The following resources are available when you book or from The National Trust gift shop on Brownsea Island:

Trail leaflets for waymarked trails

• Historical Trail
  A 2 hour walk round the island, seeing evidence of the pottery along the way.
• Smugglers Trail
  A 1 hour walk for 6-10 year olds, collecting letter clues en route.
• Explorers Trail
  A simple map-reading challenge to find letters on posts throughout the island.

Also available is 'The Geology of Brownsea', a leaflet incorporating a guide to the Geology Trail. Full geological notes can be found on the website of the Dorset Important Geology Sites Group.

Brownsea Island Activity Book for Teachers

This book, published by the National Trust, is written primarily for Key Stages 2 & 3 but also includes topics for post-14 studies. It contains many suggestions for projects and activities with key questions and recording sheets.

National Trust Guide Books

• 'The Natural History of Brownsea Island'
• 'History of Brownsea Island'
• 'A Guide for Children'

Videos

• The Red Squirrel
• Brownsea Island
• History of Brownsea for Schools by a Storyteller

Books

• 'Brownsea Islander - Jack Battrick'
  Poole Historical Trust
  
  A record of life on the island by Jack Battrick, born on Brownsea into a family, which had settled on the island in 1890, tells of the happy life of the island community which came to an abrupt end when Mrs Bonham Christie bought Brownsea in 1927.
  
  In 1962, when Brownsea was bought by the National Trust, Jack returned and helped prepare the island to receive visitors once more.

• 'Brownsea Myth, Legend and Reality'
  Ruth D Hurst

• 'Brownsea, Dorset's Fantasy Island'
  Rodney Legg

• 'For Nature not Humans - Mrs Bonham Christie and Brownsea Island'
  Peter Moore