National Children's Book Week

National Children's Book Week 6-12 October 2008

Children’s Book Week is a celebration of reading for pleasure for children of primary school age.  This year’s theme is Rhythm and Rhyme.

Suffolk libraries will be celebrating Children's Book Week with activites and events.  See individual library pages for more details when available.

National Bookstart Day Friday 10 October 2008

Pirate ship

The theme of this year’s National Bookstart Day is 'Pirates'.  Suffolk libraries will be celebrating Bookstart Day too. 





Children's Book Week 2007

To celebrate during Children's Book Week 2007, the children's author and illustrator Ian Beck visited Haverhill Library and Newmarket Library.
 
Ian Beck has been illustrating traditional tales for many years, and has written too.

Ian Beck reading to children Ian Beck reading to group of children
Four children listening Ian Beck with computer
Please contact your local library for details of any other events.