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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.
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.
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.
More HomeTime fun
Storybooks and games
Listen or read along with loads of stories, or play one of our interactive games.
Quizzes
Test your knowledge of children's books with our fun quizzes - from Harry Potter in translation to nursery rhymes.
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.
Book-themed recipes
Have a go at some fun book-based bakes, from a Gruffalo cake to Bumblebear biscuits.
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.
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.
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!
Try our Bookfinder
Discover your next read
Use our Bookfinder to find the perfect book for you, your family and friends. Search hundreds of reviews of children's books by age category and theme.
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Book suggestions that your child will love
Find your next reading adventure
Looking for your child's next book or a reading list on a certain issue? See the best new books and children's classics that we recommend.