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Thank you for everything Reading Chest, my daughter is flying with her reading and doing well at school. I highly recommend Reading Chest.

It would be great if there was a way to stop receiving books that my daughter has read from school, so if we could tick from a list of books to stop them being sent out that would be great. Many thanks. Reading Chest Response: Thank you for your feedback. If you send us a list of books that your daughter has read from school, we can easily add this to her history which would prevent Reading Chest from sending the books out. We are undergoing some website changes at the moment which will allow you to tick off books you don’t want to receive, but we don’t yet have a date when this will be going live.

Dear Reading Chest, Although I have cancelled my son’s membership as he is now ready to move on to longer chapter books, I would just like to express my appreciation of this service. There is no doubt that the Reading Chest is responsible for both my son’s love of reading and his progression to becoming an enthusiastic and proficient reader. We started subscribing in the Spring term of Reception and now in the Autumn Term of year 2, we are sad to leave. There is nothing else like the Reading Chest and as a parent I would like to thank you for providing a range of interesting and engaging books. We may yet be back, but if not, thank you!!! I would not hesitate to recommend this service to any parent who considers giving a child the love of reading, a gift.

Thank you for providing an excellent service over the last five years. My children are now enthusiastic, fluent readers. Reading Chest has met a very specific need perfectly. You have been efficient and provided a wide variety of reading scheme books to borrow at a reasonable price. Terrific!

I have used the Reading Chest service for two of my children and only wish I had been aware of it for the first. The service has been fantastic, never a cause for complaint and I could not recommend it more highly. All children are different and my youngest took to reading like a duck to water, thanks to Reading Chest I could access brilliant books at the right stage for her and she now has a keen love of books and reading for such a young child. Thank you.

Reading Chest has been BRILLIANT over the summer to keep my son’s reading progressing. It has been so easy to choose books, send back and change levels. Thank you so much – it’s a fantastic idea!

Just wanted to say thank you again to the great people at Reading Chest for the service you provide. And also to encourage any parents of children with special needs or who are struggling or reluctant readers to give it a go. My son has a learning disability and we started 7 yrs ago on red level. Together we have slowly and patiently worked our way up to Gold level and are aiming for level 12/13. He loves getting his envelope and certificates and I love the variety of books- which we desperately need given that he stays on the same level for up to a year. School just couldn’t give us enough books and enough variety at the same level so Reading Chest has filled that gap. Brilliant!

We’ve just cancelled our membership of Reading Chest because our little girl is about to be made a ‘free(ish) reader’ at school. We joined about 9 months ago when she was still on red books at school, because her reception teacher had a policy of having to read all the books in each band before moving up. We found this a bit restricting, and joined Reading Chest so that we could access books that were more appropriate to our little girl’s reading level. We have been so pleased with the service. I joined one afternoon, and the first set of books arrived the next morning – addressed to our daughter who was thrilled to be receiving her own parcel. She whipped through the bands (at home at least) and when she entered year one, with a more flexible teacher, she shot through them there too. She is now on Gold band and reading really independently. Thank you Reading Chest. I have been recommending you all over the place!

I am overjoyed with Reading Chest. I am a Deputy head teacher of a large primary school, however I have a reluctant summer born boy of my own, who is 5! Your books have helped him to become an independent reader! I think you have a great scheme, with a broad tailored choice!

My children attend an outstanding school. It does have limited resources though. Reading Chest was an inexpensive way of engaging them in reading they enjoyed. It launched them into reading independently.

Thank you so much for the service you have provided us up to now. A fantastic company and a great idea, my daughter loved all the books! Many thanks

Reading Chest has provided a great resource of books for my children which has helped them develop their reading skills over the past 3 years.Prompt exchange within 48hrs, great quality and condition. A big thank you to the team.

The service has been great and has been instrumental in giving Miles and Sophia a great start to reading (Sophia isn’t yet 6 and is reading Gold easily, Miles is just 7 and flying through Lime books). Many thanks

So grateful to the reading chest as Sorcha is now a fab reader following a tricky start. Thanks so much.

We love Reading Chest books. My son is 6 and picked up reading very quickly at school. He moved up quickly through the bands in Reception but in Year 1 stayed on one band for a long time – school wanted him to get the breadth” of reading (even though he was reading everything he could get his hands on at home

Just want to say thank you. My daughter has gone from stage 1 to stage 14 in just over a year, and is now a voracious reader who cannot get her head out of any book she manages to get hold of! Reading Chest has helped us support her progress even when her class teacher didn’t seem to recognise it, and my little girl is now a confident, independent reader at only 5 years old. (Also: your customer service has always been great and the whole process of signing up and now closing the account couldn’t have been easier!). Thoroughly recommended!

Reading Chest has been brilliant for my son especially over the summer holidays. He loves the wide selection of books which he does not get at school. Deliveries are quick and staff have been great. Thank you.

Just wanted to thank you for your fantastic service. And thank you for turning my son from a reluctant reader to enthusiastic bookworm! Reading Chest – the best investment I have made in a while.

Thanks for your support over the last year or so. My son has progressed from band 2 to band 11 while on reading chest so it has been a great journey (and he’s still only 5!)

Hi, I have just cancelled my account (I’ll be sending the books we have at home back today). I am only cancelling because me eldest has moved on to being a free Reader, and my youngest isn’t quite old enough yet. We will be back as soon as he is ready to start on the reading scheme – just taking a short break! The service has been fantastic for us – we are brits living abroad and without the weekly delivery of books there is no way my 7-year old would be reading and loving it! My 4 year can’t wait to be like his big brother so we will be back soon! We also love the functionality of your website and have always had great customer service from you.

Thank you so much, I was really worried that my daughter was so hard to get engaged in reading & was often not interested in her school books, she is still not overly keen but reading is less of a chore & she loves the variety of books you provide, could not recommend Reading Chest enough !!

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the fantastic service you have provided since we joined. The only reason for cancelling our membership is because since moving house, the school that my son now attends runs it’s own book club as well as it’s usual class books and library and therefore we no longer need to top up his reading as before. I shall be returning the books we still have tomorrow. Many thanks again and we will definitely return to Reading Chest in the future should we need to.

It is with mixed feelings that I have just closed our account with you. Both my children have really enjoyed being part of reading chest. I have no doubt that the speed in which they have whizzed through the different colours and their love of books has been helped hugely by having plenty to read. We have never had to worry about how many books the children have brought home from school as we have always had a good supply from you. Oliver has now been moved up to Brown books from Lime and so we feel we have plenty of books he can read at home. Thanks so much, you have a unique and great service and we are very grateful for the part you have played in helping our children learn to read.

I am sorry to say we are leaving you, as my son has recently become a free reader who loves books. This process has been helped considerably by all the lovely books you have provided so promptly to us over the last year and a half. He has gone up from Blue level to free reader in that time. Again many thanks.

May I tell you how much we are loving Reading Chest and the never-ending supply of stimulating books. Marcus particularly enjoys non-fiction and the range of subjects to which you have given him access, is fantastic. The balance between fiction and non-fiction has always been beautifully handled too. Finally I must tell you that it is uncanny how often the books we have received, have been completely apt to something we have just done or something Marcus has just begun to cover at school. All in all, an excellent service – thank you.

Thank you Reading Chest, you have empowered me to fully support my 6 year old son to become a proficient reader who can read anything he likes. He is now enjoying loads of books and takes time to read silently by himself especially after bath and stories with us, before he goes to sleep. I was told by his old school by his year 1 teacher that she ‘couldn’t keep up with us and the books we required to support him at that stage, so we turned to Reading Chest and used the bronze package successfully to fill the gap – we moved him up book bands usually months before the school did and I fully believe that this was crucial to retain his interest in reading, stimulate his learning and allow him to progress at a speed that was right for him and avoid frustration. He is on ruby band at his new school but is free reading so we no longer require the books but a massive thank you to Reading Chest for your service over the last year and all the amazing books.

I just wanted to say thank you for a terrific service. My son Christian has been using reading chest for a year. He is not quite six but has gone up 6 levels and is now on stripey” (for 8-9 year olds). We will carry on until we run out of books!”

I home educate both my children my son has autisum and is very much still behind in reading its very hard to get him to read even still with your books but my daughter loves them especialy the fact books

Love your site and what it provides. Daniel would never be the reader he is today with out it. Thank you, Gael.

My daughter was behind with reading and since joining Reading Chest she is now 13 months ahead of the expected national requirement. Thank you so much.

The Reading Chest is great! Cameron actually looks forward to bedtime now when the books come out!

I just wanted to say thank you for the great service. I placed the order one evening and 36 hours later the whole gift package was on the doormat. I can’t tell you how excited the children are about the books and getting post. Thank you, Jenni.

Thank you, reading chest, you have been a great support to us as we have thoroughly enjoyed all your books. we are using your books as most children at school are reading already. My son is now catching up to his classmates because of your help.

My son absolutely loves the Reading Chest and so do I. It allowed him to continue reading over the summer holidays. Unlike the antiquated books we get sent home from school the books from the Reading Chest are lively, often funny and capture my son’s interest. They really are a delight to read with him.

I would like to thank you and The Reading Chest for the fantastic service you provide. Every summer my sons really benefit from being able to read books from your high quality reading schemes at their own individual reading level. The summer has come to an end and we are heading back to Dubai. I will return all the books. Thank you once again for a first class service.

I would just like to add I think Reading Chest is fantastic and it has really helped move Arabella on through the reading bands. Arabella loves looking for the envelopes in the post and reading the books to me, herself and her little brother. Some certainly get read more than once. I just wish I could work out a system that we had a constant supply at home during the summer holidays. Reading Chest makes that extra reading at home so easy with peace of mind that your child is reading at the right level. This is something I have always found very tricky when using the library, particularly in the earlier stages. I tell everyone I can about reading chest. Thank you.

I just wanted to say thank you so much for such great customer service. I’m deeply grateful that you are able to accomodate or holiday periods and can supply us with enough excellent reading material to keep my daughter occupied during that time. She loves the sticker charts, and is desperate for her first certificate. Thanks so much.

Dear Reading Chest, many many thanks for your service which I have been using for my reception child since November. I started using Reading Chest after having it suggested to me on Mumsnet and have not regretted it for a moment. My child’s school would not give her books she could decode and she was becoming very confused. We read Reading Chest Phonics books at her level to begin with but now she has the knowledge to read anything. To go from pink in November to Turquoise/purple in July is amazing and we could not have done it without your help. I recognise some of the other parents who have made comments on this page, so it seems as if a lot of us are subsidising various local schools! Many thanks Phonics

Hi Reading chest has been wonderful for my two children. The selection of books and the timely delivery are excellent. I am cancelling my membership after a 18 months or so as both children bring home so many reading books from school and we don’t have time to read them all now. Thank you very much for a fabulous service. Zarina Lyner

Reading chest was a wonderful discovery and my daughters reading ( she is six) has gone from strength to strength since joining. She does not like reading the same book and so I was spending a fortune on new books and found our library choice limited. The sticker charts, receiving her books in the post have all added to the enjoyment and deepened her engagement with reading. I cannot thank you enough and recommend your service to many friends. Thank you.

My son started reading chest in reception last October. I found the school had a limited selection of books and with a daily change of books he soon exhausted the reading material within a month or so. Further I find( personal opinion entirely) Oxford reading tree books which are available in our school don’t seem to offer the same level of challenging new words compared to other reading schemes. Reading chest have a big selection of books in each book band and my son has progressed through several bands very quickly and his vocabulary has really improved. He likes opening the envelopes personally addressed to him and looking at his new books when they arrive.What a brilliant idea. We will definitely stay with reading chest till he exhausts the book bands and then no doubt back again when my second child starts reading. Thank you Reading chest!!

I cannot fault Reading Chest. Their service is impressively efficient and the books they are provide are great – an excellent range and in immaculate condition. So nice to be able to get so many non-fiction titles and books that appeal to boys. The idea of getting books sent to him through the post really appealed to my son and he went up 4 reading bands in a very short space of time after we signed up with Reading Chest. It was just the extra help we needed for him to make that leap.

My son who is 4 absolutely loves your books and receiving them through the post. We have only had membership for 3 weeks but he has already been moved up a reading level at school. I do wonder if it would be possible for gold members to have more than 6 books at one time if necessary? Because my son is so keen, he has been reading between 1-4 books every day. This makes the (impressively quick) postal turnaround service seem a little slow when we only have 3 books to read for three days – we repeat them, but with weekends we could just do we having 2 or 3 books more each week to tide him over. He just loves all the stories so much!

Daniel is 8 and has struggled to read as he is dyslexic. Reading Chest has been a great support providing interesting material for him.We ve been members for nearly 2 years and are on white level now.With RCs help Daniel will become a free reader in the next year.This is a great resource at a good price. We are very happy with the service :))

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful selection of books, particularly non-fiction. Daisy’s reading age was assessed at school last week and it turns out she’s 2 years ahead of herself! We couldn’t believe it and it is in large part due to the motivation and interest she’s gained from reading your books. Thank you.

Many thanks for your service! My son is now a fluent reader, with help from the books from Reading Chest, but far more importantly he loves reading because of the range of interesting titles that have made him really want to read. I can’t say how glad I am that we subscribed.

Many thanks for the service. Finally Maddy has reading material at her level with an unlimited supply of books. She’s come on leaps and bounds and loves it.

Reading Chest is absolutely fabulous. Although both my children get plenty of books from their schools, they don’t get the huge selection that Reading Chest provide. The topics are interesting and a great mix of fiction and non-fiction. The books are in perfect condition and always come very quickly by return post. Thank you!

We joined Reading Chest nearly 2 years ago and now all 3 of our children are using it and still ask excitedly each morning if some new Reading Chest books will come today. The books always come by return post and are always in immaculate condition. I cannot recommend Reading Chest highly enough – it is especially great during the school holidays when the children don’t get books from school. The website is very well designed and easy to use.Thank you Reading Chest for enhancing our children’s love of reading.

I have been enlisted with Reading Chest since my daughter started reading in reception (roughly 2 years). It is now with much regret that I am stopping my Reading Chest Membership, purely on the basis that my daughter has now gone onto Library books (32 – 64 pages)in school (Y2 age 6) and we are struggling to fit in all her reading, together with her vast collection of personal books. Her enthusiasm and love of reading I am convinced is purely from the fact of the variety of books and ability to have furthered her reading age so quickly with the benefit of Reading Chest. The service is fabulous and I have never had any reason to not promote your services to other friends. Thank you so much for all the beautiful hours we have spent together reading!. BRILLLIANT SERVICE !!!!! WELL DONE!!!

Amazing! My 5 year old daughter loves reading so I signed up to give her more variety and so she had enough books to keep her going in the holidays. In 8 months she has gone up 6 book bands and is reading 2 school years above her recommended reading level! Has even got my ‘uninterested in reading’ 7 year old son reading more and making good progress!

My son has only been on the Reading Chest scheme for two weeks and has moved up two levels already! He has moved from turquoise to gold. I would most definitely recommend this scheme.

I would like to say how fantastic the Reading Chest is and I highly recommend to friends with young children learning to read.

This scheme is fantasic! My 5 year old joined on the red book band – just 8 months later, she is on turquoise. I am certain her progress is down to all the extra practice. It’s such a great boost to have books at just the right level, to supplement the twice weekly school readers. And thankfully, she loves Biff, Chip and Floppy!

I would like to thank you all for the wonderful service and for the love of books my daughter has developed. It has been worth every penny.

This was a great Christmas present for my grand daughter last year. She loved getting the books in the post and has now reached a level where she is well catered for at the local library. I will certainly return when my next grand daughter is ready to enjoy this experience.

Just to say that we have found Reading Chest to be a great resource and I’m so glad we found you! School does not give out a particularly high number of books to read at home and so we quickly got bored and it’s hard to find exactly the right level ones at the library. Getting some in the post definitely increased the range of books we tried and meant that reading didn’t get forgotten in the holidays either! We are cancelling our subscription now having started it halfway through Reception and now, at the beginning of Year 2, my daughter has finished the reading scheme and is happily reading ‘chapter books’. Great prompt service, good quality books and great choice of books. Have recommended to several friends. I’m sure we’ll be back when my son is ready for the Reading Challenge!

Just a quick note to say how fantastic Reading Chest is. Our daughter is only half way through her Autumn term in Year 2, has moved up 2 reading levels after the Summer break and is now in the top reader’s group in her class. Great books from Reading Chest, speedy delivery and a fabulous range of both fiction and non-fiction books. Can’t thank you enough!!

I just wanted to say how wonderful reading chest is. I cannot recommend you enough, and indeed recommend you any opportunity I can to all my friends. Your book selection is absolutely wonderful, and spot on for my daughter’s reading level. We have been with reading chest for nearly 18 months and it has made a huge difference to my daughter’s reading – she is now one of the best readers in her class. The books always arrive very promptly, often within a couple of days of returning the old ones, and are in perfect condition. The customer service is absolutely brilliant too. If you are considering whether to join up, please do! We only originally signed up for 1 month, and here we are 18 months later.