Nottinghamshire Education Library Service has produced three indexed databases of fiction from Ahlberg to Westall, aimed at implementing the National Literacy Strategy. There are booklists for key stage 1 and for both lower and upper key stage 2, helpfully grouped by year, term and theme against the requirements of the strategy. Each book is supplied with a notionl interest age and reading age. Each list pound;5 inc pamp;p from The Administrative Office, Education Library Service, County Library, Glaisdale Parkway, Nottingham, NG8 4GP. Cheques to Nottinghamshire County Council. Tel: 0115 985 4200. Fax: 0115 928 6400. Website: www.nottscc.gov.uk

Contributions by Geraldine Brennan, Michael Thorn and Tom Deveson.