The right book at the right time can change lives. We can support you to develop and embed a reading-for-pleasure culture in your school.
We provide a large and varied book collection for your school. Every year you can exchange up to 50% of the collection to keep your library fresh, relevant and exciting.
Book Shop
You can buy books from our Book Shop to buy books at a discount. A book purchased from us is a ‘Book for Life’.
Our bookshop is open throughout the year including school holidays. The stock balances the wide range of diversity and needs of schools.
Subscribing schools
Subscribing schools get a 20% discount. All books are serviced and delivered to your school for free. All books bought from us by subscribing schools may be returned through our exchange scheme.
Non-subscribing schools
Non-subscribing schools get a 10% discount. The books are serviced, there is a charge for delivery or you can arrange for the books to be collected.
eBooks
A subscription to the Schools Library Service includes unlimited access to eBooks. You can read eBooks online or download them.
We have over 1000 titles to choose from, new titles are added regularly. Authors include Patrick Ness, Lemony Snicket, David Walliams and Jacqueline Wilson.
We provide you with logins which you can give to children and teachers in your school.
Class and group reader sets
AR level, colour band and reading age is listed where available.
Contact us if you need a plot synopsis or other guidance for choosing your set.
*Pie Corbett Reading Spine/Page Turner
| Title | Author | Level AR level, colour band and reading age |
|---|---|---|
| The House with Chicken Legs | Anderson, Sophie | 5.0, Dark Red, 8+ |
| Peter Pan | Barrie, J M | 7.7, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Stitch Head | Bass, Guy | 4.6, Grey, 8+ |
| Carrie’s War | Bawden, Nina | 5.3, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Operation Gadgetman | Blackman, Malorie | 4.1, Grey, 8+ |
| Famous Five – Good Old Timmy and Other Stories (WBD) | Blyton, Enid | 4.1, 7+ |
| The Magic Faraway Tree | Blyton, Enid | 4.1, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Viking Boy | Bradman, Tony | 5.2, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Flat Stanley | Brown, Jeff | 4.2, Brown, 7+ |
| Wild Robot | Brown, Peter | 5.1, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Cogheart* | Bunzl, Peter | 5.7, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances H | 6.3, Dark Red, 9+ |
| In Darkling Wood | Carroll, Emma | 3.9, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Letters from the Lighthouse | Carroll, Emma | 4.9, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Cosmic | Cottrell-Boyce, Frank | 4.5, Dark Red, 10+ |
| The Unforgotten Coat | Cottrell-Boyce, Frank | 10+ |
| How to Train your Dragon | Cowell, Cressida | 6.6, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Danny the Champion of the World | Dahl, Roald | 4.7, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | Dahl, Roald | 4.1, Brown, 7+ |
| George's Marvellous Medicine | Dahl, Roald | 4.0, Grey, 8+ |
| Matilda | Dahl, Roald | 5.0, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The BFG | Dahl, Roald | 4.8, Dark Blue, 7+ |
| The Twits | Dahl, Roald | 4.4, Grey, 7+ |
| The Enormous Turnip (Picturebook) | Daynes, Katie | Green, 6+ |
| The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Dicamillo, Kate | 4.4, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Tale of Despereaux* | Dicamillo, Kate | 4.7, Dark Red, 7+ |
| Street Child | Doherty, Berlie | 5.1, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| The Company of Ghosts | Doherty, Berlie | 4.8, 11+ |
| Princess Mirror-Belle and Snow White (WBD title) | Donaldson, Julia | 4.4, 5+ |
| Sky Song | Elphinstone, Abi | 6.1, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Oh Maya Gods! | Evans, Maz | 5.1, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Who Let the Gods Out? | Evans, Maz | 5.8, Dark Red, 7+ |
| The Girl Who Stole an Elephant | Farook, Nizrana | 4.3, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Inkheart | Funke, Cornelia | 5.7, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Once | Gleitzman, Morris | 4.1, Dark Blue, 10+ |
| The Final Year | Goodfellow, Matt | 5.4, 8+ |
| The Girl of Ink and Stars* | Hargrave, Kiran Millwood | 4.7, 9+ |
| Alex Rider Undercover | Horowitz, Anthony | 5.6, 10+ |
| Lion and the Unicorn | Hughes, Shirley | Dark Red, 6+ |
| The Iron Man* | Hughes, Ted | 4.7, Grey, 8+ |
| On the road to Africa/The boy who biked the world | Humphreys, Alastair | 5.3, 10+ |
| Journey to the River Sea | Ibbotson, Eva | 5.6, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The Abominables | Ibbotson, Eva | 6.2, Grey, 8+ |
| The time-travelling cat and the Roman eagle | Jarman, Julia | 5.0, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Stig of the Dump | King, Clive | 5.5, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Hodgeheg | King-Smith, Dick | 5.2, Brown, 7+ |
| The Sheep-pig | King-Smith, Dick | 5.6, Grey, 8+ |
| The Jungle Book | Kipling, Rudyard | 7.6, Dark Red, 7+ |
| The Wild Way Home | Kirtley, Sophie | 4.2, Dark Red, 8+ |
| Stone Age Boy | Kitamura | 3.5, 5+ |
| Song of the dolphin boy | Laird, Elizabeth | 4.6, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The thieves of Ostia | Lawrence, Caroline | 5.2, 10+ |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* | Lewis, C.S. | 5.7, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| The Boy who Fell Off the Mayflower | Lynch, P.J | 5.5, 8+ |
| The Nowhere Emporium | Mackenzie, Ross | 5.0, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Goodnight Mr Tom | Magorian, Michelle | 5.1, Dark Red/Black, 10+ |
| Romeo and Juliet | Matthews, Andrew | 5.2, Lime, 8+ |
| Jack and the beanstalk | Milbourne, Anna | 6+ |
| Beowulf | Morpurgo, Michael | 7.0, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Billy the Kid | Morpurgo, Michael | 4.7, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Kensuke's Kingdom | Morpurgo, Michael | 4.7, Dark Red, 10+ |
| King of the Cloud Forests | Morpurgo, Michael | 6.0, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Running Wild | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.7, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips | Morpurgo, Michael | 4.8, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Butterfly Lion | Morpurgo, Michael | 4.6, Black/Grey, 9+ |
| War Horse | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.9, Dark Red/Black, 9+ |
| Why the Whales Came | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.2, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Journey to Jo'burg | Naidoo, Beverley | 4.6, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Wonder | Palacio, RJ | 4.8, Dark Red/Black, 10+ |
| Armistice Runner | Palmer, Tom | Dark Blue, 10+ |
| The Valley of Lost Secrets | Parr, Lesley | 3.8 |
| Dog Man: Three Stories in One | Pilkey, Dav | 2.6, 8+ |
| Clockwork, or, All wound up | Pullman, Philip | 5.7, Dark Red/Black, 8+ |
| The Firework Maker's Daughter | Pullman, Philip | 5.3, Grey, 8+ |
| The Boy at the Back of the Class | Rauf, Onjali | 5.4, Dark Blue, 10+ |
| Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief | Riordan, Rick | 4.5, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rowling, J.K. | 6.0, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Rooftoppers | Rundell, Katherine | 3.5, Black/Dark Red, 10+ |
| The Explorer | Rundell, Katherine | 4.5, Dark Blue, 10+ |
| The Outlaw Varjak Paw | Said, SF | 4.0, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Varjak Paw* | Said, SF | 3.8, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Grief Jar | Shaw, Lynsey | 6+ |
| Lightning Mary | Simmons, Anthea | 5.3, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| The Vanishing Trick | Spangler, Jenni | 5.1, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Romans on the Rampage | Strong, Jeremy | Grey, 8+ |
| Malamander | Taylor, Thomas | 4.8, Dark Red, 10+ |
| The Last Wild | Torday, Piers | 5.6, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Time Travelling with a Hamster | Welford, Ross | 5.6, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Charlotte's Web* | White, E.B. | 8+ |
| Butterfly Beach (World Book Day title) | Wilson, Jacqueline | 4.2, 7+ |
| Beyond the Bright Sea | Wolk, Lauren | 4.8, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Collins Primary Atlas | 7+ |
*Pie Corbett Reading Spine/Page Turner
| Title | Author | Level AR level, colour band and reading age |
|---|---|---|
| The Wolves of Willoughby Chase* | Aiken, Joan | 6.5, Dark Red, 9+ |
| War is Over | Almond, David | Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Even sillier seriously silly stories | Anholt, Lawrence | Lime, 5+ |
| Victorian House Maid (and Accidental Detective) | Ardagh, Philip | Grey, 8+ |
| Lighthouse keeper's lunch | Armitage, Ronda and David | 3.2, 4+ |
| The Peppermint Pig | Bawden, Nina | 5.7, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Cloud Bursting | Blackman, Malorie | 3.3 |
| A Little Princess | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 6.0, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The treasure hunt | Butterworth, Nick | White, 6+ |
| Granny Samurai, The Monkey King and I | Chambers, John | 8+ |
| Our Tower | Coelho, Jospeh; Johnson, Richard | 4.7, 6+ |
| Pinocchio | Collodi, Carlo | 7+ |
| Framed | Cottrell-Boyce, Frank, | 4.2, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The Great Rocket Robbery | Cottrell-Boyce, Frank, | 4.6, 9+ |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dahl, Roald | 4.8, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Oliver Twist | Dickens, Charles | 5, Grey, 8+ |
| Darcy Burdock | Dockrill, Laura | 5.9, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door | Donaldson, Julia | 3.6, Lime, 5+ |
| The Snail and the Whale | Donaldson, Julia | 4.0. White, 6+ |
| The Princess Blankets | Duffy, Carol Ann | 8+ |
| The Dreamsnatcher | Elphinstone, Abi | 5.4, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Bill’s New Frock* | Fine, Anne | 4.3, Grey, 7+ |
| Diary of a Killer Cat | Fine, Anne | 3.3, Brown, 7+ |
| Odd and the Frost Giants | Gaiman, Neil | 5, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 | Goodwin, Harriett | 4.8, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Oi dog | Gray, Kes | 3.1, Gold, 6+ |
| Hermelin the Detective Mouse | Grey, Mini | 3.8, 6+ |
| The adventures of the dish and the spoon | Grey, Mini | 2.2, White, 6+ |
| Shackleton's Jouney | Grill, William | 6.7, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Shhh | Grindley,Sally | 6+ |
| Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy | Harrold, A | 5.5, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| The Pebble In My Pocket | Hooper, Meredith: Chris Coady | 4.5,Grey |
| Dogger | Hughes, Shirley | 3.1, White, 6+ |
| How the Whale Became: and Other Stories | Hughes, Ted | Dark Blue, 8+ |
| The Iron Woman | Hughes, Ted | 5.0, 8+ |
| For the Record | Irving., Ellie | 4.7, Grey, 9+ |
| A Child of Books | Jeffers, Oliver | 6+ |
| Hero Twins: a Mayan myth | Jolley, Dan | 8+ |
| The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler* | Kemp, Gene | 4.4, Grey, 7+ |
| A Story Like the Wind | Lewis, Gill | 4.6 |
| The Story of the Blue Planet | Magnason, Andri Snaer | 8+ |
| The Secrets of Stonehenge | Manning, Mick | 7+ |
| The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water | Merino, Gemma | 2.0, 6+ |
| A Medal for Leroy | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.1, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Friend or Foe | Morpurgo, Michael | 4.6, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| A Monster Calls | Ness,Patrick | 4.8, 11+ |
| Cat Tales: Ice Cat | Newbery, Linda | 4.4, Lime, 7+ |
| Wolf Brother | Paver, Michelle | 4.5, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Battle of Bubble and Squeak* | Pearce, Phillipa | 4.4, Dark Blue 9+ |
| Tom’s Midnight Garden* | Pearce,Phillipa | 6.1, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-boxers | Pilkey, Dav | 5.3, Grey, 7+ |
| Riddle of the runes: a Viking mystery | Ramirez, Janina | Grey, 8+ |
| Goblins | Reeve, Philip | 6.6, Dark Blue, 9+ |
| Oliver and the Seawigs | Reeve, Philip | 5.6, Grey, 8+ |
| Pugs of the Frozen North | Reeve, Philip | 5.4, Grey, 8+ |
| Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse | Riddell, Chris | 6.5, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Ottoline and the Yellow Cat | Riddell, Chris | 4.3, Grey, 7+ |
| Dirty Bertie - Kiss! | Roberts, David | 2.8, Brown, 6+ |
| The Language of Cat and other poems | Rooney, Rachel | 8+ |
| The Journey | Sanna, Francesca | 3.2, Lime, 6+ |
| Floodland | Sedgewick, Marcus | 3.7, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Sendak, Maurice | 3.4 |
| A Boy and a Bear in a Boat | Shelton, Dave | 5.0, Grey, 7+ |
| Polly Price’s Totally Secret Diary: On Stage in America | Shulman, Dee | 4.5, 9+ |
| Horrid Henry Robs the Bank | Simon, Francesca | 3.6, Brown, 5+ |
| Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman | Simon,Francesca | 3.3, Lime, 5+ |
| Car Jacked | Sparkes, Ali | 5.5, Dark Red, 10+ |
| You're a Bad Man Mr Gum | Stanton, Andy | 5.4, Dark Blue, 8+ |
| Blackout | Swindells, Robert | 4.8, Dark Red, 9+ |
| The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark* | Thomlinson, Jill | 3.6, Brown, 6+ |
| Owl Babies | Waddell, Martin | 2.4, Purple, 6+ |
| Varmints | Ward, Helen; Craste, Marc | 6+ |
| Cliffhanger | Wilson, Jacqueline | 3.3, 8+ |
| The Cat Mummy | Wilson, Jacqueline | 4.1, Grey, 8+ |
| The Suitcase Kid | Wilson, Jacqueline | 4.9, 8+ |
| Title | Author | Level AR level, colour band and reading age |
|---|---|---|
| Island (World Book Day title) | Almond, David | 3.8, 11+ |
| Skellig | Almond, David | 3.5, Dark Red, 10+ |
| Savage | Almond, David | 4.6, Dark Red, 9+ |
| Chains | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 5.2, 11+ |
| Knife Edge | Blackman, Malorie | 4.4, 14+ |
| Noble Conflict | Blackman, Malorie | 5.8, 13+ |
| Pig Heart Boy | Blackman, Malorie | 4.3, Dark Red, 9+ |
| One | Crossan, Sarah | 5.2, 12+ |
| Between Worlds: folk tales of Britain and Ireland | Crossley-Holland, Kevin | 12+ |
| Bog Child | Dowd, Siobhan | 3.6, 11+ |
| Diary of a Young Girl | Frank, Anne | 6.5, Dark Red, 9+ |
| BZRK | Grant, Michael | 5.1, 13+ |
| Dead of Night (World Book Day title) | Grant, Michael | 5.2, 12+ |
| Invisible City | Harris, M.G. | 4.5, 10+ |
| Hero Twins | Jolley, Dan | 8+ |
| Wild Boy | Jones, Rob Lloyd | 4.6, 11+ |
| Where the world ends | McCaughrean, Geraldine | 6.4, 10+ |
| Rook | McGowan, Anthony | 4.3, 8+ |
| Private Peaceful | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.2, Dark Red/Black, 10+ |
| Animal Farm | Orwell, George | 7.3, Adult |
| Hatchet | Paulsen, Gary | 5.7, 10+ |
| Johnny and the Dead | Pratchett, Terry | 4.4, 10+ |
| Northern Lights | Pullman, Philip | 6.2, 10+ |
| Here Lies Arthur | Reeve, Philip | 5.6, 10+ |
| Holes | Sachar, Louis | 4.6, 12+ |
| Midwinterblood | Sedgwick, Marcus | 5.0, 10+ |
| Manga Shakespeare (various) | Shakespeare, William/Appignanesi, Richard | 12+ |
| The Vampire's Assistant | Shan, Darren | 4.2, 12+ |
| Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck, John | 4.5, Adult |
| The Hate U Give | Thomas, Angie | 3.9, 12+ |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Williams, Tennessee | 14+ |
| The Black Lung Captain | Wooding, Chris | 10+ |
| I Am Malala | Yousafzai, Malala | 5.9, 12+ |
Story sacks
Cloth bag containing books, soft toys and props to make the story come alive.
Animal boogie
Anything’s possible
Can't You Sleep Little Bear
Christian Creation Christmas
Cinderella Daisy Duck 3
Did you see them too?
Did you see them too?/Je vois des betes partout!
Elephants
Elmer Farmer Duck
Fatou, Fetch the Water
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Guess how much I love you
Handa's Surprise
Itchy Bear
Itchy bear/L'Oursqui se grattait
Jack and the Beanstalk
Liling's school bag (Chinese)
Little Moon
Little Red Hen
Little Red Riding Hood
Messy Martin
Mrs Honey's Hat
Mrs Rainbow
Mrs Rainbow (French) / Madame Arc-en-Ciel
No room for Roo
Old lady who swallowed a fly
Owl Babies
Peace at last
Polar bear
Precious Waste
Rainbow fish
Ringo the flamingo
Rumble in the jungle
Sandscapes
Shaun the Shy Shark
Suddenly!
Tallula's atishoo!
The Bad-tempered ladybird
The Easter Story
The Gingerbread Man
The Gruffalo
The Journey
The Journey (musical sack)
The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat
The Parrot Tico Tango
The Scarecrow Who Didn't Scare
The Train Ride
The Ugly Duckling
The Very hungry caterpillar
Walter's windy washing line
We're Sailing Down The Nile: a journey through Egypt
What’s the time, Mr Wolf?
Who'd be a fly?
Winnie the Witch
Bag Books
Multi- sensory stories for children with SEND
The bookseller
Charmaine's bonfire adventure
CJ the library cat
Crackers
Desmond
Easter surprise
Gran's visit
Hot air balloon
The invitation
Kofi and the magic shaker
A little bit of magic
The little princess
Maria's ball
The party
Please be quiet!
Sea rescue
The uninvited guests
The workshop
If there’s anything else you’d like but isn't listed request as a topic or contact us with your suggestion.