The Takeoff! 2024 list is 21 great books for children in years 3 and 4 published (paperback) between April 2024 and April 2025
These books are selected each year by Schools Library Services librarians and aim to cover a diverse range of authors, subjects and genres.
For new primary fiction for years 5 and 6, see our Must Read booklist!
Posters for the 2025 booklists will be delivered to subscribing schools!
See the full list of books
| Title | Author |
| Supa Nova | Chante Timothy |
| Fox Goes North |
Jeremy Strong |
| Nora Nightsky | Rebecca Lewis-Oakes |
| Reggie Rabbit – Robbery at the masqued Ball | Swapna Reddy |
| My big fat smelly poo diary – Plop of the class | Jim Smith |
| Good Bits | Kes Gray |
| Star Cat – Unicorns in space | James Turner |
| The Terrible Trio – The (not so) superheroes | Swapna Haddow |
| Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu | Sneha Pradhan |
| The Night Forest | Polly Ho-Yen |
| Nina Peanut Epic World Tour | Sarah Bowie |
| Unicornia The Dance Show | Ana Punset |
| The Diary of Wiska Wildflower – The new school | Harriet Muncaster |
| Amelia Cheeseheart investigates – Chocolate Cheat | Cat Weldon |
| Wild Magic – Journey of the Lost Elephant | Abiola Bello |
| Letter to a Dog | Piers Torday |
| The Notwitches | Gary Panton |
| Little Lim and the Golden Treasure | Frann Preston-Gannon |
| The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood: School Trip | Farhana Islam |
| Guardian of the New Year – The Year of the tiger | Eric Huang |
| Teething Trouble | Guy Bass |
| Snails of the Unexpected | Terrie Chilvers |
| Pia’s Pet Club – Puppy Problem | Serena Patel |
| Gordon the Meanest Goose on Earth – in the City | Alex Latimer |
| Woodland Explorers Club – Fujiko and the Fox | Ewa Jozefkowicz |
| Game Over | Serena Patel |
| Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-Korn | Ryan Crawford |
| Bear and Bird – The Stick and other stories | Jarvis |
