Lending news

7 May 2024: It's now easier to track requests and distribute books

We've refreshed the lending service dashboard to make it easier to see the status of your book requests. We've also added a notation feature to help you know which books are for which class.

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13 November 2023: More books, new offer for small schools

Schools can request more books!

In response to feedback from schools, we've made 2 changes to our topics selection allocations so you can borrow more books from us:

• schools can make 4 extra topic selection requests each term to give you more opportunities to respond to teaching and learning needs

• the maximum number of books your school can borrow has also increased.

These changes take effect on 13 November 2023 and start with Term 1 2024 requests.

Find out more about what you can borrow

Your lending dashboard also shows your school's borrowing allocations.

New offer for small schools

Are you a small school with a roll of 100 or fewer students? Subscribe to our 2-year standing order programme. Twice a year, we'll send you a selection of high-interest books. We pay all courier costs so the programme is free to use.

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12 September 2023: Special offer — books for summer reading!

Teachers, kaiako and librarians — want some great books to read yourself or to keep your ākonga (students) reading over the summer break?

Read how to borrow these books over summer

2022 updates

27 September 2022: Special offer — books for summer reading!

Teachers, kaiako and librarians — want some great books to read yourself or to keep your ākonga (students) reading over the summer break?

Read how to borrow these books over summer

7 September 2022: Better Start Literacy Approach

The Better Start Literacy Approach is a structured approach for teaching literacy to years 0 to 2 to help nurture early reading, writing and oral language. Schools can borrow books to support Better Start through our lending service.

Here’s how you can borrow these books from us

2021 updates

9 August 2021: Our lending service is changing

We're changing our lending service to make it more flexible and easier for kura and schools to borrow books from us! Schools can start using the changed service from 30 August for term 4 requests.

More about the lending service changes

14 May 2021: Changes to our lending to make borrowing easier

We're making changes to how our lending service operates and will be introducing a new online lending form to make it a lot easier for kura and schools to borrow books from us.

More about what's changing