About Chatterbooks

Six years ago with Orange, The Reading Agency started the first ever nationally co-ordinated libraries’ reading group project for children. Today over 6000 children take part in over 300 Chatterbooks reading groups run in 130 different library services.

Chatterbooks encourages children aged between four and twelve to visit libraries with their families, read adventurously and become confident about talking about books. Every child joining a Chatterbooks group gets a pack with a reading diary, Post-It review pads, games and stickers.

You can sign up to Chatterbooks by contacting resources@readingagency.org.uk.  
If you are already a Chatterbooks library authority and want to order more packs, please contact the same address.

There will be a Chatterbooks training day for library staff new to running Chatterbooks groups on Tuesday June 24th, at a London venue. For more information about this contact resources@readingagency.org.uk

Available on this site for library services signed up to Chatterbooks is a range of resources including 

• The Chatterbooks Handbook – guidelines and tips for running your groups
• Special themed Chatterpacks with ideas and book recommendations for Chatterbooks sessions
• Templates for session record sheets
• Questionnaires to use in evaluating the impact of your groups
• Chatterbooks Newsletters

You will also find more general information about running reading groups in the Reading Groups section on this website.