Your CBC Grade 7 book list, sorted

Moving into Grade 7 means a new junior school list, and every year parents tell us the same thing: the list is long, the titles look alike, and the January rush makes it worse. Here is how to make it painless.

What is usually on the list

• Core course books for English, Kiswahili, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Pre-technical Studies, Agriculture and CRE/IRE. Check the publisher your school names: KLB, Longhorn, Oxford, Moran and Mentor all publish approved titles.
• A class reader for English and one for Kiswahili.
• Stationery: A4 exercise books (often 96 or 200 pages), a maths set, a scientific calculator and a ruled counter book.

Three tips from our schools desk

1. Bring the list, not a photo of half of it. We match every line against the exact edition, so you don't come home with last year's book.
2. Order early. Send us the list in December and we'll have it packed and waiting, or delivered.
3. Cover the books on day one. A covered book lasts two children, not one.

Send your list to any branch, upload it on our website, or WhatsApp it to us. Schools ordering for a whole class can open an account: see School book lists.