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Katie Book Lady, Independent Usborne Partner

📚 Helping schools inspire a love of reading with fully managed Sponsored Reading Challenges. Earn FREE books without the extra workload.
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Proud to be Top Usborne School Partner 2024 & 2025 🏆 "If you're looking for the perfect Usborne book for your child, you've come to the right place! Please get in touch for personalised recommendations or browse my website. I'm based in Farnborough, Hampshire but cover events and visit schools in Surrey, Berkshire & London too. I've helped get thousands of free Usborne books into schools and nurse

ries via book fairs, sponsored reads and community book pledges. I'm an experienced mentor leading an amazing team, if you'd like to have a chat about whether selling Usborne Books could work for you I'd love to hear from you. I have all kinds of organisers in my team so whether you're simply looking to buy your own books at discount, earn a part-time income or more please get in touch."

26/08/2026

Hazelwood School's Sponsored Read raised enough to donate over £1,000 worth of books to each of three state schools. 📚❤️

The children loved getting involved in the reading challenge, and for librarian Nicki, one of the highlights was taking pupils along to deliver the books.

It's a brilliant example of how a Sponsored Read can turn reading into something bigger, giving children a reason to get excited about reading while helping bring more books into other schools too.

There's still time to book a Sponsored Read for October half term, making the most of this year's National Year of Reading. Or, if you're thinking further ahead, I'm also taking bookings for World Book Day next term.

If you'd like to find out how it works, just get in touch. 💛

19/08/2026

📚 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵? ✨

Looking for a hassle-free way to encourage reading for pleasure and bring more books into your school? 📖💛

It's the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, so what better time to get children excited about reading at home? 🏡📚

My 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆, 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱! 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 is the perfect activity for 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺. 🍂 It's easy to run, encourages children to pick up a book during the holidays and helps your school raise funds for new books at the same time. 📚🎉

And the best bit? 𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵, making it simple for your school and your families. 🙌✨

📚 More reading
🏫 More books for your school
✨ Hassle-free for you

If you'd like to find out more, send me a message or book your challenge using the link in the comments. 👇💛

05/07/2026

Spot me in the official video from our Vietnam trip! 💕🇻🇳

26/06/2026

Looking for a simple way to bring more books into your school? 📚

You're in the right place.

You'd love to refresh your library shelves and get children excited about reading...
..but finding the budget is difficult, and taking on another project just isn't realistic.

That's exactly why I do what I do.

I'm Katie, and I help schools across the UK earn hundreds, and often thousands, of pounds worth of brand-new books through Sponsored Reading Challenges and Book Fairs.

My aim is to make bringing more books into your school feel easy.

The best part?

You don't have to figure it all out on your own.

From helping you decide which option is right for your school, to providing resources, guidance and support throughout, I'll be with you every step of the way to make the whole process as straightforward as possible.

No endless planning.

No wondering what to do next.

No feeling like you've just added another huge job to your workload.

Just an exciting reading initiative that inspires pupils, brings your school community together and fills your shelves with fantastic new books.

I'm proud to have been named Usborne's Top School Partner for both 2024 & 2025 🏆, and over the years I've helped schools earn thousands of pounds worth of books for their pupils.

Whether you're interested in a Sponsored Reading Challenge or a Book Fair, I'd love to help you find the option that's the best fit for your school.

📩 Send me a message, or visit www.katiebooklady.co.uk to see how I could help bring more books into your school.

Here's to more reading, more books and less stress!📚

08/06/2026

📚 No room in the hall for a book fair? No problem!

If your hall is busy with assemblies, sports events, after-school clubs or other activities, I can bring the book fair to your playground instead! ☀️📖

A Playground Pop-Up Book Fair is a simple way for families to browse and buy books at pick-up time, without needing any indoor space.

✅ No hall required
✅ Minimal disruption to the school day
✅ Encourages reading for pleasure
✅ Earns free books for your school

📩 Get in touch if you'd like to find out more about hosting a Playground Pop-Up Book Fair.

04/06/2026

📚 WOW! Just look at these before and after photos from today's book fair at Potters Gate Primary School! 📚

It's safe to say the children at Potters Gate absolutely LOVE reading! ❤️

So many books found new homes today, thanks to the fantastic support from pupils, families and staff. 📖✨

Thank you for having me, Potters Gate. It was wonderful to see so much excitement for books and reading! 🌟

BooksForChildren PottersGate

29/04/2026

Want to boost reading at home and grow your school library at the same time? 📚✨

I’m working with schools across the UK, running sponsored reading challenges that get pupils reading at home while raising funds for new books.

It’s easy to run, fits around your timetable ⏰, and your school keeps 100% of the money raised to spend on Usborne Books, plus an extra 60% in books added on top 📚

I’ve put together a short guide explaining exactly how it works 👇

Comment READ and I’ll send it to you in Messenger 💬📚

20/04/2026

So honoured to be a Top School Seller for the second year running, and to receive my award from Nicola Usborne 💛

This award is extra special as it reflects the number of books reaching children through schools, and getting stories into the hands of those who need them most 📚

A huge thank you to all the amazing schools I worked with last year, and to everyone who has supported my business or recommended me to a school 💛

We celebrated with an incredible dinner at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane before a behind-the-scenes day at Usborne Publishing, including a sneak peek at brand new titles 👀

I was thrilled to spend the day with publishing director Sam Taplin, the genius behind so many of our bestselling books, including my personal favourite, the “Don’t Tickle the…” series 🐘🎶

Looking forward to getting even more books into schools this year 💫

12/04/2026

💛🇻🇳 VIETNAM 🇻🇳💛

When I first ordered a box of books for my daughter (purely to get a discount!), I never imagined it could lead to something like this.

An all expenses paid trip to Vietnam… just wow ✨

From the busy, buzzing streets of Hanoi to complete switch-off mode on a luxury cruise, this trip has been incredible from start to finish. Kayaking 🛶, swimming, exploring caves, eating the most amazing food… and then finishing in beautiful Ninh Binh with lantern-lit evenings, boat trips (where they row with their feet! 😍) and climbing over 500 steps up Dragon Rock.

So many laughs, so many memories, Usborne Community Partnerships really do know how to spoil you! 💛✨

But the best part? Spending time with the most amazing, like-minded people, building friendships and making memories that will last a lifetime 💛 Especially my incredible Usborne bestie Liz from Liz’s Lovely Books, the best roomie, the biggest cheerleader and the kind of friend everyone needs. It honestly wouldn’t have been the same without you 💕

And to every single person who has ever supported my business… whether you’ve bought a book, shared my socials, recommended me to a friend or colleague, helped bring books into a school, or been part of my team… this happened because of you 📚💛

Becoming an Usborne Partner has given me opportunities I never would have dreamed of, and this trip is definitely one I’ll never forget 🌟

If you’ve ever wondered what something like this could look like for you, my messages are always open for a chat - who knows where your own box of books could take you! 💛✨

30/03/2026

Every one of these World Book Day tokens = a book in a child’s hands 💛📚

I didn’t realise quite how many there were until now! 📚

Just for a little fun…
How many do you think there are? 👇

Address

Farnborough

Telephone

+447933728936

Website

http://www.katiebooklady.co.uk/

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