Library events for young people

Find out about events and activities for young people taking place in the libraries.

Little Seedlings Gardening Club

Little Seedlings Gardening Club is a free children's gardening and nature club at Ham Library that meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 3.45pm. Additional sessions are held during school holidays and details of these sessions will be posted nearer the time.

Plant pressing

Hapa Zome is a Japanese printmaking technique which involves smashing, pressing, and crushing fresh flowers and leaves into fabric to create images.

Find out which plants produce the best dyes and use them to create your own completely natural designs. Materials will be provided but if you have certain flowers or leaves, you’d like to try, do bring them along for some smashing fun.

Children must be registered with Marvellous Makers, Summer Reading Challenge 2024, in order to participate in this event. Registration is free of charge.

Richmond Lending Library:

• Date: Monday 29 July 
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for plant pressing at Richmond Library

Twickenham Library:

• Date: Monday 5 August 
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon 
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for plant pressing at Twickenham Library

Teddington Library:

• Date: Monday 19 August
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for plant pressing at Teddington Library

Clay making

Let your imagination run wild while you have fun with air dry clay and create anything you can dream of to take home.

No experience necessary, and all materials will be provided.

Children must be registered with Marvellous Makers, Summer Reading Challenge 2024, in order to participate in this event. Registration is free of charge.

Richmond Lending Library:

• Date: Tuesday 30 July
• Time: 2 to 3.30pm
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for clay making at Richmond Library

Twickenham Library:

• Date: Tuesday 6 August
• Time: 2 to 3.30pm
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for clay making at Twickenham Library

Teddington Library:

• Date: Tuesday 20 August
• Time: 2 to 3.30pm
• Price: Free, booking required
• Booking: Book for clay making at Teddington Library

Lego club

Everyone loves making things with Lego. Design and build amazing creations and take part in fun Lego challenges.

No experience necessary, and all materials will be provided.

Children must be registered with Marvellous Makers, Summer Reading Challenge 2024, in order to participate in this event. Registration is free of charge.

Richmond Lending Library:

• Date: Friday 16 August
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon
• Price: Free, no booking required

Twickenham Library:

• Date: Friday 23 August
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon
• Price: Free, no booking required

Teddington Library:

• Date: Friday 30 August
• Time: 10.30am to 12 noon
• Price: Free, no booking required

Chess and strategy games club

Develop your skills and make new friends!

Discover the exciting world of chess and other strategy games such as Connect 4, Chinese Checkers, Othello and more, under the guidance of professional chess teachers.

Children of all levels and abilities are welcome, and mentoring is available if desired. Suitable for children aged 7-16.

Event details:

• Date: Every Thursday
• Time: 3.30 to 5.45pm
• Location: Twickenham Library, Garfield Road, Twickenham, TW1 3JT
• Price: Free, no booking required

Story time

Each library holds a weekly story time for under 6s. They are free and booking is not required.

Baby Rhyme Time

These free baby bounce and rhyme sessions are for very young children accompanied by adults.

Come join in the fun with songs, rhymes and stories - all are welcome.

Chatterbooks

If you live in the borough (or attend school here) and like books, read on! At these popular groups for 8 to 10 year olds we chat about books, play games and do quizzes. It is a great way to discover new authors and make new booky friends.

Chatterbooks groups meet once a month after school (term time only) and last about an hour.

Teen reading group

Register your interest in our new monthly 11-14's book group!

Join our teen reading group to discover fantastic new books and authors, write your own short stories and poetry, make new friends and get to grips with graphic novels and manga.

Richmond CoderDojo

Richmond CoderDojo is a free coding club open to young people aged 7 to 17 with sessions on Scratch, HTML, Python, and using micro:bits.

Plant pressing

This summer, take part in family workshops to learn the art of Hapa Zome, a Japanese printmaking technique using fresh flowers and leaves to create images. These workshops are run in association with this year's Summer Reading Challenge, Marvellous Makers.