BookTrust Storytime for families
Watch authors read the BookTrust Storytime books and find out how you can get involved with BookTrust Storytime fun at your local library.
What is BookTrust Storytime?
BookTrust Storytime is an exciting library experience for families, offering a fun, easy way to entertain your under 5s at your local library. Come and enjoy free and lively activities in a space you can have fun and enjoy stories together.
How do I get involved?
BookTrust is an exciting library experience for families. Head to your local library to find out if they’ll be taking part – you can find your nearest library here. And don’t forget to tell your family and friends about BookTrust Storytime, too!
“It’s been very interactive. I like the fact that Donna, the librarian, reads the book to us and demonstrates as she’s going through. A few times we actually had the copy of the book ourselves at the same time as she was reading, which is nice because it keeps my son Milo occupied. It’s really enjoyable”
Lucy, mum
Discover this year’s BookTrust Storytime books
We’ve chosen five books that we think are perfect for enjoying with children aged 0–5! Libraries taking part in BookTrust Storytime have been sharing these books, and families have been voting for their favourites.
- All the Wonderful Ways to Move by Laura Baker, illustrated by Sandra de la Prada (Little Tiger)
- Balloon’s Big Adventure by Carly Gledhill (Andersen Press)
- Bear’s Nap by Emily Gravett (Two Hoots)
- Calling All Bears! By Diana Murray, illustrated by Alex Willmore (Boxer Books)
- Feed Your Monster by Anna Milbourne (Usborne)
- Frank the Pizza by Eoin McLaughlin, illustrated by Mike Byrne (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
- Frank is a Butterfly by Alex Latimer (Oxford University Press)
- Googly Eyes: I Am the Moon, illustrated by Teresa Bellón (Boxer Books)
- The Great Unicorn Rescue by Diane Ewen (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- How to Find a Yeti by Matt Hunt (Nosy Crow)
- Marching Band by Kael Tudor, illustrated by Kate Hindley (Nosy Crow)
- Oh Dear, Look What I Got! By Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
- Priya Mistry and the Lost Treasure by Babita Sharma, illustrated by Ali Pye (Orchard Books)
- Rescue Crew by Suzy Senior, illustrated by Mike Byrne (Farshore)
- Squish! By Tim Bugbird, illustrated by Ian Worrall-Dutton (Make Believe Ideas)
- Taking the Long Way Home by Jake Hope, illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald (Scallywag Press)
- Tiny Tiger: Why Can’t I? by Smriti Halls, illustrated by Steve Small (Simon & Schuster)
- The Turtles Who Turned the Tide by Rachel Bright, illustrated by Jim Field (Orchard Books)
- We’re Going on a Dino Hunt by Yasmin Bond, illustrated by Vicky Lommatzsch (Two Windmills)
- When I am Kind, illustrated by Paula Bowles (Child’s Play International Ltd)
- Wrong Time Rooster by Michael Parkin (Flying Eye Books)
“If you’re worried about your child sitting still or being quiet or misbehaving, you don’t need to worry. My son Elvis is in the books, pulling them out as I’m frantically trying to put them away. But the library staff say, “Don’t worry about it, it’s absolutely fine, just let them play.” It’s a really positive environment.”
Zavanah, mum