Leeds School Library Service

Steady on jetsetters; aren't you forgetting something? ✈️🌞

Leeds SLS are accepting order right NOW for the next year so if you don't want to miss out, be sure to get your orders in before it's too late. Last thing you want is to dampen those holiday spirits knowing you missed out on resources worth up to £31K 😮📚❤️

Now... where did I place my bucket and spade? 🩴🪣🏖️

Today marks the start of - the international celebration of refugees and people seeking sanctuary

We all know that reading helps boost empathy because it's the closest thing we can experience to stepping into someone's shoes. That's why this Refugee Week we're highlighting so of the incredible fiction available in our Refugee box which can help start those conversations, build understanding, and make a more empathic society ❤️📚

⚽ It's kick-off... for our new fun non-fiction boxes ⚽

Orders are now OPEN for our fun non-fiction boxes and what a line-up we have? Biographies, histories, deep-dives, and fun facts to satisfy even the most avid football fan this season 📚❤️ Be sure to get your orders in now to avoid upset (we might experience enough of that as is 😭 )

Is it coming home? We'll just have to wait and see 😉🏆

On this , we've had a very special guest to SLS: Syd the Shark 🦈🌊

They've been showing off their favourite fishy tales and giving us a special reading of Meet The Oceans by and that's schools (the human not the aquatic kind) can order as a class reader!🐠🐟🐡

So if you're wanting to take dip into new waters, get in touch and SEA what aquatic wonders SLS can help you discover ⛵️🌊

Today the hosted by EmpathyLab begins ⭐💕

🗺️In a world more divided than ever, empathy is an vital skill everyone should have. Luckily, books can help! With Empathy Lab's guidance and research, we inject empathetic reads across our fiction boxes, class readers, and author boxes to help equip the children with the emotional intelligence to last a life time! 💑

Interested? Be sure to order our KS1 and KS2 Empathy boxes for Autumn term before they're all gone 💕📚

New month; new books; new adventures to be had as we hurtle into summer. This month we're buzzing to reader:
🐍A sinister tale bursting with suspense from the queen of horror herself
🍟A tale of a unlikely bond between seagull and lighthouse keeper vs the town that wishes to keep them apart
🗡️A mystical stone-age tale filled with fantasy, friendship, and spirits
👀An animal-filled picture book that'll have you staring wide-eyed and belly-laughing

That’s a wrap on the Leeds Book Awards 2026! 📚✨

Huge congratulations to our fantastic winners and a massive thank you to all the schools who took part this year. What a wonderful day spent celebrating books, reading, and the joy of sharing stories together.

We loved seeing the enthusiasm, creativity, and passion for reading from everyone involved! 💛

⭐Are you ready for a Bank Holiday surprise? Last week we launched our brand new order back for 26/27! ⭐

It's filled with our brand new class readers, new author boxes, and the latest addition to our non-fiction extras: Fun Non-Fiction! And that isn't all, there's plenty of new additions waiting to be discovered; all you've got to do is click in the link in our bio ➡️➡️➡️📚

(Psst... orders for the next academic year are open NOW! So, be sure to get your orders in to avoid disappointment!)

⭐ NOTICE: Leeds SLS is closed tomorrow! Our team will be at Leeds City Museum for where we'll be celebrating the books that stole our heart, made us laugh, made us cry, and represent the very best of what Children and Teen fiction have to offer! 💕⭐

Don't worry: Leeds SLS will re-open on Wednesday so don't miss us too much 😘 If the pain of absence is far too great, however, be sure to keep your eyes here and over on Leeds Libraries as all the action of will be posted right there!