👶 Did you know that early shared reading can support bonding and attachment?
Join our webinar for early years practitioners on Thursday, 26 February to discover the research and enjoy a discussion about supporting families to start their reading journeys 👇
https://bit.ly/4bEO0iY
Join our webinar for early years practitioners on Thursday, 26 February to discover the research and enjoy a discussion about supporting families to start their reading journeys 👇
https://bit.ly/4bEO0iY
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
👶 Did you know that early shared reading can support bonding and attachment?
Join our webinar for early years practitioners on Thursday, 26 February to discover the research and enjoy a discussion about supporting families to start their reading journeys 👇
https://bit.ly/4bEO0iY
Join our webinar for early years practitioners on Thursday, 26 February to discover the research and enjoy a discussion about supporting families to start their reading journeys 👇
https://bit.ly/4bEO0iY
Reading is for all children📚
We reach 1.4 million children and families every year with books and support, with a focus on those who stand to gain the most from the amazing benefits of reading.
Our new Impact Report is out today! Find out how we're getting families reading: https://bit.ly/4bFZqTD
We reach 1.4 million children and families every year with books and support, with a focus on those who stand to gain the most from the amazing benefits of reading.
Our new Impact Report is out today! Find out how we're getting families reading: https://bit.ly/4bFZqTD
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Reading is for all children📚
We reach 1.4 million children and families every year with books and support, with a focus on those who stand to gain the most from the amazing benefits of reading.
Our new Impact Report is out today! Find out how we're getting families reading: https://bit.ly/4bFZqTD
We reach 1.4 million children and families every year with books and support, with a focus on those who stand to gain the most from the amazing benefits of reading.
Our new Impact Report is out today! Find out how we're getting families reading: https://bit.ly/4bFZqTD
Wow! Manchester Libraries gave out an amazing 15,000 #Bookstart packs last year! 🎉
That's so many families in Manchester getting support to read together from the earliest days, helping to give children the #BestStartInLife.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4bXhNTZ
#BecauseOfYou #ACESupported
That's so many families in Manchester getting support to read together from the earliest days, helping to give children the #BestStartInLife.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4bXhNTZ
#BecauseOfYou #ACESupported
15,000 packs: Bookstart blooms in Manchester
Bookstart is thriving in Manchester and here at Manchester Libraries we’re really proud to take the lead in delivering a variety of Booktrust …
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Wow! Manchester Libraries gave out an amazing 15,000 #Bookstart packs last year! 🎉
That's so many families in Manchester getting support to read together from the earliest days, helping to give children the #BestStartInLife.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4bXhNTZ
#BecauseOfYou #ACESupported
That's so many families in Manchester getting support to read together from the earliest days, helping to give children the #BestStartInLife.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4bXhNTZ
#BecauseOfYou #ACESupported
As an ex-free school meal kid, working 16+yrs in education witnessing the economic v's education attainment gap, this is really worrying!💔
"84% of low-income families read more after receiving support. For many families the programmes provide a child’s first ever books."
#BookStart #BookTrustCymru
"84% of low-income families read more after receiving support. For many families the programmes provide a child’s first ever books."
#BookStart #BookTrustCymru
BookTrust Cymru issues warning that babies and toddlers across Wales will lose access to early years shared reading support, with the end of its flagship Bookstart programmes, following Welsh Government’s decision to stop direct funding to the charity
Fears vital early years reading support for Wales’ poorest children could disappear
BookTrust Cymru has warned that thousands of babies and toddlers across Wales will lose access to vital early years shared reading support, with the end of its flagship Bookstart programmes, following...
nation.cymru
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
As an ex-free school meal kid, working 16+yrs in education witnessing the economic v's education attainment gap, this is really worrying!💔
"84% of low-income families read more after receiving support. For many families the programmes provide a child’s first ever books."
#BookStart #BookTrustCymru
"84% of low-income families read more after receiving support. For many families the programmes provide a child’s first ever books."
#BookStart #BookTrustCymru
BookTrust Cymru issues warning that babies and toddlers across Wales will lose access to early years shared reading support, with the end of its flagship Bookstart programmes, following Welsh Government’s decision to stop direct funding to the charity
Fears vital early years reading support for Wales’ poorest children could disappear
BookTrust Cymru has warned that thousands of babies and toddlers across Wales will lose access to vital early years shared reading support, with the end of its flagship Bookstart programmes, following...
nation.cymru
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
BookTrust Cymru issues warning that babies and toddlers across Wales will lose access to early years shared reading support, with the end of its flagship Bookstart programmes, following Welsh Government’s decision to stop direct funding to the charity
❗URGENT: Babies & toddlers in Wales will lose access to #Bookstart and other BookTrust Cymru programmes as the Welsh Government has stopped direct funding.
This will affect the poorest families first and hardest.
👉 https://bit.ly/49D6q0P
🎧 Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) https://bbc.in/49JYpr6
This will affect the poorest families first and hardest.
👉 https://bit.ly/49D6q0P
🎧 Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) https://bbc.in/49JYpr6
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
❗URGENT: Babies & toddlers in Wales will lose access to #Bookstart and other BookTrust Cymru programmes as the Welsh Government has stopped direct funding.
This will affect the poorest families first and hardest.
👉 https://bit.ly/49D6q0P
🎧 Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) https://bbc.in/49JYpr6
This will affect the poorest families first and hardest.
👉 https://bit.ly/49D6q0P
🎧 Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) https://bbc.in/49JYpr6
Wales to become only UK nation to lose free baby book scheme
https://www.europesays.com/uk/698940/
Thousands of parents each year receive the free Bookstart Baby pack, which includes a free bilingual book and…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/698940/
Thousands of parents each year receive the free Bookstart Baby pack, which includes a free bilingual book and…#uk #news #uknews
Wales to become only UK nation to lose free baby book scheme - United Kingdom
Thousands of parents each year receive the free Bookstart Baby pack, which includes a free bilingual book and advice, via their health visitor, and parents
www.europesays.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Wales to become only UK nation to lose free baby book scheme
https://www.europesays.com/uk/698940/
Thousands of parents each year receive the free Bookstart Baby pack, which includes a free bilingual book and…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/698940/
Thousands of parents each year receive the free Bookstart Baby pack, which includes a free bilingual book and…#uk #news #uknews
"Looking back I would never have anticipated the impact Bookstart would have..."
Ayub Khan MBE reflects on his involvement with Bookstart – from piloting the programme as a young children's librarian 25 years ago, to a recent meeting with the Queen!
Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/49h3kRe
Ayub Khan MBE reflects on his involvement with Bookstart – from piloting the programme as a young children's librarian 25 years ago, to a recent meeting with the Queen!
Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/49h3kRe
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Looking back I would never have anticipated the impact Bookstart would have..."
Ayub Khan MBE reflects on his involvement with Bookstart – from piloting the programme as a young children's librarian 25 years ago, to a recent meeting with the Queen!
Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/49h3kRe
Ayub Khan MBE reflects on his involvement with Bookstart – from piloting the programme as a young children's librarian 25 years ago, to a recent meeting with the Queen!
Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/49h3kRe
Six years ago today was when I started to write the first Eutopia book. The series that came to me in a dream. I can still visualise the dream to this day.
coribethbooks.weebly.com/eutopia-series.html
#bookbeginnings #storytime #bookstart #bookorigins #eutopiaseries #writerlife #BookSky #WriteSky
coribethbooks.weebly.com/eutopia-series.html
#bookbeginnings #storytime #bookstart #bookorigins #eutopiaseries #writerlife #BookSky #WriteSky
The Eutopia Series
I had the idea for Escape From Eutopia (now a trilogy) come to me in a dream over twenty years ago. It stuck with me so much that I wrote it out. Little did I know when I started to write out the id...
coribethbooks.weebly.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Six years ago today was when I started to write the first Eutopia book. The series that came to me in a dream. I can still visualise the dream to this day.
coribethbooks.weebly.com/eutopia-series.html
#bookbeginnings #storytime #bookstart #bookorigins #eutopiaseries #writerlife #BookSky #WriteSky
coribethbooks.weebly.com/eutopia-series.html
#bookbeginnings #storytime #bookstart #bookorigins #eutopiaseries #writerlife #BookSky #WriteSky
As 2025 comes to an end, we're sending a huge thank you to our friends at Enterprise Mobility for all their support this year!
From their funding for #BookTrustRepresents and #Bookstart Toddler & Pre-schooler to volunteering in a school and at our warehouse, it means a lot.
We can't wait for 2026!
From their funding for #BookTrustRepresents and #Bookstart Toddler & Pre-schooler to volunteering in a school and at our warehouse, it means a lot.
We can't wait for 2026!
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As 2025 comes to an end, we're sending a huge thank you to our friends at Enterprise Mobility for all their support this year!
From their funding for #BookTrustRepresents and #Bookstart Toddler & Pre-schooler to volunteering in a school and at our warehouse, it means a lot.
We can't wait for 2026!
From their funding for #BookTrustRepresents and #Bookstart Toddler & Pre-schooler to volunteering in a school and at our warehouse, it means a lot.
We can't wait for 2026!
It used to be called BookStart, in fact it still is www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...
Bookstart Baby
Every child in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aged 0 to 12 months is eligible for our free book pack, designed to help families to read and share…
www.booktrust.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It used to be called BookStart, in fact it still is www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...
We welcome anything that encourages families to read together from the earliest days.
Our #Bookstart programme provides books and resources to 90% of families with a newborn in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
We look forward to exploring how a National Library Card could work alongside this.
Our #Bookstart programme provides books and resources to 90% of families with a newborn in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
We look forward to exploring how a National Library Card could work alongside this.
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Library card plan to help write newborns' first chapter | The Observer
Get full access to the app & website:
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We welcome anything that encourages families to read together from the earliest days.
Our #Bookstart programme provides books and resources to 90% of families with a newborn in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
We look forward to exploring how a National Library Card could work alongside this.
Our #Bookstart programme provides books and resources to 90% of families with a newborn in England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
We look forward to exploring how a National Library Card could work alongside this.
📚✨ Staff at Henbury Library have created this amazing book-themed Christmas tree! 🎄📖
It’s our festive submission to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, Henbury🌟
🎅🎁🎉👉 Pop along this Wednesday to Saturday to see our tree 🌲❤️
#henbury #henburylibrary #bookstart #christmastree
It’s our festive submission to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, Henbury🌟
🎅🎁🎉👉 Pop along this Wednesday to Saturday to see our tree 🌲❤️
#henbury #henburylibrary #bookstart #christmastree
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📚✨ Staff at Henbury Library have created this amazing book-themed Christmas tree! 🎄📖
It’s our festive submission to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, Henbury🌟
🎅🎁🎉👉 Pop along this Wednesday to Saturday to see our tree 🌲❤️
#henbury #henburylibrary #bookstart #christmastree
It’s our festive submission to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, Henbury🌟
🎅🎁🎉👉 Pop along this Wednesday to Saturday to see our tree 🌲❤️
#henbury #henburylibrary #bookstart #christmastree
Evidence shows that reading isn't just about literacy and learning. It's about relationships 💙
Explore our recent report to find out how shared reading supports bonding and attachment 👇
https://bit.ly/4oQWMNS
Explore our recent report to find out how shared reading supports bonding and attachment 👇
https://bit.ly/4oQWMNS
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Evidence shows that reading isn't just about literacy and learning. It's about relationships 💙
Explore our recent report to find out how shared reading supports bonding and attachment 👇
https://bit.ly/4oQWMNS
Explore our recent report to find out how shared reading supports bonding and attachment 👇
https://bit.ly/4oQWMNS
Early shared reading boosts children’s development and wellbeing 💙
Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler supports families with children aged 1-4 to have fun with reading and share more stories together!
See how we're making a difference👇
https://bit.ly/4rMOaKR
Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler supports families with children aged 1-4 to have fun with reading and share more stories together!
See how we're making a difference👇
https://bit.ly/4rMOaKR
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Early shared reading boosts children’s development and wellbeing 💙
Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler supports families with children aged 1-4 to have fun with reading and share more stories together!
See how we're making a difference👇
https://bit.ly/4rMOaKR
Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler supports families with children aged 1-4 to have fun with reading and share more stories together!
See how we're making a difference👇
https://bit.ly/4rMOaKR
Moving piece by @anooshc.bsky.social on reading to her toddler and why the Bookstart scheme is a model of progressive universalism. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
What baby books taught me about the British state
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
www.newstatesman.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Moving piece by @anooshc.bsky.social on reading to her toddler and why the Bookstart scheme is a model of progressive universalism. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
What baby books taught me about the British state
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
By @anooshc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
By @anooshc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What baby books taught me about the British state
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
By @anooshc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
By @anooshc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
📢 Calling all of our Early Years partners delivering #Bookstart or #BookTrustStorytime!
Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved and what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration 🥳
Take our survey here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rdZ3F2
Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved and what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration 🥳
Take our survey here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rdZ3F2
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 Calling all of our Early Years partners delivering #Bookstart or #BookTrustStorytime!
Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved and what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration 🥳
Take our survey here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rdZ3F2
Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved and what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration 🥳
Take our survey here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rdZ3F2
We love this @newstatesman1913.bsky.social article about our #Bookstart programmes and the power they have to bring families - and communities - together through the magic of shared reading.
Our mission is to make sure the joy of reading is embedded in the life of every family.
bit.ly/4pi5UvM
Our mission is to make sure the joy of reading is embedded in the life of every family.
bit.ly/4pi5UvM
What baby books taught me about the British state
The Bookstart scheme, which gives books to newborns, is a remnant from a more beneficent political era
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We love this @newstatesman1913.bsky.social article about our #Bookstart programmes and the power they have to bring families - and communities - together through the magic of shared reading.
Our mission is to make sure the joy of reading is embedded in the life of every family.
bit.ly/4pi5UvM
Our mission is to make sure the joy of reading is embedded in the life of every family.
bit.ly/4pi5UvM
Here's how this works in Jonathan's constituency of Hartlepool, where #Bookstart Toddler and Pre-Schooler packs are supporting children’s early language development 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
BookTrust packs in Hartlepool: sharing stories in nurseries
Pam Readman is Senior Outreach Worker for Hartlepool Council. Here's how she uses Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler packs during nursery visits to excite…
www.booktrust.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's how this works in Jonathan's constituency of Hartlepool, where #Bookstart Toddler and Pre-Schooler packs are supporting children’s early language development 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
3. Creating a buzz ⚡
By creating a profile and excitement around reading and BookTrust activity, we can help partners feel even more inspired in their work.
By creating a profile and excitement around reading and BookTrust activity, we can help partners feel even more inspired in their work.
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
3. Creating a buzz ⚡
By creating a profile and excitement around reading and BookTrust activity, we can help partners feel even more inspired in their work.
By creating a profile and excitement around reading and BookTrust activity, we can help partners feel even more inspired in their work.
2. Meeting the specific needs of children and families 👪
By giving partners a menu of tools to support reading together, they will be able to choose the best approach for the specific needs of the families they are working with.
By giving partners a menu of tools to support reading together, they will be able to choose the best approach for the specific needs of the families they are working with.
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2. Meeting the specific needs of children and families 👪
By giving partners a menu of tools to support reading together, they will be able to choose the best approach for the specific needs of the families they are working with.
By giving partners a menu of tools to support reading together, they will be able to choose the best approach for the specific needs of the families they are working with.
Lizzie and Will from our Partnerships team had a great time speaking at the #BabyWeek2025 National Conference today in Leeds.
They discussed the benefits of early shared reading, and how Bookstart Baby helps to build bonds from the earliest age.
They discussed the benefits of early shared reading, and how Bookstart Baby helps to build bonds from the earliest age.
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Lizzie and Will from our Partnerships team had a great time speaking at the #BabyWeek2025 National Conference today in Leeds.
They discussed the benefits of early shared reading, and how Bookstart Baby helps to build bonds from the earliest age.
They discussed the benefits of early shared reading, and how Bookstart Baby helps to build bonds from the earliest age.
It's #BabyWeek2025, but did you know that every baby in England, Wales & Northern Ireland is entitled to a free #Bookstart Baby pack?
Here's how our new Peter Rabbit book Four Happy Bunnies has been specially designed to support babies' development & help adults read aloud 👇
https://bit.ly/4oK67Yi
Here's how our new Peter Rabbit book Four Happy Bunnies has been specially designed to support babies' development & help adults read aloud 👇
https://bit.ly/4oK67Yi
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's #BabyWeek2025, but did you know that every baby in England, Wales & Northern Ireland is entitled to a free #Bookstart Baby pack?
Here's how our new Peter Rabbit book Four Happy Bunnies has been specially designed to support babies' development & help adults read aloud 👇
https://bit.ly/4oK67Yi
Here's how our new Peter Rabbit book Four Happy Bunnies has been specially designed to support babies' development & help adults read aloud 👇
https://bit.ly/4oK67Yi
We loved joining early years settings across the country to provide reading support and special reading bears, thanks to the Build-a-Bear Foundation!
And there's more to come - Build-a-Bear will support 37,000 children next year and double the number of bears they gift 👇
https://bit.ly/47GoqaT
And there's more to come - Build-a-Bear will support 37,000 children next year and double the number of bears they gift 👇
https://bit.ly/47GoqaT
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We loved joining early years settings across the country to provide reading support and special reading bears, thanks to the Build-a-Bear Foundation!
And there's more to come - Build-a-Bear will support 37,000 children next year and double the number of bears they gift 👇
https://bit.ly/47GoqaT
And there's more to come - Build-a-Bear will support 37,000 children next year and double the number of bears they gift 👇
https://bit.ly/47GoqaT