Baby Week 2025- Launch at Central Library
On Monday 16 June, hundreds of buggies, prams and babes in arms flowed across St Peter’s Square between Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Central Library as Manchester Baby Week 2025 was launched!
For many of our youngest Mancunians this was their first cultural experience- and they loved it! Getting your first Library Membership Card is a special event, and babies were treated to free nursery rhyme Sing With Me booklets and gorgeous new books by Read Manchester and the National Literacy Trust. There was plenty of time to talk about the importance of early literacy, and offer tips and advice to new parents including the Early Words Matter campaign.
Our Library Storytellers put on some fantastic Storytime sessions with songs and rhymes; plus, other providers joined in the fun with activities galore.
Artful Playground provided music and movement sessions with live instruments, the Football Museum gave us nursery rhymes galore and Dance Like A Mother saw parents and babies dancing the day away! The Child-Friendly City team explained how to make our city welcoming for children and families- a warm welcome always awaits you in Manchester Libraries, so we hope to see you soon!
