Free Bookstart packs

Have you had your free Bookstart pack?

Bookstart Baby Pack

For babies aged 0-12 months. Available from local Health Centres and Nottinghamshire County Libraries.

Bookstart +

Bookstart + is the second pack, for toddlers aged 18 – 30 months and can be obtained from your local Health Centres and Nottinghamshire County Libraries.

Bookstart Treasure Chest

The Bookstart Treasure Chest for three year olds is distributed through early years settings and Nottinghamshire County Libraries.

In addition there are two more packs available:-

Booktouch is a free pack of books and guidance materials that aims to give a love of books to blind and partially sighted children of 0-4 years.

Bookshine is a free pack of books and guidance materials aiming to encourage a love of books in deaf children of 0-4 years.

To find out more about these packs, follow the link on the right to the Bookstart web site or contact the Bookstart Nottinghamshire Co-ordinator whose contact details are given below.

About Bookstart

Bookstart is the national programme that gives the gift of free books to children around eight months, 18 months and three years, along with guidance materials for parents and carers.

Bookstart packs are only half of the gift to children and their families. The other, more lasting gift, is the message of enjoying books together. We want every child in the UK to develop a lifelong love of books.

Bookstart Nottinghamshire is managed by Nottinghamshire County Library Service in partnership with colleagues from Health, Education and Sure Start Children’s Centres.

Find out more about work undertaken in Nottinghamshire by downloading the Bookstart Nottinghamshire Annual Report April 2006 - March 2007 [PDF 552KB]

Discover the fun of sharing and reading books together.

Ask at your local Nottinghamshire County Library for more information or contact Sheila Stainwright, the Bookstart Co-ordinator.

e-mail: sheila.stainwright@nottscc.gov.uk

tel: 01623 553409