Books to suit different needs
Sharing books together can have many benefits - helping concentration, coordination, language development, interaction and communication skills, for example.
Best of all, it is great fun, and can be enjoyed by every parent and child! The books selected for the Bookstart packs are carefully chosen for their wide appeal. However, you may feel that your child has needs which might make other types of book particularly suitable in the early years. This booklist aims to give you a few ideas.
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Where's Spot?
Author: Eric Hill
Interest level: 0-3
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Where's Spot?
Author: Eric Hill
Interest level: 0-3
Reading age:
This adorable board book about Spot the dog is the first in the Spot series
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Bathtime peekaboo!
Author: Dawn Sirett and Dorling Kindersley
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 1+
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Bathtime peekaboo!
Author: Dawn Sirett and Dorling Kindersley
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 1+
The Dorling Kindersley team have put together this colourful, waterproof, touch-and-feel, lift-the-flap, fun bathtime book to be s…
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The Mulberry Bush
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 5+
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The Mulberry Bush
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 5+
A large-format picture book with strong pages and peep-through holes.
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Sign About: Meal Time
Author: Anthony Lewis
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 2+
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Sign About: Meal Time
Author: Anthony Lewis
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 2+
A great introduction to simple signs which can be used with children from a very early age.
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt (book and CD)
Author: Michael Rosen Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury
Interest level: 2-6
Reading age: 6+
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt (book and CD)
Author: Michael Rosen Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury
Interest level: 2-6
Reading age: 6+
A great audio-visual pack which comprises a book and a CD. With fun actions and repetitive rhyming text, this awardwinning classic…
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Sometimes I Feel Sunny
Author: Gillian Shields Illustrator: Georgie Birkett
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 5+
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Sometimes I Feel Sunny
Author: Gillian Shields Illustrator: Georgie Birkett
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 5+
An introduction for the youngest readers to the different feelings they experience, from sad to funny, angry to sunny, and even lo…
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Baby Touch Flip-Flap book
Author: Ladybird
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 3+
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Baby Touch Flip-Flap book
Author: Ladybird
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 3+
Touch-and-feel book with colourful pictures to explore with your baby
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That's Not My Teddy...
Author: Fiona Watt Illustrator: Rachel Wells
Reading age: 4+
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That's Not My Teddy...
Author: Fiona Watt Illustrator: Rachel Wells
Interest level:
Reading age: 4+
Touch-feely book with colourful illustrations and simply text
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