Children’s Library Summer Events

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The East Renfrewshire Libraries team have a whole summer of events for kids planned including family fun days, storytime, arts and crafts and not forgetting the annual Summer Reading Challenge!

About Children’s Library Summer Events

Listed Under Family and Kids Events / Arts and Crafts Events / Books Events / Pet Events / Summer Holiday Events

Summer Reading Challenge 2024
Read, Set, READ Summer Reading Challenge!

Go to your library this summer to sign up and get your Marvellous Makers collector’s foldout poster!

Read books and collect stickers and other rewards for your reading (watch out for the smelly stickers!) Add the stickers to your poster to complete the Challenge

Remember, you can read ANYTHING you like. It could be a book, comic or magazine, eBook or audiobook – they all count!

Complete the Challenge and earn your medal and certificate of achievement!
The challenge begins Saturday 22nd June and ends Saturday 31st August.

#SummerReadingChallenge

Family Fun Days
Join us for Family Fun sessions this summer with Stories, games, craft and STEM.

> Barrhead Foundry Library Thursday 4th July 11am
> Thornliebank Library Friday 12th July 2.30am
> Giffnock Library Tuesday 16th July 10:30am
> Busby Library Wednesday 17th July 11am
> Mearns Library Friday 19th July 10.00am
> Clarkston Library Thursday 25th July 10.30am
> Neilston Library Tuesday 30th July 10.30am
> Eaglesham Library Wednesday 31st July 11am

Summer Reading Challenge Storytime
Get ready to go on an adventure as we bring stories to life with your help!

> Barrhead Foundry Library Tuesday 9th July 2.30pm
> Eaglesham Library Wednesday 10th July 11am
> Neilston Library Tuesday 16th July 2.30pm
> Mearns Library Tuesday 23rd July 1.30pm
> Giffnock Library Thursday 25th July 11am
> Busby Library Tuesday 30th July 2.30pm
> Thornliebank Library Tuesday 6th August 11am
> Clarkston Library Thursday 8th August 11am

Marvellous Makers
Make a marvellous creation, take it home to finish and return to library to display!

> Mearns Library Tuesday 9th July 10.30am
> Clarkston Library Thursday 11th July 11am
> Thornliebank Library Friday 14th July 11.30am
> Barrhead Foundry Library Thursday 18th July 11am
> Giffnock Library Thursday 18th July 2.30pm
> Eaglesham Library Tuesday 23rd July 10.30am
> Neilston Library Friday 26th July 10.30am
> Busby Library Wednesday 7th August 11am

Dog Trust – BE DOG SMART workshops
Interactive workshop – empower children with the knowledge and skills to interact safely with dogs in both their personal lives and social settings.

> Mearns Library Tuesday 2nd July 10am
> Busby Library Tuesday 2nd July 2pm
> Eaglesham Library Tuesday 9th July 10.30am
> Thornliebank Library Tuesday 9th July 2pm
> Giffnock Library Thursday 11th July 10.30am
> Barrhead Foundry Library Thursday 11th July 2pm
> Clarkston Library Tuesday 23rd July 11am
> Neilston Library Tuesday 23rd July 2pm

ALL THESE EVENTS ARE FREE, BOOKABLE BY CONTACTING YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

Where possible we will update our listings to notify of cancelled, postponed and rescheduled events, however we STRONGLY ADVISE that you check with the venue/organiser in the first instance for updates.

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