BECOME A BOOKSELLER WITH USBORNE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

from Usborne Community Partnerships - 2024 Catalogue

Usborne Community Partnerships is the thriving direct sales division of Usborne Publishing. Our role is to support, motivate, and inspire a community of Independent Usborne Partners who share our award-winning children’s books at events, schools, and online throughout the UK and Europe.

With over 40 years’ experience of hand selling directly to booklovers, the unique, personalised shopping experience our Independent Usborne Partners provide is what sets them apart from other booksellers.

HOW DOES IT WORK AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

Imagine a pop-up shop that brings Usborne books to you. Your local Independent Usborne Partner will curate the most relevant choice of books from our entire range. They can advise you on everything from home learning and early language development to the best books for teenagers.

Our Independent Usborne Partners can also offer you the option of free delivery, discounts, exclusive special offers, seasonal sales, and even free books!

The unique buying experience is tailored to meet your needs, be it: A coffee morning (or evening party with a few drinks) at home as a social event – you can open and explore every book before you buy A pop-up stall at your local community group

An online showcase where, if you like what you see, you can simply click to buy Personalised events for schools. From book fairs to sponsored reads, author events to fundraisers, your Independent Usborne Partner can take care of everything without impacting your time or budget Or simply tell your Independent Usborne Partner what it is you are looking for and let them order it on your behalf

Plus if you host a party with your Independent Usborne Partner you can: Choose a free book from a selection of brand-new Usborne titles

Benefit from additional free books and savings of up to 50% if any one of your friends also books a party or event

Our Passion For Schools

Teachers often tell us how appreciative they are of the unique service that our Independent Usborne Partners provide to schools and libraries. It was our founder Peter Usborne’s ambition to be the “saviour of school libraries”, and over the years we have been able to gift millions of free books to schools across the UK and Europe.

So what does our Usborne schools package look like?

Your Independent Usborne Partner will plan the perfect event to suit the needs of every class, topic, or timetable, and will take care of everything from arranging and attending the event to covering all admin, providing letters to home, sponsorship forms, and taking orders

The service is completely free and will not take up any of your valuable time or budget

You can receive up to 60% of the value of books sold at your event as additional free books of your choice, to help to refresh

Key Stages

All Usborne titles are listed in the online catalogue with the Key Stages (in England and Wales) for which they are recommended. Search usborne.com by title to see each recommended Key Stage. To find the corresponding ages and year groups for each Key Stage, and the equivalents for Scottish schools, visit usborne.com/keystages

Book Bands

Many schools use colour-coded ‘book bands’ to help children choose the right books for their reading ability. To find out more about book banding, and to see lists of book-banded Usborne titles, visit usborne.com/bookbands

Lexile® Measures

The Lexile system is the most widely-used measure of readability around the world. Find out more, download lists of Usborne titles with Lexile measures, and search for books by Lexile measure at usborne.com/lexiles

Accelerated Reader ™

Accelerated Reader is a literacy support programme used by many schools in the UK and around the world. To find out more about Accelerated Reader and to see lists of Usborne titles with Accelerated Reader quizzes available, visit usborne.com/acceleratedreader

Product Warnings

INTERESTED IN BUYING BOOKS FROM AN INDEPENDENT USBORNE PARTNER?

It is likely that your local Independent Usborne Partner gave you this catalogue, so their contact details should be on the back cover. Alternatively, you can search for an Independent Usborne Partner near you at usborne.com/findapartner

For more information regarding warnings on our products, which are in accordance with the European Toy Safety Directive, please log onto our website usborne.com/safety

A note for Independent Usborne Partners

Throughout this catalogue, the penultimate five digits of the ISBN for each title is the product code that you will use to place orders.

Usborne Quicklinks

Usborne Quicklinks are hand-picked links to websites that complement and expand the universe of an Usborne book. Links take readers to videos, virtual tours, quizzes, games and activities.

Usborne Quicklinks

There are over 500 books with Usborne Quicklinks in this catalogue, from sticker books to encyclopedias.

At Usborne Quicklinks, each book has a dedicated webpage with links to recommended websites and resources for that book. Usborne editors carefully research and curate Quicklinks to ensure visitors will find links to safe, age-appropriate websites.