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Booktime announces new titles for 2013

Posted 18 April 2013
Booktrust and Pearson today announce the new titles for Booktime, which will give two free books to every child starting school in England and Wales in the 2013-14 school year.... Read 'Booktime announces new titles for 2013'
Actress Tamsin Greig launches Booktime 2012 with the help...

Posted 13 November 2012
Nine millionth book to be gifted to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading... There is a saying in showbusiness that you should never work with animals and... Read 'Actress Tamsin Greig launches Booktime 2012...'
The right time for some books

Posted 2 November 2012
Has your child just started primary school? Thanks to the Booktime programme, your child will get a free book pack from their school this autumn term. A brilliant programme and... Read 'The right time for some books'
Pearson wins Dragon Award

Posted 4 October 2012
Congratulations this morning to our partners Pearson who have won a Lord Mayor's Dragon Award 2012 for their education work with Booktime! The Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards celebrate Community Engagement... Read 'Pearson wins Dragon Award '
Three is the magic number

Posted 10 September 2012
Booktrust is more used to handing out prizes than receiving them, but this autumn we are in the running for three prestigious awards for our work Booktrust has been shortlisted... Read 'Three is the magic number '
Booktrust, NLT and TRA join forces

Posted 19 July 2012
Booktrust, The National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency have joined forces in the fight to boost literacy levels among Britain's children. At a joint summit on 19 July 2012,... Read 'Booktrust, NLT and TRA join forces'
New Booktime title announced

Posted 3 May 2012
Contemporary retelling of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in this year's Booktime packs to celebrate 110 years of Beatrix Potter's much-loved character 1.45 million free books to be gifted... Read 'New Booktime title announced '
Yours to keep: a note on book ownership

Posted 13 January 2012
1 comments The recent headlines tell us that 1 in 3 children own no books. As an organisation at the forefront of bookgifting programmes we find this statistic surprising. Since 1992 Booktrust... Read 'Yours to keep: a note on...'
More parents are reading for pleasure with their children,...

Posted 25 November 2011
1 comments The recent report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) entitled 'What can parents do to help their children succeed in school?' highlights the substantial positive impact... Read 'More parents are reading for pleasure...'
Booktime 2011 launches

Posted 24 November 2011
This month Booktime 2011 celebrated giving over a million books to children starting school in 2011. This brings the programme's total number of free books given since 2006 up to... Read 'Booktime 2011 launches '