The Lower Primary Books featured on Your Kids Next Read Podcast in 2022

Over the year that was 2022, we have featured MANY a book on the Your Kids Next Read podcast. So the obvious end of year activity was getting the Teen-Elf (aka Pudstar) to collate all those books, via age groups, so you have THE best shopping lists to purchase all the books for Christmas and the holidays!

Also remember to check out your local independent bookstores – in Brisbane our favs are Scrumptious Reads, Avid Reader, Where the Wild Things Are, Riverbend Books, Bright and Early Books, Books @ Stones, Wildflowers and Reading Hours, Little Gnome Bookshop and Quick Brown Fox.

Links to purchase are all sorted for you. Click on the link or image and head to Booktopia for some cart filled fun.

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LOWER PRIMARY BOOKS

This list of features books for young readers who are just starting their independent reading journey. They may be a ‘read to’ or a ‘read with’ book experience depending on there reading development – reading progression happens at various ages and stages. These books are generally aimed at little readers from 6 – 8 but are suitable for readers outside of this category and picture books and non-fiction books should also be included so see the list Early Childhood Books Featured on the Your Kid’s Next Read Podcast is 2022 and Non Fiction Books Featured on the Your Kid’s Next Read Podcast is 2022. You may also find my list of Best Books for Newly Independent Readers useful, as well as my Reading Ready webinar, which has loads of tips and tricks around early reading development.

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So many books – here’s the rest of the list!

’29 Things You Didn’t Know about Me’ by Solli Raphael, illustrated by Olana Janfa

‘Furball’ by Adrian Beck

‘The Very Best Doughnut’ by series editor Randa Abdel-Fattah, illustrated by writer, artist and advocate Amani Haydar

‘A Spoonful of Sadie’ by Lana Spasevski, illustrated by Joanie Stone

‘Little Ash’ series written be Ash Barty with Jasmin McGaughey. Illustrated by Jade Goodwin

‘Kicking Goals’ series by Sam Kerr 

‘The Wild Life: A Berry Long Walk’ by Laura and Philip Bunting

‘Sadie series’ by Lana Spasevski

Surviving the Wild series by Remy Lai 

‘Mertales (3): The Great Treasure Hunt’ by Rebecca Timmis

‘Ginger Green’s Big Book of Friendship’ (8 stories in 1) Playdate Queen’ by Kim Kane. Illustrated by Jon Davis 

‘Dead Good Detectives’ by Jenny McLachlan

‘The Odds: Run, Odds, Run’ by Matt Stanton 

‘Pearly and Pig And the Great Hairy Beast’ by Sue Whiting

‘Willa and Woof: Mimi is Missing’ by Jacqueline Harvey. Illustrated by A. Yi

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– Should my child already know how to read?
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And just in case YOU want some books for Christmas (who doesn’t?) leave some hints about these fabulous choices!

Go forth and ‘add to cart’!

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More books featured on Your Kids Next Read podcast:

EARLY CHILDHOOD Book list

MIDDLE – UPPER PRIMARY Book list

MIDDLE GRADE Book list

YOUNG ADULT Book list

NON FICTION Book list