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Download all the activity sheets and session ideas based on this year's Booktime story book, The Tale of a Naughty Little Rabbit, based on the original story by Beatrix Potter.

Download all the activity sheets and session ideas based on this year's Booktime book, Tim's Din, by Monica Hughes.

Find a wealth of resources from award-winning author/illustrator and former Childrens' Laureate Anthony Browne to help children be creative and use their imaginations. The Shape Game resources include information about how to play this imaginative drawing game, a gallery of artwork, and a range of creative art activities for teachers to use with children of all ages - from Foundation stage to Key Stage 3 and beyond.

Specially developed resources to help teachers make the most of Booktime: a mix of classroom activities and information, games and activities to send home. Includes key messages for parents, poster for school noticeboard and tips about Booktime in schools.

There’s a blank wall in Cave Baby’s cave. Can you help him paint it?

Colour in this picture of Charlie Cook reading his favourite book!

Look at some rhymes for different colours.

Download all the activity sheets and session ideas based on this year's Booktime story book, Why Elephant has a Trunk, from the Tinga Tinga Tales series created by Claudia Lloyd.

Zipped folder of 22 PDFs: 14.9 mb

Matching game: Mix up all the pictures and put them in front of you with the animals facing down. Turn the first picture over: how quickly can you match up the animal from the book with its photo?

Now Elephant has his long, wiggly nose he can do lots of things. He can swat away flies, take a shower and even blow his nose like a trumpet. Draw Elephant and his new trunk. What can you do with your nose?

Colouring / mark making: At the end of the Tinga Tinga Tale, what colour is Elephant? And what colours are his big ears? Use your favourite colours to colour in Elephant.

Colouring / mark making: At the end of the Tinga Tinga Tale, what colour is Elephant? And what colours are his big ears? Use your favourite colours to colour in Elephant.

Try drawing your own big skeleton. Use the grid to work out where all his bones are meant to be.

Use your crayons to colour in around the skeletons. Then ask an adult to help you cut out your finger puppets so you can make up your own bony adventures.

Make your very own big skeleton mask and scare all of your friends!

Can you draw a line from the word to the part of the body?

Ask an adult to cut out these fantastic finger puppets and make up your own adventures!

A library display activity

The dinosaurs in Harry’s bucket really are a colourful lot. Why not make this page as bright as it can be?

This activity allows children to make their own mobile, which they can take home or hang together for a display in the library.