Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler packs

What are Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler?

Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler are new book packs from BookTrust, designed to make reading a fun and rewarding activity to do as a family. Bookstart Toddler packs are aimed at 1-2 year-olds and Bookstart Pre-schooler packs are aimed at 3-4 year-olds.

Each pack contains two books, along with activities and games you can do to bring the book to life. You can find more ideas for using your pack below, as well as downloadable and printable versions of the pack resources.

BookTrust work to identify specific settings and practitioners across local authorities that support us to gift packs to families, such as health visiting teams, family hubs, and nurseries.

Not all families will receive Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler packs, but everyone can access BookTrust's free online resources via the BookTrust Family Hub, which features activities, read-along videos, book suggestions and advice on reading with your child.

Watch our videos to find out what other families are doing with their packs.

• Each pack contains the books Zeki Goes to the Park and All Aboard: Train.
• Finger puppet: Use it to tell the story! Try pretending the puppet is one of the characters, or just use it to get your child talking.
• Zeki Goes to the Park: Take the book with you when you go out and about. Can you spot any of the things that Zeki and Mummy see on their trip to the park?
• All Aboard: Train: See if your child can use the push and pull tabs when you read together.
• If you fancy a rhyme, try out the ideas on the back of your pack.

• Each pack contains the books Supertato: Bubbly Troubly and Colours with a Ladybird.
• Your child will love colouring in their headband with the pack of crayons. They can wear it to become a Roarsome Reader when you share stories together.
• Supertato: Bubbly Troubly: How many different kinds of fruits and vegetables can you spot? See if your child can count along with you.
• Colours with a Ladybird: Encourage your child to explore the differently-textured trails and name the different colours as you read together.
• Try the Spot the Pairs activity on the back of the pack - can you name the animals as you go?