World of Stories

World of Stories is a programme developed in partnership with Puffin, part of Penguin Random House. The programme equips primary schools with the books, materials, training and resources they need to champion reading for pleasure across the whole school, and reinvigorate their school libraries and reading spaces.

The World of Stories programme aims to address some of the key challenges facing reading for pleasure in schools. So far, we’ve worked with 225 primary schools, supporting them to transform their libraries and reading spaces into hubs of creativity and imagination.

Each year we recruit primary schools to participate in the programme. These will normally be in a range of geographic areas which vary year by year, allowing participating schools to build a local reading for pleasure network.

We still have a handful of places left on our 2023/2024 programme in the following areas:

Blackpool

Bradford

County Durham

Dudley

Essex

Isle of Wight

Lancashire

Portsmouth

Sandwell

Southend-on-Sea

Swindon

Thurrock

Walsall

Wolverhampton

Express your interest

To express interest in participating in this programme, email primarylibrarytraining@literacytrust.org.uk.

We are also recruiting for Libraries for Primaries projects in other areas across the UK. Visit our Libraries for Primaries programmes page for further information.