Our books
Our handbooks, badge books and Rangers record book give girls all they need to explore our programme
We’re helping all girls in guiding make the most of their journey with great handbooks and badge books for each section.
A section is what we call the different age groups in Girlguiding. Girls have told us that they like to have physical books to record their guiding activities and badges in. Our badge books and section handbooks are exactly that.
Buy your badge books and handbooks
Buy badge books and handbooks for all sections on the online shop. If you’re a parent or carer, chat to your child’s unit leader first before buying any books. Most of the time, they’ll be included in a starter kit put together by the leader.
The books are designed to be an age-appropriate and exciting resource, with a special design for each of our sections. Each unique style and design was created for girls, with girls.
What are handbooks?
Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers each have their own fun and unique handbook. They're full of all the info that girls and parents told us would be useful to know when they get started.
They’re age-appropriate – so there’s less writing and more pictures for Rainbows and more details included for Guides. They're packed with great images, illustrations and opportunities for girls to make them their own.
The handbooks include all the things girls should expect from their membership like:
- Everything you need to know when you first join.
- Details of going away on trips.
- Guiding across the country and around the world.
- Opportunities for leadership.
- How to move up to the next section.
What are badge books?
Badge books are here for girls to find out about all the badges and awards they can earn in their section. They contain:
- The interest badge challenges.
- Guidance on how to complete them.
- Important safety information they should consider when doing them at home or with their unit.
Badge books are created as a practical tool to encourage fun, adventure and exploration. We’ve added some unexpected touches like hidden secret messages on the covers and clip-in accessories like bookmarks and rulers – so girls will feel excited and proud to own one!
Big badge books vs little badge books
In July 2025 we launched 72 new interest badges. So we now have:
- Big badge books – these are the books for Rainbows, Brownies and Guides available to buy from our online shop. This is where you’ll find all the interest badges from before July 2025. All the interest badges for Rangers which were available before July 2025 can still be found on our badge finder and recorded in the Rangers record book.
- Little badge books – these are smaller versions of the big badge book and only for the new interest badges. There’s one for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, and now Rangers too!
Find out more about the new little badge books.
All the badge books - and the Ranger record book - also give each girl an overview of how interest badges they earn combine with skills builders and unit meeting activities to add up to Theme and section Gold awards.
What’s more, they can be used to track progress towards those awards and will be a great way for girls to reflect on what they’ve achieved in guiding in the years to come!
How much do they cost?
All the bright and beautiful books are available from our online shop and our volunteer shops.
Handbooks
- £4 for Rainbows.
- £4.50 for Brownies, Guides and Rangers.
Big badge books
- £7 for Rainbows.
- £8 for Brownies.
- £9 for Guides.
- £5 for the Rangers record book.
Little badge books
- £4 for Rainbows.
- £4.25 for Brownies.
- £4.50 for Guides.
- £4.25 for Rangers.
