Surbiton library marked National Bookstart Day with a special rhymetime session last week.

Bookstart day, on Friday, June 11, celebrated a programme run by charity Booktrust, which gives a gift of free books to all babies, toddlers and pre-school children within the UK.

This year’s theme was “at the seaside” and more than 4,000 seaside-themed events, including storytelling and singing, took place across the country.