Emerald Book Corner

Usborne - brilliant books for children of every age, ethnicity and gender. I’m here to help you choose the best one!

20/07/2023

For the second bookstore’s birthday… I’m permanently closing Emerald Book Corner. THANK YOU to everyone who supported me in the last two years 💚

Photos from Emerald Book Corner's post 15/03/2023

⚽️ “Kick” - 30 book class set, £135 (RRP 239.70)

Looking for a new class read? Explore this modern classic about dreaming big, heroes and never letting anything stand in your way. Now available to buy as a great value classroom set of 30 books, it’s ideal for upper KS2/KS3.

Budi's plan is simple. He's going to be a star.

Budi's going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes.

But one unlucky kick brings Budi's world crashing down. Now he owes the Dragon, the most dangerous man in Jakarta. Soon it isn't only Budi's dreams at stake, but his life.

This is a class set of 30 copies of “Kick”.

Photos from Emerald Book Corner's post 15/03/2023

👦🏻 “The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates” - 30 book class set, £135 (RRP £209.70)

Looking for a new class read? Join Freddie and his friends on this hilarious, heart-warming adventure with a few miracles along the way. With this great value set of 30 books, you can even bring your whole class along too – perfect for KS2/KS3.

Freddie Yates likes facts. Just not the one staring him in the face - that his secret plan is not, in fact, secret.

Because Freddie's journey wasn't meant to involve Big Trev and the onion-eating competition or the loo-exploding pear-and-potato turnovers. And Freddie definitely didn't expect to end up, with his two best friends, on national television in a supergirl costume.

But journeys never take you where you think they will. And for Freddie, that fact might just have to be enough...

This is a class set of 30 copies of “The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates”.

Photos from Emerald Book Corner's post 15/03/2023

🚞 “The Train To Impossible Places” - 30 book class set, £135 (RRP £239.70)

Looking for a story to share with your class? All aboard for the first journey in the bestselling Train to Impossible Places Adventures series. With this great value set of 30 books, you can bring your whole class along for the ride – ideal for KS2/KS3.

When Suzy hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for The Union of Impossible Places.

Whisked onboard by a troll-boy, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's asked to deliver a cursed package to a fearsome sorceress. And quite suddenly, Suzy realizes the fate of the Impossible Places is in her hands...

Except when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands...

This is a class set of 30 copies of “The Train To Impossible Places”.

22/02/2023

✨📚 𝑾𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 - celebrate World Book Day with me!📚✨

1️⃣ Tag a school (primary or secondary), a nursery, a teacher or a PTA member under this post on Emerald Book Corner + write in the same comment which of those books you would like to win for yourself:
- “Why am I afraid?” age 4+
- “… For Beginners” age 8+
- “Hideous Beauty” age 14+
Please do it before 12pm, 2nd March;
2️⃣ I will draw a random winner on 2nd March (World Book Day 2023), after 12pm;
3️⃣ The school, nursery or their teacher or PTA member, tagged by the winner, will receive additional book of their choice!

Books will be sent to both of you on 3rd March.

💚🍀 Good luck! 🍀💚

21/02/2023

📚💚 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 🎁 Usborne created a series of emails just for teachers! Sign up here: https://usborne.com/gb/count-down-to-world-book-day 📨💙

We will email you with tips, ideas and recommendations for the big day. Includes a free downloadable planner and activity pack for students! We will also send your our monthly Schools Newsletter.

🎊 Celebrate World Book Day with me: https://tinyurl.com/2p8uw53x

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𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐓𝐀❓ Contact me to get free books for your nursery, primary or secondary school! More than 3000 Usborne books can't wait to join your library, without using your budget 🤩 More: https://tinyurl.com/4694hkha

19/02/2023

🔎📚Tilehurst Book Hunt - Cocoon Baby Hub sponsored your books 💚

Thank you Cocoon Baby Hub 💐
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Are you based in Tilehurst? Join the group and look for pictures with hints 👉🏻 https://www.facebook.com/groups/550187792869438/

📚 Dear Tilehurst Parents, Carers, and Children! 💛 I’m doing another Book Hunt with Emerald Book Corner 💚

How does it work?

1️⃣ I asked local businesses for help, and few of them said YES 💝 Thanks to their big hearts for children and books, Usborne books are on their way to you!

2️⃣ All my commission was donated by me for… even more Usborne books for you to find (and all costs of the event)! 🤩

3️⃣ More local businesses, local branches of bigger companies, or private persons, are still welcome to join the fun and donate money to buy more Usborne books 🤗

4️⃣ If you wish to keep the book for yourself - it’s yours 🧡

5️⃣ If you wish to read it, and hide it again for someone else to find it - do it 💜 Feel free to update us on the group, so we know that the book is looking for new home. You can re-hide it even after few months, take your time! Please, remember to cover it well against the rain ☔️

6️⃣ Whenever I’ll be able to, I will repeat this action, because I know, that:
• it’s extremely exciting to find a book (and it’s exciting to hide it 😎)
• it’s needed for children in our community, who don’t own any book 💔
• it’s spreading the Endless Love For Reading 💞💞💞

Have fun, Tilehurst! 📚💚📚

📚💚📚❤️📚💙📚💛📚
📱 Contact me: 07745 578126
💌 E-mail: [email protected]
📚 Browse all my catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/24nrkwh9
👩🏼‍💻 Join me in the business: https://tinyurl.com/3asuacy6
🗂 All my links in one place: www.liinks.co/emeraldbookcorner
📗 Emerald Green - Independent Usborne Partner 💚

14/02/2023

📚📚 Celebrate World Book Day! 📚📚

To help schools celebrate World Book Day season, we've created a range of free downloadable activities and videos featuring authors reading extracts from their books – all of which are in our recommended reads for this exciting annual event. From EYFS to KS4, as well as ESL and SEN, there's a book for children of all ages and reading abilities.

Contact me to find out more about how Usborne works with schools. 💚

14/02/2023

😍😍😍5️⃣0️⃣🥳🎊

Having been awarded the CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2022 New Year's Honours List, Peter Usborne went to Windsor Castle yesterday to receive his medal from King Charles III.

Peter set up Usborne in 1973 when he found out he was going to become a parent, and went on to revolutionise children's publishing. 50 years later he was awarded a CBE for Services to Literature.

Nicola Usborne has taken on the mantle of MD from her dad, and we are still guided by Peter’s original vision: every book that we have ever published – and ever will – aims to spark curiosity.

Generations of children have read, explored, enjoyed, been inspired by or learned something from an Usborne book over the last 50 years. On behalf of all those children, thank you Peter - and congratulations!

Peter would like to pass on his thanks to everyone who has supported Usborne Publishing over the years, not least the thousands and thousands of Independent Usborne Partners who have shared Usborne books in their communities, reaching children and families wherever they are. Together we've created a legacy to be proud of, and there's plenty more to come 🥰📖💛

05/02/2023

👱🏼‍♀️🧑🏽‍🦱What’s Happening To Me? - Usborne

03/02/2023

👨🏻‍🌾👷🏼‍♀️👨🏽‍🍳🥷🏼 Calling all local business owners! Sponsor a book for a child in Tilehurst, and add your advertisement in it - it’s a win-win, in time when so many children don’t own even 1 book for themselves! 📕❤️📕

Contact me or comment below, if you are interested in taking part in February Half Term Tilehurst Book Hunt 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 Books with your name, website, logo, address (any details of your choice!) will go to many homes, and will be shared in social media many times! 🏆

✨ More: https://www.facebook.com/groups/550187792869438/

I’m organising this event not for profit: all my commission will go towards printing, packing, delivery and other costs 🥰

25/12/2022

📖 𝐔𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 📚


Let's have a look at random pages from our catalogue to discover some new books! 😍

Curious to see the whole offer? Follow this link: liinks.co/EmeraldBookCorner or order the printed version from me 📖

To order: send a message, comment, or email to [email protected]

Enjoy free delivery in Reading: RG1 and RG30

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𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐓𝐀❓ Contact me to get free books for your school or nursery! More than 3000 Usborne books can't wait to join your library, without using your budget 🤩

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📚 Browse all my catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/24nrkwh9
👩🏼‍🏫 Free books for your school/nursery: https://tinyurl.com/2yp5nhra
👩🏼‍💻 Join me in the business: https://tinyurl.com/3asuacy6
🗂 All my links in one place: www.liinks.co/emeraldbookcorner
📗 Emerald - Independent Usborne Partner 💚

18/12/2022

📖 𝐔𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 📚


Let's have a look at bestselling fiction books from our catalogue and get to know them better! 😍

Curious to see the whole offer? Follow this link: liinks.co/EmeraldBookCorner 📖

To order: send a message, comment, or email to [email protected]

Enjoy free delivery in Reading: RG1 and RG30

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𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐓𝐀❓ Contact me to get free books for your school or nursery! More than 3000 Usborne books can't wait to join your library, without using your budget 🤩

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📚 Browse all my catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/24nrkwh9
👩🏼‍🏫 Free books for your school/nursery: https://tinyurl.com/2yp5nhra
👩🏼‍💻 Join me in the business: https://tinyurl.com/3asuacy6
🗂 All my links in one place: www.liinks.co/emeraldbookcorner
📗 Emerald - Independent Usborne Partner 💚

Usborne Monthly Free Prize Draw Slip - Emerald Book Corner 01/12/2022

📚 🎁 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 - December 🎄

Enter our monthly competition for the chance to win a bundle* of lovely new Usborne books worth £100! It's free to enter and you can try again next month (or the month after) if you're not successful this time. You don't need to live in the UK to take a part in this fun! 📚📚

🤩 Feeling lucky? Let's go! 👉🏻 https://forms.gle/zRS97sgqu8h9GHfB8 💚

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*Usborne will select the products that make up the prize pack each month. Contents may differ from those in the image shown but will always reflect a retail value of at least £100 🎁
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📚 Browse all my catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/24nrkwh9
👩🏼‍🏫 Free books for your school/nursery: https://tinyurl.com/2yp5nhra
👩🏼‍💻 Join me in the business: https://tinyurl.com/3asuacy6
🗂 All my links in one place: www.liinks.co/emeraldbookcorner
📗 Emerald - Independent Usborne Partner 💚

Usborne Monthly Free Prize Draw Slip - Emerald Book Corner You can win £100 worth of Usborne books in our free prize draw. To enter, simply complete the form below. We have one prize pack to give away each month. Each monthly draw will be open to entries for the whole calendar month. We ask for your address and email details simply to be able to reach you ...

30/11/2022

📖 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 📚
✨🎄 🎄✨

🎅🏻 Santa’s elves are busy at Usborne’s warehouse making sure your books are ready for Christmas - visit our Christmas Shop and discover books, gifts, and free activities 👉🏻 https://tinyurl.com/bdemu7d9 🎁 ✨🎄

Curious to see the whole offer? Follow this link: liinks.co/EmeraldBookCorner 📖

To order: send a message, comment, or email to [email protected]

Enjoy free delivery in Reading: RG1 and RG30

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𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐓𝐀❓ Contact me to get free books for your school or nursery! More than 3000 Usborne books can't wait to join your library, without using your budget 🤩

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📚 Browse all my catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/24nrkwh9
👩🏼‍🏫 Free books for your school/nursery: https://tinyurl.com/2yp5nhra
👩🏼‍💻 Join me in the business: https://tinyurl.com/3asuacy6
🗂 All my links in one place: www.liinks.co/emeraldbookcorner
📗 Emerald - Independent Usborne Partner 💚

Photos from Emerald Book Corner's post 25/11/2022

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www.liinks.co/EmeraldBookCorner

Message me or comment below with any questions ❤️🖤

23/11/2022

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