STORYTIME became a dotty affair at a North-East Library when staff dressed up as ladybirds to tell tales.

The event saw storytime leaders at Darlington Library dress up as the bugs in honour of an upcoming production of What the Ladybird Heard which plays at the town’s Civic Theatre on May 24 and 25.

The show is based on the award-winning picturebook by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks which follows the adventures of a ladybird and its farmyard friends.