Start with a story.
Reading in EYFS
Book Corners
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Book Corners 〰️
Inspire your class with our carefully curated Book Corners. Each collection includes a range of newly published books and classics that are perfect for sharing over and over again!
The selections have been put together to ensure there is a balance of funny and more serious books covering a wide range of themes and representations of different backgrounds and cultures. We have read every book that is included in our collections and know that your and your children will love reading them!
Class Texts
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Class Texts 〰️
Bedtime Stories
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Bedtime Stories 〰️
This collection of 39 books is a fantastic way to promote reading for pleasure at home.
Every book has been carefully selected to help support parents with a calming bedtime routine. These beautifully illustrated books with lyrical text will help little ones relax and provide parents and children with precious time together at the end of a busy day.
Send a different bedtime story home with each child in your class every week of the school year.
The books have been selected for their positive, calming and supportive themes.
We have included books to support parents in talking to their child about their feelings and encouraging children to chat about their day.
Curriculum Collections
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Curriculum Collections 〰️
Poetry
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Poetry 〰️
This fabulous collection of poetry has been put together to introduce the youngest children in school to the joy of poems. Each book is perfect for reading aloud, learning to perform and filled with beautiful illustrations. We’ve chosen poems filled with energy and laughter that your class will love to learn & recite and updates versions of classics that promote friendship, kindness & equality.
This fabulous collection of poetry has been updated to include our favourite newly published poetry books & anthologies. We’ve chosen 20 of the very best books to introduce the youngest children in school to the joy of poems. Each book is perfect for reading aloud, learning to perform and filled with beautiful illustrations. These poems are filled with energy and laughter that your class will love to learn & recite and updates versions of classics that promote friendship, kindness & equality.
If you would like to be invoiced for this collection, please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.
Our Poetry Collection includes lots of fabulous new poetry anthologies along with a selection of long-standing classics that are often taught in schools suitable from EYFS to Y6.
We’ve carefully selected a wonderful range of anthologies that cover a variety of different themes and structures. There are poems to perform and poems to inspire children to write their own verses. We’ve included lots of links to topics and, most importantly, poetry that promotes our shared values of kindness, celebrating diversity and promoting self-confidence & well-being.
There are 60 books in this collection. Scroll through to see all the titles.
We know how tight school budgets are… our collections are intended for use in schools and already have a 20% discount applied against RRP.
Reference Books
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Reference Books 〰️
We recommend these reference books because they best meet the NC Objectives for use in Reception.