Storytime Foundation

We deliver books to high need families with newborn children to encourage bonding and early literacy.

Auckland

Delivering gifts of new books to families over a 15 month period via health practitioners like Plunket nurses. We aim to encourage families to read and develop a strong supportive bond with the newborn child. The health professional enters the home and provides advice and support whilst giving a quality age appropriate book as a no obligation gift.

We have been delivering books since 1997 and have delivered over 80,000 books to families in Greater Auckland. In 2012 we commenced a national expansion. Storytime Foundation was previously known as Books for Babes Trust. Storytime Foundation will continue to facilitate moments of magic for high need families by giving quality childrens books to encourage storytime.

More about us

Delivering gifts of beautiful new books and relevant information to vulnerable families to encourage parents/caregivers to read and develop a strong supportive bond with the newborn and very young child. A health professional or social worker enters the home and provides advice and support whilst giving quality age appropriate books as a no obligation gift.

We also deliver a programme into Ngawha and Wiri prisons to inmates that have children to help parent and child to bond and to prepare in,mates for release.

Both programmes are evidence based and regularly evaluated.