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Support your child's reading journey

Support your child's reading journey
Support your child's reading journey
  • Sing rhymes and tell stories to your unborn baby. They can hear you from around 18 weeks and will recognise and love your voice even before they are born
  • Ask your Health Visitor about your free Bookstart Baby and Treasure Chest packs: they have two free books and lots of good tips and advice
  • Join the free Bookstart Bear Club online or at the library 
  • Join your library as soon as you can - your child is going to enjoy thousands of brilliant, exciting and amazing books and you simply won't be able to buy them all - so take full advantage of our wonderful, wonderful libraries
  • It is important to own books - if you really enjoy a library book, buy it! Mark every birthday, Christmas and other special occasions with the gift of a book or book token
  • Try and share stories and rhymes every day.