About Bookbug
Funding
Scottish Book Trust’s Early Years Programme is funded by the Scottish Government to gift free packs of books to children aged birth to five.
Local Authorities and Health Boards also provide funding for the programme through the provision of local staff time and logistics solutions.
The Bookbug Sessions Training Programme is part funded by Creative Scotland.
Bookbug is delighted to be supporting Play Talk Read again this year. Look out for the purple Play Talk Read playbus coming to an area near you throughout November, January and February! Download the leaflet here to find out where it will be and when.
You can find out more about the campaign on the Play Talk Read website.
Videos
Bookbug Launch Film
This specially commissioned video gives a full introduction to the Bookbug and the plans and principles behind the programme.
Mascot Creation Film
The well-known Scottish illustrator Debi Gliori created a lovely new mascot for the Early Years programme, which was positively received by a range of parents and children. Following consultation with Bookstart Co-ordinators and Bookstart Rhymetime Leaders, this mascot was named Bookbug, and became the new face of the Scottish Book Trust’s Early Year’s programme.
Debi Gliori Interview
Debi is the author/illustrator of many books for children including Mr Bear, the winner of a Children's Book Award.
In this interview she discusses all her favourite things, including colours, smells and stories!
Early Years Writer in Residence
Over 9 months during 2009-2010, Alison Murray (pictured) worked with a Home-Start group in Renfrewshire, in an area of socio-economic deprivation, to support parents’ reading and writing skills and embed a love of book sharing with young children within the community. Find out more
Gifting Partnerships
Libraries coordinate the majority of local Bookbug programmes, host events and gift a huge number of our free packs of books to babies and children. By promoting a lifelong love of books we hope to encourage families with young children to become library members and long-term active library users.
Health professionals are our principal gifting partners of Bookbug Baby and Bookbug Toddler packs to babies and young children. The programme complements key aspects of children's health by benefitting their development educationally, culturally, socially and emotionally.
Early Years Settings (such as nurseries) are the principal access route for children to receive their Bookbug Pirate packs and are greatly valued gifting partners.
Local Authorities support Bookbug by funding Co-ordinators and project workers, providing storage and delivery of packs and promoting the programme in their local area.
