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.

Today on HomeTime

The front cover of How to Be a Pirate

Cressida Cowell reads How to Be a Pirate: Chapter 19, part 1
Create a window card with Birgitta Sif

Craft: Make a window card
How to draw the Bear from The Cave with Rob Hodgson

Rob Hodgson how to draw
Illustration of a father reading to his baby

HomeTime for 0-5s

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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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How to draw

Learn how to draw more characters

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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More HomeTime fun

Oh no, George!

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 from Once Upon a Unicorn Horn

Competitions

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

Illustration of a jigsaw puzzle

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.

Singing spread from Everybunny Dance

Rhymes

Sing along to old favourites and discover new ones 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 p18-19 spread

Pyjamarama

Relive all the Pyjamarama and My Pet Star fun with draw-alongs and readings from your favourite authors and illustrators. There are loads of colouring, craft and puzzle activities to enjoy, too!

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