Schools - Children's Book Project

OUR WORK WITH SCHOOLS

Most of our work is with eligible primary schools, where staff use our books and accompanying resources to put on inclusive and celebratory gifting events for their pupils. We also welcome interest from EYFS, secondary schools and additional providers nationwide.

Whether they visit a Pop Up Bookshop, participate in informal book sharing events or choose a paired bundle from hundreds on offer, our work enables children to browse for and select books they feel excited about. Our events foster book buzz, conversation about books on offer and subsequent sharing, with accompanying resources developed in conjunction with skilled educators. All books are intended for children to choose and take home to keep.

DISCOVERY 2025-2026: BIRMINGHAM, LEEDS, LONDON & MANCHESTER

Our flagship Discovery Programme will support 200 primary schools in selected cities, delivering a termly donation of carefully curated books and accompanying resources to support three high impact gifting events across the year. Participating schools receive the equivalent of two books per child per term so that by the end of the year every pupil will have had the chance to choose and take home six books of their own.

HOW IT WORKS

Over the course of the year participating schools will receive books and resources to enable them to put on three book gifting events:

We take care to ensure that every delivery of books reflects the range of reading stages and interests in each school and that boxes arrive clearly labelled and ready for distribution. Everything is offered to schools free of charge, on the understanding that they will put on a meaningful gifting event for their pupils. This might be a standalone event, dovetailed with a whole-school reading initiative or as part of a celebratory week. All we ask in return is that organisations complete a short termly evaluation and celebrate their book gifting events on social media where possible.

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ELSEWHERE

Outside these areas you can register to feature on our nationwide map as an official book donation point. Use this to invite donations from your community and local families and to help engage local corporates and other groups to run a Book Drive on your behalf.

To be considered as a recipient on our map for your local community to find and donate their pre-loved books directly to you, please register here

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OUR PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS

80% of our gifting takes place in schools and other education settings nationwide, where we know they will have the greatest impact. Teachers and wider staff members use the books we give them to put on a high impact, inclusive and celebratory book gifting event for their pupils. Everything we offer to schools is completely free of charge.

Whether they visit a Pop Up Bookshop put on by their school, one of our Pop Up Book Huts or choose a paired bundle of books from hundreds on offer, every child is encouraged to select the books they are most excited about. In this way our events foster book buzz, conversation about choices made and subsequent sharing between participants. All books are intended for children to choose and take home to keep.

We gift books to children via targeted early years settings, primary schools and secondary schools nationwide. We also welcome interest from alternative and additional providers.

IN LONDON

In London, our Discovery Programme gives schools the books and resources for three book gifting events over the course of the year. Every school hosts a Pop Up Book Hut, launches their own Pop Up Bookshop and invites every child to select and swap from amongst an array of Book Bundles. By the end of the summer term every child will have had the chance to choose and take home six books of their own. Schools can also access downloadable posters, assembly slides and parent letters to support their gifting. Click here to access these.

We are now taking registrations for our 2024-2025 London primary school programme. Please register your interest here.

IN THE WEST MIDLANDS, WEST YORKSHIRE AND GREATER MANCHESTER

In these regions, our programmes give eligible schools the books and resources to put on gifting events by launching their own Pop Up Bookshop, fostering book buzz and empowering every child to choose and take home two books of their own.