YOUNGSTERS will have a bedtime with a difference -- at the local library.

Children are being urged to don their pyjamas to celebrate the third National Bedtime Reading Week from Monday, March 17.

Bedtime story fun events will be held at Horwich and Bromley Cross libraries on Tuesday, March 18, from 6.15pm to 7.15pm, and at Beightmet Library on Thursday, March 20. Children aged five to eight are invited -- and can even bring their teddy bears.

Free tickets are available at the participating libraries. For more details, call 01204 525372.