Discover what words children and young people encounter when they read

The Children and Young People’s Books Lexicon (CYP-LEX) is a database that captures every word used in books popular with children and young people in the UK. It provides insights into how over 100,000 distinct words are used across 1,200 books for ages 7–16. You can use the menu below to look up specific words or pull out words with certain characteristics. Please refer to the READ ME tab for more detail on what information this database provides.