 9780241731215
Original price was: £14.99.£10.49Current price is: £10.49.
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Planet Earth: A 4.5 Billion Year Story
ISBN: 9780241716878
Original price was: £16.99.£11.89Current price is: £11.89.
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Raising the Roof: A Dazzling History of Classical Music
ISBN: 9781835873298
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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See Inside Famous Cities
ISBN: 9781409599180
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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Shoot: World Cup Legends
ISBN: 9780241812136
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Special Delivery: A Book’s Journey Around the World
ISBN: 9781839942099
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People to Help You Reach the Top of Your Game
ISBN: 9781406397123
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Big Book of Festivals
ISBN: 9780571370221
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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The Cities of the Future
ISBN: 9781836270201
Original price was: £14.99.£10.79Current price is: £10.79.
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The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
ISBN: 9780241723623
Original price was: £20.99.£14.69Current price is: £14.69.
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The Most Important Animal of All
ISBN: 9781838138141
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
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The Nine Times I Nearly Died: An Explorer’s True Tales of Survival and Adventure
ISBN: 9781529526820
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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The Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day
ISBN: 9781913750770
Original price was: £15.99.£11.51Current price is: £11.51.
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The Spectacular Science of Buildings: From ancient wonders to modern megastructures
ISBN: 9781035047802
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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The Story of Gold
ISBN: 9780500653852
Original price was: £16.99.£11.89Current price is: £11.89.
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This Is Our World Our Favourite Food
ISBN: 9780753449820
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)
ISBN: 9780008710279
Original price was: £16.99.£11.89Current price is: £11.89.
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Welcome to Our Playground: A Celebration of Games Children Play Everywhere
ISBN: 9781807081690
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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Who Wins? Planet Earth III
ISBN: 9781405971539
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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World Kitchen – Celebrations
ISBN: 9781805318415
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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World of Football
ISBN: 9780008820725
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
Not Yet Published
World of Sport
ISBN: 9781835878651
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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