Bookstart in Darlington

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 had lots of fun at our after-school event at Cockerton Library in Thursday. After reading a fabulous picture book, ou...
04/09/2026

We had lots of fun at our after-school event at Cockerton Library in Thursday. After reading a fabulous picture book, our talented bunch made their very own beautiful birds. Well done everyone 🦜🐦

Tickets for our Cockerton Library Rhymetime sessions will go live tomorrow morning at 8am. Bookable sessions will run f...
03/09/2026

Tickets for our Cockerton Library Rhymetime sessions will go live tomorrow morning at 8am. Bookable sessions will run from Tuesday 8th September until October half term.

If you have a baby under the age of 1 and would like to come along and enjoy some singing together, come and join us!

🍼Babies aged 0-1 years
👶Cockerton Library
🎶Tuesdays at 9.15am

If your baby is now getting more mobile and wanting to crawl or walk around, join us for our toddler session for ages 1-4 years

🖍Children aged 1-4 years
🧩Cockerton Library
👧Tuesdays at 10.30am and Thursdays at 9.15am

Please remember to cancel your ticket if you find you can no longer make it.

Sessions are also available at Darlington Library on Crown Street. Darlington Library sessions do not require booking.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/rhymetimes-cockerton-library-3136469?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Here are the brilliant Lego creations by our talented bunch at Cockerton Library last Saturday ☺️!
02/09/2026

Here are the brilliant Lego creations by our talented bunch at Cockerton Library last Saturday ☺️!

☀️A huge thank you to everyone who attended our summer events at Darlington Library and Cockerton Library this year. ☀️W...
01/09/2026

☀️A huge thank you to everyone who attended our summer events at Darlington Library and Cockerton Library this year. ☀️
We loved seeing so many people taking part and enjoying the activities, from crafts, rhymetime adventure play and animation sessions to slime making, virtual reality and more!

Now we'd love to hear from you! Your feedback is really important to us and helps us plan and improve future events. Whether you attended one event, lots of events or didn't manage to make it to any this year, we'd be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete our short survey:
https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/DL26SE08SH

Thank you for your support, and for helping us make our events even better!📚✨

Our regular, term time, Rhymetime sessions will be restarting on 🌟MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER🌟Please note: There will be no Rhy...
31/08/2026

Our regular, term time, Rhymetime sessions will be restarting on
🌟MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER🌟

Please note: There will be no Rhymetimes or stay and play session this week (1st - 4th September)

Tickets for our Cockerton sessions will go live on Friday 4th September at 8am. You can book via Eventbrite 😃

What an adventure we had with Jo from Imagine me! Adventures. We went on a hunt through the deep dark wood using our ima...
28/08/2026

What an adventure we had with Jo from Imagine me! Adventures. We went on a hunt through the deep dark wood using our imaginations and met all sorts of friends 🦊🦉🐍🐁

Then we met a huge GRUFFALO! 😲

But it turned out his favourite food was actually sandwiches and chocolate cake.🥮🥪 So he didn't eat any of us. Phew!

We had a fantastic day at Cockerton Library on Thursday! We read a delightful story called Slug Love, then we made our v...
27/08/2026

We had a fantastic day at Cockerton Library on Thursday! We read a delightful story called Slug Love, then we made our very own Lego creations to take home. A huge well done to you all😊

Look at all our happy little Lego builders! We created some pencil pots to take home ✏️🖊️🖍️Join us today (Thursday 27th ...
27/08/2026

Look at all our happy little Lego builders! We created some pencil pots to take home ✏️🖊️🖍️

Join us today (Thursday 27th August)
to make some more 🙂

🔵Cockerton Library
🔴3.30pm - 5pm
🟡Free - drop in (while stocks last)

🎵🎶Down in the Jungle where nobody goes, there are lots of little children, wiggling their toes! 🎵🎶Our last Rhymetime Adv...
25/08/2026

🎵🎶Down in the Jungle where nobody goes, there are lots of little children, wiggling their toes! 🎵🎶

Our last Rhymetime Adventure Play of the summer was a hoot!

We hope you've had as much fun as we have😁

Term time rhymetime sessions will resume on 7th September.

Darlington Library sessions don't require booking.

Cockerton Library sessions need to be booked. Tickets will go live on Friday 4th September at 8am on Eventbrite.

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Crown Street Library
Darlington
DL11ND

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01325 349610

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