Welcome to BookTrust Cymru

BookTrust Cymru works to inspire a love of reading in children because we know that reading can transform lives.

Every year, we give out over 175,000 carefully chosen books to children in Wales and over 230,000 literacy and numeracy resources. This work is funded by the Welsh Government.

Our work supports every family in Wales from their child’s first year of life right through to the end of their Reception year in school, starting with the gift of two BookTrust books in the Bookstart Baby pack.

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BookTrust programmes in Wales

Bookstart in Wales

Through Bookstart, BookTrust Cymru give every child in Wales their own books to have at home and supports families to read together regularly.

Letterbox Club in Wales

The Letterbox Club in Wales is 10 years old. Over the last decade Letterbox Club has sent parcels to over 10,000 children in Wales.

Pori Drwy Stori

Free resources for children as they start Reception class in all maintained schools in Wales: an exciting bilingual programme to support children’s literacy and numeracy, funded by the Welsh Government.

The Big Welsh Rhyme Time

Over 22,000 children in schools, nurseries, libraries and early years settings from across Wales took part in the Big Welsh Rhyme Time 2020. There are still lots of fun activities, rhymes and songs on our Big Welsh Rhyme Time web pages for the children that you work with.

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Also for Wales

Latest resources for Wales

Big Welsh Rhyme Time empty belly poster

Got a rhyme time event coming up? Promote it with our template poster! Oes gennych chi ddigwyddiad amser rhigwm yn d...
Pori Drwy Stori: My Book - a guide for teachers

A guide for teachers in Wales using the Pori Drwy Stori, My Book resource for Reception classes. The guide is in Engl...

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Have fun sharing rhymes

Have fun sharing rhymes with your child. Sing along to our audio rhymes or download our...
Family favourite rhymes for The Big Welsh Rhyme Time

Our children, aged 12, 11 and 7 are enthusiastic readers. They love books from Wales - ...
Telling and sharing stories for National Storytelling Week

It’s National Storytelling Week, 1-8 February! Storyteller Michael Harvey tells us his ...

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