Bookplates UK

Resource type: Book gifting and grants

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Region(s): All of UK

When Anne Fine became Children’s Laureate, she set up Bookplates UK as a way to encourage children and schools to celebrate their favourite books.

With the help of some of the UK’s top illustrators, Bookplates UK has created a bank of over 250 bookplates that can be printed off and pasted into the front of a book so that everyone can see who it belongs to. The bookplates come in a range of sizes, and there are colour as well as black and white illustrations.

Cost: Free, as long as the bookplates are not used for commercial purposes.

About My Home Library Bookplates: Bookplates UK was set up by author and former Children’s Laureate, Anne Fine. It has been going for over 20 years.

Literacy Hive Likes:

A fun, easy way to make books feel special and important.
Lots of ways that schools could use the bookplates to celebrate books and engage young readers.
There is also a selection of ‘This book was donated by’ bookplates – a great way of recognising (and encouraging) donations to a class or school library.