SongLake Books is a small, but mighty company in business for nearly 30 years. We are innovative, but don’t compromise our core values. Our selections are based on solid educational research.

SongLake Books gathers input from K-4 teachers and librarians across the country. We scrutinize hundreds of books from a variety of publishers. We then select a wide range of topics and genres, fiction and nonfiction, that appeal to young readers: favorite authors, illustrators, fairytales, animals, science, social studies, cultures, graphic novels, stories that encourage conversations about responsibility, making good decisions, being a good friend. In short, we select best books that appeal to a variety of young readers and instill a love for reading. Just as reading programs vary, so, too, our book sets vary.  We don’t choose sides in the “reading wars”; instead, we focus on how to help young readers achieve.

• If your district embraces the Science of Reading, we offer our Phonics Forward set bridging decodables and trade books.
• If you embrace Diversity, our Diversity book sets feature only underrepresented races, cultures, and lifestyles so children can see themselves reflected in the books they read.
• If you embrace Reading Recovery, then we offer leveled book sets from the official leveling list.
• If you are looking for ways to stem the Summer reading slide, check out our Zap the Gap book sets.
• And if you are looking for Spanish book sets, SongLake offers that as well.

To summarize, we assess what is currently happening in K-4 classrooms and design our book sets to meet those needs. Solid research informs everything we do. After all…

To place affordable best books from best publishers in the hands of young readers.

SongLake Books offers a less cumbersome ordering process. We repackage books from many suppliers into customized book sets: one purchase order, one package. All you have to do is make your selections from our offerings on our website and we’ll do the rest.

I trust that you will find that ordering from SongLake Books will be a unique and streamlined experience. We help to free up your time to do what you do best… helping children learn to read.

Carol Levine, Founder and President