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Bookstart in Darlington Bookstart in Darlington is managed from Darlington Library. Welcome to the Bookstart in Darlington page.

This page aims to keep you informed with how and when your child will receive their free Bookstart pack and will also keep you updated with details of our sessions and events for children from birth to five years.

We all had a fabulous time at our after-school activity events at Cockerton Library this week! As Halloween is nearly up...
23/10/2026

We all had a fabulous time at our after-school activity events at Cockerton Library this week! As Halloween is nearly upon us, we read Room On The Broom, and made our very own spooktacular broomsticks! Well done to our little artists 🎃👻!

It's the end of the half term! Rhymetime will be taking a break next week for the school half-term holidays. Next term's...
23/10/2026

It's the end of the half term! Rhymetime will be taking a break next week for the school half-term holidays.

Next term's Cockerton Rhymetime slots will be available to book on Friday 30th October at 8am.

Book via Eventbrite for all Cockerton sessions.

Darlington Library sessions do not require booking. Just turn up and sign in with your library card.

Join us at Cockerton this Tuesday and Thursday at 3.30pm - 5pm! We are getting ready for spooky season with story time a...
20/10/2026

Join us at Cockerton this Tuesday and Thursday at 3.30pm - 5pm! We are getting ready for spooky season with story time and crafting featuring Julia Donaldson’s Room on the Broom! You will get the chance to make you own broom with its own spooky characters 🧹🐈‍⬛🦅 this is a free session but places are limited 🎃

😊We had a brilliant time at our after-school activities at Cockerton Library this week! We all listened to a lovely pict...
16/10/2026

😊We had a brilliant time at our after-school activities at Cockerton Library this week! We all listened to a lovely picture book about Herbie the hedgehog and made our very own leafy hedgehogs! Well done to our very talented crafters 🙂!

Join us at Cockerton Library this Tuesday and Thursday between 3:30pm and 5pm for a story and craft session. The autumn ...
13/10/2026

Join us at Cockerton Library this Tuesday and Thursday between 3:30pm and 5pm for a story and craft session. The autumn is here so we will be making beautiful leafy hedgehogs. This session is a free drop in session however the number of places for the crafts are limited.

Some lovely Owls were created at Cockerton Library on Thursday. Everybody really enjoyed it, as you can see 🙂
04/10/2026

Some lovely Owls were created at Cockerton Library on Thursday. Everybody really enjoyed it, as you can see 🙂

....and here are Tuesday's creations too!
25/09/2026

....and here are Tuesday's creations too!

We had a fabulous time at our after-school activity event at Cockerton Library on Thursday! We read a lovely picture boo...
25/09/2026

We had a fabulous time at our after-school activity event at Cockerton Library on Thursday! We read a lovely picture book and made our very own Autumnal acorn! Well done to our talented bunch 🙂!

🧑‍🎄🎄NEW TIME SLOTS ANNOUNCED🎄🧑‍🎄We know lots of you missed out on our Christmas events due to popular demand. So we are ...
21/09/2026

🧑‍🎄🎄NEW TIME SLOTS ANNOUNCED🎄🧑‍🎄

We know lots of you missed out on our Christmas events due to popular demand. So we are releasing some new time slots for:

Rhymetime Adventure Play - Festive Fun (0-18months)
and
Rhymetime Christmas Parties - (18months - 4 years)

Have a look at the poster below to see the new availability.
Tickets will go live this Monday (28th September) at 8am - link in the comments!

Set your alarms and tell your friends😁 Once they're gone, they're gone!

Just a few of the fabulous teddies created by our after-school club this Thursday at Cockerton Library. Well done to thi...
18/09/2026

Just a few of the fabulous teddies created by our after-school club this Thursday at Cockerton Library. Well done to this talented bunch😊

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