His Worship the Mayor Councillor John Skinner JP together with the Mayoress Mrs Gill Skinner joined in a children's activity session at the Henry Bloom Noble Library.
The session is one of a series being held over the summer holidays in support of this year's Summer Reading Challenge, the Big Friendly Read, which celebrates 100 years since the birth of storyteller Roald Dahl.
His Worship with borough librarian Jan Macartney and Eva Bradley, seven
The Mayoress with Geoff Price-Jones, eight
Cerys Mudie, 11, Rhys Price-Jones, eight, Eve Hutchings, nine and Harry Parkinson, six
Morgan Burns, 11, Paige Parkin, eight, Leah Merriman, 10 and Leo Doyle, 11