The Takeoff! 2025 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
| Tiny the Secret Adventurer: Friends to the Rescue | Aisha Bushby |
| Astrid and the Space Cadets: Race from Planet Peril! | Alex T Smith |
| He Says… She Says… | Anne Fine |
| Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces | Carlos Sanchez |
| Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE! | Catherine Cawthorne |
| Flora Stormer and the Mystic Pearl | Isabella Harcourt |
| Monkey King and the World of Myths: The Monster and the Maze | Maple Lam |
| Destiny Ink: Talent Show Magic | Adeola Sokumbi |
| The Shop-Witch’s Quest | Aisha Bushby |
| Dino Dad | Andy Day |
| Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder | Bali Rai |
| The Bold Kitten | Holly Webb |
| Max and Chaffy: Hunt for the pirate’s gold! | Jamie Smart |
| Barnacle Bay (Little Habitats) | Jana Curll |
| Dinosaur Pie | Jen Wallace |
| Nora and the Map of Mayhem | Joseph Elliott |
| The Appletree animal agency | Katya Balen |
| Dungeon Runners | Kieran Larwood |
| Marnie midnight and the critter contest | Laura Ellen Anderson |
| Keisha Jones Is a Force of Nature | Natalie Denny |
| The great crisp robbery | Pamela Buchart |
| Adventure Mice : the ghostly galleon | Philip Reeve |
| Finders of silverthorn forest: the lost treasures | Rachel Chivers Khoo |
| Villains Academy | Ryan Hammond |
| Test Trouble | Serena Patel |
| Time Travellers: Adventure Calling | Sufiya Ahmed |
| Badgers are go! | Susannah Lloyd |
| One Extra Sparkle: Ellie and the Marriage List | Tricia Seabolt |
