BookTrust

BookTrust We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children and families reading together from the earliest possible age.

📢 Very exciting news alert!To celebrate the , we're thrilled to share that we've extended registration for Secondary ...
05/10/2026

📢 Very exciting news alert!

To celebrate the , we're thrilled to share that we've extended registration for Secondary 2026 and 2026!

Signing up for both programmes means adding a minimum of 72 books to your school library - plus every student registered for Bookbuzz Secondary will be able to choose a book to take home and keep.

🤝 The programmes work perfectly together: Bookbuzz Secondary is all about book choice, while Bookspark supports less confident readers through social reading activities.

📦 Plus, both programmes are available for delivery NOW!

So if you missed out on either of these programmes, this is your chance to help your KS3 students experience the lasting legacy of the National Year of Reading.

Has your school signed up for Bookbuzz Secondary or Bookspark yet? ✨

04/10/2026

New children's books we love 😍

Every month, we review dozens of books for children and teenagers. Here are the ones we like best in October...

Author and educationalist Laura Henry-Allain MBE shares how books can help children deal with and process new experience...
03/10/2026

Author and educationalist Laura Henry-Allain MBE shares how books can help children deal with and process new experiences, plus some brilliant book suggestions.

Read the article 🔗⤵️

02/10/2026

What does it feel like to win £3,000 worth of books for your school library? Pretty amazing ✨

School librarian Mel from Brook Mead Academy knows what that feeling's like after Jessica won our competition last year.

Could it be your school this year?

Thanks to Enterprise Mobility for their generous support, which makes this competition possible!

Your pupils won't want to miss this! is back for a new school year with the brilliant Love Ssega - musician, performin...
02/10/2026

Your pupils won't want to miss this!

is back for a new school year with the brilliant Love Ssega - musician, performing artist and storyteller.

Positive climate futures, love of community and indigenous Bantu culture weaves through his work and has led to his debut children’s fiction book, The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail - featured in our Great Books Guide 2026-27!

Join this free virtual author workshop to give your pupils a chance to hear from an inspiring author, take part in exciting songwriting activities, and have their questions answered. ⤵️

📚 NEW: Today we're excited to share the latest edition of our !Our Great Books Guide includes 100 recommendations from ...
01/10/2026

📚 NEW: Today we're excited to share the latest edition of our !

Our Great Books Guide includes 100 recommendations from the past year for primary school children, covering a range of age ranges, accessibility levels, formats and genres.

It’s been designed to help teachers recommend or purchase high-quality books that will support reading for pleasure in their school community.

A physical copy of the guide is being sent to primary schools, but you can also explore it along with supporting resources on our website. ⤵️

30/09/2026

📢 Let’s make early years reading a long-term national priority for Wales…

For many children in Wales, the first book they own comes through a BookTrust Cymru programme.

BookTrust Cymru's evidence-based, bi-lingual programmes provide vital support to help more children experience the life-changing benefits of reading, supporting families to share stories, build confidence, develop early language and literacy, and create meaningful moments together from the earliest months of life.

📚At a time when concerns about literacy standards are growing across Wales, investing in early years shared reading has never been more important.

We’re calling on the Welsh Government to guarantee long-term investment in BookTrust Cymru’s reading programmes, so every child in Wales can benefit from books, stories and reading from the very beginning.

➡️Please share this and show your support for long-term funding for early years reading support for every child in Wales.

How do you share resources with families? ✨To celebrate the we'd love to see all the creative things you're getting ...
29/09/2026

How do you share resources with families? ✨

To celebrate the we'd love to see all the creative things you're getting up to - from book nooks to story sacks and crafts!

Share your photos or videos with the hashtag and tag us in - we'll share our favourites 💫

27/09/2026

Have you discovered the resources yet? ✨

We've worked with Wandle English Hub to give schools everything they need to host inspiring and practical workshops about shared reading at home for Reception families.

Here, Matthew from Wandle English Hub explains how we put the resources together!

What a story time we had yesterday - with none other than Dame Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, and the Gruffalo! 💫It wa...
26/09/2026

What a story time we had yesterday - with none other than Dame Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, and the Gruffalo! 💫

It was a joy to join children from Guinea Lane Nursery at Bath Central Library for this very special event, as Dame Julia read us Gruffalo Granny and Axel drew our favourite characters.

Plus, the children were each given their own Gruffalo books to take home afterwards 📚

The event was part of our partnership with Macmillan Children's Books - they are generously donating 40,000 Gruffalo books and exclusive activity packs which will be gifted to families to keep through libraries alongside our Storytime programme.

👉 Have you enjoyed reading Gruffalo Granny yet?

Bath and North East Somerset Libraries, Bath & North East Somerset Council

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BookTrust Office 2. 09, The Office Group 1 Aire Street
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