The following are regular events happening across the county in our library branches.
Summer Reading Challenge
Details of all our 'Gadgeteer' events will be posted here over summer to help you get involved with this year's Summer Reading Challenge.
Meanwhile, if you're aged 13 to 24 and looking for something interesting and rewarding to do over summer, we're currently recruiting volunteers to help deliver our reading challenge events.
It'll stop you getting bored, could help you work towards a Duke of Edinburgh Award, and you might make new friends, so why not help us deliver Summer Reading Challenge events?
Story and Rhyme Times
Alfreton Library
- Storytime, every Monday (term time only), 11am to 11.30am.
Best suited to children aged 1 and older.
Ashbourne Library
- Story Time, every Tuesday, 10.15am to 10.45am.
For the under-5s
Bakewell Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, alternate Tuesdays, 10.30am to 11am.
Aimed at the under 5s, babies and toddlers.
- Crafts, alternate Tuesdays, 10.30am to 11am.
For the under 5s
Belper Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, every Wednesday, 11am to 11.30am.
Aimed at toddlers and pre-school children
- Rhyme Time, every Friday, 11am to 11.30am
For babies and toddlers
Bolsover Library
- Toddler storytime with rhymes, every Monday (term-time only), 10am to 10.30am
Aimed at pre-school children.
- Baby Rhyme Time, every Tuesday, 10am to 10.30am
For babies
Brimington Library
- Bounce and Rhyme, every Tuesday (term-time only), 10.30am to 11am
For the under 5s
Buxton Library
- Storybook fun and crafts, every Monday (term-time only), 10am to midday
Aimed at toddlers
Chesterfield Library
- Baby Rhyme Time, every Monday, 9.30am to 10am
For babies
- Toddler Rhyme Time, every Monday, 11am to 11.30am
Aimed at toddlers to pre-school children
Clay Cross Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Tuesday, 10.30am to 11am
For pre-schoolers
Dronfield Library
- Baby and Toddler Rhyme Time, every Friday, 10.30am to 11.15am
For pre-school children
Eckington Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Friday (term-time only), 10.30am to 11.15am
Aimed at pre-school children
Etwall Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Thursday, 3.10pm to 3.40pm
For pre-schoolers
Glossop Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Tuesday, 10.30am to 11am
Aimed at babies to children of primary school age.
Heanor Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Thursday (term-time only), 11am to 11.30am
For the under 5s
Ilkeston Library
- Rhyme Time, every Wednesday (term time only), 10am to 10.30am
Aimed at the under 5s
Long Eaton Library
- Rhyme and storytime, every Wednesday (term-time only), 11am to 11.30am
For pre-schoolers
Matlock Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Thursday (term time only), 10.30am to 11am
For babies, toddlers and pre-school children
Melbourne Library
- Rhyme and Strorytime, every Friday, 2.15pm to 2.45pm
Aimed at pre-schoolers
New Mills Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, 2nd Friday of the month, 2.15pm to 2.45pm
For pre-school children and babies
Newbold Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Tuesday, (term-time only), 10.30am to 11am
For pre-schoolers
Ripley Library
- Rhyme and Storytime, every Monday, 10am to 10.30am
Aimed at Toddlers
Sandiacre Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, every Thursday, 11am to 11.30am
For babies, toddlers and pre-school children
Shirebrook Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, every Friday (term-time only), 10am to 10.30am
Aimed at children under 4
Staveley Library
- Story and Rhyme Time, every Tuesday (term-time only), 10.30am to 11am
For pre-school children including babies and toddlers
Wirksworth Library
- Children's Storytime, 1st Thursday of the month, 2.15pm to 2.45pm
For babies and children up to the age of 5
- Children's Singalong, 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 2.15 to 2.45pm
For babies and children up to the age of 5