Get your FREE Bookstart packs E
very child is also entitled to two FREE Bookstart packs containing books, helpful guidance for parents and carers and all sorts of other free goodies. Bookstart is a national programme that encourages all parents and carers to share and enjoy books with children from as early an age as possible. The packs are given out as follows:
Bookstart Baby Pack - this pack is given out by your health visitor at the 3-6 month health contact. If you don’t attend this, you can collect a pack from any library or children’s centre.
*packs subject to change
The First Bookstart Pack is for babies aged 0-12 months
Bookstart Treasure Pack is for children aged 3-4 years
For more information visit
www.bathnes.gov.uk/libraries
The Bedtime Bear: A Pop-up Book for Bedtime – Ian Whybrow
Bedtime isn’t bedtime without a bear, but who knows where the Bedtime Bear spends his day? With flaps to lift,
wheels to turn and a pop-up on every spread, follow one little bear’s adventures on his whacky way to bed!
Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney
The story of Little and Big Nutbrown Hares’ efforts to express their love for each other has become a publishing
phenomenon. This lovely story is one that children will ask for time and again.
A Squash and A Squeeze – Julia Donaldson
A goat on the bed and a cow on the table tapping out a jig? A wonderful, funny book that your toddler will really enjoy.
Plus, see Small Steps online for many more!
Favourite Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales...
The top 5 nursery rhymes and fairy tales as voted by Small Steps members are:
1. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 2. Incey Wincey Spider 3. Row Row Row your Boat 4. The Wheels on the Bus 5. Round and Round the Garden
1. Three Little Pigs 2. Cinderella 3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4. Jack and the Beanstalk 5. Beauty and the Beast
The words & lyrics of 25 of the all time favourite rhymes are online at:
www.smallstepsonline.co.uk Have fun! The Small Steps Team
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Bookstart Treasure Pack - this pack is given to your 3 - 4 year old child by their pre-school, nursery or childminder during their last year before school. If they don’t attend any of these, you can collect a pack from any library or children’s centre.
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