Kibworth Books Partners with Baby Basics
Baby Basics Leicester is a volunteer-based charity aiming to support families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical challenges of looking after a new baby or young child.
Kibworth Books are delighted to be partnering with the charity to help them secure much needed book donations for the families they work with. Laura, from the charity, recently paid a visit to the bookshop and - thanks to generous donations from kind customers into our 'Pay It Forward' scheme - we were able to kickstart this new relationship with a donation of £200 worth of board books. Each and every one of these books will be gifted to a parent to enjoy reading with their baby.
It'll be no suprise that here at Kibworth Books we are big champions of reading to children of all ages, right from birth. But why does reading to babies matter so much?
The research shows that early reading experiences really do matter. Reading to babies, even from day 1, supports bonding, stimulates brain development, and helps children to reach early speech, communication, language and other development goals. It's also incredibly important in terms of family wellbeing - both baby and parent. If you'd like to dig further into this research and find out more, we'd recommend having a read of the findings from the excellent organisation Book Trust. You can learn about the importance of reading to babies here and the wider benefits of reading to children here.
Every single donation of a board book to Baby Basics really does make a huge difference. By choosing to gift a book to a baby you're not only helping to set a child off on their new journey with reading, you're making a hugely positive impact to the whole family.
If you'd like to make a donation of any books, please hop on over to take a look at the Baby Basics wishlist here:
Baby Basics Board Book Wishlist – Kibworth Books
If you'd like to find out, more generally, about our Pay It Forward Scheme and make a donation to this (which helps support our work with Baby Basics, The Well and other organisations on a charitable basis), you can read more about this here:
Charitable Donations – Kibworth Books
And to find out more about Baby Basics and the brilliant work they do, click here: HOME | babybasics
Thank you so much for helping us and Baby Basics on our mission to get as many books as possible to families and their little ones. We so appreciate the support.
Kirsty - Children's Specialist Bookseller