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Bookstart Shine books

Great books to share with children aged up to five who are deaf or hearing impaired. Many of these titles were selected by expert panels for the Bookstart Shine programme; others have been recommended by parents, teachers, children, the RNIB, ClearVision, and other specialists. The titles are bright and engaging, and encourage communication and interaction. Features in the different titles include flaps, tabs, sliders, and finger trails.

  • Mirror Baby: Hello You!

    by Campbell Books 

    2021 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    A striking and fun board book that celebrates diversity and takes baby through the day with a fold-out mirror and plenty of interaction.

  • Getting Ready

    by Child’s Play, illustrated by Cocoretto 

    2016 0 to 4 years 

    • Interactive
    • Touch and feel books
    • Visual impairment

    Time to get up! Pull back the covers and choose your clothes. Getting ready for the day is made both fun and interactive in this touch-and-feel book. An irresistible tactile treat.

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Hide & Seek

    by Eric Carle 

    2021 0 to 7 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    An interactive board book with cut-out finger trails and sturdy flaps that encourage youngsters to explore the forest in the company of the very hungry caterpillar.

  • Feeling Great

    by Ailie Busby 

    2018 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive
    • Deafness

    One of the Just Like Me series, this colourful board book with flaps to lift encourages very young children to find out all about themselves and includes an inclusive cast. 

  • Where’s Baby Chick?

    by Ingela P Arrhenius 

    2020 2 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    A stylish felt-flap board book that’s packed with baby animals.

  • Incey Wincey Spider (Sing and Sign)

    by Annie Kubler 

    2004 2 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Classics
    • Poetry and rhyme
    • Deafness

    Learn how to use signs and actions to tell the classic nursery rhyme ​‘Incey Wincey Spider’. 

  • Pop-Up Peekaboo Under the Sea

    by Clare Lloyd and DK, illustrated by Elle Ward 

    2018 4 to 7 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive
    • Poetry and rhyme

    This interactive book has big, easy-to-use flaps for little fingers to open up and look underneath, where they’ll find an amazing surprise!

  • Sign About Meal Time

    by Anthony Lewis 

    2005 4 to 7 years 

    • Board books
    • Deafness

    Introducing simple sign language about food and mealtimes for young children. 

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