Playing games themed around "The Prince's Breakfast" at Barnstaple Library

For International Games Week our Ninjas coded games such as dragons chasing cat sprites across space using Scratch. They also tried out coding the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT using Python. Our CoderDojo is a free monthly coding and digital making club for young people aged 6+. They explore technology and learn to code in a fun, relaxed environment.

Seated Massage Therapy

Debbie Young was part of a Crime and Thriller Panel with A A Abbott and Jo Ullah comparing rural and city crime stories for the Crediton Literary Festival. The city stories are fast paced and dynamic with characters from diverse backgrounds and anonymity for the protagonist. In small villages everyone knows each other and new people and unusual events cause more of a stir. In both they write so that the people shine and the place becomes another character.

King Winter reads to the children

A variety of instruments were played, including a household saw!

Philip Reeve celebrating the launch of Libraries Unlimited to a sold out event at St Thomas Library

St Thomas Library - BBC Gardener Toby Buckland - November 2015

Seemples the record-breaking meerkat!

Dawlish Journeys, part of Arts Wave Devon. funded a dance and exercise event at Dawlish Library memory café.

Dawlish Dancers gave a lovely display after attendee's had taken part in some dancing while sat down.

We finished a really fun session with tea, coffee and cake

We held a Pirates Meet Aliens Picnic on 4 August. It was as crazy as it sounds but great fun. The children came dressed up. They made the aliens from the Space Hop activity and created space treasure maps. We also had face painting and, of course, a picnic. A lovely person in the town made cakes full of treasure (ok, sweets) for the children - thank you Mrs Duncan. While the children ate their picnic, we read them space and pirate stories.

Front view of Exeter Central Library before £4.5 million refurbishment

Local author Chris Stephens telling stories and making Christmassy hats with children at Kingsbridge Library

We all had a lot of fun making the skeletons.

Tesco Community Champion Andrew Drayton and author Tracey Norman judged the Fancy Dress Competition and choose Dobby the winner and Sirius Black as the runner up. The prizes were kindly donated by Crediton Tesco.

An opportunity for customers old and new to find out about Library events and services

A Jubilee mug and book token for one happy winner of our Jubilee Letter Hunt, held during half term at Okehampton Library.

Located on the Hook Peninsula in Ireland. Photographed by Di, inspired by the Devon Book for Summer, The Light Between Oceans.

Some of the junk we used to make the creepy houses.

Carol Pentecost, Janet Quinn and Chris Bolsover.

The library in Belle Parade, Crediton

Alicia, aged 8, was the lucky winner of the Hunt the Easter Chick competetion held at Dawlish Library during the Easter Holidays. There were 89 entries, only 11 of which were correct. Alicia's name was pulled out of the hat. She is holding her favourite book as well as her prize of an egg.

Here is Willow, our first borrower to join the Bookstart Bearclub very proudly displaying her member's folder

Lucky winner at Okehampton Library of the friends summer draw BBQ hamper.

National Poetry Day in Colyton Library. We were joined by poet Greta Stoddart and other local poets who read their work. Students from the local grammar school also read their poems on the theme of home.

Adult Fiction Area

Congratulations to Beatrix for her lovely picture which she entered in to our Winter Drawing competition. She won a book as joint 2nd prize runner up in our 7 - 13 year old category.

Children listened to Peppa's Magical Unicorn story and then made magic unicorn horns. Crafty Tales is on alternate Mondays at 11am during term time at Crediton Library. Bounce and Rhyme is on at 11am on the opposite Mondays.