Library events for young Wokingham people and families
February’s theme at the Wokingham borough’s libraries is New Discoveries and there will be a chance for dads to discover the joys of baby rhymetime sessions.
The dad and baby rhymetime sessions will offers dads the chance to sing songs and nursery rhymes with their babies on Saturdays – in the past the sessions have only been held during the week and have been largely used by mums and babies.
The dad and baby sessions will be launched at Lower Earley Library on Saturday February 2, at Wokingham Library on Saturday February 9 and at Woodley Library on Saturday February 16. All the sessions will run from 10.30am to 11am.
Executive member for Wokingham community development Cllr Dianne King said: “It is a great idea to organise these rhymetimes on a Saturday as the fact is that most dads cannot make the weekday sessions and so they miss out on the fun.”
As well as these new sessions, Wokingham Library will also be inviting the winners of the book competition that is being run in the borough’s schools to meet Joshua Doder, author of A Dog Called Grk. The competition is part of the Booked Up campaign to encourage year seven pupils -aged 11 or 12 - to read for pleasure and to enter pupils must come up with a name and book cover design for a new Grk adventure. All the winners will be invited to meet Joshua Doder at Wokingham Library on Wednesday February 27, when they will also be given a tour of the library and have the chance to tell staff what facilities they would like to see in libraries.
From Saturday February 16 to Sunday February 24 there will also be half term jamborees at each of the Wokingham borough’s nine libraries. These will be open to children aged 13 and under as well as their families and will include family stories, crafts, music and rhymes. They will be free and visitors are welcome to drop-in any time during the events.
As well as these event, the Wokingham Borough’s libraries will be running their usual range of fun family events for babies, children and teenagers throughout February, including the recently launched Manga - Japanese cartoon artwork - club for teenagers and the Chatterbox family reading groups – also launched in January.
The dad and baby rhymetime sessions will offers dads the chance to sing songs and nursery rhymes with their babies on Saturdays – in the past the sessions have only been held during the week and have been largely used by mums and babies.
The dad and baby sessions will be launched at Lower Earley Library on Saturday February 2, at Wokingham Library on Saturday February 9 and at Woodley Library on Saturday February 16. All the sessions will run from 10.30am to 11am.
Executive member for Wokingham community development Cllr Dianne King said: “It is a great idea to organise these rhymetimes on a Saturday as the fact is that most dads cannot make the weekday sessions and so they miss out on the fun.”
As well as these new sessions, Wokingham Library will also be inviting the winners of the book competition that is being run in the borough’s schools to meet Joshua Doder, author of A Dog Called Grk. The competition is part of the Booked Up campaign to encourage year seven pupils -aged 11 or 12 - to read for pleasure and to enter pupils must come up with a name and book cover design for a new Grk adventure. All the winners will be invited to meet Joshua Doder at Wokingham Library on Wednesday February 27, when they will also be given a tour of the library and have the chance to tell staff what facilities they would like to see in libraries.
From Saturday February 16 to Sunday February 24 there will also be half term jamborees at each of the Wokingham borough’s nine libraries. These will be open to children aged 13 and under as well as their families and will include family stories, crafts, music and rhymes. They will be free and visitors are welcome to drop-in any time during the events.
As well as these event, the Wokingham Borough’s libraries will be running their usual range of fun family events for babies, children and teenagers throughout February, including the recently launched Manga - Japanese cartoon artwork - club for teenagers and the Chatterbox family reading groups – also launched in January.
Wokingham Borough Council
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