Maidenhead & Windsor

There'll be canine capers a-plenty at Maidenhead Library next week as the regular storytime session takes on a distinctive doggie theme.

Popular local author Henrietta Hawkins will be making her first visit to the Maidenhead library to tell the "tail" of her very own heroine pooch Rosie Snowdrop to a captive audience of young readers at the session for under–fives and their parents and carers on Tuesday January 23.

Windsor-based Henrietta will read from her latest book in the popular series about the adventures of a small West Highland terrier with a wonky ear – "Rosie Snowdrop wants to go to the seaside".

There will also be colouring and craft activities with a canine flavour, and other "doggie" stories read by children's librarians.

Signed copies of Henrietta's new book will be on sale, with a percentage of the proceeds from the sales going to the Thames Valley Hospice in Windsor and Naomi House children's hospice in Sutton Scotney in Hampshire. Young readers can also borrow a copy from each of the Royal Borough's libraries.

Tuesday's activity is part of the programme of regular weekly storytime sessions held at the library in St Ives Road, Maidenhead from 2.15 to 3pm.

For further information contact young people's librarian Ruth Humphreys on 01628 796969.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead