Get the most out of Bedimt Reading Week with downloadable resources, ideas your event, case studies and more.
Promoting your event
> Press release template
Customise our press release template and send it to local press to help publicise your event.
Please add your own information and contact details but do keep the logos and everything listed under Editor’s Notes as it is on the template.
Download the press release template (Microsoft Word .doc 95Kb)
Contact Alice Ingall alice.ingall@booktrust.org.uk for help in contacting press in your area or any other queries.
> Bedtime Reading Week posters
To help you promote a Bedtime Reading Week event, here are some posters that you can download. They are in Word format to allow you to over type your event details.
Bedtime Reading Week A4 poster – dad and baby in bathroom (Microsoft Word .doc 2.34Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week A4 poster – mother and child in bedroom (Microsoft Word .doc 3.37Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week A4 poster – flying bed (Microsoft Word .doc 3Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week A5 poster – dad and baby in bathroom (Microsoft Word .doc 3Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week A5 poster – mother and child in bedroom (Microsoft Word .doc 3Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week A5 poster – flying bed (Microsoft Word .doc 3Mb)
Bedtime Reading Week event suggestions
You could get everyone to come along in their pyjamas, bring their teddies or snuggly blankets To set the scene, you could create a bed to sit on, complete with duvet and pillows or perhaps create a night-time backdrop by covering a black sheet with a moon and shiny stars.
A bedtime reading event can be held at any time of the day. Children will love coming out in their pyjamas in the middle of the day - why not get them to bring their teddies or snuggly blankets and share in a cosy session of stories and rhymes.
To set the scene, you could create a bed to sit on, complete with duvet and pillows or perhaps create a night-time backdrop by covering a black sheet with a moon and shiny stars.
Why not try the following rhymes?
'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' - a definite favourite!
'Sleeping bunnies' (even more exciting if you have a parachute)
'Wee Willie Winkie'
'Round and round the garden like a teddy bear'
'Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your toes'
'Miss Polly had a dolly'
'This is the way we get ready for bed' (sung to the tune of 'Here we go round the mulberry bush')
Download Bookstart’s rhyme sheets from the recommendations page
Bedtime Reading Week book suggestions
Download our list of books with a bedtime theme (Microsoft Word .doc 208Kb)
Oldham Bookstart Bedtime and Radio Show case study
This case study details how the Oldham Bookstart scheme present a 30-minute bedtime programme for under 5s on Oldham Community Radio 99.7fm.
It is called 'Night Night ,Sleep Tight' and is aimed at encouraging a good bedtime routine. The programme is broadcast every week night from 6.30–7.00pm and is packed full of songs, rhymes, music and of course a bedtime story, not to mention great publicity for Bookstart events across the Borough
Read the Oldham bedtime radio programme case study (Microsoft Word .doc 850Kb)
Healthy bedtime routines
Why not consult with health professionals about bedtime routines and the message they give to parents? You could provide a handout for parents. Also you could consult with the oral health team and maybe provide toothbrushes and information about cleaning teeth before bed.
View a Bookstart TV ad
