06/06/2026
📚 Please Share – We Need Your Help 📚
We are looking for donations of new children's books for our new Reading with Love project at Birmingham Women's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
When families arrive on the unit, they will be given a book bag containing Guess How Much I Love You. Each week, parents will be invited to choose a new book from our library. Families will receive a library card, and every book they select will be theirs to keep, helping them build a collection of books and memories from their time on the unit.
Reading to premature and sick babies has been shown to support early brain and language development, strengthen parent-infant bonding, and provide comfort during what can be a stressful and uncertain time. Hearing familiar voices can be particularly beneficial for babies receiving neonatal care.
Our volunteers will also receive training to read to babies when parents are unable to be at the bedside. This helps ensure babies continue to hear regular, soothing voices and allows families to know their baby is still benefiting from this important interaction when they cannot be there themselves.
To make this project possible, we would greatly appreciate donations of new books suitable for babies and young children. Books can be dropped off at our hub or purchased directly from our Amazon Wish List, which is linked in the comments.
Every donation will help us provide books to families on the neonatal unit and support the development and wellbeing of some of our youngest patients.
Thank you for your support.
