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 Seize a Dragon's Jewel

Cressida reads How to Seize a Dragon's Sword: Final chapter
An illustration of Hedgehog from While We Can't Hug

Story: While We Can't Hug
Alex T Smith shows us how to draw Mr Penguin

How to draw Mr Penguin
Illustration of a father reading to his baby

HomeTime for 0-5s

HomeTime with Authors and Illustrators

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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

B Heart Anjan illustration 1

Tips and advice

Get useful tips and advice about how to read as a family, setting up a great bedtime routine, and how to encourage reading in your school.

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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 Aaron Slater, Illustrator

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

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.

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 Str planets and books spread

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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Illustration by Erika Meza of an older child reading by a tree

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