Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions

Wray, David; Medwell, Jane

Abstract

Several early learning programmes have targeted children’s reading, particularly their relationships with books. One, Bookstart, provided free books to babies attending their 8-month health check at local clinics. Study of this programme suggested that it led to an improvement in language performance upon school entry. Booktime continues from Bookstart and involves the donation of a book pack to 5-year-old children in their first school term. This paper reports an evaluation of the impact of Booktime on the views about, and enjoyment of, reading, of participating children and on the views of parents/carers about helping their children with reading.

Citation

Wray, D., & Medwell, J. (in press). Exploring a national book-gifting scheme: parents' and children's reactions. Education 3-13, 43(2),

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 24, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jun 10, 2013
• Deposit Date: Aug 31, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 31, 2017
• Journal: Education 3-13
• Print ISSN: 0300-4279
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-7575
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Keywords: parents, books, reading, early childhood, intervention
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/715804
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03004279.2013.800577
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Education 3-13 on 10 June 2013, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080%2F03004279.2013.800577
• Contract Date: Aug 31, 2017