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| J | Book and author | Other notes |
| Jabari | Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall | |
| Jack | Jack and the Beanstalk Many versions available Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Dr. Seuss Dear Mother Goose by Michael Rosen Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg Mind Hug by Emily Arber and Vanessa Lovegrove A Big Day for Little Jack by Inga Moore The House that Jack Built (trad.) Daisy and the Trouble With… books by Kes Gray The Tunnel by Anthony Browne The Snow Angel by Angela McAllister Junkyard Jack by Adrian Edmonson Ordinary Jack (The Bagthorpe Saga) by Helen Cresswell Adventure Island books by Helen Moss The Sandcastle by M.P.Robertson Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Knights of the Cardboard Castle by Elisabeth Beresford Over Sea and Under Stone by Susan Cooper Jack One-Step from Fairy Tales by Terry Jones Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne | – S, V ! S S S ! |
| Jackson | The Night I Met Father Christmas by Ben Miller | |
| Jake | Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Dr. Seuss Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly! by Nick Sharratt Kipper books by Mick Inkpen Chill with Lil by Sue Pickford Striker by Nick Hale Marge in Charge books by Isla Fisher Sick as a Parrot by Michaela Morgan Captain Pugwash by John Ryan Mr Ape by Dick King-Smith | – – S S |
| Jamal | Look Up! by Nathan Bryan | |
| Jamela | Jamela’s Dress by Niki Daly | |
| James | Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry When We Were Very Young by A.A.Milne Horatio’s Bed by Camilla Ashforth James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling Silver Fin (Young Bond) by Charlie Higson | S S ! S |
| Jamie | Dinosaur Cove books by Rex Stone Jamie Johnson books by Dan Freedman From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg | S S |
| Jan (m) | The Silver Sword by Iain Serraillier | ! |
| Jane Janie Jayni | Mary Poppins books by P.L.Travers The Wideawake Mice (Puddle Lane) by Sheila McCullagh The Toymaker by Martin Waddell Jane Austen by Little People, Big Dreams The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson | H, S N ! |
| Janet | Janet and John books by Rona Munro A Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken | |
| Jasmine | Secret Kingdom books by Rosie Banks An Otter Called Pebble (and others) by Helen Peters | S S |
| Jeanie | Older Not Wiser (Bad Nana books) by Sophy Henn | S |
| Jemima | Jemima Puddleduck by Beatrix Potter The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! By Frances Chichester Clark Marge in Charge books by Isla Fisher | H, BP H S, – S |
| Jennifer Jenny | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg Helpers by Shirley Hughes Jenny, the Shy Angel by Anne Booth The Cat Club by Esther Averill | |
| Jeremy | Jeremy James books by David Henry Wilson The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Brown The Wideawake Mice (Puddle Lane) by Sheila McCullagh Look What I’ve Got by Anthony Browne | S H |
| Jess (f) Jessica Jessie | Postman Pat’s Treasure Hunt by John Cunliffe Poppy Muddlepup by Daisy Meadows The Boy Who Wouldn’t Swim by Deb Lucke The Troublesome Tooth Fairy by Sandi Toksvig Storm Hound by Claire Fayers The By-Gone Fox by Shirley Hughes | |
| Jess (m) | Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson | ! |
| Jill | Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell Knights of the Cardboard Castle by Elisabeth Beresford Jill and Dragon by Lesley Barnes | |
| Jim | Pass the Jam, Jim! by Kaye Umansky Giant Jim and Tiny Tim by Joyce and James Dunbar It’s Too Frightening for Me! by Shirley Hughes Jim’s Lion by Russell Hoban Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | ! H |
| Joan | Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor by Patricia Valdez | N |
| Jocasta | Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly! by Nick Sharratt | |
| Jodie | My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson | |
| Joe (see also Joseph) | Dogger by Shirley Hughes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss Changes by Anthony Browne A Flying Birthday Cake? by Louis Sacher How to Write Really Badly by Anne Fine Bear Grylls: The Arctic Challenge by Bear Grylls Billionaire Boy by David Walliams | – |
| John Johnny Jon Jonathan | Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Robin Hood (trad.) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge Letter to Pluto and Homework on Pluto by Lou Treleaven Paddington books by Michael Bond Bossy Jonathan Fossy by Julie Fulton The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh | H S H H S |
| Jonah | Whatever After books by Sarah Mlynowski | BP |
| Joseph | Joseph’s Yard by Charles Keeping Mr. Ape by Dick King-Smith Sky Dancer by Gill Lewis | |
| Josephine Josie Jo | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Josephine and her Dolls by H.C.Cradock The Monster Crisp Guzzler by Malorie Blackman Little Women by Louisa M.Alcott | H |
| Joyce | The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes | |
| Judy | Paddington books by Michael Bond Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg | |
| Julian | Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love Julian the Rabbit by Nicoletta Costa Postman Pat’s Treasure Hunt by John Cunliffe A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton Famous Five books by Enid Blyton | S |
| Justin | The Hurt by Teddi Doleski Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling | S |
