The benefits of reading with young children, including babies, are well documented. Some of the benefits include enhanced language and literacy, which is critical to future educational attainment.

Camilla Reid, the author of the Pip and Posy books, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (Nosy Crow), and the Peekaboo series, illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius (Nosy Crow), has been named BookTrust’s ...