Home Reading Initiative

Libraries

• are free to join
• allow babies to join at any age
• have children's departments
• can recommend books
• hold parent and toddler meetings.

Bookshops

• often have children's sections
• will help to select books.

The Scottish Book Trust

• is happy to suggest books that children will enjoy
• is creating a national resource and reading centre where anyone can browse a children's library and teacher's showroom
• plans to run a programme of events to support children's reading
• provides reviews of children's books.

Gifts

• Giving relatives gift ideas helps to build a child's collection.
• Buying a favourite book can make it become a much loved book.
• My Home Library has printable bookplates which can be glued into children's favourite books.

Illustrations by Ali Scott, from 'Beginning with Books'.

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