Health Professional

Reading and writing can have a huge impact on health and wellbeing for individuals and communities. Health visitors are a key delivery partner for Bookstart using their expertise and access to families at a crucial stage to gift the packs. We also offer Booktouch and Bookshine, for blind and deaf children aged 0-4 years as well as Bookmark our web resource, which provides a wealth of information, books and advice on disability and children's books.

Bookstart

Bookstart offers the gift of free books to all children at key ages before they start school, to inspire a love of reading that will give children a flying start in life.

Discover information and resources to help you get involved with Bookstart including great ways to gift the packs.

Bookstart

Booktime

Booktime is the national free books programme for reception-aged children and provides a free book pack for every child aged 4-5 years in England to share and enjoy with their family and friends. Booktime delivers book packs to all primary schools in England including hospital schools.

Booktime

Bookshine

Bookshine packs are available for children who are deaf. Children are entitled to this pack in addition to the two standard Bookstart packs.

Bookshine

Booktouch

Booktounch packs are available for children who are blind or partially sighted. Children are entitled to this pack in addition to the two standard Bookstart packs.

Booktouch

Children's Laureate

The Children's Laureate for 2011-2013 is Julia Donaldson. Find out about Julia's books and projects, read the Children's Laureate blog and access resources, games and competitions on the website.

Children's Laureate

Bedtime Reading

Sharing books with your baby or child and reading aloud with them at bedtime is a fun, warm and loving experience.

Find out more about Bedtime Reading

Bookmark

For anyone seeking information, books or advice relating to disability and children's books, including parents, young people, teachers, early years and health professionals, librarians, publishers, writers, illustrators and researchers. Includes What's the Story? - a resource to support the development of positive attitudes towards disability, both in the classroom and in the wider community.

Find out more about Bookmark