Donating Our Preloved Books

Friday 30th April 2021

You may have noticed that our giveaways over the years have not just been about discount codes – but about getting our preloved books rehomed to children and schools who really need them. We wanted to give you more information about what we mean when we say our preloved books so here goes….. As a through-the-post book rental subscription service, our members pay a monthly fee to rec...

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Back To School Boost!

Thursday 11th March 2021

Back to School Book Boost! We are so pleased to see children back in school, and it has been lovely that many of our newer ‘lockdown’ members have decided to continue their membership as an accompaniment to their school reading. Home schooling may be over for children, but home learning and home reading is more important than ever. As children go back to school, there will be huge di...

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WORLD BOOK DAY 2021!

Wednesday 24th February 2021

WORLD BOOK DAY GIVEAWAY! We are all excited by the announcement that schools will be back on the 8th March but that does mean that World Book Day on 4th March will still be a remote event. Children have become real experts at remote learning and Reading Chest has loved helping so many of them read real books at home throughout the last year of lockdowns. We would like to inspire more young reade...

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Lockdown 3 - Here we go again....

Wednesday 20th January 2021

Well who’d have thought back in March we’d now be in our third lockdown? We certainly didn’t, but it’s been really rewarding to be able to help so many children keep reading at home. The Reading Chest team has been working hard to maintain business as usual to continue regular book deliveries to all the keen (and not so keen) young readers. What a joy it has been to see s...

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Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Wednesday 23rd December 2020

It has been a year like no other – certainly nothing we’ve experienced in our lifetimes at Reading Chest! As a team we are feeling nostalgic…. looking back at such a challenging year we all feel it is has been the little things that have really mattered. For us, enjoying a good book has been at the top of our list. Particularly together with our children or passing one of our...

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