You may have received a Bookstart pack from your midwife, health visitor or someone else. With so much else going on, don't worry if you've not had a chance to think about how to make the most of ...

* Bookstart Week events in the district include: stories, rhymes, bunny mask crafts and outdoor play at Bingley Library, and outdoor storytelling at Ilkley Library, today.

PRE-SCHOOLERS and their parents are invited to take part in an underwater adventure as part of National Bookstart Week this week. The BookTrust’s annual celebration aims to inspire families to ...

Book Trust's Bookstart scheme is now, thanks to Sainsbury's millennium sponsorship, a nationwide project. Families throughout the UK receive a pack when they take their babies to health centres ...

The first country to engage in Bookstart's international programme was Canada in 1994. In June this year, Booktrust gave away 2,500 children’s books to foodbanks as part of National Book Start Week.

Last week, the Department for Education wrote to Booktrust, which provides free books to 3.3 million children through Bookstart, informing the charity that it was to lose its grant for England.

Hundreds of children and their parents have gathered to mark the 10th birthday of Bookstart in Scotland. Bookstart, the national baby book-gifting scheme, was launched in Scotland in 1999 and has ...

Bookstart is the national early intervention and cultural access programme for every child. National Bookstart Week, from June 6 to 12, aims to bring together families, professionals and Bookstart ...

The scheme's events have also been held at other local libraries at Pershore, Stourport-upon-Severn, Worcester Foregate Street and Malvern as part of National Bookstart Week last October.

CHILDREN across Sefton are getting ready to celebrate Bookstart Day in style. liverpoolecho News By Liverpool Echo 00:00, 9 OCT 2008 17:43, 11 APR 2014 ...

A charity that gives free books to children is told of a 50% cut in funding, two months after fears over its future sparked a political "U-turn" row.