Welcome to BookTrust HomeTime

Looking for something fun as a family? Enjoy storytime with our free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test your knowledge in our book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters.

Please note: We sometimes link to third party sites, including YouTube, so children should not use HomeTime unsupervised.

Today on HomeTime

The front cover of How to Twist a Dragon's Tale by Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell's How to Twist a Dragon's Tale: Chapter 4

Summer Staycation fun

Duncan Beedie with his book Oof Makes an Ouch

Story: Oof Makes An Ouch

Illustration of a father reading to his baby

HomeTime for 0-5s

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Parent and child drawing at home by Hannah Shaw

Open the HomeTime Cupboard

Have you missed some of our exciting BookTrust HomeTime treats? Don't worry - we're storing all of them in the HomeTime Cupboard for you! Open it up to enjoy storytimes, how-to-draws, activities and many more treats.

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How to draw

Learn how to draw more characters

Fun at home with authors and illustrators

Authors, illustrators and organisations have loads of ways to keep your children entertained at home! We've pulled them into one handy list to help you out.

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More HomeTime fun

Storybooks and games

Listen or read along with loads of stories, or play one of our interactive games.

The front cover of Lesser Spotted Animals 2

Quizzes

Test your knowledge of children's books with our fun quizzes - from Harry Potter in translation to nursery rhymes.

An illustration of two gorillas from Together by Jane Chapman

Competitions

Try your luck with BookTrust competitions and win some brilliant prizes.

Activities to print out and enjoy

Word searches, puzzles, colouring sheets and lots of creative inspiration. Print out our activity sheets to keep boredom at bay and have fun together.

Rhymes

Create your own Rhymetime together with our rhyme playlists and matching rhyme sheets.

Illustration by Erika Meza of an older child eating breakfast with parent or carer

Book-themed recipes

Have a go at some fun book-based bakes, from a Gruffalo cake to Bumblebear biscuits.

Emily Rowland illustration of boy reading at home

HomeTime in Northern Ireland

Welcome to HomeTime in Northern Ireland. We’ll be featuring storytimes, drawalongs and more from some of our amazing local authors and illustrators, as well as sharing what our Northern Irish partners are doing to support families at home.

Illustration by Erika Meza of an older child riding a dragon

HomeTime Cymru

Welcome to BookTrust Cymru HomeTime. Looking for something fun as a family? We have stories to enjoy, rhymes and songs to share, and fun games and activities from some great authors, illustrators and storytellers from Wales.

My Pet Star

Enjoy loads of fun activities, rhymes, storytimes and more inspired by My Pet Star, the chosen book for Pyjamarama 2020.

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Illustration by Fiona Lumbers of a young child reading on a beanbag next to a stack of books

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