Free books in other languages – Bookstart

Families can ask for their Bookstart packs to include dual-language books, written in English and another language.

Dual language books by age group

Bookstart for babies

• Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes
• Jungle Animals
• Sleepyhead

Bookstart plus for toddlers

• Dear Zoo
• Walking through the Jungle
• Wheels on the Bus

Treasure box for three and four year olds

• The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat
• Handa's Surprise
• Floppy

Languages

These titles are available in the languages below:

• Albanian
• Arabic
• Bengali
• Chinese Simplified
• Chinese Traditional
• Czech
• Farsi
• French
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hindu
• Italian
• Japanese
• Punjabi
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbo-Croatian
• Somali
• Spanish
• Tagalog
• Tamil
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese.

Please note, Booktouch books for visually impaired children are available in English only.

Advice leaflets

Our leaflets 'More things to do with books' and 'Babies love books' are also available in these languages.

Contact us

If you are a health visitor or early years provider, and you know families that would appreciate children’s books in other languages, please contact our East Sussex Bookstart Co-ordinator.