Chestnut Books

Chestnut Books: children's books supplied to primary and secondary schools

Chestnut Books is a British supplier of children's books aimed at the school market. Its catalogue is organised around the needs of primary and secondary schools, with sections for bestsellers, books of the year, book corners, new book drops, class stories, class texts, early reading and topic collections. The company describes its offer as books for schools — libraries, reading corners, class texts and topic books — at competitive prices.

Primary school range

For primary schools the catalogue is structured by age and stage, with dedicated sections for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 alongside early reading, poetry, reference books and recommended reads. It also includes a library stock service, library furniture, reading challenges, a Pupil Premium service and school fundraising support. A downloadable products and services brochure is offered as an overview of the range.

Secondary school range

The secondary school section covers book launches, class texts, libraries, recommended reads and a Year 8 reading test, together with material aimed at parents, CPD and PTFAs. National Year of Reading collections appear in both the primary and secondary areas.

Summer reading collections by year group

The site promotes a summer reading range of six-book collections hand-picked for each year group, delivered to schools and homes. The collections listed at the time of writing were:

• Six Books for Summer ~ Starting Reception, £39.99, including titles such as Leaving the House (hardback), Please!, Sid's Big Fib, Love, How to Train Your Teacher and You Can't Take an Elephant in to School.
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 1, £39.99, with picture books including The Turtle Who Turned the Tide, Troll, Letters to a Monster, Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob, The Neighbour's Cat and A Day Off School (hardback).
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 2, £38.99, with short-chapter titles such as Gordon Saves the Day, The Guinea Pig Rescue, Ninja Bunnies, Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice, Cat & Dumpling Go Camping and Bear & Bird: The Cave.
• Six for Summer ~ Year 3 ~ Epic Adventures, £38.99, including Tiny Hercules, Robots Stole My Mum, Goal Squad, Dungeon Runners, Grimwood, Rock the Vote! and Diary of Puss in Boots.
• Six for Summer ~ Year 3 ~ Wonder & Friendship, £38.99, with titles such as A Chick Called Charm, Isadora Moon and the Pop Stars, Unicornia Learning to Fly, Kitty and the Moonflower Mystery, Izzy the Unventor and the Princess Plot and Wild Magic Escape of the Sea Turtles.
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 4 ~ Wonder & Animals, £38.99, including The Diary of Wiska Wildflower, Meeting Meg, The Unchosen One, The Littlest Puffling, Mia's Tiger and Cafe Chaos.
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 4 ~ Epic Adventures, £38.99, with Dragon Flare, Football Spy, Hari Kumar, The Day my Brother Got Famous, Koalas in Capes and The Galaxy World Cup.
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 5, £38.99, featuring Felix & the Future Agency, The Children of Wolf Rock, Ministry of Manners, Star Breakers, Clockwork Conspiracy and Maisie Vs Antarctica.
• Six Books for Summer ~ Year 6, £38.99, with How to Steal the Future, Strike, Box Full of Murders, Crow, The Night I Borrowed Time and Skandar the Unicorn Thief.

The site states that all collections carry a minimum discount of 20% off the RRP.

Class texts and bulk orders

Among the featured class texts, the catalogue lists Marv & the Mega Robot from £29.99, An Alien in the Jam Factory in sets of 6, 15 and 30 from £34.99, and The Land of Roar from £38.99. For invoiced orders or different quantities, the company asks customers to email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number.