Bookstart activities

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 10.15am - 10.45am
	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
Brandon Library	Baby bounce/Tot Rock	Mondays, 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	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)
	Storytime	1st Saturday each month at 2.00pm
Chantry Library Ipswich	Baby Bounce	Thursdays 9.15am-9.35am
	Tot Rock	Thursdays 9.40am-10.00am
Clare	Tot Rock	Monday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
Debenham Resource Centre	Tot Rock	Saturday 11.15am - 11.45am
Elmswell Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday 10.00am - 10.30am Starting 25 January 2008
	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	Storytime	Monday 11.30am - 12.00pm
	Baby bounce	Monday 12.00pm - 12.30pm
Gainsborough Library	Toy Library and playtime including Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Tuesday 11.15am - 11.45am
	Storytime	Wednesday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Friday  11.00am - 11.30am
Great Cornard Library	Tot Rock	Monday 10.15am - 10.45am
	Baby Bounce	Tuesday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
	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	Play, Rhyme and Storytime (combined session of Baby Bounce and Storytime)	Tuesday 9.30am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Friday 10.00am - 10.30am
Ipswich County Library	Play Rhyme and Storytime	Thursday 10.30am - 11.30am (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	Monday 10.00am - 10.30am
	Tot Rock	Monday 10.45am - 11.25am
	Storytime	Monday 11.30am - 12.00pm 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
	Tot Rock	Wednesday 11.30am - 12.00pm
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	Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.00pm
Lowestoft Library	Storytime and Tot Rock	Wednesday 2.00pm - 2.45pm (Term time only)
	Family playtime drop-in	Friday 10.00am - 11.30am (Term time only)
	Baby bounce	Friday 2.00pm - 3.00pm
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	Tuesday 2.00am - 2.30am
	Storytime	10 minute storytime included in both Baby bounce and Tot Rock sessions.
Oulton Broad Library	Baby bounce and Tot Rock	Thursday 1.00pm - 1.50pm
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 2.15pm - 2.35pm
	Tot Rock	Wednesday 2.45pm -3.15pm
	Stay & Play	Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am
	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