FAMILIES can take a journey of discovery through the wonders of physics in a day of events at a Teesside library.

Hartlepool Central Library will be the location for Einstein in the Library on Saturday, October 15, which has been organised to coincide with Family Learning Week.

The activities are being run by Hartlepool Borough Council's Libraries Service in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education.

Together, they won funding for the activities from the Institute of Physics as part of the Einstein Year celebrations to mark the centenary of the publication of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

The free events will include the Starlab inflatable dome, which will take people on a whistle-stop tour of our solar system as images of the stars and planets are projected onto the inside of the dome.

Sessions, which must be booked in advance, will be held at 1pm, 2.15pm and 3.30pm.

And there will also be story sessions with crafts and experiments and fun craft sessions, as well as a treasure hunt and giveaways.

Gillian Slimings, Hartlepool's children and young person's librarian, said: "We've lined up some great events to feed the minds of little Einsteins and their families.

"So come along to Central Library and make some fun discoveries of your own."

For more information or to book a place on the inflatable dome, story or craft sessions call the library on (01429) 272905.