Walsall Schools Library Support Service,
Manor Farm Centre, King George Crescent, Rushall, Walsall WS4 IEG
Phone 01922 724995, Fax 01922 659559, Email slss@walsall.gov.uk
Book Boxes 2010
Book boxes contain about 30 books by an author or on a theme, with a booklist and other activity sheets which can be
photocopied by the school. Audio visual material is included where possible.
Each school can borrow up to 10 boxes a year for half a term in the Autumn or for the whole term in Spring & Summer.
All boxes can be booked up to 1 year in advance.
New boxes 2010-2011 highlighted and in bold
Box Name
Age Range
Brief Description
African Setting
KS2
Ahlberg, J & A
Top KS1/ Lower KS2
Alborough, Jez
Foundation/KS1
Anholt, C & L
Foundation/KS1
Animals, Ferocious
KS2
Picture books, Familiar setting, Home, School,
Families
Animals, Sharks, Dinosaurs, Adventure
Animal Stories
KS1
Animals, Short Stories, Classics
Animal Stories
KS2
Animals, Short Stories, Classics
Animals/Hot & Cold
Lands
Asian and Black Children
in Britain
KS2
Browne, Anthony
Butterworth, Nick
Top KS1/ KS2/
Lower KS3
Foundation/KS1
Animals in the Polar regions, Africa, North America,
deserts.
Black, Asian child characters in variety of settings,
School, Home, etc. 6 copies of 2 stories for Literacy
Hour
Picture books, Fantasy, Surrealism, Families, Issues
Carnegie medal winners
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
Prize winners , Outstanding, Awards.
Classics
KS2
Dickens, Shakespeare, Peter Pan, Charlotte’s web etc
Clothes
Foundation/KS1
Cultural Range
KS1
Picture books, Information books, Jobs, Clothes,
Dressing Up
Picture books, Settings in other countries
Cultural Range
Top KS1/Lower KS2
Picture books, Settings in other countries
Dahl, Roald
KS2
Humour, Fantasy.
Terry Deary /
Horrible Histories
Deary, Terry
Top KS2/Lower KS3
History, Humour
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Humour, Fantasy.
Dinosaurs
Foundation/KS1
Stories and information books about dinosaurs.
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KS2
Picture books,
Folk Tales and African lifestyle.
Predominantly the Happy Families series but with
some poetry and older fiction, Humour.
Picture books, Animals, Humour, Predictable
Picture books, Animals, Families
Donaldson, Julia
Foundation/KS1
Picture books, Rhyme, Humour.
Dragons
KS2
Myths, Legends, Adventure, Fantasy
Elmer
By David McKee
Egyptians
Top KS1/Lower KS2
Picture books, Elmer, Elephants, Animals, Fantasy,
Humour
Stories/information books
Fairy Tales
KS1
Families
KS1
Picture book versions of individual tales and read
aloud compilations. Includes 3 versions of one tale
for comparison.
Picture books, Family life.
Famous people
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
Diaries, Biographies, Autobiographies
Fantastic Facts
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
Humour/Compendiums/Range of subjects
Fine, Anne
Top KS2
Humour, Fantasy, Family life.
Folktales & Legends
from Britain
Football
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
KS2
English, Irish, Scottish Myths & Legends. Robin
Hood, King Arthur
Stories, Poems, Information books
Funny Stories
Lower KS2
Humorous stories, Joke books
Funny Stories 2
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
Humorous Stories / Jokes / Poems
Geography Through
Stories KS1
Girl Power
KS1/Lower KS2
Graphic novels
Top KS2/ Lower KS3
Stories to support geographical themes
e.g. Journeys.
Humorous and serious stories about girls and their
lives.
versions of Classics,superheroes,adventure
Greenaway Medal
winners
Growth
Top KS2/ Lower KS3
Prize winners, Outstanding illustration, Awards.
KS1
Hairy Maclary
by Lynley Dodd
Hill, Eric
and Spot the Dog
History Through Stories
Foundation/KS1
Picture books, Information books, Plants, Animals,
Babies.
Picture books, Animals, Pets, Rhyme, Humour
Foundation/KS1
Picture books, Dogs
KS1/Lower KS2
Horror
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Stories to support historical themes e.g. Family
histories, Passage of time.
Stories and Information books
Hughes, Shirley
Foundation/KS1
Hutchins, Pat
Foundation/KS1
Impey, Rose
Top KS1/ Lower KS2
Inkpen, Mick
Foundation/KS1
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KS2
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Picture books.
Alfie & ‘Trotter Street’ stories, Family life
Picture books
Titch &’ Monster Family’, Animals, Humour.
Wide ranging age appeal. Picture books and KS2
fiction, Family life, School, Fears, Animals.
Picture books, Animals, Humour
Issues Box
KS2 / Lower KS3
Journeys
KS1
Stories and Information books. Bullying, Old age,
Death, Gender issues, Cruelty to animals, Family
problems
To shops; to seaside; to the moon etc.
Journeys
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
Refugees, pilgrimages
King-Smith, Dick
KS2/Lower KS3
Wide ranging age appeal, Humour, Animals.
London
KS2
McNaughton, Colin
Maisy Mouse
Meg & Mog
by Helen Nicoll
Morpurgo, Michael
KS2
Foundation/KS1
Foundation/KS1
Stories / Information Books / History / Places of
Interest
Poetry, Picture books, Humour.
Lucy Cousin’s character and her friends
Picture books, Meg and Mog.
KS2
Farms, Animals.
Murphy, Jill
Foundation/KS1
Picture books, ‘The Large Family’, ‘Peace at Last’.
Mystery and Adventure
Box
Myths and Legends
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Mystery, Adventure, Robert Swindells,
Anthony Masters.
Vikings, Egyptians, Romans
The Novelty Box
KS1/ KS2/ Lower KS3
Nursery Rhymes
Foundation/KS1
People Who Help Us
Foundation/ KS1
Wide age appeal. Flaps, Pop-ups, Sounds, Tactile
books, Rebus, Holograms.
Collections and individual nursery rhymes with a wide
range of illustrative styles.
Jobs
Pirates
Foundation/ KS1
Pirates, Picture Books, Humour, Novelty
Pirates
KS2
Pirates, Adventure, Sea, Ships
Places To Visit
Foundation/ KS1
Familiar places that small children visit e.g.
Grandparents, Seaside, Doctors etc.
Poems/ Different
Cultures
Top KS2/Lower KS3
A range of collections from many countries.
Poems/ First Poems
Top KS1/Lower KS2
Poems/Funny poems
KS1/ Lower KS2
A wide range of poems including classics such as
“The Owl and the Pussy - Cat” and a selection of
modern poets.
A selection of the work of contemporary poets
Poetry Styles
KS2
Shape, Concrete, Story, Nonsense, Haiku
Poetry/Take Two Poets
Top KS2/ Lower KS3
Michael Rosen/ Roger McGough.
Pullman, Philip
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Fantasy, humour, historical
Robots
Top KS1/ KS2
Robots, Novelty, Humour, Adventure
Romans
KS2
Stories/ Information
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KS2
Ross, Tony
KS1/KS2
Picture books, Folk Tales, Humour
Seasons & Weather
Foundation /KS1
Stories and information
Shakespeare
KS2/Lower KS3
Stories/Information books/History/Re-tellings
Sharratt, Nick
KS1
Picture books, Humour
Sounds Like Books
KS1/KS2
Audio books, C.D s
Space Stories
KS2
Aliens, Earth, Space travel, Future worlds.
Space
KS2
Stories/Information Books
Spies
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Stories/Information Books
Sport
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Stories/Information books
Strong, Jeremy
KS2
Humour
Superheroes
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Adventure, fantasy, Real life
Survival
KS2
Adventure around the world.
Teddy Bears
Foundation/KS1
Picture books ; All manner of Teddy Bears
Time
Foundation/KS1
Picture books about day & night, Seasons, Calendar.
Toys
Foundation /KS1
Toys, Teddy bears
Traditional Tales
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Tudors
KS2
Several World map worksheets, drawing together
similar stories from different parts of the world.
Stories taken from collections of folk tales.
Stories/Information Books
Under The Sea
Foundation/KS1
Up & Coming Authors
KS1
Up & Coming Authors
KS2
Vampires
Top KS2/Lower KS3
Vampires/Supernatural
Victorians
KS2
Stories/Information Books
Vikings
KS2
Stories/Information Books
Waddell, Martin
Wilson, Jacqueline
Witches
World War 2
KS1
Top KS2 / Lower KS3
KS2
KS2
Humour, Animals, General
Everyday life, Humour, Fantasy.
Humour, Adventure, Fantasy
Stories / Information books
WW2-Home Front
KS2
Second World War, Evacuation, Blitz.
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Picture books, Animals, plants, fish, environment,
sea
Significant & new KS1 Authors, Picture Books
Significant & new KS2 Authors