A week in the sun

Chris Barber is the librarian at the Sunshine Library in Wakefield, the country's first Sure Start purpose-built library for under-fours Monday Mondays always start with the smell of burnt toast. Parents who have done the school run, or are waiting for the creche to open so they can access the adult education courses, are greeted with tea and toast. No sooner have we cleared up the crumbs from the toast, than the nursery children from the school across the road...