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Books and reading

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.

Chatterbooks 

We have Chatterbooks collections for all subscribing schools to borrow. Reading material including fiction, nonfiction and picture books. Materials suitable for all abilities of KS2 pupils are available.

Download the collections from The Reading Agency.

Themes available are:

  • Action & Adventure
  • Alien Invasion
  • Best Friends Forever
  • Carnegie Medal Winners
  • Chocolates, Sweets and Other Treats
  • Chris Riddell
  • Coding Skills
  • Cosy Winter Reads
  • Fantastical Creatures (2 sets)
  • Funny Fiction
  • Furry Friends
  • Little Gems (Dyslexia Friendly)
  • Pirates and Perils of the Deep
  • Poetry
  • Shakespeare
  • Spies and Crime-busters
  • Spine-tinglers!
  • Sporty Stories
  • Stories From Around the World
  • Superheroes, Comics and Cartoons
  • Wonderful Non-fiction

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.

Class Reader Sets (30 copies, single title)

*Pie Corbett Reading Spine/Page Turner

Island (World Book Day title) Almond, David 3.8, 11+
Skellig* Almond, David 3.5, Dark Red, 10+
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+
Operation Gadgetman Blackman, Malorie 4.1, Grey, 8+
Famous Five – Good Old Timmy and Other Stories (World Book Day title) Blyton, Enid 4.1, 7+
Viking Boy Bradman, Tony 5.2, Dark Red, 9+
Flat Stanley Brown, Jeff 4.2, Brown, 7+
Cogheart* Bunzl, Peter 5.7, Dark Red, 9+
The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances H. 6.3, Dark Red, 9+
Letters from the Lighthouse* Carroll, Emma 4.9, Dark Red, 10+
Secrets of a Sun King Carroll, Emma 5, 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+
One Crossan, Sarah 5.2, 12+
The BFG Dahl, Roald 4.8, Dark Blue, 7+
George’s Marvellous Medicine Dahl, Roald 4.0, Grey, 8+
The Twits Dahl, Roald 4.4, Grey, 7+
The Tale of Despereaux* Dicamillo, Kate 4.7, Dark Red, 7+
The Company of Ghosts Doherty, Berlie 4.8, 11+
Street Child* Doherty, Berlie 5.1, Dark Blue, 9+
Sky Song Elphinstone, Abi 6.1, Dark Red, 10+
Who Let the Gods Out? Evans, Maz 5.8, Dark Red, 7+
Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne Dark Red, 9+
Inkheart Funke, Cornelia 5.7, Dark Red, 9+
The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil 5.1, 10+
Dead of Night (World Book Day title) Grant, Michael 5.2, 12+
The Girl of Ink and Stars* Hargrave, Kiran Millwood 4.7, 9+
Invisible City Harris, M. G. 4.5, 10+
Alex Rider: Undercover Four Secret Files (World Book Day title) Horowtiz, Anthony 5.6, 10+
The Lion and the Unicorn Hughes, Shirley Dark Red, 6+
The Iron Man* Hughes, Ted 4.7, Grey, 8+
The Abominables* Ibbotson, Eva 6.2, Grey, 8+
Journey to the River Sea* Ibbotson, Eva 5.6, Dark Red, 9+
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 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+
Rook McGowan, Anthony 4.3, 8+
The Nowhere Emporium Mackenzie, Ross 5.0, Dark Red, 9+
Goodnight Mr Tom Magorian, Michelle 4.7, Grey, 7+
Romeo and Juliet Matthews, Andrew 5.2, Brown, 8+
Beowulf* Morpurgo, Michael 7, Dark Blue, 8+
Billy the Kid Morpurgo, Michael 4.7, 8+
Kensuke’s Kingdom Morpurgo, Michael 4.7, Dark Red, 9+
King of the Cloud Forests Morpurgo, Michael 6.0, Dark Red, 10+
Private Peaceful* Morpurgo, Michael 5.2, Dark Red, 10+
Running Wild Morpurgo, Michael 5.7, Dark Red, 9+
Why the Whales Came* Morpurgo, Michael 5.2, Dark Red, 9+
Journey to Jo’bury Naidoo, Beverley 4.6, Dark Blue, 8+
Animal Farm* Orwell, George 7.3, 12+
Wonder* Palacio, R. J. 4.8, 10+
Armistice Runner Palmer, Tom 4, Dark Blue, 9+
Hatchet* Paulsen, Gary 5.7, 11+
Dog Man: three stories in one (World Book Day title) Pilkey, Dav 2.6, 8+
Clockwork, or All Wound Up* Pullman, Philip 5.7, Dark Red, 8+
The Firework Maker’s Daughter* Pullman, Philip 5.3, Grey, 8+
Northern Lights Pullman, Philip 6.2, 10+
Oliver and the Seawigs Reeve, Philip 5.6, Grey, 7+
Long Way Down Reynolds, Jason 4.3, 13+
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Riordan, Rick 4.5, Dark Red, 10+
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Rowling, J.K. 6, Dark Red, 9+
The Explorer Rundell, Katherine 4.5, Dark Blue, 9+
Rooftoppers Rundell, Katherine 3.5, Dark Red, 10+
Holes* Sachar, Louis 4.6, Dark Red, 11+
The Outlaw Varjak Paw Said, S. F. Dark Blue, 7+
Varjak Paw* Said, S. F. 3.8, Dark Blue, 7+
Collins Junior Atlas (non-fiction) Scoffham, Stephen J912, 8+
Tunnels of Blood Shan, Darren 4.2, 12+
Lightning Mary Simmons, Anthea 9+
Romans on the Rampage Strong, Jeremy 4.3, Grey, 8+
The Hate U Give Thomas, Angie 3.9, 12+
The Last Wild Torday, Piers 5.6, Dark Red, 9+
Time Travelling with a Hamster Welford, Ross 5.6, Dark Red, 9+
Charlotte's Web* White, E. B. 4.4, Grey, 7+
Butterfly Beach (World Book Day title) Wilson, Jacqueline 4.2, 7+
Beyond the Bright Sea Wolk, Lauren 4.8, Dark Red, 10+
I Am Malala Yousafzai, Malala 5.9, 12+

Group Reader Sets (10-12 copies, single title)

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, Laurence Lime, 5+
Victorian House Maid (an Accidental Detective) Ardagh, Philip Grey, 8+
Carrie’s War Bawden, Nina 5.3, Dark Red, 9+
The Peppermint Pig Bawden, Nina 5.7, Dark Blue, 9+
The Battles of Ben Kingdom - The Claws of Evil Beasley, Andrew 6.5, 9+
The Magic Faraway Tree Blyton, Enid 4.1, Dark Blue, 9+
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Boyne, John 5.8, Dark Red, 9+
A Little Princess Burnett, Frances H. 6.0, Dark Red, 9+
Frost Hollow Hall Carroll, Emma 4.0, Dark Blue, 9+
Granny Samurai, The Monkey King and I Chambers, John 7+
Framed* Cottrell-Boyce, Frank 4.2, Dark Red, 9+
The Great Rocket Robbery (World Book Day title) Cottrell-Boyce, Frank 4.6, 9+
Fantastic Mr Fox* Dahl, Roald 4.1, Brown, 7+
Darcy Burdock Dockrill, Laura 5.9, Dark Blue, 9+
Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door Donaldson, Julia 3.6, Lime, 5+
The Princess Blankets Duffy, Carol Ann 8+
Bill’s New Frock* Fine, Anne 4.3, Grey, 7+
Diary of a Killer Cat Fine, Anne 3.3, Brown, 7+
The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 Goodwin, Harriet 4.8, Dark Blue, 8+
Shackleton’s Journey (non-fiction) Grill, William 6.7, Dark Red, 9+
Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy Harrold, A. Dark Blue, 9+
The Iron Woman Hughes, Ted 5.0, 8+
For the Record Irving, Ellie 4.7, Grey, 9+
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler* Kemp, Gene 4.4, Grey, 7+
Stig of the Dump King, Clive 5.5, Dark Blue, 8+
Stone Age Boy Kitamura, Satoshi 3.5, 5+
Love, Aubrey LaFleur, Susanne 3.7, Dark Red, 9+
Donut Diaries of Dermot Milligan Milligan, Dermot 5.3, Dark Blue, 9+
Friend or Foe Morpurgo, Michael 4.6, Dark Blue, 9+
A Medal for Leroy Morpurgo, Michael 5.1, Dark Blue, 9+
A Monster Calls Ness, Patrick 4.8, 11+
Cat Tales: Ice Cat* Newbery, Linda 4.4, Lime, 7+
Battle of Bubble and Squeak* Pearce, Philippa Dark Blue 9+
Tom’s Midnight Garden* Pearce, Philippa 6.1, Dark Red, 9+
Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-boxers   Pilkey, Dav   5.3, Grey, 7+
The Riddle of the Runes: a Viking Mystery Ramirez, Janina Grey, 8+
Goblins Reeve, Philip 6.6, Dark Blue, 9+
Pugs of the Frozen North Reeve, Philip 5.4, Grey, 8+
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Riddell, Chris 4.3, Grey, 7+
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Riddell, Chris 6.5, Dark Red, 9+
Dirty Bertie - Kiss! Roberts, David 2.8, Brown, 6+
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 9+
You're a Bad Man Mr Gum Stanton, Andy 5.4, Dark Blue, 7+
Blackout Swindells, Robert 4.8, Dark Red, 9+
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark* Thomlinson, Jill 3.6, Brown, 5+
The Cat Mummy Wilson, Jacqueline 4.1, Grey, 7+
Cliffhanger Wilson, Jacqueline 3.3, Grey, 8+
The Suitcase Kid Wilson, Jacqueline 4.9, Grey, 8+

Group Reader Sets for Key Stages 3 and 4 (single title, assorted numbers of copies)

The Savage Almond, David 4.6, Dark Red, 9+
Chains Anderson, Laurie Halse 11+
Noble Conflict Blackman, Malorie 5.8, 13+
Pig Heart Boy Blackman, Malorie 4.3, Dark Red, 9+
Scarlet Dedd Brett, Cathy 5.6, 11+
Bog Child Dowd, Siobhan 3.6, 11+
The Messenger Bird Eastham, Ruth 4.8, Dark Red, 9+
Beautiful Creatures Garcia, Kami 4.5, 13+
I, Coriander Gardner, Sally 5.5, 9+
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden Grant, Helen 6.1, 13+
BZRK Grant, Michael 5.1, 13+
I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend Harrison, Cora 5.6, 11+
Rowan the Strange Hearn, Julie 5.8, 11+
At the Sign of the Sugar Plum Hooper, Mary 6.2, 11+
By Royal Command Hooper, Mary 6.6, 9+
The Adventures of Tintin Irvine, Alex 10+
Hero Twins Jolley, Dan 8+
Wild Boy Jones, Rob Lloyd 4.6, 11+
Butter Lange, Erin 4.9, 13+
Everybody Jam Lewis, Ali 5.1, 13+
The Recruit Muchamore, Robert 4.5, 11+
Midwinterblood Sedgwick, Marcus 5.0, 13+
Revolver Sedgwick, Marcus 5.2, 11+
Manga Shakespeare (various) Shakespeare/Appignanesi Graphic Novels
Counting by 7’s Sloan, Holly Goldberg 5.6, 11+
Scorpio Races Stiefvater, Marcus 5.5, 13+
The Black Lung Captain Wooding, Chris 13+

Story sacks

Cloth bag containing books, soft toys and props to make the story come alive. 

Story sack list

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

Bag Books list

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.