Recent research has shown that it's never too soon to share books with babies and that children exposed to books at an early age will start school with an advantage that can last throughout their life.

At 2 Years Old

Bookstart Children compared to their peers:

• joined in with the story
  
  
• tried to turn the pages
  
  
• asked questions about the story
  
  
• showed a keener interest and better concentration

At 5 Years Old

Bookstart Children performed noticeably better than their peers:

• speaking and listening
  
  
• reading
  
  
• using and applying mathematics
  
  
• numbers
  
  
• shape, space and measures