Bookstart activities
Most Suffolk libraries run rhyme and bookstart activity sessions and events for babies and young children:
- Babybounce: soothing songs and gentle nursery rhymes for babies;
- Tot Rock: songs and action rhymes for toddlers;
- Storytime: stories and rhymes for pre-school children.
Bookstart activities in Suffolk
| Outreach activities | Activity | Day and Time |
| Carlton Colville, St Peters Church Hall. Contact Lowestoft Library | Tot Rock and Storytime | First Monday of month, 1.30pm-3.00pm (term time only) |
| RAF Honington. Contact Thurston Library | Stay and Play | Wednesday 10.00am – 11:30am |
| Library | Activity | Day and time |
Aldeburgh Library |
Storytime | Friday 10.30am - 11.00am |
| Beccles Library |
Family play | Thursday 9.45am - 11.15am |
| Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Friday 11.00am - 12.00pm | |
| Brandon Library | Baby bounce/Tot Rock | Monday 9.30am-9.50am |
| Tot Rock | Thursday 9.30am-10.00am | |
| Bungay Library | Baby bounce | Tuesday 1.45am - 2.15pm |
| Tot Rock | Tuesday 2.15pm - 2.45pm | |
| Bury St Edmunds Library | Baby bounce | Wednesday 10.15am - 10.45am |
| Tot Rock | Thursday 10.15am - 10.45am | |
| Storytime and crafts | Saturday 10.30am-11.45am | |
| Capel St Mary Library | Baby bounce | Tuesday 2.00pm - 2.30pm (Term time only) |
| Chantry Library Ipswich | Tot Rock | Thursday 9.15am-9.40am |
| Baby bounce | Thursday 10.00am-10.25am | |
| Clare | Tot Rock | Friday 10.00am-11.00am |
| Elmswell Library | Baby bounce | Friday 9.45am - 10.30am |
| 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 | ||
| Play, Rhyme and Storytime | Sunday 3.00pm - 3.30pm | |
| Gainsborough Library | Toy Library playtime |
Tuesday 10.00am - 11.30am |
| Storytime | Wednesday 2.00pm - 2.45pm | |
| Baby bounce | Friday 10.30am - 11.00am | |
| Tot Rock | Friday 11.15am - 11.45am | |
| Glemsford |
Tot Rock Tot Rock |
Friday 10.00am - 10.30am Friday 10.40am - 11.10am |
| Great Cornard Library | Tot Rock | Monday 10.15am - 10.45am (Term time only) |
| Busy Booktime |
Wednesday 9.00am-9.45am (Term time only) |
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| Storytime | Thursday 2.00pm - 2.30pm | |
| Hadleigh Library | Baby bounce | Thursday 10.00am - 10.30am |
| Halesworth Library | Baby bounce | Tuesday 10.00am - 10.30am |
| Tot Rock | Tuesday 10.30am - 11.00am | |
| Haverhill Library | Storytime followed by Baby bounce | Monday 10.00am - 10.30am |
| Tot Rock | Friday 10.00am - 10.30am | |
| Ipswich County Library | Noisy Books | Tuesdays 2.15pm-2.45pm |
| Tot Rock | Wednesday 9.45am-10.15am (please book your place) and 11.00am-11.30am (drop in) (Both are Term Time only) | |
| Baby bounce | Wednesday 2.15pm - 2.45pm (Term Time only) | |
| Play Rhyme and Storytime | Thursday 10.30am - 11.15am (Term Time only) |
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| 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 (except bank holidays and summer holidays) |
| Storytime | Monday 11.00am (except bank holidays and summer holidays) | |
| Tot Rock | Monday 11.15am (except bank holidays and summer holidays) | |
| Kesgrave Library | Tot Rock | Thursday 09.45am - 10.15am |
| Baby bounce | Thursday 10.30am - 11.00am | |
| Kessingland Library | Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Monday 10.00am - 11.00am |
| Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Thursday 10.00am - 11.00am | |
| Lakenheath Library all Bookstart activities temporarily unavailable until further notice |
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| Tot Rock | Contact library for details | |
| Lavenham Library |
Tot Rock | Thursday 2.00pm - 2.30pm (Term Time ony) |
| Leiston Library | Storytime | Thursday 10.30am - 11.00am |
| Baby bounce | Thursday 11.15am - 11.45am | |
| Long Melford Library | Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Tuesday 2.30pm - 3.00pm |
| Lowestoft Library |
Storytime and Tot Rock | Wednesday 10.45am - 11.30am (Term time only) |
| Family playtime drop-in | Friday 10.00am - 11.30am (Term time only) |
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| Baby bounce | Thursday 10.45am - 11.30am (Term time only) |
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| Needham Market Library | Storytime | Monday 2.15pm - 2.45pm |
| Newmarket Library |
Baby bounce | Tuesday 10.00am - 10.30am |
| Tot Rock | Thursday 10.00am - 10.30am | |
| Storytime | 10 minute storytime included in both Baby bounce and Tot Rock sessions. | |
| Oulton Broad Library | Baby bounce | Thursday 10.30am - 11.30am Term time only |
| Tock Rock (Jolly Tots) | Thursday 1.00pm - 2.30pm Term time only |
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| Rosehill Library Ipswich | Baby bounce | Thursday 1.30pm - 1.50pm (Term time only) |
| Tot Rock | Thursday 2.15pm - 2.35pm (Term Time only) |
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| Storytime | Friday 2.15pm - 2.45pm (Term time only) |
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| Saxmundham Library | Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Tuesday 9.30am - 10.00am (Term time only) |
| Baby bounce and Tot Rock | Friday 10.30am - 11.00am (Term time only) | |
| 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 | |
| Sudbury Library | Storytime | Thursday 9.45am - 10.15am |
| Thurston Library | Tot Rock | Tuesday 9.45am Followed by Stay and Play at JigSaw Children's Centre until 11.30am |
| Westbourne Library Ipswich | Baby bounce | |
| Tuesday 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 10.30am - 10.50am |
| Tot Rock | Wednesday 11.15am -11.45am | |
| Rhyme & Storytime | Friday 10.30am - 11.00am |