Today is National Libraries Day and I can think of no better way to celebrate than to take children to visit their local libraries. Even better, it is the perfect opportunity for a child’s first ever visit to a library and hopefully to instill a lifelong habit. I still remember being taken to the library as a …
This week is Booktrust’s Children’s Book Week and this year Booktrust are again offering an absolutely fantastic selection of activities to be used at school and at home. Have a look there for more details. Booktrust have also just published the 2013 Best Book Guide, which a publication I await with great anticipation every year. Also …
I’ll happily admit that I go on about Bookstart a lot. I talked about it a little bit here, when the government first announced they were cutting the funding to Booktrust’s bookgifting schemes.Bookstart is 20 years old this year, having been first established in 1992, though it did not become a national scheme until roughly 2000. You can …
The government has decided this week to suspend all funding to the three bookgifting schemes for children administered by Booktrust in England. The three schemes are: Under which babies receive a free book pack at aged 9 months, 18 months and 3 years. Under which children receive a free book pack in Reception class Under which children …
Booktime, as you are probably aware, is a programme administered by the fantastic charity Booktrust in partnership with Pearson and the Department for Education. It gives free books to all children when they start reception class. The aim is not only to promote reading for pleasure but also encourage families to spend some quality time reading together. This autumn, 680,000 …
This year’s shortlists for the Booktrust Early Years Awards are out. This is one of the awards I always follow, particularly the Best Emerging Illustrator Award, which is often spot on to highlight new talent (last year Katie Cleminson won it with Box of Tricks, before that it was Tim Hopgood, Emily Gravett, and Catherine …
