School Library Pack

In 2012-13 we offered every secondary school in England the School Library Pack: a free pack of books and resources which aims to support school libraries to create a reading culture that reaches all students, encouraging students to discuss what they are reading and join in activities such as reading groups.

The School Library Pack was available free of charge to any school or education provider in England with Year 7 students. The programme was funded by the Department for Education, and generously supported by children’s book publishers. More than 4,300 schools took part.

Registration

Registration for 2012-13 has now closed; we hope to be able to confirm shortly whether we will be offering the School Library Pack again in 2013-14.

View the full 2012-13 School Library Pack booklist

Find out more about the 2012-13 School Library Pack for special schools.

Each pack for mainstream schools will contain:

Contemporary Classics

Five copies each of:

Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Supported by specially commissioned Reading Group Guides

Non-fiction titles

One copy each of:

How to Make a Universe from 92 Ingredients by Adrian Dingle
Phenomenal! The Small Book of Big Words by Jonathan Meres
Murderous Maths: Guaranteed to Bend Your Brain by Kjartan Poskitt
The Worst Children’s Jobs in History by Tony Robinson

Graphic novels

One copy each of:

Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Kate Brown
SilverFin: The Graphic Novel by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker
Boffin Boy and the Forest of the Ninja by David Orme and Peter Richardson
Super Animal Adventure Squad by James Turner

Each pack for special schools will contain:

Turn It Up, Doris! by Sam Lloyd (Templar) - A puppet book with a sensory element, great for retaining the interest of children with attention difficulties and moderate to severe learning difficulties.
All Join In by Quentin Blake (Random House) - This rhyming picture book encourages interaction and is ideal to be read aloud to a group.
Rabbityness by Jo Empson (Child's Play) - A beautifully illustrated picture book that is sophisticated enough to appeal to secondary school audiences and offers plenty of scope for discussion.
Boffin Boy and the Invaders from Space (Ransom) - A stylish graphic novel-style book with a low reading age but high interest level.
Sterling and the Canary by Andy Stanton (Barrington Stoke) - This hilarious story by the author of Mr. Gum is specifically written to be accessible and dyslexia friendly.
Revolting Records by Anne Rooney (Barrington Stoke) - A book of disgusting facts that is sure to be popular with the secondary age group and is also specifically written to be dyslexia friendly.

Find out more about the School Library Pack for special schools.

The pack will be supported by online guidance on using each of the titles to encourage reading for pleasure.

The School Library Pack is available for free to any school in England with Year 7 students and will provide resources and titles suitable for use across the age range 11-16 years. The pack is ideal to support your School Library, Learning Resource Centre, Multi-Media Centre, or to help build on the range of books available for reading for pleasure in your classrooms.

The School Library Pack is funded by the Department for Education, and generously supported by children’s book publishers.

For more information about the School Library Pack please contact us by emailing schoollibrarypack@booktrust.org.uk