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📢 Calling all libraries!

#BookTrustStorytime voting is now open - this is your chance to share families' views and help us pick the next BookTrust Storytime winner.

👉 Check your emails for all the details you need about how to submit your votes!

📢 Calling all of our Early Years partners delivering #Bookstart or #BookTrustStorytime!

Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved & what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration.

Take our survey 👇

Today's #BookTrustStorytime spotlight is on the wonderful #Superwolf by Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty!

Head to our website to find Helen reading the story plus activities and resources to use in your library:

We're so excited that #BookTrustStorytime is back in libraries for another year!

We've listened to feedback from the brilliant librarians taking part - so this year, we're sharing even more book-based activities and extra ideas.

Find them here:

This #StorySharerWeek, we're sharing how Nottingham Libraries have used #BookTrustStorytime to engage families.

Here, librarians Hannah and David explain how the programme has helped them to connect with their community and spark a love of reading:

What's preventing families from reading more?

We asked #BookTrustStorytime librarians - and this is how many of them agreed that these barriers have an impact.

BookTrust Storytime aims to help families get reading through fun library experiences 👇

You can find out more about the impact of #BookTrustStorytime in our evaluation report here:

Over a third of children taking part in #BookTrustStorytime were new to the library - and 59% returned after their first visit!

Thank you to all of the brilliant librarians who made BookTrust Storytime so engaging and exciting for families. (2/3)

We're thrilled to reveal that over 60,000 children under five took part in #BookTrustStorytime this year!

Approximately 90% of libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part - and it had a big impact 👇 (1/3)

We unveiled our #BookTrustStorytime Prize shortlist today - but did you know that 60,000 children took part last year?

Our new report explores the impact of BookTrust Storytime - but also shares librarians' views on the challenges facing families 👇