Reading packages
Most of the titles on display at the National Centre for Language and Literacy (NCLL) are listed on our database with the exception of individual titles from packages designed to support the teaching of reading.
Reading packages at NCLL
The reading packages currently on display at NCLL are listed below. Please contact the publishers about availability and prices.
Whole School readers
- Big Cat – Foundation and KS2 (Collins)
- Literacy Evolve – KS1 and KS2 (Pearson)
- New Reading 360 – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Ginn, Pearson)
- Oxford Reading Tree – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Reading Tree, Oxford)
- PM+ – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Nelson Thornes)
- PM library series – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Nelson Thornes)
- Project X – especially for boys (Oxford)
- Rigby Star – Foundation and KS1 (Rigby Star, Pearson)
- Rigby Star Independent – KS1 (Rigby Star, Pearson)
- Storyworlds – Foundation and KS1 (Pearson)
Guided readers
- Big Cat (Collins)
- Lighthouse – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Ginn, Pearson)
- Literacy Links Plus – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
- Pocket Reads – KS2 (Ginn, Pearson)
- Rigby Navigator – KS2 (Rigby Navigator, Pearson)
- Snapdragons – Reception and Yr 1 (Reading Tree, Oxford)
- Spotty Zebra – KS1 (Nelson Thornes)
- Storychest (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
Big books
- Rigby Red Giant (Rigby Star Shared, Pearson)
Non-fiction readers
- Discovery World – KS1 (Pearson)
- Fireflies – Foundation and KS1 (Oxford)
- Four Corners – Foundation, KS1 and KS2 (Longman, Pearson)
Phonic readers
- Floppy’s Phonics – Reception and Yr 1 (Oxford)
- Rigby Star Phonics – international schools only (Rigby Star, Pearson)
- Songbirds – Foundation and KS1 (Oxford)
- Soundstart – Foundation and KS1 (Nelson Thornes)
Struggling readers
- Boffin Boy – especially for boys (Ransom)
- Fast Lane – KS1 and KS2 (Nelson Thornes)
- Goal! – reading age 5 to 7 years (Ransom)
- Out of This World – KS2 (Scholastic)
- Rainbow Reading – KS2, KS3 and KS4 (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
- Rapid – KS2 (Heinemann, Pearson)
- Siti’s Sisters – especially for girls (Ransom)
- ToXic – KS2 and KS3 (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
- Wellington Square – reluctant and low ability children (Nelson Thornes)
- Wildcats – KS2 and KS3 (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
- Allen Detective Agency - KS2 (Badger Publishing)
Cross Curricular readers
- National Geographic – KS2 and KS3 (Kingscourt McGraw-Hill)
Book boxes
Book boxes can be used alongside educational packages to extend and enhance the range of books to choose from. They can also provide valuable support for busy teachers who find it difficult keeping up to date with recent publishing, but want their children to have access to the best books available. The boxes currently on display include:
- Badger reading boxes (Badger Publishing)
