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There’s a spine-tingling adventure waiting
for children in libraries this summer with the
Creepy House Summer Reading Challenge!
T
he challenge is a national
scheme to encourage primary
age children to read for
enjoyment throughout the
summer holidays while at the same
time maintaining reading levels for
back to school in September.
All our libraries will be involved in the
summer reading challenge. Every child
who joins “Creepy House” will receive
a fold-out Creepy House, illustrated by
Chris Riddell, on which to record details of
books read during the summer. There are
also lots of stickers, bookmarks, Creepy
House fortune-teller, fridge magnets, key
rings and wristbands to collect. Every
child who reads 6 books will receive a
certificate and medal. Fantastic to take
back to school in September to impress
your teachers!
Bradford Libraries
Baildon
Bingley
Burley
Bolling Hall
Clayton
Eccleshill
Girlington
Great Horton
Haworth Road
Holmewood
Idle
Ilkley
Keighley
Laisterdyke
Manningham
Menston
01274 581425
01274 438780
01943 863714
07582 108216
01274 880689
01274 431544
01274 431551
01274 573175
01274 494808
01274 684012
01274 614169
01943 436225
01535 618212
01274 434724
01274 543516
01943 876539
The summer reading challenge gives
children a great chance to have fun with
books and to feel rewarded for reading.
It is not about children reading as many
books as they can; it’s about children
enjoying what they read, finding out more
about books; and knowing how to find
the books they’re interested in reading –
and sharing reading time with you! It also
means that your child continues to read
throughout the summer, enabling your
child to return to school in September with
maintained or improved reading skills.
Creepy House provides the opportunity
to have lots of spine-tingling fun and all
our libraries will have activities relating to
Creepy House. To find out library opening
times and more details please use
www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
or contact your local library.
Mobile Library
Park and Read Pavilion
Queensbury
Shipley
Silsden
St Augustines
Thornbury
Thornton
Wibsey
Wyke
01274 433669
01247 433600
01274 882261
01274 437150
01535 652840
01274 721064
01274 666984
01274 833442
01274 679043
01274 676830
Community Managed Libraries
Addingham
Denholme
Wilsden
Wrose
01943 830061
01274 833613
07879 481168
01274 592570
Join us for...
ZooLab
Creepy House Workshop
Investigate and play detective in the
ZooLab Creepy House. What creepy
creatures lurk inside? Spaces are limited
for this event. Please contact the library in
advance for place availability. Booking
essential at all libraries and you will
need to join the Creepy House Summer
Reading Challenge before booking.
Suitable for 4 to 12 year olds.
Author Andrew Newbound
will be hosting the Creepy
House Mystery
Players aged 6 years+ get to put their
detective skills to the test as they travel
to the Awful Upstairs, along the
Gruesome Ground Floor and down into
the Spine-tingling Cellar, finding brainboggling clues that build to solve the
Mystery. Fun is guaranteed as you tackle
the repellent riddle, wrestle the
wretched word search, delve into the
beastly bag and even crack the
creepy code. It’s a real howl!
Spaces are limited for this event.
Please contact the library in advance
for place availability and booking.
‘Ghost Busters’
Local History Storytelling
with Malcolm Hanson
Are there ghosts near you? Find out with
Happy Cat and Dolly as they go on a
ghost-hunting adventure and discover
the tales from your local area. Suitable
for 4 to 11 yr olds. Spaces are limited for
this event. Please contact the library in
advance for place availability and booking.
Bookstart Teddy Bears
Picnic for Families with
Pre-School Children
(Older brothers and sisters are
welcome to come along.)
Bring your bear and a picnic and come
and enjoy stories and rhymes with your
local library. Some of the picnics are in
parks local to the library, or outside the
libraries. There will be simple crafts,
music, face painting at some and a visit
from the Bookstart Bear. Some of the
picnics have live music. Please contact
the library regarding booking a place.
Some libraries have
limited room
and booking
is essential.
All our summer activities
are very popular and many of
our events require prebooking therefore it is
advisable to contact
the library in advance
before making a special
journey. Some of
our events will be
unsuitable for organised
groups please check in
advance with the library
concerned if you want to
bring a group of children.
July
Thu 18th
l Manningham Library Teddy Bears Picnic at 12noon – 2pm
Sat 20th l Haworth Road Library Creepy House Collage 10.15am – 11.15am
Tue 23rd
l Park and Read Pavilion Teddy Bears Picnic 11am – 2pm
l Menston Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.45pm
Wed 24th l Ilkley Library Haunted House Crafts & Art 10.15am
Thu 25th l
Burley Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.30pm
l Clayton Library Creepy House Crafts & Hunt 2pm – 4pm
l Girlington Library Creepy House Collage 11am – 12noon
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House - Igor 3pm – 4pm
l Wibsey Library Scary Spider in a Web 2pm
Fri 26th l Bolling Hall Library Scary Black Cat Craft & Story 1pm – 2pm
lT
hornbury Library Creepy House & Graveyard Crafts 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Thornton Library Creepy House Crafts 2pm – 4pm
l Wyke Library Creepy House Story & Crafts
(3-8 yrs) Booking Essential 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 27th
l Haworth Road Library Creepy Bat Candle 10.15am – 11.15am
Sun 28th
l Manningham Library Haunted House Collage 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Mon 29 l Baildon Library Creepy House Mystery with
Andrew Newbound 11.30am – 12.30pm
l Holme Wood Library Creepy House Mystery with
Andrew Newbound 2pm – 3pm
l Idle Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Collage & Crafts 2.15pm – 3pm
l Menston Library Teddy Bears Picnic at Menston Park 11am – 1pm
l Silsden Library Creepy Crawly Spiders 11am – 12noon
th
Tue 30th
l Clayton Library Creepy House Mystery with Andrew Newbound 3pm – 4pm
l Keighley Library Teddy Bears Picnic at Cliffe Castle 11am – 3pm
l Menston Library Bats & Spiders Crafts 2.45pm
l Wyke Library Creepy House Mystery with
Andrew Newbound 11am – 12noon
Wed 31st l Bingley Library Ghost Busters – Local History
Storytelling with Malcolm Hanson 11am – 12 noon
l Bolling Hall Library Ghost Busters –
Local History Storytelling with Malcolm Hanson 2pm – 3pm
l Ilkley Library Haunted House Crafts & Art 10.15am
l Ilkley Library Creepy House Mystery with Andrew Newbound 2pm – 3pm
l Keighley Library Creepy Crawly Spiders 11am – 12 noon
l Queensbury Library Ghost & Skull mask-making 2.30pm
l Shipley Library Creepy House Mystery with Andrew Newbound 11am – 12 noon
August
Thu 1st
l Burley Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.30pm
l Clayton Library Teddy Bears Picnic 2pm – 4pm
l Eccleshill Library Creepy House Crafts 2pm – 4pm
l Girlington Library Black Cat Mask 2pm – 3pm
l Holme Wood Library Creepy House – Skeleton 1pm – 2pm
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House - Haunted House 3pm – 4pm
l Manningham Library Spider making crafts 2pm – 3pm
l St. Augustine’s Library Creepy House Crafts 3pm – 4pm
l Wibsey Library Ghost & Skull Mask-making 2pm
l Wrose Library Creepy House Crafts & Story 2pm – 3pm
Fri 2nd
l Bolling Hall Library Teddy Bears Picnic 11am – 1pm
l Thornbury Library Creepy House – Igor & Friends 2.20pm – 3.30pm
l Thornton Library Gruffalo Masks & Crafts 2pm – 4pm
Sat 3rd
l Haworth Road Library Making Ghosts 10.15am – 11.15am
l Wyke Library Teddy Bears Picnic Booking Essential 1.30pm – 3pm
Mon 5th
l Baildon Library Teddy Bears Picnic in Community Garden
l Park and Read Pavilion Try Reading with Tom Palmer 10am
l Idle Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Collage & Crafts 2.15pm – 3pm
l Silsden Library Peekaboo Ghost! Spooky stories
Booking Essential 11.30am – 1.30pm
and ghostly crafts 11am – 12noon
Tue 6 l Menston Library Tall Creepy Portraits 2.45pm
Wed 7 l Bingley Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
l Eccleshill Library @ Bradford Industrial Museum
l Ilkley Library Haunted House Crafts & Art 10.15am
l Keighley Library Peekaboo Ghost! Spooky stories
l Laisterdyke Library Zoo Lab Creepy House
l Queensbury Library Pasta Skeleton making 2.30pm
l Thornton Library Teddy Bears Picnic
Thu 8th
l Burley Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.30pm
l Clayton Library Gruffalo Masks & Crafts 2pm – 4pm
l Denholme Library Zoo Lab Creepy House
l Eccleshill Library Ghost Busters – Local History
l Girlington Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
th
th
Family Activity Day 11am – 3pm
& ghostly crafts 11am – 12noon
11.30am – 12.30pm Booking Essential
@ South Square 10am – 12noon
2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
Storytelling with Malcolm Hanson 2pm – 3pm
August (continued)
Thu 8th
l Holme Wood Library Creepy House – Spiders & Webs 1pm – 2pm
l Ilkley Library Ghost Busters – Local History Storytelling
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House - Spider Web 3pm – 4pm
l Manningham Library Scary mask making 2pm – 3pm
l St. Augustine’s Library Creepy House Crafts 3pm – 4pm
l Silsden Library Teddy Bears Picnic 11.30am – 1.30pm
l Wibsey Library Pasta Skeleton making 2pm
Fri 9th
l Bolling Hall Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 12 noon – 1pm Booking Essential
l Holme Wood Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 3pm – 4pm Booking Essential
l Thornbury Library Sparkly Spider & Web Crafts 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Wyke Library Creepy Masks (3- 8 yrs) Booking Essential 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 10th
l Haworth Road Library Making Witch Door Knob Hangers 10.15am – 11.15am
l Ilkley Library Teddy Bears Picnic Booking Essential 11am – 12noon
with Malcolm Hanson 11am – 12noon
Mon 12th l Baildon Library Slimy Monsters 2pm – 3pm
l Bingley Library Teddy Bears Picnic @ Myrtle Park 11.30am – 1.30pm
l Burley Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Idle Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Collage & Crafts 2.15pm – 3pm
l Silsden Library Monster Masks! 11am – 12noon
l Wrose Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
Tue 13th
l Baildon Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Bingley Library Slimy Monsters 10.30am – 11.30am
l Park and Read Pavilion Creepy House Mystery with
l Girlington Library Creepy Crawly Spider 2pm – 3pm
l Manningham Library Zoo Lab Creepy House
l Thornton Library Creepy House Mystery
Andrew Newbound 11am – 12noon
2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
with Andrew Newbound 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Wed 14th l Ilkley Library Haunted House Crafts & Art 10.15am
l Keighley Library Creepy House Hanging Lanterns 11am – 12noon
l Keighley Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2pm – 3pm Booking Essential
l Queensbury Library Creepy Pop-Out Cards 2.30pm
l Shipley Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
Thur 15th l Burley Library Creepy House Mystery with
Andrew Newbound 2.30pm - 3.30pm
l Clayton Library Gardening Fun! 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Eccleshill Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Collage 2pm – 4pm
l Girlington Library Skeleton Crafts 2pm – 3pm
l Holme Wood Library Creepy House – Rat Hats 1pm – 2pm
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House – Ghosts 3pm – 4pm
Thur 15th l Idle Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
l Keighley Library Creepy House Mystery with Andrew Newbound
Booking Essential 11am – 12noon
l Manningham Library Bats & Ghosts 2pm – 3pm
l Menston Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Shipley Library Slimy Monsters 2pm – 3pm
l Wibsey Library Pop-Out Creepy Card 2pm
l Wrose Library Creepy House Crafts & Story 2pm – 3pm
Fri 16th l Bolling Hall Library Ghost Mask Craft & Story 1pm – 2pm
l
Park and Read Pavilion Zoo Lab Creepy House
11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Thornbury Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Booking Essential
l Thornton Library Gardening Fun! 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 17th
l Haworth Road Library Spiders & Spiderwebs 10.15am – 11.15am
l Ilkley Library Storytelling @ Manor House Museum 2pm – 4pm
Mon 19th l Baildon Library Ghastly Puppets 2pm – 3pm
l Burley Library Teddy Bears Picnic 11am – 1pm
l Haworth Road Library Zoo Lab Creepy House
2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
l Idle Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Collage & Crafts 2.15pm – 3pm
l Silsden Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
Tue 20th l Bingley Library Ghastly Puppets 10.30am – 11.30am
l Park and Read Pavilion Ghost Busters – Local History Storytelling
with Malcolm Hanson 11am – 12noon
l Girlington Library Witches’ Hats 2pm – 3pm
l Ilkley Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2pm – 3pm Booking Essential
l Keighley Library Ghost Busters – Local History Storytelling
with Malcolm Hanson Booking Essential 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Menston Library Junk Modelling Spooky Houses 2.45pm
l St. Augustine’s Library Zoo Lab Creepy House
11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Shipley Library Teddy Bears Picnic Booking Essential 11.30am –1.30pm
Wed 21st l Eccleshill Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2pm – 3pm Booking Essential
l Ilkley Library Haunted House Crafts & Art 10.15am
l Keighley Library Monster Masks 11am – 12noon
l Queensbury Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
l Queensbury Library Creepy Book Covers & Bookmarks 2.30pm
Thu 22nd l Burley Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.30pm
l Clayton Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
l Girlington Library Monster Colour-By-Numbers 11am – 12noon
l Holme Wood Library Creepy House - Pumpkin Masks 1pm – 2pm
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House - Skeleton 3pm – 4pm
l Manningham Library Monster Colour by Numbers 2pm – 3pm
l Shipley Library Ghastly Puppets 10.30am – 11.30am
August (continued)
Thu 22nd l Wibsey Library Creepy Book Covers & Bookmarks 2pm
l Wyke Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 11am – 12noon Booking Essential
Fri 23rd l Bolling Hall Library Creepy House Craft & Story 1pm – 2pm
l
Park and Read Pavilion Zoo Lab Creepy House
11am – 12 noon Booking Essential
l Thornbury Library Dangly Skeleton Crafts 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Thornton Library Zoo Lab Creepy House 2.30pm – 3.30pm Booking Essential
l Wyke Library Pirates Treasure Hunt. Come along in Fancy Dress!
(3- 8yrs) Booking Essential 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 24th
l Haworth Road Library Witches Broom Bookmarks 10.15am – 11.15am
l Ilkley Library Monster Mash Party Come along in fancy dress. 11am – 1pm
l Laisterdyke Library Teddy Bears Picnic @ Bradford Moor Park 12noon- 2pm
Tue 27th
l Bingley Library Creepy Creatures 10.30am – 11.30am
l Menston Library Scary Masks 2.45pm
l Mobile Library @ Allerton, Café West Teddy Bears Picnic 10.30am – 12.30pm
Wed 28th l Keighley Library Munch Crunch! Make Werewolf Crispy Buns. 11am – 12noon
l Queensbury Library Creepy House Fancy Dress Party 2.30pm
Thu 29th
l Burley Library Tall Tales & Creepy Crafts 2.30pm
l Clayton Library Baking Fun! 2.30pm – 3.30pm
l Eccleshill Library Ancient Egypt Creepy Crafts 2pm – 4pm
l Girlington Library Bats & Ghosts 2pm – 3pm
l Holme Wood Library Teddy Bears Picnic 11am – 1pm
l Laisterdyke Library Creepy House - Cat Hat 3pm – 4pm
l Manningham Library Creepy House Presentations & Party 2pm – 3pm
l Shipley Library Creepy Creatures 2pm – 3pm
l Wibsey Library Creepy House Fancy Dress Party 2pm
Fri 30th
l Bolling Hall Library Creepy House Owl & Story 1pm – 2pm
l Thornbury Library Creepy House Celebration –
l Thornton Library Baking Fun! 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 31st
l Girlington Library Ghost Maze 10am – 11am
l Haworth Road Library Black Cat Masks 10.15am – 11.15am
Witches Cat Hat & Games 2.30pm – 3.30pm
September
Tue 3rd
l Menston Library
Making Skeletons & Ghosts 2.45pm