Bookstart Storyteller pack books

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Discover more about the books in the Storyteller pack for partners.

The first four titles on the list are also included in the Toddler and Pre-schooler Family packs.

Looking through these, you might find the bits you think will be most fun for young children. When sharing them in your story sessions, the way you read them can give families ideas for enjoying them at home.

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  • All Aboard: Train

    Author: Sebastien Braun
    Publisher: Templar
    Interest age: 0-2
    Reading age: 5+

    Climb aboard a steam train for a pleasant journey through the countryside in this interactive board book. 

  • Zeki Goes to the Park

    Author: Anna McQuinn Illustrator: Ruth Hearson
    Publisher: Alanna Max
    Interest age: 2-3

    It’s a sunny day, so Zeki and Mummy are off to the park for a play date with Yu and her mummy. When they get to the park, Zeki and Yu ride play horses, splash in the cooling water and cavort in the sandpit – and there’s also a delicious picnic lunch in the shade. What a perfect day!

  • Colours with a Ladybird

    Author: Dawn Sirett Illustrator: Rachael Parfitt Hunt
    Publisher: DK
    Interest age: 4-5

    Ladybird is on a mission to collect all the shiny rainbow boots from different animals. A bright and highly interactive board book with engaging finger trails, which helps children to learn basic colours and animal vocabulary and develop their fine motor skills. 

  • Supertato: Bubbly Troubly

    Author: Sue Hendra Illustrator: Paul Linnet
    Publisher: Simon and Schuster
    Interest age: 3-6
    Reading age: 7+

    When themischievous pea adds a bottle of Bubbly Troubly to the vegetables bath, chaos breaks out in the supermarket! Supertato and friends must save the daywith science in this hilarious, bubbly adventure.  

  • Jump About With Ted

    Author: Sophy Henn
    Publisher: Bloomsbury
    Interest age: 1-3

    Which animal will Ted jump about with today? As ever, Sophy Henn’s illustration is bright, clear and appealing for little ones, and this edition in the Ted board book series is perfect for encouraging lots of movement, animal noises and fun for everyone.

  • 1,2,3, Do the Robot

    Author: Michelle Robinson Illustrator: Rosalind Beardshaw
    Publisher: Farshore
    Interest age: 4-5

    Layla loves inventing new things in her bedroom science lab. One night, she decides to make a robot, and then she makes another. Together the three of them groove and do the robot dance but when a robot friend needs help, do they have the right moves to fix him?


    Mae'n amser gwely, ond dydy Layla y dyfeisiwr ddim yn gysglyd o gwbl. Felly yn hytrach na chysgu…

  • Wanna See a Penguin?

    Author: Simon Philip Illustrator: Ian Smith
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Interest age: 4-5
    Reading age: 5+

    Two friends embark on a penguin chase around the city in this funny, playful and pantomime-style picture book all about recognition of different animals.

  • The Safari Stomp

    Author: Caryl Hart Illustrator: Nicola Slater
    Publisher: Orchard Books
    Interest age: 4-5

    A lively rhyming picture book with fun, inclusive illustrations and brilliant repetition that will have children joining in with the actions.