All aboard for Bookbug Week 2022 – find a session near you

Scottish Book Trust (SBT), the national charity changing lives through reading and writing, will host Bookbug Week from Monday, May 16 to Sunday, May 22.

This year's theme is Bookbug's Big Journey, and Bookbug jumped on a vintage bus with families at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow to mark the occasion. Bookbug Week will focus on all kinds of journeys, whether it’s the excitement of riding on the bus or a train, strolls through the park, an adventure to outer space or even just a trip out in a buggy. SBT is also reminding families that wee ones love hearing stories and songs when they’re out and about.

Bookbug Week is an annual celebration of Scotland’s national book-gifting programme and Song and Rhyme Sessions. This year, SBT ran a competition for a new Bookbug Week illustration, and the winner was Dylan Gibson. He illustrates picture books and illustrated stories for older children and reluctant readers and has produced artwork for dozens of books and covers. Dylan will run an online event showing children how they can draw their very own Bookbug Week picture.

Award winning illustrator Nick Sharratt and author Katrina Charman will host a live online event jam-packed with rhyming fun. They will be sharing book readings of their book, Car, Car, Truck, Jeep and The Whales on the Bus, with a fun draw-along to take part in too.

Many Bookbug Sessions will return in person – check SBT's website to find one near you. The popular live Bookbug Session on Facebook will run on Friday, May 20 at 10am. Bookbug has recently launched their very own Instagram, and members of the public can join in the fun by sharing their own #BookbugWeek pictures and stories.

Families can access Bookbug’s Song and Rhyme library, via SBT’s website, or on the free Bookbug app. There are also fun activities for children available on SBT's Home Activities Hub. An exciting Bookbug Week competition will run across Bookbug social media from today (May 16), and you could be in with a chance of winning a bundle of books and some transport goodies.

More info is at: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/bookbug-week

To find your nearest Bookbug Session visit: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/find-your-local-bookbug-session

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