External resources

Use this page to find resources which are produced by other organisations. You can either search through the list of resources below or enter key words into the search field above (for example "school library").

Libraries external resources:

• bookcrossing.com

  Book Crossing is a worldwide book exchange. Members "release" their books for other people to find in locations across the world. The website provides records of books released and found, reviews, ratings and recommendations from across the globe.

• bookgroup.info

  Bookgroup.info is an independent website providing information for readers and book groups, including book reviews, literary news and interviews with authors .

• bookgrouponline.com

  Book Group Online is an online reading group for registered forum users. Discussions are based around genres and themes as well as specific books. Discussions are monitored and so are suitable for both children and adults.

• bookhopper.com

  Bookhopper.com allows people to swap books from home for books they haven't read. Once registered, users must offer three books and then can choose from any in the entire collection.

• bookstart.org.uk

  Bookstart provides families with free books and information about how to share stories and rhymes with children, at three key stages in a child's development.

• chatterbooks.org.uk

  Chatterbooks is a national network of reading groups for children, coordinated by The Reading Agency.

• findmeagoodread.com

  Find Me a Good Read is a personal recommendation service helping people to find books for themselves or their friends. Users answer an online questionnaire about their reading preferences and are then emailed book recommendations.

• Passion for Knowledge posters

  Posters aimed to encourage and motivate reading among young people.

• Penguin Reading Groups Guide

  The Penguin Reading Groups Guide has some useful general information on setting up a reading group. It also holds a directory of reading groups around the UK and offers resources such as reviews and suggested (Penguin) books.

• readitswapit.co.uk

  Read it, swap it is a free online book-swapping service