Useful Organisations No.10: The Puffin Book Club

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BfK No. 122 - May 2000

Cover Story
This issue’s cover shows Jane Simmons’ popular character, Daisy, and her baby brother Pip. Two Daisy books with their ‘dynamic yet affectionate pictures’ full of painterly exuberance are reviewed in this issue. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help in producing this May cover.

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The Puffin Book Club

The Puffin Book Club

Penguin Books

website: www.Puffin.co.uk

Founded in 1967 by Kaye Webb, the aim of the Puffin Club was to make children into readers. Children who joined in those early days received a magazine, Puffin Post , and had the opportunity to go to Puffin Days in London. Relaunched in the 1970s as a commercial book club, the Puffin Club’s focus is now on schools with a free book entitlement incentive based on the number of books ordered. Titles can be ordered from a list of ‘top-selling’ Puffins and selected titles from other publishers (eg ‘Animal Ark’). Club coordinators can be teachers, librarians, school governors or parents who receive a start-up pack when their school joins.