Funding update, 25 February 2011

100 prisons to take The Rhyme Challenge

New initiative to support children whose parents have been sent to prison We are inviting 100 prisons to take The Rhyme Challenge and hold activities during prison visits or at... 4 May 2012 Read '100 prisons to take The Rhyme...'

Welsh government continues funding for bookgifting programmes

Further three years of Bookstart in Wales confirmed, plus other bilingual programmes We are very pleased to announce that the Welsh government has committed a further three years funding to... 29 February 2012 Read 'Welsh government continues funding for bookgifting...'

Happy birthday Bookstart!

Viv Bird, CEO of Booktrust, on our campaign that celebrates 20 years of Bookstart. Today we launch a nationwide campaign to celebrate 20 years of Bookstart. We'll be celebrating everything... 15 February 2012 Read 'Happy birthday Bookstart! '

Great press for family events in Cornish library

'Bounce and Rhyme' sessions celebrated in local newspaper The Cornish Guardian recently ran a feature about the fantastic events for families held in Liskeard library. Written by a new mum,... 11 January 2012 Read 'Great press for family events in...'

Bookstart 20

Time flies when you’re having fun Celebrating 20 years of Bookstart This year we are celebrating 20 years of Bookstart – the much-loved reading programme that gifts free books to... 9 January 2012 Read 'Bookstart 20 '

Celebrate National Poetry Day with Bookstart

It was National Poetry Day on 6 October and this year the theme is games. Did you know that babies and children who have the pleasure of hearing stories and... 4 October 2011 Read 'Celebrate National Poetry Day with Bookstart'

Make family days out even better with Summer Talk...

This August is the perfect time for families to spend together going out and about – and the new Summer Talk booklet is full of fun activities for you to... 15 August 2011 Read 'Make family days out even better...'

Introducing the Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson was unveiled as the new Children's Laureate in June, taking over from Anthony Browne. Best known for her modern classic, The Gruffalo, Julia has written over 120 books... 11 August 2011 Read 'Introducing the Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson'

Share the fun of National Bookstart Week with Twitter...

Did you know that as well as the thousands of fun, free 'All Aboard!' events taking place around the country you can also join in the fun using Twitter and... 7 June 2011 Read 'Share the fun of National Bookstart...'