Time to Read in previous years
Book pack 2021: I Am A Tiger
Find out more about this year’s brilliant free Time to Read book pack that Reception classes across England and Northern Ireland will be receiving from November.
Book pack 2020: The Runaway Pea
An exciting story to read together, with lots of playful words in a lovely rhyming text, we all loved The Runaway Pea.
Book pack 2019: The Cave
Packed full of laugh-out-loud moments, brilliant illustrations and featuring a wiggly worm on nearly every page, everyone loved The Cave.
Book pack 2018: Little Monkey
Reception children went bananas for the 2018 free book – the funny and adorable Little Monkey.
Book pack 2017: The Bumblebear
In 2017, schools across England received a free book: The Bumblebear by Nadia Shireen.
Book pack 2016: Kitchen Disco
Shake your pips! In 2016, schools across England received Kitchen Disco by by Clare Foges and Al Murphy in a special Time to Read book pack.
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