About Booked Up
Booked Up's goal is to encourage and support reading for pleasure by providing each Year 7 student in England with a free book from a list of 17 specially selected titles. Click here to see this year's booklist.
Last year's programme was a huge success with over 650,000 children receiving their free Booked Up book.
Have a look around our website to find out more about this year's Booked Up books and authors.
Background
Booked Up was launched in 2007, inspired by the Bookstart and Booktime programmes, which give free book packs to babies and reception-aged children respectively. During the first three years of the programme, Booked Up has given a free book to almost two million children in England.
Booked Up is generously supported by children’s book publishers and funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
The programme is run by Booktrust, an independent charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books.
Visit the About Booked Up section of this site to find out more about Booked Up.
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