Bookstart for practitioners
Welcome to the Bookstart hub for practitioners and partners delivering Bookstart programmes.
Discover how Bookstart links to a range of organisational outcomes, get tips and ideas for gifting the resources to the families you work with, find out about our additional needs packs and much more.
You'll also find tailored guidance for librarians, health visitors, early years practitioners and registrars, along with sections for Bookstart Coordinators (login required) and for Bookstart Corner (use the direct link emailed to you by BookTrust).
Please note that as of March 2020, programme and campaign dates and events are subject to change.
If you have questions regarding deliveries, please email bookstart.logistics@booktrust.org.uk. For general enquiries, please email queries@booktrust.org.uk.
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Newborn packs: black-and-white booklets
Bookstart's Newborn packs contain a Baby's First Shapes black-and-white booklet and are ideal for gifting to new parents and their babies.
Bookstart Baby
All families with babies aged 0-12 months are eligible to receive a free Bookstart Baby pack. These are usually gifted by health visitors.
Additional needs packs
Bookstart is for every child, so families or carers of children age 0-5 are entitled to our additional needs packs alongside the two standard Bookstart packs.
About Bookstart
Established in 1992, Bookstart is the world's first national bookgifting programme, delivering books and resources to every baby and toddler in England and Wales.
History of Bookstart
From a small pilot project 25 years ago to the world’s first national bookgifting programme - a potted history of BookTrust's flagship early years programme.
Additional offers
Explore our additional early years offers, including the Rhyme Challenge, Newborn black-and-white packs and dual-language books.
Delivering Bookstart
Tailored guidance for librarians, health visitors, early years practitioners and registrars on how best to deliver Bookstart to the families you work with.
Bookstart in Wales
Every child in Wales receives two Bookstart packs from their health visitor, each containing English and Welsh language books, guidance and resources to help families share books, stories and rhymes.
The Bookstart 25th Anniversary Awards
Find out who scooped the top prizes in our 25th Anniversary Awards and what winning meant to them.
Bookstart Coordinators area
The Bookstart Coordinators area of the website contains information on ordering support materials - such as dual-language books and The Rhyme Challenge - marketing, hiring Bookstart Bear costumes, contact lists and resources to download.
Just sign in using the tab at the top of this page to access your content.
If you have any queries please email info@booktrust.org.uk.
Are you a parent or carer?
Visit our families section to find out what Bookstart can offer you - from free packs and additional needs offers to dual language books and black-and-white booklets for newborns.
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Bookstart on Twitter
- Don't miss out on your #Bookstart pack! EVERY baby born in England and Wales is entitled to a free pack - you'll normally receive it from your health visitor, or sometimes when you register the birth, but if not try asking at your local library! https://t.co/FUKNSVsQWn https://t.co/1RCuQvsLXy 12 days ago
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