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

Balerno Library

Wednesdays at 3.30pm
Phone Balerno Library on 0131 529 5500 to book a place.

Balgreen Library

Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Central Children's Library

English language Bookbug, Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Gaelic language Bookbug, first Wednesday of the month from 1pm to 1.30pm (during school term time only). Book your Gaelic Bookbug places online.
English language Bookbug, Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
Free tickets available at reception on the day from 10am.

Colinton Library

Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Corstorphine Library

Tuesdays from 11am to 11.30am
Wednesdays from 2pm to 2.30pm
Saturdays from 11am to 11.30am, combined Bookbug and storytime session
Tickets available to collect in person on the day on a first come, first served basis.

Craigmillar Library

Thursdays from 11am to 11.30am, Bookbug with songs from around the world
No booking required.

Currie Library

Thursdays at 10.30am
Saturdays at 3.30pm
No booking required.

Drumbrae Library Hub

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

Fountainbridge Library

Thursdays at 11am
Saturdays at 11am
No booking required.

Gilmerton Library

Tuesdays from 2.30pm to 3pm
Fridays from 11am to 11.30am
No booking required.

Granton Library

Fortnightly on Tuesdays at 11am
Fridays at 11am
No booking required.

Kirkliston Library

Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Leith Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Saturdays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

McDonald Road Library

English language Bookbug, Mondays from 10.30am until 11am
Spanish language Bookbug, Mondays from 11.30am until noon
English language Bookbug, fortnightly on Saturdays from 11am to 11.30am
Polish language Bookbug, fortnightly on Saturdays from 11am to 11.30am
Book your Bookbug places online.

Moredun Library

English language Bookbug, Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
English language Bookbug, Thursdays from 10.30am to 11am
Polish language Bookbug, fortnightly on Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
Spanish language Bookbug, fortnightly on Fridays from 10.30am to 11am
No booking required.

Morningside Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Thursdays from 10.30am to11am
Book your Bookbug places online.

Muirhouse Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11.30am
Fridays from 10.30am to 11.30am
No booking required.

Newington Library

Mondays from 10.30am to 11am
Wednesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Saturdays from 10.30am to 11am
Tickets available to collect in person on the day on a first come, first served basis.

Oxgangs Library

Tuesdays at 10.30am
Thursdays at 2pm
Saturdays at 10.30am
No booking required.

Piershill Library

Wednesdays from 2pm to 2.30pm.
No booking required.

Portobello Library

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

Ratho Library

Thursdays from 11.15am to 11.45am at Ratho Community Centre Back Room.
No booking required.

Sighthill Library

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

South Queensferry Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Thursdays from 10.30am to 11am
Book your Bookbug places online.

Stockbridge Library

Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11am
Saturdays from 10.30am to 11am
Tickets available to collect in person on the day on a first come, first served basis.

Wester Hailes Library

Wednesdays at 11am, relocated to Clovenstone Community Centre, 54 Clovenstone Park, EH14 3EY during Wester Hailes Library's temporary closure.
Due to refurbishment of the heating and lighting systems, Wester Hailes Library will be closed for a period of around 10 weeks from 12 August 2024.