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This document is for health visitors and nursery nurses who gift Bookstart packs. Discover evidence that shows why sharing books is so important for all children from birth and the ongoing benefits that this can bring.
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books with toddlers.
This booklet appears in the Bookstart Early Years Pack in Wales and includes recommended books.
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books with babies, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt.
This version appears in the Bookstart Baby Pack in Wales and includes recommended books.
Bookstart's focus on targeting babies and toddlers is informed by recent developments in developmental psychology and early literacy studies.
Like other early interventions, the benefits of Bookstart are likely to be realised through the lifetime of participants. Cost benefit analysis demonstrates the likelihood that Bookstart is particularly cost effective.
This page provides a review of Bookstart’s impacts on book use, library use, reading, language acquisition and literacy.
Liam O’Hare and Paul Connolly at the Centre for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast were commissioned by Booktrust Northern Ireland to undertake a rigorous and independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the Bookstart+ bookgifting intervention as delivered in Northern Ireland.
Bookstart is a national programme of bookgifting that aims to inspire a lifelong love of
books by encouraging book sharing between children and their parents/carers from a
young age.
Booktrust commissioned Just Economics LLP to conduct a forecasted Social Return on
Investment (SROI) analysis in order to quantify the social value created by Bookstart
in England for the 2009/10 financial year.
Booktrust’s press office provides accurate and up-to-the-minute news about Booktrust’s projects for journalists.
We provide information on the latest prizes and events, interviews with key Booktrust spokespeople and prize associates, images, statistics and evaluation.
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A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered fromyour Bookstart Coordinator)
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt Language - Vietnamese
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered fromyour Bookstart Coordinator)
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Tamil
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Tagalog
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Spanish
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Russian
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Romanian.
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Portugese.
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Polish
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator)
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - Japanese
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered from your Bookstart Coordinator).
A4 guidance leaflet for grown-ups on sharing books, written and illustrated by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt. Language - (Italian)
Available for download in 27 languages (hard copies can be ordered fromyour Bookstart Coordinator)
