For Teachers, Librarians & Educators
Build the Classroom Library You’ve Been Dreaming About
Create a classroom registry and let your community help put more books, games, and stories into students’ hands.
Tell us what your classroom needs and we’ll help create a registry you can share with parents, families, friends, colleagues, and anyone who wants to support your students.
Simple on Purpose
How Classroom Registries Work
You tell us what your classroom needs. We help turn that wishlist into something your community can support.
Step One
Send Us Your Wishlist
Tell us about your classroom and the books, games, or other items you’d love to add.
Step Two
We Build Your Registry
The Secret Lantern creates a classroom wishlist you can easily share with your community.
Step Three
Your Community Helps Fill the Shelves
Parents, friends, families, and supporters purchase items from your registry and help build the classroom collection.
More Than a Stack of Books
What Can Go on a Registry?
Build a collection around what your students actually need, read, play, study, and get excited about.
Books
Fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, manga, picture books, reference titles, and more.
Games
Board games, card games, RPGs, puzzles, and other tools for play, learning, and connection.
Diverse Stories
Books and creative work that help more students see themselves and other lives reflected on the shelf.
Classroom Favorites
Replacement copies, student favorites, book-club sets, new releases, and titles your shelves could always use more of.
Your Students. Your Shelves. Your Wishlist.
Made for Educators
Teachers and librarians know their students better than anyone. You know which books disappear from the shelf, which stories get passed from kid to kid, and which titles you wish you had three more copies of.
Classroom Registries give your community a direct way to help you build the collection your students actually need.
Teachers
From early elementary through high school, build a library around your students and curriculum.
Librarians
Create wishlists for school libraries, reading programs, clubs, and special collections.
Educators & Programs
Homeschool groups, after-school programs, literacy organizations, and educational spaces are welcome too.
Not an Educator? You Can Still Help.
Support a Classroom
Classroom registries give parents, families, neighbors, alumni, businesses, and community members an easy way to put something useful directly into a classroom. Purchase a book or game from an educator’s wishlist and help build a collection students can return to again and again.
Because the registry is fulfilled through The Secret Lantern, your purchase supports both a local classroom and an independent bookstore at the same time.
Let’s Fill Some Shelves
Ready to Start Your Classroom Registry?
Send us your wishlist and tell us a little about your classroom, library, or educational program. We’ll help you take it from there.