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Books for reluctant readers

Help children discover the joy of books with fast-paced fiction, fascinating facts and much more!

Fact books for 7-8 year olds

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Reluctant readers

Discover even more books for reluctant readers below.

Displaying 1-40 of 56 books
  1. Stories for the Summer book cover
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    Stories for the Summer
    Age: 6+
    £7.99
  2. The Usborne Detective's Handbook book cover
    New
    The Usborne Detective's Handbook
    Age: 7+
    £9.99
  3. Sticker Dolly Dressing K-POP book cover
    New
    Sticker Dolly Dressing K-POP
    Age: 5+
    £7.99
  4. Look Inside Football book cover
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    Look Inside Football
    Age: 5+
    £9.99
  5. Who were the Romans anyway? book cover
    Who were the Romans anyway?
    Age: 6+
    £7.99
  6. Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea! book cover
    Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea!
    Age: 8+
    £7.99
  7. How to be a Knight book cover
    How to be a Knight
    Age: 8+
    £7.99
  8. Animal Records book cover
    Animal Records
    Age: 7+
    £10.99
  9. How to Get Magically Popular book cover
    How to Get Magically Popular
    Age: 9+
    £7.99
  10. Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea! book cover
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    Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!
    Age: 8+
    £7.99
  11. See Inside Wild Places book cover
    See Inside Wild Places
    Age: 7+
    £10.99
  12. See Inside AI book cover
    Award Winner
    See Inside AI
    Age: 7+
    £10.99
  13. Big Book of Facts book cover
    Big Book of Facts
    Age: 9+
    £15.99
  14. Spooky Stories book cover
    Spooky Stories
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  15. The Beanstalk Murder book cover
    The Beanstalk Murder
    Age: 9+
    £7.99
  16. The Fights That Make Us book cover
    Award Winner
    The Fights That Make Us
    Age: 10+
    £7.99
  17. Forgotten Fairy Tales of Unlikely Heroes book cover
    Forgotten Fairy Tales of Unlikely Heroes
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  18. Complete Greek Myths book cover
    Complete Greek Myths
    Age: 10+
    £20.00
  19. The Boy Who Made Monsters book cover
    The Boy Who Made Monsters
    Age: 9+
    £7.99
  20. 100 Things to Know About the Unknown book cover
    100 Things to Know About the Unknown
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  21. 24 Hours in Antarctica book cover
    24 Hours in Antarctica
    Age: 7+
    £7.99
  22. Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from the Greek Myths book cover
    Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from the Greek Myths
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  23. Lift-the-flap Strongest, Cleverest, Deadliest… book cover
    Lift-the-flap Strongest, Cleverest, Deadliest…
    Age: 7+
    £10.99
  24. Illustrated Stories of Mermaids book cover
    Illustrated Stories of Mermaids
    Age: 5+
    £12.99
  25. Illustrated Stories of Monsters, Ogres and Giants (and a Troll) book cover
    Illustrated Stories of Monsters, Ogres and Giants (and a Troll)
    Age: 5+
    £12.99
  26. Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage book cover
    Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  27. Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World book cover
    Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  28. Lift-the-Flap Engineering book cover
    Lift-the-Flap Engineering
    Age: 7+
    £10.99
  29. The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates book cover
    Award Winner
    The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
    Age: 9+
    £7.99
  30. Anisha, Accidental Detective book cover
    Award Winner
    Anisha, Accidental Detective
    Age: 7+
    £6.99
  31. Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls book cover
    Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls
    Age: 7+
    £12.99
  32. Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch book cover
    Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch
    Age: 9+
    £6.99
  33. 100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding book cover
    100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  34. Aliens Invaded My Talent Show! book cover
    Aliens Invaded My Talent Show!
    Age: 9+
    £6.99
  35. 100 Things to Know About History book cover
    100 Things to Know About History
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  36. Politics for Beginners book cover
    Award Winner
    Politics for Beginners
    Age: 10+
    £9.99
  37. 100 Things to Know About Food book cover
    Award Winner
    100 Things to Know About Food
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  38. 100 Things to Know About the Human Body book cover
    Award Winner
    100 Things to Know About the Human Body
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  39. 100 Things to Know About Space book cover
    100 Things to Know About Space
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
  40. 100 Things to Know About Science book cover
    100 Things to Know About Science
    Age: 8+
    £9.99
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