You brought the magic of reading to children this Christmas
Your gifts mean that thousands of children in need have books to call their own.
It’s not too late to help
The magic of a good story never fades. This Christmas, help share that joy with as many children as possible. Your support can help bring the joy, comfort and connection of stories to children who may otherwise miss out.
Your donation helps deliver life-changing support ensuring children have the very best start in life. By helping children and families to create joyful shared moments around reading, you’ll be helping to spark a love of reading that can last a lifetime.
The difference you make
It’s so much more than a book parcel. It’s joy. It’s discovering worlds unknown. It’s making sure children feel special this Christmas, and in the years to come. It’s magic, when it’s needed most.
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Chomp, one of BookTrust’s partners in Brighton, gifts BookTrust festive book parcels to families at its Chatty café. Here, parents describe what it means to receive them just in time for Christmas.
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Read the message Patrice Lawrence is sending to children in care or visiting community food banks who are receiving festive book parcels from us this year.
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With your help, BookTrust is bringing the magic of reading to children who need it most. Here, two of our partners in Durham and Sandwell describe why BookTrust’s festive book parcels are so important for the families they work with
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With a third of children under five missing out on the magic of being read to, we hear from the children who receive our festive parcels about the joy stories bring them.
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We spoke to one of our partners in Brixton about what the year-round support they receive from BookTrust means to their community – and how it helps them get dads reading with their children
You can help spread the word
We’d love you to join us in spreading the word about the BookTrust 2025 Christmas Appeal
To help you we’ve created a social media toolkit which includes ideas for social media posts and images you can use:
Help more children wake up to the magic of books this Christmas.
This Christmas we will deliver 18,000 book parcels and over a million more in 2026. But we can’t do it without you. Will you help?
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