Stories can cast a magical spell over readers both young and old.
As February 26 is Tell a Fairytale Day we have leafed through our archives to find pictures of youngsters enjoying the wonder of books from adventure tales to nursery rhymes and even comic books.
Are you among the children enjoying a good book at Aberdeen Central Library or those enthralled by the story read by library assistant Carol Lyon at Union Terrace Gardens?
Check out our pictures below to see if you can spot a familiar face. Perhaps, you may even be inspired to get reading on Tell a Fairytale Day.
There are smiles all round as Saadiah Gray and Paul Smith select a book from the library corner at Causewayend School in 1994.
Four-year-olds Joe Littlechild and Adele Smith have a novel way to get some reading done before 30,000 of the library service’s books and records are sold at Aberdeen’s Music Hall in 1993.
It’s storytime for these children at Seaton Community Festival in 1987. Librarian Moira Keay entertains a happy group of youngsters with a good tale.
Lorna Glen, head teacher at Victoria Road School, Torry, reads a new book of nursery rhymes – which was illustrated by her pupils – in 1996. She is joined by William Kirton, 8, who has a picture in the book.
Louise Forbes, 5, and her mum, Gill, of Mannofield, Aberdeen, look over the many books for sale at Dillons, Union Street, Aberdeen in 1993.
P1 pupils at Mintlaw Primary School flock to their topic of birds in winter in 1991 as teacher atricia Ramsay, reads to them
Valerie Ord, 10, a pupil at Aberdeen School for the Deaf, enjoys Huckleberry Finn’s adventures in 1992. Pupils were looking forward to new books after group Spring Fling raised £1,000, with the funds haned over to the school’s head teacher Mairi Macaulay (second right) by committee members (from left) Adelaine Allan, Macduff; Anne McNicol, Huntly, and Debbie Mair, Turriff.
The Biggest Pop-Up Book Ever may be almost covering Megan Yeoman, 3, entirely in 1992 but there is not hiding how much she enjoys the fantastic tales.
Ellon girl Fiona Campbell, 9, is spoiled for choice at the schoolbook exhibition in 1991.
It may not be a fairytale but Buckie High School pupil John Jappy is entralled by horror writer Stephen King’s Needful Things in 1993 during Book Week.
Dyce Primary pupil Carol Hay checks through the titles of books by Moira Miller in 1988 after the author gave a talk to pupils in Dyce Library.
Children exchange treasured comics during a swap shop at Kincorth Library in 1984.
Ann Todd reads stories to engrossed children from Bellfield Nursery at the Central Children’s Library in 1974.
Fairytale adventures keep P2 pupils at Westhill School entertained in 1980 as teacher Margery Trewia Trewia reads from a book about dragons.
Seven-year-old Katie Bell finds it hard to choose a book during a sale of books by Aberdeen library department at the Music Hall in 1989.
Library assistant Carol Lyon with an attentive audience as she reads them a story in Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen in 1979.
Callum MacGillivray and Douglas Grant in Primary I at Deshar (Boat of Garten) School read aloud in 1972.
Willy Cowe, 8, of Aberdeen, is delighted with Garthdee Farm – which features a character based on him – in 1979.
A nurse reads to a young patient on the ward in 196.
Youngsters in 1976 at Linksfield Library in Aberdeen reading inside a magic circle which can be screened off by curtains so that they can sit round in a ring facing a storyteller. Primary 5 pupils at Seaton School enjoy their books there. Pictured: Kevin Coutts, Cameron Thomson, twins David and Denise Miller, Sandra Borthwick, Rosalind Anderson and Shona Milne.
Nadarajah Mahendran, Tom Bowie, Paulo Fernanhino and Michael Thompson; with (back left to right) library assistant Shone McKenzie, Gillian Rose and Malcolm Rice at the children’s department of Aberdeen Central Library as it is moved temporarily into the basement in 1982.
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