Bromley Libraries

11/06/2026

We hope everyone had a brilliant ! 🌟

We had the best time celebrating at Orpington Library! Here’s a little look at what we got up to:

📚 Kickstarted the day by showcasing our favourite reads from the Read for Empathy Collection.

👶 Rocked our Empathy Baby Bounce & Rhyme session! A huge thank you to for their Early Years Toolkit—the rhymes went down an absolute storm!

✨ After school, we loved reading ‘I'm Going to Make a Friend’ by Darren Chetty and Sandhya Prabhat, before getting crafty and making our very own Empathy Superpower Glasses (shoutout to gll_literaryfoundation author Ramzee for the awesome design!).

A massive thank you to all our wonderful staff and customers who joined in the fun, and to Empathy Lab for their incredible resources! 💛



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We had great fun making finger puppet dragons at Books Aloud this week.
Books Aloud - Thursdays from
4-4:45pm - for 4-8 year old (term time only)

11/06/2026

To celebrate the National Year of Reading GLL Literary Foundation author Marcela Ferreira for Bromley will be running an event next Friday 19th June from 10-10.30am at Biggin Hill Children and Family Centre. Join us for songs and Marcela’s brilliant picture book: ‘Bear vs Dragon illustrated by Mark Chambers.

To book your free place please ring the centre on 01959 571694



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11/06/2026

These books are our PRIDE and JOY!
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This June, Hayes Library is celebrating with all things Q***r joy and positivity - a big thank you to Library Assistant Teddy for choosing this selection! 📚

Check out these stories of love, family, friendship, and freedom - you are always welcome at your Library! 📚 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

10/06/2026

What an incredible morning at Orpington Library! 📚❤️

We were absolutely thrilled to welcome the brilliant Kristina Rahim—author in the prestigious Read for Empathy Collection—to celebrate the Empathy Day Festival with us and 54 wonderful Year 6 students from a local primary school.

We talked about empathy meaning ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ and how being curious and interested were so important.

Today Kristina helped us all "Jump into Someone Else’s Story." By diving into the different lives of the characters in her books, ‘The Doughnut Club’ and ‘Max and Ella, Stuck Together’, the children practiced stepping into someone else’s shoes, and celebrating our differences.

The creativity during the session was electric! Together, we put our empathy skills into action by inventing our very own character, ‘Jeff’!

Taking part in the "Biscuit Quiz" and "Two Truths and a Lie" were absolute hits! 🍪✨

A massive thank you to Kristina for inspiring the next generation to read, understand, and lead with kindness, and to the fantastic students who brought so much heart to the library today.

We have copies of Kristina’s books in Bromley Libraries to borrow.


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Join West Wickham Library's Weekly Knit and Natter group to connect with fellow crafters. Bring your projects with you and relax in our Makerspace room. Every Friday 2.30pm-4pm. Drop in session no need to book. 🧶🧵

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Huge thanks to Patrick Evans and Ri Baroche Artists in Residence who ran a brilliant SPINE Festival creative writing workshop for a Year 6 class yesterday at . Music and words came together to create inspiring magical and imaginative pieces of writing!

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We have an action packed Activity Session on Thursday 11th June from 4-5pm at Orpington Library to celebrate Empathy Day. Join us for great stories and make your own Superpower Empathy Glasses!!

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EmpathyLab

09/06/2026

📚✨ What a fantastic day at Orpington Library yesterday! ✨

We were thrilled to host a brilliant Year 5 class for a very special author event with the amazing Amy Fellner Dominy! Amy shared some wonderful stories about her life as an author and introduced us to her first UK-published book, ‘Monster Down Deep’ published by Pushkin Press).

It’s an exciting, deep-sea adventure packed with beautiful themes like friendship, empathy, and caring for our environment. 🌊🐙

The absolute highlight? Working together with Amy to create our very own character—'Bob the Wizard'! It was a true team effort, and the kids had a a fun time inventing all sorts of wild problems for him to solve. 🧙‍♂️✨

A huge thank you to Pushkin Press for organising this incredible visit, and an even bigger thank you to Amy for inspiring our young readers and writers!

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