Spy Readers | Find your child's next favourite book

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Spy Readers is your source of knowledge for primary-aged fiction books, so you can feel confident that your choice of book is the right one, every time.

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Search Books

Use this feature if you have a title of a book in mind and would like to find out more about it. This will give you our Suggested Age and all of the Themes that are included in the book.

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Subjects & Topics

This feature is great if you’re needing to plan a unit of work for a particular Topic or Subject. Instead we’ve collated a huge selection of fantastic books to save you time and have a class hooked from the first page!

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Find a Book

Are you looking for book suggestions that are personalised to an individual child’s interests? Then try our Book Suggester tool and find the perfect book in seconds!

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Search through themes

Our database contains themes for over 2,500 books including all the most popular books in primary school classrooms. We know what’s in each book—because we’ve read them.

Example themes

Friendship
Humour
Adventure
Magic
Family
Mischief
Death
Bullying
Bravery
Loneliness
Grief

Discover age-appropriate books

Our age recommendations are based on suitability by themes in the book rather than ability of the reader. Our aim is to help you find appropriate books for reluctant readers, struggling readers, high-ability readers and readers with specific interests.

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For Teachers:

We can help you ensure that all books in your class library are age-appropriate and if you’re planning a unit of work, SPY Readers will help you find great fiction books to support that unit.

For Parents, Grandparents & Carers:

We want you to be fully informed of the content of book choices for your young ones and we aim to make great suggestions of fantastic books that are just right for your child’s age and interests.