Libraries for under fives

Bookbug sessions at Edinburgh Libraries

Find a Bookbug session happening at your local library.  

Bookbug is a free event for 0 to 4 year olds and their parents or carers. Join us for songs, stories and rhymes.

Find your nearest library

Balgreen Library

Fridays from 10.30 to 11am.
No booking required.

Blackhall Library

Tuesdays at 10.30am
Saturdays from 11 to 11.30am. This session is a combined Bookbug and storytime session.
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Central Children's Library

Tuesdays from 10.30 to 11am
Gaelic language Bookbug, first Thursday morning of the month from 10.30 to 11am
Fridays from 10.30 to 11am
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Colinton Library

Tuesdays from 3.30pm to 4pm
Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Corstorphine Library

Tuesdays at 11am
Wednesdays at 2pm
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Craigmillar Library

Thursdays at 11am, Bookbug with songs from around the world
No booking required.

Currie Library

Thursdays from 10.30am to 11am
Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Drumbrae Library Hub

Tuesdays at 10.30am
Wednesday mornings at 10.30am
Saturday mornings at 10.30am
Contact Drumbrae Library by phone or Facebook to book a place.

Fountainbridge Library

Thursday mornings at 11am
Saturday mornings at 11am
No booking required.

Gilmerton Library

Tuesday afternoons from 2.30 to 3pm
Friday mornings from 11 to 11.30am
No booking required.

Granton Library

Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings at 11am
Friday mornings at 11am
No booking required.

Kirkliston Library

Friday mornings from 10.30am to 11am
Contact Kirkliston by phone or Facebook to book a place.

Leith Library

Tuesday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
Bookbug for Ukrainian families (led in English language), fortnightly on Wednesday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
No booking required.

McDonald Road Library

English language Bookbug, Monday mornings from 11 to 11.30am
Spanish language Bookbug, Monday mornings from 12 to 12.30pm
Gaelic language Bookbug, fortnightly on Thursday mornings from 11 to 11.30am
English language Bookbug, fortnightly on Saturday mornings from 11 to 11.30am
Polish language Bookbug, fortnightly on Saturday mornings from 11 to 11.30am
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Moredun Library

Tuesday afternoons at 2.30pm
Thursday mornings at 10am
Thursday mornings at 11am
No booking required.

Morningside Library

Tuesday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
Tuesday mornings from 11.30 to midday
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Muirhouse Library

Tuesday mornings from 10.30am to 11.30am at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, EH4 4BY
Friday mornings from 10.30am to 11.30am at Millennium Centre, 7 Muirhouse Medway, Edinburgh, EH4 4RW
No booking required.

Newington Library

Monday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
Wednesday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
Saturday mornings from 10.30 to 11am
No booking required.

Oxgangs Library

Tuesdays at 10.30am
Saturdays at 10.30am
Contact Oxgangs Library to book a place.

Piershill Library

Wednesdays from 2 to 2.30pm.
No booking required.

Portobello Library

Wednesdays at 10.30am
Saturdays at 11am
No booking required.

Ratho Library

Thursdays from 11.15 to 11.45am at Ratho Community Centre Back Room.
Contact Ratho Library to book a place. Tickets available from 2.30pm on Monday for that week's session.

Sighthill Library

Fridays from 10.45 to 11.15am
Spanish language Bookbug fortnightly on Mondays from 3.30 to 4pm
No booking required.

South Queensferry Library

Tuesdays from 10.30 to 11am
Thursdays from 10.30 to 11am
Contact South Queensferry Library by phone or Facebook to book a place.

Stockbridge Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Saturdays from 10.30am to 11am
Book your Bookbug places via Eventbrite.

Wester Hailes Library

Wednesdays at 11am
Thursdays at 2pm
Contact Wester Hailes Library to book a place.