Dual Language Books

Dual language books from are available free of charge to Bookstart schemes.

How to order

> Partners can order Dual Language materials and other resources through their scheme coordinator

> Scheme coordinators can login here


We offer four books that are in both English and one of 25 community languages.

 

dual language book titlesTitles available:

What Shall We Do with the Boo Hoo Baby? by Cressida Cowell and Ingrid Godon

Keeping Up with Cheetah by Lindsay Camp and Jill Newto

Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator and Alison Ja

Walking through the Jungle by Debbie Harter

 

 

 

View terms and conditions for ordering these books

Download the Dual Language book order form (Excel)

N.B. The order form also has the option of 'random titles', this is the remainder of titles from the previous offer.


Also available: Translated guidance booklets

Two of our popular guidance booklets are available in 27 community languages:

Babies Love BooksBabies Love Books dual language

The Babies Love Books booklet is available free, both online and in a printed edition to schemes in the following 27 languages:

Coordinators should consult with all partners and order these free materials for the whole authority Coordinators are asked not to over-order. Please order these in units of 10 up to 1,000 per language.

Order these using the free support materials order form

NB. The English leaflet Babies Love Books is also available - see purchasable items

More things to do with books More things to do with your baby dual language

  • Albanian Code. FR MT ALB
  • Arabic Code. FR MT ARA
  • Bengali Code. FR MT BEN
  • Chinese Code. FR MT CHI
  • Croatian Code. FR MT CRO
  • Czech Code. FR MT CZE
  • French Code. FR MT FRE
  • Greek Code. FR MT GRE
  • Gujarati Code. FR MT GUJ
  • Hindi Code. FR MT HIN
  • Italian Code. FR MT ITA
  • Japanese Code. FR MT JAP
  • Punjabi Code. FR MT PUN
  • Polish Code. FR MT POL
  • Portuguese Code. FR MT POR
  • Romanian Code. FR MT ROM
  • Russian Code. FR MT RUS
  • Scottish Gaelic Code. FR MT GAE
  • Simplified Chinese Code. FR MT CAN
  • Somali Code. FR MT SOM
  • Tagalog Code. FR MT TAG
  • Tamil Code. FR MT TAM
  • Turkish Code. FR MT TUR
  • Urdu Code. FR MT URD
  • Yoruba Code. FR MT YOR

Please order these in units of 10 up to 1,000 per language.


Order these using the free support materials order form

NB. The English leaflet More things to do with books is also available - see purchasable items

Related resources

> Download book-sharing tips in other languages (PDF), available in:

English, Czech, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Tamil and Vietnamese.

Let us know if there are other languages that you would like to see translated

> A range books celebrating ethnic diversity with English text are available for purchase from Tamarind Press - order your catalogue from lee@booktrust.org.uk