Non-Fiction November!
November 6, 2020
It's National Non-fiction November! When children are learning to read, fiction is sometimes favoured over non-fiction. This could be due to the lack of accessibility to good quality non-fiction books at the correct reading level. We are lucky enough to...
Back to School. Back to Normal?
September 11, 2020
With children up and down the country finally back in the classroom - getting their reading mojo back will be a high priority. Here are some of Reading Chest's top tips to get your child's reading back on track as...
New Normal At Reading Chest
August 7, 2020
How we've kept our books safe and useable during lockdown…. There is no doubt this has been an incredibly challenging time for everybody. Now that it feels as though things are starting to move forward from the pandemic and hopefully...
Reading Chest & Coronavirus Update
April 24, 2020
Just to reassure our customers that Reading Chest is continuing to operate as normal. We always send out new books on the day we receive returned books. Things are improving, but unfortunately some customers are still experiencing delays with the...
World Book Day Last Minute Costumes!
March 2, 2020
The aim of World Book Day is to encourage a love of reading, but many parents get consumed with finding a (sometimes last minute) costume of a book character to dress children in to go to school. Finding costumes shouldn't...
National Poetry Day Competition!
October 3, 2019
To celebrate National Poetry Day on 3rd October Reading Chest is giving away 10 Oxford First Rhyming Dictionaries together with 10 bronze 3 month memberships. Visit our Facebook page to find out more. In addition to all our other beautiful...
World Book Day 7 March 2019!
March 1, 2019
World Book Day 2019 is on 7th March. It is a huge celebration, marked in over 100 countries, with the aim of getting children enthused about books and reading. However, some parents are less enthused and associate World Book Day...
Congratulations St Patrick’s Primary, Annaghmore!
November 8, 2018
Congratulations to St Patrick's Primary School, Annaghmore - the winners of our latest Facebook competition. We are busy bundling up 500 nearly new reading scheme books for their school library. Well done St Patrick's and Orla for entering the competition...
Celebrate National Poetry Day!
October 4, 2018
To Celebrate National Poetry Day, Reading Chest is giving away a free copy of John Foster's Oxford Rhyming Dictionary to all new members who sign up with the discount code 'POETRY' before Sunday 7 October!You will also get £5 off...
New Website Launched!
June 12, 2018
We are very excited to have just launched our new website with lots of exciting features! Our number one is the new favourites list. You can now create a favourites list of individual titles, which we will prioritise when posting...
To Celebrate World Book Day on 1 March…
February 28, 2018
World Book Day is all about getting children excited about reading! We love World Book Day! To celebrate - all new members who join Reading Chest this week will be sent their own Oxford First Atlas to keep.