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About the Bookbug Bags

Every child in Scotland receives four free Bookbug Bags between birth and age five to help them develop an early love of stories, songs and rhymes

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  • Contact your local Bookbug Co-ordinator
  • Gifting Bookbug Baby and Toddler Bags
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  • What's inside the 2025 Bookbug Baby Bag?
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  • What's inside the 2024 Bookbug Baby Bag?
  • What's inside the 2024 Bookbug Toddler Bag?
  • What's inside the 2025 Bookbug Toddler Bag?
  • What's inside the 2025 Bookbug Explorer Bag?
  • Bookbug for parents and carers with English as an additional language
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  • Gifting the Explorer Bag in mixed age settings

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Learning resources

  • Bookbug Explorer Bag symbol resources (2025)
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  • Bookbug webinar: Gifting the Bookbug Explorer Bag
  • Ideas and resources for using the Bookbug P1 Family Bag
  • Webinar: Gifting the P1–3 bags
  • Primary 1–3 bag gifting
  • Bookbug Explorer Bag symbol resources (2024)
  • Bookbug Explorer Bag symbol resources (2023)
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  • Bookbug Session Plan: All Kinds of Families

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