Bookstart+

For toddlers aged 18-30 month.

The main focus of the Bookstart+ pack for toddlers is on building language and listening skills.

Full list of contents

A bright coloured nylon satchel style bag with the Bookstart Bear logo
Two books
A colouring book
A pack of crayons (Crayola Mini Kids)
A 'Numbers are Fun!' bedroom frieze
A set of 'Bookplates' - colourfully illustrated stickers for children to place in their books, saying, 'This book belongs to .....' thus encouraging children to build their own book collection.
Bookstart Toddler Book Guide - A5 book list (download an electronic copy of this booklet - PDF format, 2.4MB )
More Things to do with books! which focuses on early language and listening skills

Schemes are also encouraged to add their library-joining information to the pack.

Bookstart+ pack book titles

My Cat Just Sleeps by Joanne Partis (Oxford University Press, 2008)
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by Annie Kubler (Child's Play, 2002)
Zzzz... a Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na (Meadowside, 2008)
Ouch, I Need a Plaster by Nick Sharratt (Scholastic, 2006)
Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books, 2008)
Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia (Boxer Books, 2008)
One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson and Anna Currey (Macmillan, 2008)
Look Out! It's a Wolf by Emile Jadoul (Evans Brothers, 2004)
Little Monster's Book of Numbers by Francis Thomas and Ross Collins (Bloomsbury, 2005)
Colour Me Happy by Shen Roddie and Ben Cort (Macmillan, 2007)
Brown Brown Bear by Eric Carle (Puffin, 2007)
How Do You Feel by Mandy Stanley (HarperCollins, 2007)