On Monday, June 7, St Stephen's Children's Centre, Launceston, celebrated National Bookstart Day, by holding a special story time with special guest Bookstart Bear. Friday, June 11 saw more than 4,000 seaside themed events, storytelling, singing and rhyming sessions taking place across the country. Bookstart aims to help every child in the UK to develop a lifelong love of books and this year, the

programme will offer millions of children and parents the chance to discover the joy of reading

together. Visit the website, http://www.bookstart.org.uk">www.bookstart.org.uk, which has downloadable resources for National Bookstart Day celebrations including posters, rhymetime sheets, colouring sheets, recommended collections of seaside themed books and ideas for hosting a beach-party-at-home event.