Letterbox Library Children's Books Ltd

Why shop at Letterbox Library?

All books are preselected by our advisory group.
We review books from the best publishers worldwide.
Our expert selection process means only books of the highest quality are chosen.
Every title you see is available and in stock.

Special Issue:
Refugees & Migration

If you would rather not order online:
Download our ORDER FORM to fax or post, or phone your order through - Tel. 020 7503 4801 Fax. 020 7503 4800

Book of the week - The Arrival
by Shaun Tanj

A luxuriously produced, stunning graphic novel- with no text. ‘A real discussion book accessed at many different levels.’ (PRU Manager, LL reviewer). A wonderful exploration of migration and refugees, alienation and belonging, set in all places at all times…Age 8 to adult, Hardback 122pp

Our theme for Spring 2009 is:
Refugees & Migration
Click here for more details.

Activity Books - With plenty of pop-ups and flaps to open these four books celebrate diversity and provide a wonderful way to explore different faiths, feelings, homes, identity and human physical diversity.

After numerous requests, we are now providing preselected packs for Sure Starts, Nurseries & Children's Centres.
Nursery Starter Packs: £121 (Members Price) for 28 books.
Call, fax or email us for more details.

Best Sellers -
1. The Spider Weaver
2. Animal Boogie
3. The Village That Vanished
4. But Martin
5. My Mothers Sari
6. Happy Birthday!: A Beginner's Book of Signs
7. All My Friends
8. Families
9. All Kinds of Feelings
10. Look at You!

Ordering & Buying
Click on the pic if you would like help searching for and ordering books.
Also information on how schools can register with us.

About Us
Letterbox Library is a non-profit driven workers co-operative. It was started twenty four years ago by two single mothers operating from home, who wished to provide multicultural and non-sexist books to children - offering essential topics and titles which were sadly neglected by mainstream booksellers. Over the years we have expanded but still hold firm to our co-operative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. Our books can be found within educational institutions, libraries and homes throughout the UK and abroad. Customers come to us primarily for our unique book selection service.

Our Contact details: Letterbox Library, 71-73 Allen Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 8RY, UK.
Phone: 0207 503 4801 Fax: 0207 503 4800 Email: info@letterboxlibrary.com

Information for Teachers

Special Issue: You Are What You Read

"Letterbox Library has a glorious record of providing books for children that celebrate our cultural diversity along with books that point us in the direction of how the world could be a fairer place. Ideally, every school and playgroup in the country would be using Letterbox Library's catalogue if for no other reason than to balance the mass-market book club catalogues and book fairs which do not serve the reading needs of all children. Here's wishing you all the very best for the next 25 years" (Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate).

Welcome to our 25th Anniversary catalogue issue. And, what a happy coincidence that our Birthday celebrations coincide with the National Year of Reading's September theme, You Are What You Read, an exploration of cultural, personal and local identities. The theme sums up our books beautifully! (Turn over to see our special selection).

25 years ago, Letterbox Library was set up by two women who shared the simple belief that children should be able to see themselves in the books they read. 25 years on, Letterbox Library has grown from a home-based business to support a permanent shop and office staff team. Our books can now be found in educational settings, community projects and homes across the UK- and abroad. Throughout that time we have remained a not-for-profit social enterprise and workers cooperative. Our longevity is testament to the fact that, despite a growing commitment to promoting inclusion in children's books, there is still so much more work to be done. As a business we are in a unique position- if our hopes and dreams for children's books are realised, we will effectively be out of business!

Free Books for Parents

Bookstart has updated its Booktouch pack for parents of blind/partially sighted children and they have produced a lovely new pack for parents of deaf children- Bookshine. Free from health visitors and local libraries. www.bookstart.org.uk.

Books Ahead!

This scheme, initiated by The Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), aims to develop reading for pleasure within early years settings and to strengthen links between these settings and their local libraries. The scheme is due to be launched in the Spring and is based on a booklist produced by the School Library Association. The DCSF has pledged funds to allow libraries to buy in books from this list and to offer these books to EY settings on extended loans. Many of these titles are ones which Letterbox has sold in the past- and eight of the selected Books Ahead titles are available in the current catalogue. Look out for the 'Books Ahead' heading (pages 3, 4, 5, 7 and 11). As always, we are able to supply multiple copies of any given title.

Another resource is our links page.

Making A Purchase
Making a purchase could not be easier. Just browse our Catalog, click on any items that you wish to buy and put them into the shopping cart. After you have finished your selection, click on "Order" and you will be asked for a few details that we need to be able to satisfy the order.
We accept credit card payment. If you are shopping from North America or anywhere else, place your order and your credit card company will convert the transaction to US Dollars or your own currency.
We accept Visa and Mastercard. You may send your credit card information via phone, fax, snail mail or over the Internet.

Delivery Schedule We deliver your order right away. We will normally send your order to you in 4 business days . International orders are generally received in under 14 days.

Back Orders If your item is not in stock, we will back order for you. You will always be emailed with the option to cancel your order if you would rather not wait.

Credit Card Security All credit card numbers are encrypted in the software when the order is placed using 128 bit encryption. They are only decrypted after they reach our computer. They are not held in clear text on any web site.

Reaching Us
If you need to reach us, please email us on info@letterboxlibrary.com. Alternatively, you can call on International +44 207 503 4801 or fax us on 207 503 4800 or write to us at 71-73 Allen Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 8RY UK

Privacy Policy Letterbox Library do not disclose buyers' information to third parties. Cookies are used on this shopping site to keep track of the contents of your shopping cart once you have selected an item, to store delivery addresses if the address book is used and to store your details if you select the 'Remember Me' Option.

Returns Policy
If for any reason you are unhappy with any or all of the goods received, you can return any of them to Letterbox Library for an exchange or refund, providing each is returned to Letterbox Library within 7 working days from the day after you receive the goods. You shall be responsible for the cost of returning goods for refund or exchange, except in cases of faulty, damaged or wrongly supplied goods. Returned goods must be unused and in the condition they were supplied including the original packaging where applicable. Please return goods to us at:
Letterbox Library, 71-73 Allen Road, London, N16 8RY


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