School Library Services and Public Libraries as Chatterbooks delivery agents
How Chatterbooks can work for you
You can use Chatterbooks as part of your local reader development offer to schools.
By supporting schools in setting up and running Chatterbooks you can enable more children to have the chance to join a reading group, and promote reading for pleasure and library use.
You will want to design your local offer to your schools and consider any local funding (eg. from Extended Services) you might be able to tap into to support your offer.
Here is a case study from Dorset where Chatterbooks with schools has been piloted this year).
Chatterbooks is jointly run [with us] by the school's headteacher. We are encouraging reading development amongst the children, many of whom have additional learning needs. Cambridgeshire Chatterbooks
If you want to sign up as a Chatterbooks delivery agent just contact info@chatterbooks.org.uk and find out all about the support package available from The Reading Agency to help you create your offer for schools.
Once you are signed up we will promote your service to your local schools via the delivery agent list on this website. (See Chatterbooks and schools.)
You will receive a special Training Template for use in schools' Chatterbooks training, and regular mailings of materials to share with your schools.
To buy children's Chatterbooks packs to include in your package go to The Reading Agency online Shop.
