Family activities

About our events

Join us for family fun from creative family festivals to artist-led workshops, regular under 5s sessions and relaxed openings, there's so much for your family or community group to enjoy together.

What's on

  1. A cheeky green dragon with yellow eyes drawn by illustrator Chris Riddell on a purple background. The dragon is surrounded by smoke and stars.
    British Library, London

    Fairy Tales

    A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

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  2. A collage on a blue background. It shows a cat in a spaceship and a star against an orange planet-shaped background. There are a frog and some leaves against a green planet-shaped background. And, a fish and some coral against a blue planet-shaped background. There are also a bird and a rocket!
    Leeds Central Library
    Free

    Story Explorers in Leeds

    Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.

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  3. Two dancers leaping in the air, in a library setting
    Free

    Family Workshops: Story Detectives Dance Adventure

    Will you discover the Most Important Story?

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  4. Two dancers leaping in the air, in a library setting
    Free

    Relaxed Family Workshop: Story Detectives Dance Adventure

    Will you discover the Most Important Story at this special early opening for SEND families?

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  5. Two children playing, one sits on a mat on the floor with and adult, the other child is drawing on a blackboard
    Drop-in
    Free

    Family Station: Summer Holidays

    Escape the heat and explore the Library with our creative offer, designed for families.

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  6. Illustration of a girl walking towards a house in the snow
    Free

    Family Workshops: Reimagining Baba Yaga

    Join acclaimed children’s author Sophie Anderson and award-winning theatre company Les Enfants Terribles to creatively reimagine a Baba Yaga story.

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  7. Girl standing up writing on a chalkboard and a mum with her child playing sitting on the floor with several sensory items around.
    Free

    Family Station: Casa do Livro

    Join Casa do Livro – Biblioteca Brasileira at the British Library for a special Family Station celebrating the richness of Brazilian stories, language and culture through these free workshops for families.

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  8. Two children playing, one sits on a mat on the floor with and adult, the other child is drawing on a blackboard
    Drop-in
    Free

    Family Station: Explore and Play

    Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
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  9. A cartoon illustration of a rhino and monkey with an open book and two of the event speakers
    Free

    Family Workshop: Story Jungle

    A creative installation for young explorers.

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  10. Portrait photo of Candy Gourlay and Felicity Yeoh beside their picture books
    Free

    Family Workshop: How to Grow a Story

    All you need is a magic fish!

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  11. Emma Shevah, Christina Yang Dong and Mina Ikemoto Ghosh portraits alongside their books
    Free

    Family Workshop: Adventure Board Games

    Design and play your own game.

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  12. Portraits of Anne Chen, Sojung Kim-McCarthy and Yu Rong beside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Popsicle Characters

    Build a backdrop and let the story begin.

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  13. Portraits of Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, Eric Huang, Rosie Jon and Jason Lyon alongside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Comics Jam

    Draw, swap and build a comic strip together.

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  14. Portrait of Rosie Jon, Sojung Kim-McCarthy and Christina Yang Dong alongside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Tweet Tweet! Bow Wow! Kokak!

    Make some noise creating a lift the flap book.

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  15. Portraits of Eric Huang, Jason Lyon, Lucy Tandon-Copp and William Yamaguchi Dobson with their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Design My Cover

    Three books – which one will you design a cover for?

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  16. Cover image of The Twirly Wiggly Dance book. Main Character Intisa dances in the middle while her parents look in the background.
    Free

    Family Workshop: The Twirly Wiggly Story, Craft & Dance

    Finish your summer reading challenge with The Twirly Wiggly Dance.

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  17. Children and adults playing together
    Free

    Family Festival: Stories, Sign and Shine

    Take part in this exciting day inspired by wondrous stories, both real and imaginary.

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