Introduction - Schools-Nurseries
- 1. Would you like to earn FREE Books for your School? For every 10 purchased you get to choose a FREE Book! Dear Head Teacher / PTFA / Literacy Coordinator We would like to introduce ourselves: we are "The Children's Bookshelf", the £2 Book Shop, and we host "Pop Up" Book Events where we bring our Book Shop to you. We are a family run business which we started in September 2016, and our feet haven't touched the ground since! The Children's Bookshelf would like to encourage all Children to find their love of reading and we aim to do this by supplying Schools, Nurseries, parents, family members and friends with brand new, current, and amazing books, all at an unbelievable £2 each. We have looked at, and attended, various types of events and we now have a formula that works well for us, and delivers great results for the School where we let you choose FREE books in return for hosting the "Pop Up" Event. The Children's Bookshelf thoroughly enjoy seeing the children when they come along to our events, armed with their £2.00 and making their own choice of book and coming up to pay for it - something that strikes us as being complete empowerment, and to be encouraged by us all. We love the sheer excitement on the faces of not only the children, but their parents too! We love the mayhem, the noise, the rush to find THAT book amongst the hundreds on display. At one of the events we hosted, an astute little boy, only 7 years old asked “How can you do these books for only £2:00 when they are £7, or £8:00 in the shops?” He will go far! At another event…… a 10 year old boy, surrounded by classmates and their brand of excited mayhem, was standing still, transfixed by what he was reading in the book he was holding, impervious to it all…… THAT is to us, what this initiative is all about. We hope that you, too, find the atmosphere exciting and inspiring as we help to promote literacy and the love of books amongst the next generation. To that end could we ask, if you are interested in The Children's Bookshelf attending your School for one of our "Pop Up" Book Events, please do not delay in contacting us as we are already filling up our diary for the next few months – and even next year!
- 2. So....How does it work? We give you the tools to advertise successfully and promote your establishment’s event. We then come along and sell as many books as we can, with you amassing 1 free book for every 10 that we sell. Around 2000 books ranging from colourful picture books to age 9+ chapter books will be brought with us. We have Key Stages 1 & 2 reading books, including Biff & Chip, Project X, Ladybird readers, Song Birds, and Usborne, plus many others too, so we require quite a lot of space for the books to be displayed clearly, and to be fully appreciated, a hall or large classroom is best. Tables need to be clean and, ideally, set up (though we can arrange them) before we arrive as this all saves time, and we'd require, depending upon the size of School and tables, around 12-14 tables. The idea is to set up from around 1pm, just after lunch as it takes about an hour to do. The children then come armed with their £2 to choose their books class by class. The School would need to send information home in the children's book bags to let the parents know that we will be at School and for them to pop £2 in their book bags (we have included something for you to print for this), and also to let the parents know that they can come in after the School bell to buy more books themselves. Remember the more books sold, the more FREE books the School will earn! We can stay at School for about an hour after the bell to give the parents enough time to browse and purchase some more books of their choosing. Social media advertising - we will create an event on our Facebook page for the School and this can be shared on to PTFA/PTA pages to help you to generate interest and anticipation for the event. We will provide you with Posters to print and display, and letters for book bags. ** Lord Scudamore did all of the above and achieved a record of 98 FREE books ** We are receiving loads of lovely comments from parents and teachers, and here is one that we just have to share..... " You are a great ambassador for books children will love. The reading skills of Hereford children should go up a thousand fold as you have given parents an opportunity and affordability to help their children to learn to read and enjoy reading with their parents. You have worked so hard but it is really worth every moment when a child sits down with one of your books and either looks at the pictures or tries to read it themselves independently. I wish you more success in the future. Well done. "
- 3. Here is just a small list of some of our books that we currently have in stock.... Books suitable for Key Stages 1 & 2 We're Going on a Bear Hunt 100's of Picture Books Underpants Books Katie Morag Biff and Chip Project X Alien Adventures Phonics Julia Donaldson Picture Books, Activity Books, Audio CDS Julia Donaldson Songbirds Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Jacqueline Wilson My Sister the Vampire Dirty Bertie Holly Webb Animal Stories My Little Pony The World of Norm Judy Moody Megan McDonald Chestnut hill Steve Backshall's Deadly Series Alex Rider - Anthony Horowitz Anthony Horowitz Anthony Horowitz Legends Saga Of Darren Shan Michael Morpurgo Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face Horrible Histories - Geography - Science - Murderous maths Monster High Beast Quest Roald Dahl Horrid Henry Enid Blyton Roman Mysteries Secret Breakers Tilly's Pony Tails Holly Webb Dork Diaries Wimpy Kid Winnie and Wilbur Worst Witch Rainbow Magic You Wouldn't Want to Be - British History Captain Underpants Jeremy Strong My Brother's Famous Bottom School for Stars The Wombles Goosebumps Plus many many more . . . .and REMEMBER - ALL books are brand new and only £2 each
- 4. After the Event and how to claim your FREE Books .... There are a few ways you can claim your free Books. (1) You can choose your Books at the end of the event after we have cashed up, though at some events this may not be possible. Or (2) You can come along to any of our independent events (we will always have at least 2 a month). Or (3) You can liaise with us via email or through our Facebook page. You would need to pick up the Books from us. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please contact us as soon as possible to secure some dates for the year for your "Pop Up" Book Events, join in the excitement, and earn those FREE Books for your School. We have Public Liability Insurance and I (Duncan) have an Enhanced DBS Certificate. With kindest warm regards Duncan Cooper 14 Thoresby Drive, Hereford, HR2 7RF Phone: 07720 287943 Email: thechildrensbookshelf@gmail.com www.facebook.com/The2PoundBookShop