Schools & Nurseries
Our aim is to provide you with high quality books that your pupils will love whilst saving your two most precious resources: your time & money.
As an experienced primary teacher and former Head of English & English Advisor, I know how important it is that your children have access to high quality books. I also know just how time consuming it can be to find the perfect books for your class and how expensive it can become.
At Chestnut Books we provide a flexible consultancy and purchasing service to primary schools and nurseries. Tell us what you’re looking for and we will find it for you. We offer competitive discounts on all orders and can arrange additional promotions based on your needs. Get in touch to discuss your requirements and how we can help you.
julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk
School Library Collections
Our pre-made library collections cover some of our most popular requests. We’ve organised our books by age group and theme to make them easy to search through.
New library stock.
Whether you have 6000 or 60 books in your school library, it can be a mammoth task to select the best new books or fill gaps in your selection. Tell us about your school’s requirements and intake and we will find books your students will love.
Love Your Library Subscription
Keep your children excited to visit your library with a collection of high-quality, recently published books delivered to you every month.
Class Stories.
Class stories are a precious time for you and your students to travel to incredible lands, solve mysteries & learn about different cultures.
Reception 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.
Curriculum Collections.
Immersing your class in their topic is one of the best ways to spark their interest and curiosity. It can be difficult to find books linked to your topic that add value to your lessons and story times. Ask us about the best, high-quality texts available.
Book Corners
These brand new collections meet the requirements of the new DfE Reading Guidance to have a high-quality collection of books in your classroom that represent children from different backgrounds and capture children’s imaginations. There are three collections for each year group from Reception to Year 6 each containing 30 brilliant books.
EYFS.
Brilliant picture books are my favourite! What a wonderful way for little people to learn about the world and their place in it. The vocabulary and sentence structure your children will pick up from these amazing stories will surprise you.
Mental Health & Well Being
Books are often a great way in to some difficult conversations. Support the children in your school with books to help guide them through challenging times.
Diversity & Racism
Every child should see themselves represented in the books they read. Every child should see children that are different to themselves represented in the books they read. Make this a reality in your classrooms.
Class Texts.
Recommended texts for each year groups to study as part of your English lessons. These books are always brilliant written with great examples of fantastic vocabulary and the grammar your children are learning. We choose books with chapters that frequently end on cliff hangers… ready for tomorrow’s lesson.
Nursery.
Beautiful illustrations, exciting sounds & songs, lots of textures and surprises on every page. These books and stories are chosen to engage each stage of your nursery children from babies to pre-schoolers. Story time or continuous provision; topic matched or development based - tell us about your needs.
Non-fiction.
There are so many brilliant non-fiction books for children but they are often quite hard to find. We’ve got some real gems that your pupils will be pouring over for hours.
CPD.
We can help you set up a CPD lending library for your staff room or support your school improvement planning by providing staff with the tools to develop teaching and learning in your school.
Dictionaries.
So many dictionaries… often overlooked but a key skill for your children to learn. Let us show you the perfect dictionaries for each ability and age group across you school.
Poetry.
Our fantastic poetry collections will introduce your children to the joy of poetry. They are chosen top inspire confidence, kindness and laughter.
Standard Pricing
15% Discount
Orders up to £150
Any school or nursery order up to the value of £150 will automatically receive a 15% discount.*
Annual Service
Receive discounts off all orders in a year
Planning big changes this year? Get in touch to discuss an annual fee that will give you access to consultancy and a fixed discount for the school year regardless of the number of orders.
20% Discount
Orders over £150
Any school or nursery order over £150 will automatically receive a 20% discount. *
Parent Partnership
Rewards for in school advertising
Chestnut Books began as a service for parents: finding their children wonderful books that are chosen specifically for them. Inspire your pupils to read more at home and engage your parents with our brilliant products.
*Oxford Reading Tree & Bug Club are not included in this offer. Please get in touch for an individual quote.
Contact us.
julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk