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The Baillie Gifford Schools Programme 2021
Join us online this August for a rip-roaring programme of book events curated specially for schools. All Schools events are free to view, and you can take part by watching live online, or catching up at a time that works for you. All live events come with opportunities for pupils to ask authors questions via our Q&A box, and each event will also be accompanied by a learning resource to help you get the most out of every session. With events exploring a variety of curriculum-led subjects and topics from some of the best authors, illustrators and thinkers writing for children and young people today, taking part in the Book Festival is a fun and accessible way to get children engaging with books and stories: exploring the world around them in a creative and thought-provoking way.
The Baillie Gifford Schools Programme enables children to participate in one of the world’s leading book festivals. This year Baillie Gifford is also funding the book giveaway scheme, providing children and schools with free titles from the events featured in this year’s programme.
To be the first in the know about Book Festival education news, school events, and learning resources sign up to our ‘Schools and Education’ ebulletin at bit.ly/2Q5Ia2y
Featured products
The Tindims and the Floating Moon
£6.99
The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
The Tindims and the Ten Green Bottles
£6.99
The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
The Tindims and the Turtle Tangle
£6.99
The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
The Tindims of Rubbish Island
£6.99
The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
A World Full of Wildlife: and how you can protect it
£12.99
Award-winning author-illustrator Neal Layton is here to introduce the concept of biodiversity to younger readers, explaining what it is, why it's so important, and how the actions of humans are hurting it. But he's also FULL of ideas for how you can help!
Velda the Awesomest Viking and the Voyage of Deadly Doom
£6.99
Jokes abound and escapades are aplenty as tiny and mighty Velda embarks on a brilliant adventure to rescue her friends and prove she's the awesomest Viking around. An illustrated chapter book from the creators of Thorfinn the Nicest Viking.
So You Think You've Got it Bad? A Kid's Life in the Aztec Age
£7.99
Part of Nosy Crow's list of publishing in collaboration with the British Museum and developed in consultation with one of the world's leading experts on the Aztecs. A kid's life in the Aztec Age might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and exciting festivals, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard.
A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch!
£6.99
The eleventh book in the laugh-out-loud series from Pamela Butchart!
The Broken Leg of Doom
£6.99
When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird...
Wigglesbottom Primary: Dino Chick
£6.99
When Year Two is chosen to look after some eggs that are about to hatch, they KNOW somthing is strange about one of them. What if it's not a chick egg, but a DINOSAUR EGG??? Perfect for Easter reading, these are more funny school stories from award-winning Pamela Butchart, brilliantly colour-illustrated by Becka Moor.
The Great (Food) Bank Heist
£6.99
When things start disappearing from the food bank, leaving everyone hungrier than ever, Nelson plans a stakeout to catch the thief. Written with great empathy and Rauf's trademark humour, this moving story gives a child's-eye view of the increasing problem of food poverty.
The Crackledawn Dragon
£7.99
The third novel in Abi Elphinstone's new series, The Unmapped Chronicles, takes readers to the magical kingdom of Crackledawn! A breath-taking adventure story, that's also about being kind - to others, to our planet and, perhaps hardest of all, to ourselves.
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
£6.99
But instead he's got to babysit Nai-Nai, taking her to bowls and bingo - where he soon discovers not everyone is as welcoming as he expected. Before long it becomes clear to Danny that there is more to Nai-Nai than meets the eye, and that they have more in common that he thought possible ...
Cardboard Cowboys
£6.99
Rat
£7.99
When his mum is sent back to prison, Al knows exactly who's to blame. Mr Brayker from downstairs has been making trouble for Al's mum ever since they moved in. Al is determined to get his revenge with a plan that involves the only two creatures he can rely on: his pet rats, Venom and Vulture. But things don't turn out exactly as he'd imagined ...
Happy Here: 10 stories from Black British authors & illustrators
£6.99
With an introduction from bestselling author Sharna Jackson, HAPPY HERE features stories and poems by 10 Black British authors for readers aged 7+. Exploring themes of joy, home and family through a wide range of genres and styles, each author has been paired with a different illustrator to spotlight Black British artistic talent. *cover not final*
Cane Warriors
£7.99
When The World Was Ours
£7.99
A powerful, heart-breaking, ultimately redemptive novel about three childhood friends in 1930s Vienna whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses.
Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You
£9.99
An empowering toolkit for activism from Gina Martin, who led a year-long campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence
What's the T?: The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens
£8.99
A frank and funny exploration of all things transgender, from the author of This Book is Gay.
The Block
£7.99
Luka is imprisoned in the Block when an audacious break-out reunites him with his friends at last. Hiding out in the heart of the destroyed city, Luka realises the scale of their mission to defeat all-powerful AI, Happy. How can they stay hidden, let alone win the war?
The Upper World
£7.99