Books can be checked out by Reading Seed coaches, LVT tutors, and other community literacy providers and volunteers. Teachers and librarians from all Pima County school districts, private, and charter schools, as well as homeschooling parents, are also encouraged to use the Lending Library. If you don’t fall into one of these categories, please contact the Library Manager for more information.

Reading Seed’s Lending Library has low level/high interest books for children and teens. All the books in the Lending Library are “leveled” according to the Fountas and Pinnell system. Each book is assigned a letter of the alphabet with “A” books being the easiest to read and “Z” books the hardest. Levels are assigned based on the number of words per page, the difficulty of the vocabulary and the content of the book. Most books are also rated by grade level for both reading and interest. Please click here to view a detailed Reading Level Comparison Chart.

Our coaches have found that students are much more likely to read and enjoy reading when provided with interesting books that are written at their level so they can feel successful at reading.

If you volunteer or work in a public school district, the books you check out online will be delivered in approximately one week to your school. Please contact Reading Seed if you do not receive the books!

If you volunteer or work in a charter or private school, you’ll need to pick them up at the Reading Seed office.

If you volunteer or work in a school district, put the books back into the plastic envelope they arrived in. Turn the pink sheet of paper over so it reads “Please Return these Reading Seed books…” Give the package to the receptionist in your school’s main office. That person will then send the book to the school district office where Reading Seed will pick them up. Other Lending Library users will need to return books using the same method in which they were received.

You are always welcome return books to Reading Seed in person and pick-up some books from the Free Book Area while you are here!

Absolutely! The advantage is that you can open and look at the books. Come when the Library Manager is in and you can also get help finding some great books for your individual students. Reading Seed is open from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. If you would like assistance in choosing books, please call before coming to make sure the Library Manager is available.

You can keep the books for 30 days. You can renew items yourself by logging into the Lending Library and going to “my info.” Click on “Renew” for the titles you would like to keep longer.

There is no set limit for how many books you can check out. Please check out what you need!

Call the Lending Library at 798-0700 or send an email to library@readingseed.org and the Library Manager will be happy to give you suggestions!

These books should be read by you and the student together and not sent home with students. Because these books are checked out in your name, you are responsible for returning them.

We have many, many great books! Call the Lending Library for assistance if you don’t know where to start.

Take a variety of books at several levels. Pick some that have a few words per page and some that are more difficult. This will help you assess what level works best for your students.

The Lending Library books have barcodes that say Reading Seed on the back cover. They also should say “Please Return to Reading Seed” on the inside of the front cover.