Our Picture Perfect Booklist is a collection of books that prove a picture really can be worth a thousand words! This specially curated list showcases highly illustrated books, graphic novels, and powerful visual storytelling that enhances the story being told. Whether you’re a comic book enthusiast or simply love books that bring stories to life with stunning imagery, this list is perfect for you. Dive in, turn the pages, and let the pictures speak for themselves.
Our librarian readers have shared three words to describe each book to help you decide if the book is for you.
The books
First Big Book of How
Me and my Hair
Serena and the Little Blue Dog
The Search for Carmella
SCRAP: The Good, the Bad and the Rusty
Superheroes
Tosh’s Island
Chris Mould’s War of the Worlds
Lunar New Year Love Story
Oxygen Mask
Elena
Here
Persepolis I & II
How to get involved
• Download supporting resources for the selected books (including activity sheets and discussion guides)
• You buy any of the recommended books on our Bookshop.org? page or visit your local library and see if they have the book in your favourite format to read
• If you have read any of the books, don’t forget to leave a review for the wider community to hear your thoughts
• Click on the book titles and you will be able to add them into your TBR Pile
• We would also love to hear what books you’d recommend for the list on social media using #booklist and tagging @readingagency
• Comment below which which of the picks you are intrigued to find out more about
The selection process
The themed booklists are co-ordinated in-house by the Reading Partners team. The aim is to highlight a variety of titles which children, young people and adults will want to read themselves and to encourage reading for pleasure. We aim to create booklists that include titles that are written and illustrated by authentic voices and then include characters that reflect the diverse society of the UK. (Please note our monthly booklists are not part of our Book Selection Framework applied to programme content and our selection has been supported with readers).
