Bookshine
Bookshine aims to help deaf babies and toddlers to get 'bookstarted'.
A Bookshine pack is available free to parents or carers of deaf children up to (and including) the age of four.
Packs contain two specially chosen books designed to stimulate children's senses, including a touch and feel book and a nursery rhyme book featuring BSL signs.
These packs are free to schemes and are available throughout the year for eligible children.
Codes
FR BSHINE baby
FR BSHINE toddler NEW
Bookshine is now available for older children (2-4 years old) - the contents remain the same but but one book from each pack is replaced by the carefully selected older option; Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt. We are delighted that Nick has also helped us to create a special bookmark to accompany the book, featuring some of his characters using British Sign Language to sign key words from the book.
Full list of contents
- Good quality cotton shoulder bag
- Two board books
- A Bookshine booklet of advice about sharing books with deaf children
- A Bookshine book guide listing lots more great books, as well as useful organisations and resources
- A nursery rhyme place mat featuring two rhymes and photographs of babies signing
- The accompanying booklets are also available to order
Booktrust uses the term 'deaf' to describe people across the range of deafness/hearing loss. Bookstart also uses the abbreviation "BSL" to refer to British Sign Language, and acknowledges that some families use other forms of signing.