Bookbug Pushes the Boat Out
Join us for a special festival Bookbug with children’s poet Rachel Plummer! Bookbug sessions are free story, song and rhyme sessions for children aged 0-5 years and their mums, dads and carers. We’re partnering with Central Children’s Library for a special festival edition of their weekly Bookbug session, with all the songs and rhymes you’d usually expect, plus a special reading from Rachel of some of their favourite children’s poems.
Attendance is free, on a first-come, first-served basis, and tickets are available from the reception desk in the main foyer of the Central Library.
In partnership with Edinburgh libraries
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