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Bookbug Story Library

Cuddling up with your little one and reading for a few minutes every day helps build bonds and relationships. Our films of families enjoying books together show there's no right or wrong way to share books with your child – the main thing is to have fun!

Featured stories

  • Runaway Cone by Morag Hood
  • Everyone is Special: Babies by Fiona Munro
  • Baby’s Black and White Books: Things that Go by Mary Cartwright and Leeza Hernandez
  • With Baby by Joseph Coelho
  • Into the Sleep Tunnel by Joseph Coelho
  • Goodnight Babies by Charlotte Trounce
  • Wee Rid Riding Hood
  • The Woof and the Cuddie
  • An Eggs-traordinar Egg: The Ugly Deukie
  • Tickle My Ears by Jörg Mühle
  • Monster Clothes by Daisy Hirst
  • The Button Book by Sally Nicholls and Bethan Woollvin
  • Mac, Pip and the Mountain
  • Together by Emma Dodd

Board books for 0–2 year olds

  • Deiseil, deònach. . . BRAG! by Pat-a-Cake and Steve Mack
  • Seall Làimhsich Ionnsaich Adhar by Child's Play and Charlotte Archer
  • Goodnight Babies by Charlotte Trounce
  • Little Baby's Playtime: A Finger Wiggle Book by Sally Symes and Nick Sharratt
  • Monster Clothes by Daisy Hirst
  • Round and Round the Garden by Annie Kubler
  • Where's Baby Chick? by Ingela P Arrhenius
  • Together by Emma Dodd
  • Usborne Very First Nursery Rhymes by Rosalinde Bonnet
  • Tickle My Ears by Jörg Mühle

Picture books for 2–5 year olds

  • The Button Book by Sally Nicholls and Bethan Woollvin
  • I Breathe to the Beat of Three by Joseph Coelho
  • Penguin by Polly Dunbar
  • Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson
  • River Sky by Joseph Coelho
  • Wriggling to Bed by Joseph Coelho
  • The Cow Who Fell to Earth by Nadia Shireen
  • The Town is All Alight by Joseph Coelho
  • The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson and Kate Hindley

Stories for children who need additional support

  • Getting Ready by Cocoretto
  • That's Not My Car by Fiona Watt
  • Mac, Pip and The Falling Stars
  • Mac, Pip and the Bees
  • Mac, Pip and the Mountain

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