Scottish Book Trust is pleased to announce that the books chosen for the 2015/16 Bookbug bags, to be distributed free to every baby, toddler, 3 year old and P1 child in Scotland between Spring 2015 and Spring 2016, are as follows:
Bookbug Baby Bag
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Baby’s Very First Black and White Book: Babies by Stella Baggott (Usborne)
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Peekaboo Jungle by Emily Bolam (Campbell Books)
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Mouse is Small by Mary Murphy (Walker Books Ltd)
Bookbug Toddler Bag
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Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell (Puffin)
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Splosh by David Melling (Hodder Children’s Books)
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Feeling Great Just Like Me! by Jess Stockham (Child’s Play)
Bookbug Pirate Bag
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Ten Little Pirates by Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty Orchard (Hachette Children’s Books)
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Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
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Never Bite a Tiger on the Nose by Lynne Rickards and Eilidh Muldoon (Scottish Book Trust)
Catriona Wallace, Head of Early Years at Scottish Book Trust said:
“We are very excited to announce the new titles for this year’s Bookbug bags. Our expert panel has carefully selected books by fantastic authors and illustrators and we hope that mums, dads and carers will enjoy sharing these stories with their children. Bookbug bags are a fun way to introduce your babies and toddlers to stories, songs and rhymes, and boost their language and listening skills.”
The Bookbug Primary 1 Family Bag for 2015/16 will include free copies of the three shortlisted books from the Bookbug category of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2016, which will be announced on 2 September 2015. These bags will be distributed to Primary 1 children during Book Week Scotland (23 November – 29 November 2015).
Bookbug is Scotland’s national book gifting programme, encouraging parents and children to share books together from birth. We gift books to every baby, toddler, 3 and 5-year-old in Scotland in four free Bookbug bags:
- Baby bag (gifted by a health visitor to every baby
- Toddler bag (gifted by a health visitor to every toddler
- Pirate bag (gifted at nursery to every 3-year-old)
- Primary 1 Family bag (gifted at school to every P1 pupil)
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library (free books delivered monthly to every Looked After Child aged 0-5 in Scotland)