| Teachers as readers: building communities of readers T Cremin, M Mottram, F Collins, S Powell, K Safford Literacy 43 (1), 11-19, 2009 | 272 | 2009 |
| Building communities of engaged readers: Reading for pleasure T Cremin, M Mottram, FM Collins, S Powell, K Safford Routledge, 2014 | 246 | 2014 |
| Birth to three matters: A review of the literature T David, K Goouch, S Powell, L Abbott London: DfES, 2003 | 109 | 2003 |
| An introduction to early childhood studies S Powell, K Smith Sage, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| A systematic review of how theories explain learning behaviour in school contexts S Powell, J Tod EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education …, 2004 | 77 | 2004 |
| The baby room K Goouch, S Powell McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
| Researching literacy lives: Building communities between home and school T Cremin, M Mottram, FM Collins, S Powell, R Drury Routledge, 2019 | 67 | 2019 |
| Ethical aspects of power in research with children T David, J Tonkin, S Powell, C Anderson Open University Press, 2005 | 65 | 2005 |
| Building communities: Teachers researching literacy lives T Cremin, M Mottram, F Collins, S Powell, R Drury Improving schools 15 (2), 101-115, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| Orchestrating professional development for baby room practitioners: Raising the stakes in new dialogic encounters K Goouch, S Powell Journal of Early Childhood Research 11 (1), 78-92, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| Whose hand rocks the cradle? Parallel discourses in the baby room S Powell, K Goouch Early Years 32 (2), 113-127, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| The Routledge international handbook of Froebel and early childhood practice: re-articulating research and policy T Bruce, P Elfer, S Powell, L Werth Routledge, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
| Hide and seek: Values in early childhood education and care S Powell British Journal of Educational Studies 58 (2), 213-229, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| Mega-sporting events and children's rights and interests–towards a better future S Dowse, S Powell, M Weed Human Rights and Events, Leisure and Sport, 97-108, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| The value of play: constructions of play in government policy in England S Powell Children & Society 23 (1), 29-42, 2009 | 38 | 2009 |
| Research matters T David, K Goouch, S Powell Birth to Three Matters: supporting the framework of effective practice, 42-55, 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
| Birth to three matters: A review of the literature compiled to inform the framework to support children in their earliest years T David DfES Publications, 2003 | 35 | 2003 |
| Building Communities of readers T Cremin, F Collins, M Mottram, S Powell, K Safford UK Literacy Association, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| The Routledge international handbook of philosophies and theories of early childhood education and care T David, K Goouch, S Powell Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Policies and play: the impact of national policies on children's opportunities for play S Powell, I Wellard National Children’s Bureau, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
