Big Summer Read 2025 Events

Come along to Greystone Library and enjoy the Activity Corner to celebrate the Big Summer Reading Challenge.

Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 August from 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Booking not required.

Drop in  for Family Fun Wednesday with board games, themed colouring pages. Find the landmarks hidden in the library.

Booking not required.

Blast off by listening to some stories, then build your very rocket.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3832 3912

Robot Coding Workshop (suitable for children aged 5–10)
Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code.

Wednesday 6 August
11:00am-12 noon
Booking essential

t: 028 9081 3568

Write fun and sunny poems inspired by your favourite holidays, real or imagined!
For children aged 6-10 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9336 2261
 

A mixture of themed colouring pages, puzzle sheets and word searches.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

The Big Summer Read fun continues as we invite you to come along and learn more about Ballycastle's industrious past featuring the early 20th century Toy Factory.

Then be sure to take part in all fun and create a replica 'Potato Basket' from paper with the guidance of our friendly staff. 

From 11:00am - 12:00 noon.

Booking advised.

t: 028 2076 2566

Bring your favourite teddy bear and enjoy a sensory story.
For children aged 4-10 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7963 2278

Robot Coding Workshop (suitable for children aged 5–10)
Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code
 Wednesday 6 August
 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Booking essential

t: 028 9081 3568

Explore the Library and find all the local landmarks!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Come along and play giant Connect 4, Jenga and other fun large games in this hour long noisy session.

For children aged 4 and over accompanied by an adult.
Booking not required.

Come along to Falls Road library and create your own sweet or lollipop keyring and enjoy some sweet stories.
For children aged 6-11 years.

Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9212

Join us in Killyleagh Library for adventurous stories from around the world.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Fasten your seatbelts, it’s time to fly! Last call for children aged 4-11 years to join their friendly Cabin Crew in Portrush Library as we take you to 35000ft, on a flight of fancy, onboard your private jet made from clothes pegs, folded paper and loads of imagination! 

From 2:30pm-3.30pm. Booking not required.

Storytime and Lego session to create and play with Lego time travelling robots. Booking essential. Must be accompanied by a parent.

For children aged 4-11 years.

t: 028 6772 1222

Create a knight’s helmet, design a family shield, and craft a banner fit for a castle!
For children aged 5-11 years.

Booking advised.
t: 028 4272 8194

Join us in Tandragee library for a Storytime and craft with books about aliens, rockets and space travel and a fun related craft
For children aged 4-8 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 3884 0694

Make your own Mosaic hot air balloon.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Travel around the world with stories and a boat making craft session.
For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9244

Travel back to Victorian times and become an incredible inventor! We will journey to a time before phones existed, and make you the creator of the very first telephone! 

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Join in as we decorate papier mache planets.
For children aged 8-11 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 4062 3973

Explore the wonderful world of the Victorians through stories and crafts

For ages 4-11.

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9050 9202.  Booking advisable.

Learn about life in Victorian times through stories and crafts.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9202
 

Join us for stories about Victorian inventions and discovery.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.
 

Remember and colour your special Holidays Memories
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.

Join Dungannon library for a Retro 80's - 00's  party explore the tastes and sounds of the decades. dress up in the Fashions of the time.

For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 8772 2952

Go on Safari in Africa and create a special animal mask.
For children aged 4-8 years accompanied by an adult.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3026 4683

What will people in the future want to know about life in 2025? 

Help us create a special time capsule by adding your own snapshot of who you are today! Write a letter to your future self, draw a picture, or share your favourite book, hobby, or memory. All entries will be sealed and saved to be opened in years to come. A creative and meaningful activity for children and families.

For children aged 4-11 years accompanied by an adult.
Booking not required.

Stories from Space , build your own Lego robot.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 7188 3686

Join us every Thursday in August for a fun family-friendly movie as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. A great way to cool off, relax, and keep the reading adventure going!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.
 

Come and meet Mary the miniature Shetland Pony and have a go at grooming and leading her in the library.
For children aged 4-11 years accompanied by an adult.

Booking essential.
t: 028 9756 4282

Ballymoney Library invites children aged 3-10 years to take part and trek in our adventure trail and navigate to different countries and cultures. There will be games, quizzes and stories to take your imagination on a worldwide trip.  

From 2:30pm - 3:00pm.  

Booking not required.

To School or not to School - Find out facts about how your school would have looked back in Victorian times.    
No paper allowed, using cardboard and string - find out why!  Craft.   

Story time and Fun Facts
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Celebrate early with Christmas songs, crafts, stories, and festive fun—don your Christmas t-shirt!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Available during library opening hours.

Drop in and build famous landmarks from around the world.
Booking not required.

Dig into Ancient Egyptian spiritual beliefs with a guided investigation of artefacts connected to the practice of mummification. Discover how these skilful people made their own pigments by taking on the role of an Ancient Egyptian scribe to decorate your own papyrus bookmark. This workshop will be delivered by History Education Officer (National Museums Northern Ireland), Sharon McKibbin. 

These activities are most suitable for children aged 8+ years.
Booking is essential - places are limited; t: 028 9050 9244

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite you to join our fossil scavenger hunt and become a historian yourself! Carry out your very own excavation, uncover dinosaur bones and fossils hidden all around the library. 2:00pm - 3:00pm.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for Travel themed stories and crafts. 11:00am - 12:30pm

Hear stories from countries and cultures around the world. Choose a country on the map and write a postcard or draw a picture you'd like to send there, using the library post-box. from 11:00am - 12 noon and 2:00pm - 3:00pm

For children aged 4-11 years, booking not required.

Let your imagination run wild and design a map for your very own world leading to the hidden treasure.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7964 2578

Step into Ancient Egypt and find out how these knowledgeable people kept clean and tidy with a guided investigation of artefacts connected to grooming. Discover the skills used to make make up and have a go yourself, then decorate your own papyrus bookmark. This workshop will be delivered by History Education Officer (National Museums Northern Ireland), Sharon McKibbin. 

These activities are most suitable for children aged 8+ years.
Booking is essential - places are limited; t: 028 9050 9210

Make a model of the Earth at our Paper-Mache craft activity.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t:  028 3752 4072

A fun and imaginative event where kids create their very own time capsules! Designed for children aged 6–11, this hands-on experience invites children to reflect on who they are today, express their hopes for the future, and preserve a snapshot of their world to be opened years later.

Booking essential.

t: 028 4175 3375

Learn about the Victorians through stories and paper doll crafts.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Classic Victorian Fairy Tales and a Victorian Toy Craft.
For children aged 4-10 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9228

Navigate your way through our Time Travel Maze.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9188 2507

At the beach? In the park? Whatever you've seen or done so far this Summer, re-create it on one of our "Holiday Polaroid" cards and add it to our "Summer snaps" noticeboard. 

Booking Essential. 2:15pm - 3:00pm

t: 028 7083 2712

What will your library look like in a hundred years? Will robots read to you when your class visits?  Will Librarians be mad of wibbly wobbly jelly?  Will books be able to fly and talk to you.  

This is a drawing challenge and your creations will be displayed in our Children's gallery.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 7186 0385

Learn the basics of coding, create ‘Castles and Fairy tales’ story, and code Kubo to play it out.
For children aged 6-11 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 3753 1365

Write or draw about your favourite book on one of our paper worm segments. We'll attach all the segments together to create a huge BSR bookworm, which will be proudly displayed in our library. 

Followed by an afternoon of Lego, Duplo and board games.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Explore special objects from around the world, learning how they were used and why they matter. Through fun activities and group sharing, you will uncover cultural meanings, similarities, and differences and discover how different cultures celebrate, create, and connect—just like we do. This workshop will be hosted by Assistant Curator (National Museums Northern Ireland), Agrippa Njanina.

Booking is essential; t: 028 9050 9210

If you were a king or queen what would you throne look like? Join Lego club and make you own throne from Lego.
For children aged 4-12 years.
Booking not required.

Big Summer Read - Fantasy Storytime
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

It’s Friday 8 August… but what year? Are you up to the challenge of building a pyramid? Or maybe a castle? Drop in and get building! Families welcome. 

Booking advised.

t: 028 8244 0733

Learn how to draw and communicate like our cave dwelling ancestors.
Booking not required.
For children aged 4-11 years.

Find the flag scavenge hunt and question and answer session.
For children aged 4-10 years.

Let's create our own time machine. We'll get creative using different materials to make our own time travelling gadget.
For childrean aged 4-11 years.

Step back in time with JJ Fossils, where history comes alive! Join our enthusiastic host - decked out in full Viking gear - as they guide you through an unforgettable fossil adventure. Marvel at ancient relics, hold real and replica fossils, and don't miss the show stopping replica Norman sword.

Booking not required.

Join us in celebrating the Big Summer Read with a robot themed craft and Storytime.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9070 1620

Cultural storytelling and language matching game. 
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3834 1946

Garvagh Library welcomes all time travelling bookworms aged 4-11 to join us for our Bookworm Bookmark craft.

This week of the Big Summer Read is The Bookworm’s Time Machine – Reading Through the Ages! While it’s easy to get lost in a good book, with our crafty little bookmark, you can always find your place.

Everyone welcome. 11:30am – 12:30 noon

Listen to amazing stories about medieval and fairy-tale kingdoms and then create your own mythical creature to take home.

For children aged 4-8 years. 

Booking essential.

t: 028 4176 2278

Limavady Library invites children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for a special themed  'Around the World' Storytime then be sure to take part in our fun filled Hot Air Balloon Craft afterwards. 

From 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The Big Summer Read fun continues, as we invite you to join us in Cushendall Library and enjoy some aboriginal artwork in the form of Dot Painting. 

Pick from a range of pictures and complete them using your fingertips as explore how art can take many different forms across many different cultures. 

From 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Celebrate the summer with stories of sun, sea and colouring sheets.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 4372 2710

Use your imagination to design your own kingdom.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3753 1365
 

Design a bookmark. Word search and colouring in will also be provided (sci-fi theme).

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3832 3912

Uncover magical, made-up worlds filled with storybook twists and dream-like surprises.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Available during library opening hours.

See if you can find all the clues!
Available during library opening hours.

Journey back in time to Ancient Egypt and design your very own Egyptian style cat sarcophagus as our Big Summer Read activities continue. 

From 10:30am - 11:30am.

For ages 6-11 years.

Booking not required.

Make your own primordial ooze, a perfect home for your dino friends.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Big Summer Read - Battle of Britain Stories 
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Join Liam for an exciting journey through the castles of the Ards Peninsula. Discover their rich history and uncover fascinating stories from the past.
For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 4272 8194

Staff will travel through the realms of Children's Poetry throughout the ages, using various Library poetry resources were they shall recite such artistic works in our Community Corner.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Bring your creative streak to Carryduff Library, design a time machine that will take you back to the most interesting of times.. what will your blueprint help you to build? 

For children aged 4-9 years.

Booking not required.

Listen to the beautiful story of the ‘Children of Lir’ and then help us create some fabulous swans in our craft activity.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 6632 2886

Come along for some fun and colouring in as we venture into a world of adventure. Collect your very own colouring book.

Monday 11, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 August from 2:30pm - 4:00pm.
Booking not required.

Colour an evacuee label for your teddy then picnic with us in the library courtyard while listening to stories.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9050 9223

Story Time Machine: Create Your Own Tale
Take a trip through storytelling! Dream up your own characters and plot twists at this creative writing workshop.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking not required.

Be part of the fun with an afternoon of stories and crafts, and help complete our summer family artwork.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Join us as we see World War One and Two through the eyes of children through stories and crafts.

For children aged 6-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 9050 9239

Ballycastle Library invites children aged 4-8 years to come along and learn  more about Space and time travel before taking on our challenge to create a Lego Robot, Space fish, Alien or something even more out of this world. 

From 3:15pm - 4:15pm

Booking advised.

t: 028 2076 2566

Craft your own unique bookmark—perfect for marking your summer reading progress.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Available during library opening hours.

How many pieces of Bessbrook history can you find? find pieces and claim your prize at the desk!

Available during library opening hours.

Spot the dangers at home, on the beach, on the river activity sheets and board game.
For children aged 4-10 years.

Listen to your favourite stories both classical and modern.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Available during library opening hours.

Join our global story circle and create your own flag for your imaginary country!

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 6862 1383

Join us for an intergenerational Storytime, family members and friends of all ages welcome. 

From 12 noon - 1:00pm and 3:00pm - 4:00pm.

Come along to Cushendall Library and help us celebrate the past wonders of the world by going on an archaeological dig. Follow our staff as they show you how to make your own playdough, before hiding some objects in the playdough all ready to be dug up in an archaeological exploration as part of our Big Summer Read celebrations. 

From 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Booking essential.

t: 028 2177 1297

Inspired by the magical Ning and the Night Spirits, this session explores light, courage, and creativity. After Storytime, children will make Chinese paper lanterns to take home. 

For children aged  4-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 8952 1409

Come along and meet Mary the miniature Shetland pony, have a go at grooming and leading her through the library.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9751 0550

Stories and Craft Session.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Build your own robot and bring recycled materials too!  
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9050 9214

Make the staff laugh in Cookstown by telling us your best (or worst) joke. Add you favourite joke to the joke jar and the staff will vote for the very best joke which will take pride of place on our joke table followed by a story and colour.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Step into the shoes of those during the wars through stories and make a medal after your journey.

For children aged 5-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9050 9204

Book recommendation clinic. If you're struggling with certain challenges or need some recommendations, drop in today to ask the librarians. 

For children aged  4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Continue your time travelling adventures with Storytime and craft. Where and when will we be today? Walking with dinosaurs? Driving a space car? Book your place to find out!

t: 028 8244 0733

Robot craft and meet Kubo for coding.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 7962 8249

Report to the Recruitment Station and become a top-secret spy-in-training! At Spy School, new agents will receive their own ID cards with codenames and mysterious missions.
For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9236

Come along and spend some time with Bookie Bookworm. Create your own and take him on your reading adventure.

Booking not required.

Join Toni for Summer Bubble fun.
For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 9756 4282

What to read? The decision is out of your hands! Portrush Library invites children aged 4-11 years to come along to our Librarians Choice Gruffalo Storytime special, where we will explore some wonderful stories about our friend The Gruffalo. Are you afraid of The Gruffalo?? 

From 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Booking not required.

Celebrate favourite books throughout time and create book bunting while you listen to a classic tale!

For children aged 6-9 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9269 2280

Join us for a hands-on session of traditional playground games and classic fun from generations gone by.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required. 

Travel through time by writing a letter to your future self.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 8166 2060

You are invited to Kilrea Library to build your very own fantasy Medieval or Fairy-tale castle  (especially for your favourite fantasy character you've been reading about). Delve into our huge stock of Lego or Duplo bricks and bring your imagination to life. 

From 4:00pm - 4:45pm.

Booking not required.

Join us for a Robot themed story, followed by a fun craft where we will make our own robots!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Drop in for Family Fun Wednesday with board games, colouring and make a lantern for your midnight reading

Family event.

Tel: 028 9756 4282.

Rhythm and Rhyme through the ages. 

For up to 4 years.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9187 2610.  Booking essential.

Find the hidden themed characters in the library.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3833 6122.

Learn about water safety and the history of the RNLI.

Families welcome.
 

Suitable for children aged 6 - 9 years; children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9188 2507
 

Come along and make your own dinosaur fossils

For children aged 4-10 years accompanied by an adult.

t: 028 9050 9212

Get moving while you test your knowledge of the world with interactive quizzes.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9181 4732

Create your own story of time travel adventures.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9188 2507

Create your own alien space mask, the scarier the better, and learn about the solar system

Ages 5-11.

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9081 3568.  Booking advisable.

Join us for a sing along - some songs and rhymes from way back when.

Ages 8+

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7134 2963. 

Come along for a Big Summer Read storytelling adventure!

Ages 4-11.

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 8284 1774.  Booking essential.

Come along and play giant Connect 4, Jenga and other fun large games in this hour-long noisy session!

Ages 4+

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 4461 2895.

Using different themes from the Big Summer Read challenge, make a folded page time book and create your own story.

Ages 9-11.

Tel: 028 9266 9345.  Booking essential.

Join us for a fun-filled day for all the family. Play games and get competitive with rival families in our special quiz.

Booking advised.

t: 028 4175 3375

Grab your quiz sheet at the customer service desk and take part in the Classic Literature Quiz.
Booking not required.

Storytime and Craft session to build railway track from recycled material and books.

Ages 4-11.

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 6772 1222.  Booking essential. 

Travel through the Seasons by making a 3D four seasons tree.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Come along to Killyleagh Library and join us for time-travelling Lego session.

Ages 7-11

Children aged 8 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 4482 8407.

Find the hidden themed characters in the library.

For ages 6-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9050 9244.  Booking advisable.

Tour the world in your own library with our All Around the World scavenger hunt. Collect prizes from all parts of the world!

Booking not required.

Join us for some simple experiments.
Booking essential.
t: 028 4062 3973 

Join us as we see World War One and Two through the eyes of children through stories and crafts.

Suitable for children aged 5-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. 

Booking is advisable; t: 028 9050 9202

Can you match classic characters to their famous authors? A hunt through stories past and present.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Build a Lego pyramid, draw hieroglyphs and cave art
For children aged 4-10 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7963 2278

Come and enjoy some stories at this Summer Storytime. Stay a while and enjoy our special craft.

Booking advised.

t: 028 9335 2269

Make a shoebox time-machine and explore books from different eras

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3887 0639.  Booking essential.

Join us every Thursday in August for a fun family-friendly movie as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. A great way to cool off, relax, and keep the reading adventure going!

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

As part of our Summer Activities, Garvagh Library invites adults to join us for a watercolour session focusing on beach landscapes. Recreate your favourite seaside sights in beautiful watercolour so you can display your beach day year round.

Tel: 028 2955 8500.  Booking advisable.

Learn about the World Wars through stories and airplane building

For ages 5-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9050 9235.

Join us for stories from across the seasons plus a Summer time craft

For ages 5-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7188 3686.  Booking essential.

Become an Evacuee, make your own Luggage label and find out what you also had to bring with you on the train - Craft Story time and Fun Facts.
 

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required.

As part of our Summer Activities, we invite you to come along to Cushendall Library and help us celebrate Granny Square Day by showing us your crochet skills over a nice cup of tea. Not able to crochet, no problem! We have a selection of books and step-by-step guides to help you start your crochet journey.

Everyone Welcome.

Tel: 028 2177 1297.

Craft an Egyptian mask in the library.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 8774 0569

Drop in and build your favourite book characters in Lego.

Suitable for families and children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for a Childhood Favourites Storytime and Bookmark Making Craft.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Do you know your Maori from your Maasai? Test your global knowledge with our customs and culture quiz. Not just for kids ....families welcome! Booking Essential.

Booking is essential; t:  028 7083 2712

Stories from the past our family can tell us.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Stories about bravery. Create your own bravery medal.

Suitable for children aged 4-10 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. 
Booking is advisable; t: 028 9050 9228

 

Join Armagh City Library to build a shoebox time machine.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3752 4072

Ballymoney Library invites children aged 3-10 years to travel back in time and create your own time machine with the help of our friendly library staff. 

Suitable for children aged 3-10 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Stories from the Stone Age, followed by a Stone painting session.

Suitable for children aged 9-12 years. Booking is essential; t: 028 3026 4683

Travel forward in time to October! Join us for some spooky stories followed by a craft session, where you can create your very own floating ghost!

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Enjoy a creative writing session with a member of library staff.  Learn about the start, middle and end of a story and begin to put your ideas for a novel/poem on paper.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is advisable; t: 028 7186 0385

Can you make one of Bessbrooks best known historical features from lego? Come along to lego club and build Bessbrooks Viaduct, Village or Mill.

Suitable for children aged 4-12 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Join us to help create an August Vehicles themed Lego, and Everything Julia Donaldson Book display.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. 
Booking is essential; t: 028 8167 1419

Big Summer Read Craft - make your own Unicorn.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required. 

Classic Books Quiz, find it in a book and write your own ending if you dare.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Join fossil expert JJ to see real fossils and learn about ancient creatures from the deep past.

For children aged 4 and over.

Booking not required.

Get creative by inventing a futuristic gadget.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7135 4185

Enid Blyton find the mystery clues in this Library Scavenger Hunt. For children aged four to 11 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult 
 

Travel to a land of mythical creatures and dragons and enjoy a Storytime followed by a craft. 
For children aged 4-8 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 4063 0661

Discover amazing Viking books. Are they victorious or vagabonds? Learn how to make a Viking shield.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Write letters to your future self - not to be opened until 2035! 

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3834 1946

Classic Stories Through the ages followed by a craft session.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 4372 2710

Travel to a land of mythical creatures and enjoy a story and craft.
Suitable for 4-8 years.
Booking not required.

Time travel with us in a fun craft session and make your own rocket and robot
 

For Children aged eight to 11 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking Essential.

Create a comic book strip, for children aged 7-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 3884 0694

Join us for an out-of-this-world experience as Star Wars cosplayers bring the galaxy far, far away to your local library! Meet iconic characters from the Star Wars universe, take photos, and learn about the stories behind the costumes. 

Whether you're a Jedi, Sith, or young Padawan, this is the perfect event for fans of all ages. Costumes encouraged—may the Force be with you!

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for selection of Time Travel themed stories and then a mind-scratching quiz. Time to get your thinking caps on! 

From 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The annual Big August Holiday Children's Craft Making Session Makes a splash here in Derry Central Library.  Staff shall be on hand to help make an array of dazzling summer creations.

For children aged 4- 11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 7122 9990

Join us for a afternoon of medieval madness.
For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 8772 2952

Create a rocket or robot with household recyclables.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3753 1365

Can you spot your favourite storybook heroes hiding in the library? Join the hunt all week!

Available during library opening hours.

Join our themed scavenger hunt and complete colourful activity pages all week long.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

See if you can find all the clues!
Available during library opening hours.

Come and join Pippa for Rhythm and Rhyme fun.
For children aged 0-4 years.
Booking not required.
 

Join storyteller Vicky McFarland for tales of wonder and delight.

For children 4-11 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential.
 

Join us in Enniskillen Library for a special sensory 'A Pirate Adventure' story and craft session. Children will enjoy using all of their senses to travel with Harry on an interactive journey as he throws a thoughtful pirate-themed birthday for his friend Jake. After the story, children will take time out to relax with some fun pirate-themed crafts! For children aged 4-8 years old. Booking essential and must be accompanied by an adult.

Big Summer Read continues with a children's Information and Storytime session using an array of non-fiction information books on various worldly festivals and cultures as well as history in our festive Children's Castle.

For children aged 4 -11 years.

Booking not required.

Big Summer Read - Space Rockets Craft Session
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Using our templates, create your very own comic book! The story, the characters, the illustrations.....it's all down to you and your imagination!

Booking not required.

Waves through time with Daryl.
For childrean aged 5-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 4272 8194
 

Our Big Summer Read continues as we invite Fans of Dog Man and Wimpy kid to come along to our comic book workshop. Create a character and use our helpful story prompts to sketch out a comic strip scene of your own. 

Booking Essential. 2:15pm - 3:15pm

028 7083 2712

Join us in Greystone Library as we get creative making our own mask disguises.

Monday 18, Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 August from 2:30pm - 4:00pm.
Booking not required.

Make a Rocket reading pointer to help you on your reading journey and join in a Kubo robot workshop.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9050 9223

Help us finish our wall of memories, enjoy a great Storytime, and create something to remember summer by.

For children aged 4- 11 years.

Booking not required.

Create your own Superhero Craft.
For children aged 4-8 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 8167 1419

Hear stories about what could be in the future and build a Robot to go there with.
For children aged 7-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9239

Help us decorate our tree with handmade baubles, then dive into a one-shot DandD adventure just for kids!

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Experience hand weaving and spinning flax up close while listening to some classic fairy tales.

For children aged 5-8 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9266 9345

Reader’s choice: design your own bookmark and certificate presentation!

For children 4-11 years, must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential

This week in the Big Summer Read we are time travelling around the year and visiting our favourite holidays- join us for a Halloween themed Spooky Monsters craft! 

From 11:00am - 12:00 noon.

Blast off with Zoom by Sam Usher ! After the story, kids will make their own rocket ships to zoom around the library (or the living room!). 
 

For children 4 - 11 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking Advisable.

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite you to come along and join us as we celebrate the seasons and jump through the year by completing your very own seasons Storyboard. 

Once you have completed you storyboard, be sure to enjoy listening to a surprise seasonal Storytime read by our friendly Library Staff. 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Create summer and Christmas postcards and design your own stamps. For children 4-11 years old, must be accompanied by an adult and Booking Essential.
 

Journey around the world to hunt the answers in our time travel adventure.

For children 4-11 years old, must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential
 

Time Jump through the seasons.  Get your snowballs ready as we embark on a snowball target challenge.

For all the family, booking advisable. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
 

Learn the basics of coding with Kubo the robot.
For children aged 8-12 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 8676 3702

Summer themed Storytime and craft session.
For children aged 4-8 years.
Booking not required.

Make your own invention to travel through time in from our craft table. Rockets, trains, spaceships- what will you choose to make?
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

A session for children to use their imagination and design their own special bookmarks.
For childrean aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Find out all about the Northern Lights and Create Your Own Northern Lights Picture
For children aged 7-11 years.
Booking not required.

Make your own planets out of wool!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9050 9214 

Learn the basics of coding and recreate Kubo’s space adventure.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3887 0639

Take a flight through space stories and make a special door hanger.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9050 9204

Come play Robot Bingo with us! Mark your cards, shout “Bingo!” and win prizes. It’s a fun game for all kids who love robots. See you there!

For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9236

Christmas in summer?! Santa's chilling under a palm tree this summer. Help him decorate and hear a few holiday stories!
 

For children 8-11 years old, must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential

Learn how to use the library resources to test your knowledge for our big quiz on famous events and people.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7186 0385

Jump through the year by exploring the different seasons using Lego.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 8166 2060

As part of our Big Summer Read, Kilrea Library invites you to come along to our themed Storytime session, where we will explore some wonderful stories about Time Travel based on Seasonal and Holiday themes.

 From 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Join us for an out-of-this-world story, followed by a fun craft where we will design our own solar system.
For children aged 4-12 years.
Booking not required.

Drop in for Family Fun Wednesday with board games and Christmas crafts in August. 
Booking not required.

A Summer Surprise Craft to take home.

For children aged 6-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 7964 2578

Curl up in our cosy dens with your favourite story and make your own dreamcatcher.

For children 4-8 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential.
 

Come along to Falls Road library and create your very magic spell scroll, and enjoy stories about our favourite witch Winnie.

For children aged 4-10 years accompanied by an adult.
t: 028 90509212

Picnic and story time, on the grass, bring your own blanket, snacks and teddy and listen to some traditional stories (weather permitting).

For children aged 0-11 years.

Booking not required.

Join us for a Big Summer Read craft session! 

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 8284 1774

Come along and play giant Connect 4, Jenga and other fun large games in this hour long noisy session.

For children aged 4 and over.

Booking not required.

Ballymoney Library invites children aged 3-10 years to our Ghostly Ghoul Holiday Time hop craft and Storytime session where they will make their very own ghostly windsock and listen to some unseasonal scary stories.  

From 2:30pm – 3:00pm.

As part of Big Summer Read, Portrush Library invites children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for a 'Make Your Own Snowflake' using our selection of craft materials that will look right at home on the beaches in Portrush. 

From 2:30pm - 3:30pm.

Grab your favourite teddy and come along to the library for a Teddy Bears' Picnic. 

Family event, booking advisable and children must be accompanied by an adult.
 

Storytime and scavenger hunt for words hidden on golden tickets throughout the library. Booking essential. 

Must be accompanied by a parent.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 6772 1222

Try the ancient art of origami, learn some Japanese words, as well as how to write your name.
For children aged 7-11 years.
Booking essentual.
t: 028 9266 9345

Learn the Basics of coding with Kubo the Robot. For children 4-11 years old. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential.
 

Create a time travelling holiday postcard at Killyleagh Library.
For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking advised.
t: 028 4482 8407

Experience travelling through time in your own back yard with stories and crafts about the seasons.
For children aged 7-11 years.

Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9244

To the future we go! Design, build and decorate your own space craft before we race each other through lightspeed.

For children 4- 11 years old, must be accompanied by an adult.
 

Children use clues to search for Planets in the Children's Section of the Library.

For children aged 4-11 years; must be accompanied by an adult.
 

Learn the basics of coding with an interactive game that helps Kubo  the Robot get to school, play football and go to the shops.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9202

Family fun day to celebrate our Big Summer Read.  As a family, create your own book cover.

Family event and Booking Essential. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Exploring space through stories and crafts.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking not required.

Build something creative at this Summer Lego Session.

Booking is advisable; t: 028 9335 2269.
Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Find out how we celebrated Christmas in the 1950s and make a Christmas decoration.

For children aged 4-8 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3026 4683

Create your own bookmark with ideas from ' Use your Imagination' ( Nicole O'Byrne).

For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 7188 3686

Join us every Thursday in August for a fun family-friendly movie as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. A great way to cool off, relax, and keep the reading adventure going!

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Join us in Tandragee library for a Storytime and craft with books about adventures and travel and a fun related craft.

For children aged 4-8 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 3884 0694
 

Let's build you own Space Rocket, will it be better than NASA? - Craft. Storytime and Fun Facts.
For childrean aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

The Big Summer Read meets the Auld Lammas Fair as Ballycastle Library invites you to come along and join us to celebrate the oldest fair in Ireland by listening to animal themed stories and then take part our craft to create your very own horse, fit for the fair. 

From 3:15pm - 4:15pm.

For children aged 4-8 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 2076 2566

Join us over the summer for our Junior Creative Writing Scheme, let your imagination run wild and learn how to create stories, play games and make your own comic book!

For children 8-13 years old, must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential

Travel back in time through Storytime classics from your grandparents’ shelves and beyond.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Drop in and build things from your favourite season.
Booking not required. 

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for Ghost themed stories and crafts. 

From 11:00am - 12:30pm.

Booking not required.

Using pastels, create an artwork depicting a tree in each of the four seasons.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 3752 4072

Explore space through stories and make a rocket to get there.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Learn the basics of coding with an interactive game that helps Kubo get to school, play football and go to the shops.
For children aged 4-10 years.

Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9228

We'll be having a whale of a time as we travel under the sea to make a fishy themed craft!
Suitable for 4-8 years.
Booking not required.

As part of medieval week for the Big Summer Read, we invite you to take part in our Crowns, Swords and Shields Craft. Get ready to rule over and defend your kingdom! 

From 3:00pm - 4:00pm.

For children aged 4-8 years.

Booking not required.

Painting the seasons tree.
For children aged 4-8 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 9187 2610

What will the future look like? Come along to Lego club and design your own future civilization out of Lego. 
For children aged 4-12 years.

From 3:30pm - 4:30pm.
Booking not required.

It’s Friday 22 August… but what year? Are you up to the challenge of building a pyramid? Or maybe a castle? Drop in and get building! Families welcome.

Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 8244 0733

Join us this August as we celebrate our young gardeners and their blooming achievements! We’ll award prizes for the tallest, bushiest, and most beautiful sunflowers—and kids can take part in a fun life-size activity to see how their sunflower’s height compares to their own. Whether your plant thrived or tried its best, all racers are welcome!

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 8952 1409

Build a Lego dinosaur.
For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 3833 6122

Halloween and Christmas Stories followed by seasonal crafts.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 4372 2710

Garvagh Library invites all readers aged 4-11 to our Design Your Own Book Cover craft. It is Imagination Station week of our Big Summer Read, and after reading so many brilliant books, we think it’s time you got the chance to let your own story shine! Our friendly library staff will help you construct a cover that truly dazzles using our array of craft supplies. We know not to judge a book by its cover, but we’re sure yours is going to look amazing. 

Everyone Welcome. 11:30am – 12:30 noon
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Learn to craft your own comic strip exciting stories and illustrations in this comic strip workshop with help from a local comic book blogger.
For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 9335 3249

Limavady Library invites you to join us as we wrap up all our Big Summer Read fun and we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for our Seasons and Holidays themed Storytime and 'Make Your Own Umbrella Craft'. 

From 1:00pm - 2:00pm.
Booking not required.

Recycling craft - use old items found around the house and library that would end up in landfill and give them a new purpose. 

For children aged 5-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 8772 2952

Bookmark making workshop.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 3834 1946 

Find your inner archaeologist discovering fossils within the library and listen to a story.
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3753 1365

Build your own Lego spaceship.

Suitable for children aged 5-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is not required.

Collect a certificate for completing your Big Summer Read Challenge.
For children aged 4-11 years during opening hours.

See if you can find all the clues!
Available during library opening hours.

How many pirates and pieces of treasure? find 3 characters and pieces and claim your prize at the desk!
Available during library opening hours.
From 26 August to 1 September.

Calling all Dog Man fans - for the final week of the Big Summer Read, Dungiven Library are encouraging you to use your imagination to design and draw your very own comic strip. 

Places are limited so booking is essential. 

From 11:00am - 12:00 noon.

t: 028 7774 1475

Help us fill our time box with all your favourite things.

Suitable for children aged 4-10 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is not required.

Bring a book to swap, share your thoughts with a written or drawn recommendation, and make your own bookmark!

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Build a time travel wardrobe: step inside and see what decade you find yourself dressed up in.

Suitable for children aged 5-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 3832 3912

Our Summer Activities continue, as we invite all the family to come along and celebrate International Dog Day in Cushendall library. Join our staff as we have a go at making our very own Origami Dogs and talk all things fun about our furry friends. 

Everyone Welcome. 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Derry Central Library shall conclude the Big Summer Read and celebrate the new school Year reading affirming pieces from our Children's collection on new beginnings, mindfulness and wellbeing in our glorious Children's Castle.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

The Amazon comes to Saintfield library, come and meet snakes, lizards and tarantulas up close!
Booking essential.
t: 028 9751 0550

Create and Illustrate a Storybook with you as the Hero.
For children aged 4-8 years.
Booking not required.

Meet Kubo the Robot. Learn the basics of coding with an interactive game that helps Kubo get to school, play football and go to the shops.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9050 9214

Come along to Cookstown  for a creative craft session where you can design and create your very own book mark.
For children aged 4-12 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 8676 3702

Make a Lego time machine as journey through time  to the end of our Summer activities.

For children aged 7-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 9050 9204

In this exciting treasure hunt, you'll explore the library for mysterious objects from different eras. Can you guess when they're from? Write your answer on the Time Scoreboard and collect a stamp in your passport for every correct match.

For children aged 7-11 years.

Booking advised.

t: 028 9050 9236

Come and join us as we fill our Time Capsule with memories from the 2025 Big Summer Read. Write yourself a reading goal to be kept safe until the next Big Summer Read!

Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 9261 9330

Continue your time travelling adventures with storytime and craft. Where and when will we be today? Walking with dinosaurs? Driving a space car? Book your place to find out!

Suitable for children aged 4-8 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 8244 0733  

Join us for a relaxed Storytime session to celebrate the wonderful summer we’ve all had before school starts back again.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 6632 2886

Create your favourite character on a bookmark.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 7962 8249

Join this art workshop all about creating characters from your own stories. Don’t know how to start? Don’t worry. Choose your card and design the character based on the script.

Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 9085 1157

Complete the Summer Reading Challenge and find the hidden treasures around the library to receive your award.

Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 August from 2:30pm - 4:00pm.
Booking not required.

Come along to the library to create your very own treasure map of Dromore and hear a story by a local writer!

Suitable for children aged 7-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 9269 2280

Receive a well deserved certificate for completing the Big Summer Read.

Booking essential.
t: 028 8167 1419

Make a book and bookmark to write and keep your own stories.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 8166 2060

Add your mark to a giant comic strip—draw a character and create the next part of the story with your own speech bubbles!
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Book themed crafts galore for the end of the holidays.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential; t: 028 9181 4732

Explore and combine all you have created this summer.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 3834 1946

Join us for a fun story about aliens, followed by a craft where we will make our own little aliens.

For children aged 4-12 years.
Booking not required.

Drop in for Family Fun Wednesday with board games, find our favourite children's books around the library and use our story cubes to write your own story.

Booking not required.

Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code.
For children aged 5-10 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9081 3568

Join Maghera Library staff for some fun and summer games in the library. Are you game?
For childrean aged 6-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 7964 2578

Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code.
For children aged 5-10 years.

Booking essential.
t: 028 9081 3568

Ever wanted to write a story of your own? join us for some pointers!
For children aged 8 and over.
Booking essential.
t: 028 7134 2963

Come along and play giant Connect 4, Jenga and other fun large games in this hour long noisy session.
For children aged 4 and over.
Booking not required.

Come along to Falls road library and create your Fairy door.
For children aged 4-10 years accompanied by an adult.
t: 028 09050 9212

Hip hip hooray! Portrush Library invites you to come along and be presented with your very own certificate for participating in this year's Big Summer Reading Challenge. Well done! 

From 11:00am - 12:00 noon.

Make a time capsule and listen to stories.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9050 9223

Join us at Killyleagh Library and create your very own storybook cover.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Travel back again through time with stories as we end our summer time travelling journey.

For children aged 8-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9239

Travel into space with a rocket Storytime and crafts.
For children aged 8-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9244

Come along to Antrim Library and create your own island in this fun creative writing session for kids.

Booking not required.

Embrace your creative side by making your own time travelling machine with Lego.

Suitable for children aged 4-11 years; children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is advisable; t: 028 9040 1365

Join the time travelling librarians to celebrate our Blast to the Past with a tea party. Dress as a character from another time and tell us about your favourite stop on our journey!

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Zoom through space with this cosmic Storytime and build your own rocket ship to take on your journey.
For children aged 4 and over.
Booking essential.
t: 028 2589 0019

Design your own bookmark for all the challenges you have completed over the Big Summer Read.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 4062 3973

Enjoy fun stories and crafts as we travel back through time to the end of the Big Summer Read.
For children aged 7-11 years.
Booking advised.
t: 028 9050 9202

Cushendall Library invites you to come along as we mark the end of the Big Summer Read with a special themed 'Make Your Own Bookmark' and finish with a themed Storytime as the summer months draw to a close. 

From 1:30pm - 2:30pm.

Booking not required.

Certificate Presentation and celebration for all children who participated in the Big Summer Read. 

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Beam into a galaxy of imagination as you hunt for space-age clues and sci-fi stories.

For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Celebrate the end of summer with futuristic fun, coding, sci-fi stories and more.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Available during opening hours.

Come and enjoy some stories at this Summer Storytime.  

Stay a while and enjoy our activity table.

Booking advised.

t: 028 9335 2269
 

Write your own life story - real or imaginary! Creative Writing Workshop.

For children aged 9-12 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3026 4683

Join us to hear stories of time travel and build your own time machine.

For children aged 7-11 years.

Booking not required.

Come along and learn how to write your name in ancient hieroglyphics. 

Booking essential.
t: 028 7188 3686

Join us every Thursday in August for a fun family-friendly movie as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. A great way to cool off, relax, and keep the reading adventure going!

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Design how you would drive or not drive, the car of the future, what school would be like and what type of food would we eat - Craft.   

Storytime and Fun Facts for children aged 4-11 years.

Booking not required.

Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code.
For children aged 5-10 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9266 9345

Join Dungannon library and let your imagination take you a time or place in the past of future write a poem with the help from acclaimed poet Maura Johnston. 

Booking essential.
t: 028 8772 2952

Play with our friendly robot as you learn a fun and easy way to code.
For children aged 5-10 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9266 9345

As part of Big Summer Read, we invite children aged 4-11 years to come along and join us for a Adventure and Imagination Storytime and Origami Bookmark Making Craft.

From 11:00am - 12:30pm.

Booking not required.

Congratulations! A Summer of reading adventures has ended. Collect your Big Summer Read certificate, meet fellow travellers and share your favourite story of the Summer on our story wall. 

From 11:00am - 12 Noon.

Booking not required.

Join us in celebrating the most traditional nursery rhymes and songs, choose your instrument and make some noise! Bring blankets and enjoy the freedom of the outdoors.

Weather permitting. For children aged 4-9 years.

Booking not required.

Join us as we travel through time to the end of our Big Summer Read with a finale party.
For children aged 4-11 years.
Booking not required.

Explore oral-storytelling traditions and work with others to create a wonderful story.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 3752 4072

Timeless Tales and Time Capsule Craft!

For ages 4-10

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9050 9228.  Booking advisable

A fantastic event for people of all ages to mark the end of our time-travelling Big Summer Read! Join us as we crack open Creggan Library's time capsule, which was sealed back in 1998! Explore the items to see what life was like at the end of the last century!

We will then refill the time capsule, asking everyone present to place an item in the box before it's resealed. These items will be locked away until Summer 2050! 

Refreshments provided.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7126 6168.

Write or draw a picture to represent your favourite book from the Big Summer Read which will be attached onto our bunting flags which will create a colourful bunting decoration that will be displayed in the library.  Followed by LEGO.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7186 0385.  Booking advisable.

Ballymoney Library invites children aged 4-10 years to create their very own story book about their own adventures over the summer holidays which they can share with their family and friends. 

From 2:30pm-3:00pm. 

Booking not required.

Come along to Randalstown Library and enjoy an Activity Afternoon to celebrate the Big Summer Reading Challenge. 

Every Friday in July and August from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.

Booking advised.
t: 028 9447 2725 

Family fun day building your favourite landmark out of Lego.
Booking essential.
t: 028 4176 2278

Roll the dice and invent your own imaginative story from the pictures you get.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9335 3249.

What is your all time favourite time in history? Jurassic? Ancient Egyptian? or Roman? Build your favourite time period out of Lego. 
For children aged 4-12 years.
Booking not required.

Big Summer Read - Prehistoric themed Storytime

For ages 4-11

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9050 9210.

Congratulations to all those who have taken part in our Big Summer Read, come and receive your certificate!

For ages 4-8.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9081 3568.

Finale of Big Summer Read – complete all ticks and receive your certificate – Display of Stories, Poems and Drawings

For ages 4-8.

During normal opening hours.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 4372 2710.

Imaginary Worlds Comic Book making

Ages 4-8.

During normal opening hours.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9187 2610.  Booking essential.

Drop in and enjoy Lego building fun to close our Summer Reading challenge

Family event.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9756 4282.

Enjoy fairy tale stories of princes and princesses and come dressed as your favourite character!
Booking not required.

Create your favourite pre historic beast
For children aged 6-11 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 9188 2507

Join us in Coleraine Library for our Big Summer Read Closing Ceremony, where we will celebrate your achievement and you'll receive your special certificate.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7034 2561.

Dungiven Library invites you to come along and be presented your very own certificate for participating in this year's Big Summer Reading Challenge.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7774 1475.

Garvagh Library welcomes children 4-11 to join us for our Big Summer Read Closing Ceremony.

You will be presented with your certificate and are invited to partake in our craft event to create a Time Travel Postcard.

What was your favourite era of your time travel reading journey?

Using our array of craft resources, design a beautiful postcard and write a message from that time to represent it!

Everyone Welcome.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 2955 8500.

Enjoy fairytale stories of princes and princesses and come dressed as your favourite character!

For ages 4-8.

During normal opening hours.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 4063 0661.

Time to celebrate your achievements in the Big Summer Read with a certificate presentation.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3884 0694.  Booking advisable.

Imagine a robot in Ancient Egypt or a dinosaur in the future — create your own time-travel mix-up!

Ages 5-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 4272 8194.  Booking advisable.

Join us for our Big Summer Read Graduation Ceremony that honours all the hard work, growth, and smiles of our amazing little learners! Watch as your child shines, proudly receiving their diploma in a fun and festive atmosphere.

For children aged 4-11 years.

Booking essential.

t: 028 4175 3375

Join us in Limavady Library to complete the Big Summer Read Challenge and pick up your certificate.

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 7776 2540.

Make your own hand puppet dragons

Ages 4-11

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3833 6122.  Booking essential.

Back to School Storytime and Craft

For ages 4-8.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3026 4683.  Booking essential.

Create bunting to display the topics you enjoyed reading about and include your favourite story books and characters from this summer

Ages 6-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 3753 1365.  Booking essential.

Family fun, with certificates and surprises.

Let's make a time capsule, putting in information that we would think other Time Travellers would like to find out - Craft.   
 

For ages 4-11.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tel: 028 9048 5079.

Craft your own space rocket.
For children aged 4-10 years.
Booking essential.
t: 028 8774 0569