Home Leisure and community Libraries Bookstart Bookstart is the national programme that encourages all parents and carers to enjoy books with children from an early age. Bookstart aims to provide free reading packs for all babies and pre-school childrenFor babies in their first yearEach pack contains free books to share with your child, as well as helpful advice and other fun resources.Ask your health visitor, early years setting or library for a Bookstart baby packBookstart treasure gift for pre-schoolersThe Bookstart Treasure gift is for children aged 3 - 4 yearsEach gift contains a free book to share with your child, as well as helpful advice and other fun resourcesTo get your free Bookstart gift ask your health visitor, early years setting or library for detailsBookstart materials can be ordered from usWriggly ReadersFun, informal sessions lasting 30 mintues to an hour where babies and children aged 0-4 years and their parents/carers can join in with stories, songs and rhymes in a welcoming environment. An opportunity for families to meet and make friends.Please check your local library for details of when they may run this activity.Find a library Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to.