Orchard Books

Great news! Seriously Silly Rhymes: Little Bo-Peep Has Knickers that Bleep is on the accessible list (for less able readers).


Booked Up is a Booktrust initiative and is a national programme that aims to give a free book to every child starting secondary school in England. Every secondary school is invited to register in June and in September registered schools receive materials to enable each Year 7 student to choose the book that is right for them. There are 12 titles on the main book list and 5 on the accessible one. Inclusion in the scheme should also have a very positive impact on sales of further titles in both series.

Some very positive statistics about the scheme:

- In 2010 Booked Up reached over 650,000 children in over 5,000 secondary schools.

- 73,5% of Coordinators reported that they see evidence of students wanting to read more for pleasure as a result of Booked Up

- 56% of students are visiting bookshops more often since Booked Up

Booked Up is funded by the Department for Education, and supported by children’s book publishers.


For further information you can visit the Booktrust website http://www.bookedup.org.uk/

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