Beyond Bookstart

Find out about other Booktrust programmes, prizes and campaigns.

Booktime is the free books programme that follows on from Bookstart. A book pack is given to every reception-aged child during the autumn term. Packs include a book, selected by an expert panel, and guidance for parents and carers on shared reading. Additional interactive resources are also available to libraries, and many use them to support special events and activities that promote libraries and reading to families.

See www.booktime.org.uk for more information

Children’s Book Week takes place every October and is a celebration of reading for pleasure for children of primary-school age. Resources, activities and ideas are available on the website, and there's our Booktrust Best Book Guide too. All of these are free for schools, libraries and other venues to download to help celebrate reading for pleasure.

See www.booktrust.org.uk for more information

The Letterbox Club focuses on improving the educational outlook for looked-after children aged between 7 and 13 by providing them with a parcel of books, maths activities and stationery event month, for six months. If your local authority participates in The Letterbox Club scheme, why not hold a special Letterbox Club event at your local library? We also invite participating local authorities to add into the parcel information about the child’s local library and details of any summer schemes, half-term events, homework clubs etc.

See www.letterboxclub.org.uk for more information

Booked Up promotes reading for pleasure amongst the Year 7 age group by giving each 11-year-old in England the gift of a free book from a list of titles, each carefully selected to appeal to its pre-teen audience. Public libraries can work with Booked Up to give children access to all of the Booked Up titles for free and also help children to discover other books and authors they might like. You can register to receive a free Booked Up resource pack that includes a set of the 13 books, posters, bookmarks, stickers and an information leaflet.