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.
*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+ |
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+ |
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.
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.