Services for early years, primary and special schools

We offer a range of services to help schools develop libraries, promote reading for pleasure, and provide engaging learning experiences.

Improve your school library

Our specialist team can help with all aspects of library development, including:

We offer a tailored book ordering service. This includes:

Books arrive within a few weeks with free plastic jackets, spine labels, and Accelerated Reader (AR) levels where appropriate.

Bag Books use interactive, multi-sensory objects with voice and emotion rather than words and pictures. They help students:

This summer term challenge aims to:

Our annual book award and reading challenge for years 5 and 6 encourages children to read for pleasure and share their views.

Our Book Bus brings thousands of titles to your school, including fiction, picture books, easy reads, and non-fiction. It helps:

We’ll email you before the next term with your visit date.

Academies interested in the Book Bus should contact us:

Chatterbooks is a national network of children’s reading groups run by the Reading Agency. We provide:

Open to Local Education Authority schools and academies on a first-come, first-served basis.

Download and register your interest for reading groups in schools:

Email your completed sign up form to us.

We can band your school’s books by reading level.

If you’ve used our service before and have new stock, ask about our ad hoc book banding service.