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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.

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.

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?

Read 'Nutter' on page 21 of The Booktime Book of Fantastic First Poems. What else might the moon and sun look like?

In Funnybones the skeletons go on a long walk during the night and see lots of different places. On your way to school, what do you see? Tick the places you pass.

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

Which animals did you see this week? The skeletons see a lot of zoo animals in Funnybones. Why not make a list of all the animals that you see in the next seven days?

Hairy Maclary, Bottomley Potts and Schnitzel vom Krumm have got their leads in a muddle. Which one is on his way to the food bowl?

Hairy Maclary’s bowl is empty. Draw a line from his bowl to the food you think he would most like to eat.

Oh dear, Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki and Scarface Claw need to find their way through the maze. Can you help them find the best route?

Here are four pictures of Hairy Maclary. Which one is the odd one out?

Can you help Harry find his way through the maze and back to his bucket of trusty dinosaurs?

Can you tell which dinosaur belongs to which shadow? Draw a line to match them up.

Can you see the differences between the pictures?

On Harry’s first day of school he sees lots of different things. He tries all sorts of new things too. Are any of them the same as your first day of school?

Talk about feelings

Here are some activities that you may find appropriate for some children with additional needs.