Bookstart activities - in your library

 
All libraries in Suffolk run Bookstart related activities for pre-school children:    

Baby Bounce: soothing songs and gentle nursery rhymes for babies and their grown-ups;
Storytime: stories and more for young children accompanied by an adult;
Tot Rock rhyme and rhythm: music, songs and action rhymes for toddlers with their parents and carers;
Other activities: at some libraries see below or check with your local library.
Bookstart activities in other places in Suffolk -  locations and times of these outreach activities

Bookstart activities in Suffolk libraries

Library contact details	Activity	Day and Time
Aldeburgh Library	Storytime	Friday 10.30am - 11.00am
Beccles Library	Family play	Thursday 9.45am - 11.15am
	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
Brandon Library	Baby bounce/Tot Rock	Monday 9.30am-9.50am
	Tot Rock	Thursday 9.30am-10.00am
Bungay Library	Baby bounce	Tuesday 1.45am - 2.15pm
	Tot Rock	Tuesday 2.15pm - 2.45pm
	Storytelling	Thursday 9.30am - 10.00am during school term time
Bury St Edmunds Library held in Shire Hall. No bookstart activities between 15 August and 6 September when refurbished library reopens	Storytime	Tuesday 10.30am - 10.50am
	Baby bounce	Wednesday 10.30am - 10.50am
	Tot Rock	Thursday 10.30am - 10.50am
Capel St Mary Library	Baby bounce	Tuesday 2.00pm - 2.30pm (Term time only)
Chantry Library Ipswich	Tot Rock	Thursday 9.15am-9.40am
	Baby bounce	Thursday 10.00am-10.25am
Clare	Tot Rock	Friday 9.45am-10.15am
Debenham Resource Centre	Tot Rock	Saturday 11.15am - 11.45am
Elmswell Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Storytime	Sunday 11.00am - 11.30am
Eye Library	Baby bounce	Monday 10.15am - 10.45am
	Tot Rock	Monday 11.00am - 11.30am
Felixstowe Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday 9.30am - 10.00am Friday 10.30am - 11.00am Friday 11.30am - 12.00pm
Framlingham Library
	Play, Rhyme and Storytime	Sunday 3.00pm - 3.30pm
Gainsborough Library	Toy Library playtime	Tuesday 10.00am - 11.30am
	Storytime	Wednesday 2.00pm - 2.45pm
	Baby bounce	Friday 10.30am - 11.00am
	Tot Rock	Friday 11.15am - 11.45am
Glemsford	Story and rhyme time	Friday 2.30pm - 3.00pm
Great Cornard Library	Tot Rock	Monday 10.15am - 10.45am (Term time only)
	Baby bounce	Monday 10.50am - 11.20am (Term time only)
	Storytime	Thursday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
Hadleigh Library	Baby bounce	Thursday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Storytime	Sunday 10.30am - 11.00am
Halesworth Library	Baby bounce	Tuesday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Tuesday 10.30am - 11.00am
Haverhill Library	Storytime followed by Baby bounce	Tuesday 9.30am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Friday 10.00am - 10.30am
Ipswich County Library	Play Rhyme and Storytime	Thursday 10.30am - 11.15am (Term Time only)
	Tot Rock	Wednesday 10.45am - 11.15am (Term Time only)
	Baby bounce	Wednesday 2.15pm - 2.45pm (Term Time only)
Ixworth Library	Baby bounce	Wednesday 9.45am - 10.30am (Term time only)
	Tot Rock	Wednesday 10.45am - 11.30am (Term time only)
Kedington Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Monday 10.00am - 10.45am
	Storytime	1st Thursday of the month, 2.30pm - 3.00pm
Kesgrave Library	Songs, Rhyme and Storytime	Thursday 10.00am - 10.35am
Kessingland Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Monday 10.00am - 11.00am
	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Thursday 10.00am - 11.00am
Lakenheath Library all Bookstart activities temporarily unavailable until further notice
	Tot Rock	Contact library for details
Lavenham Library all Bookstart activities temporarily unavailable until further notice	Tot Rock	Contact library for details
Leiston Library	Storytime	Thursday 10.30am - 11.00am
Long Melford Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Tuesday 2.30pm - 3.00pm
Lowestoft Library	Storytime and Tot Rock	Wednesday 2.15pm - 3.00pm (Term time only)
	Family playtime drop-in	Friday 10.00am - 11.30am (Term time only)
	Baby bounce	Thursday 10.30am - 11.30am (Term time only)
Mildenhall Library	Tot Rock	Tuesday 11.30am - 12.00noon
	Tot Rock	Friday 9.30am - 10.00am
Needham Market Library	Storytime	Monday 2.15pm - 2.45pm
Newmarket Library	Baby bounce	Tuesday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Thursday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Storytime	10 minute storytime included in both Baby bounce and Tot Rock sessions.
Oulton Broad Library	Baby bounce	Thursday 10.30am - 11.30am
	Tock Rock (Jolly Tots)	Thursday 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Rosehill Library Ipswich	Baby bounce	Thursday 1.30pm - 1.50pm (Term time only)
	Tot Rock	Thursday 2.15pm - 2.35pm (Term Time only)
	Storytime	Friday 2.15pm - 2.45pm (Term time only)
Saxmundham Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Tuesday 9.30am - 10.00am
Southwold Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Sunday 10.30am - 11.00am
Stoke Library Ipswich	Tot Rock and Storytime	Tuesday 10am - 10.30am
Stowmarket Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Tuesday 2.15pm - 2.35pm
	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Wednesday 2.15pm - 2.35pm
	Storytime and Tot Rock	Thursday 2.15pm - 2.35pm
Stradbroke Library	Baby bounce	Tuesday 11.15am - 11.45am
Sudbury Library	Storytime	Thursday 9.45am - 10.15am
Thurston Library	Tot Rock	Friday 9.30am
Westbourne Library Ipswich	Baby bounce
		Tuesday 9.30am - 10.30am
	Play, Rhyme and Storytime	Wednesday 9.30am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Friday 9.30am – 10.00am
Wickham Market Library	Storytime	Tuesday 11.00am - 11.30am
Woodbridge Library	Baby bounce	Wednesday 10.30am - 10.50am
	Tot Rock	Wednesday 11.15am -11.45am
	Rhyme & Storytime	Friday 10.30am - 11.00am

Rhyme Time
As an extension to the Bookstart activities that happen each week in all Suffolk Libraries , we are starting a collection of nursery rhymes online. We would love to hear from you, if you have rhymes that you would like to add to make a collection for our cultural heritage