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Fluff, Food, Feelings and Fun Projects: New Kids Books in the Collection
- Wellington City Libraries
- We’ve got lots of gorgeous new books in the collection for kids this month, so many we can’t share them all here! But we’ve selected a handful we think you might like. Read about a really fluffy buffalo and a… Continue reading →
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Explore and Discover with the City Nature Challenge!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Are you fascinated by the small scuttling things you see in rockpools, the native insects hiding in your garden, or the different bushes, weeds, and trees you see while out for a walk around Wellington? Why not finish off the… Continue reading →
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The Fish Doorbell – Help a Fish on the Other Side of the World!
- Wellington City Libraries
- What is the Fish Doorbell? The Fish Doorbell (or visdeurbel in Dutch) is exactly what it sounds like – a doorbell for fish! The Vecht, a branch of the river Rhine, flows through Utrecht. As it goes through the city,… Continue reading →
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Draw Along with Paul Beavis at Karori Library!
- Wellington City Libraries
- During the April school holidays, we are lucky to be hosting superstar author and illustrator Paul Beavis (Nee Naw, There Was an Odd Farmer Who Swallowed a Fly, Ring Ting Tūī) for a fantastic workshop at Te Māhanga Karori Library.… Continue reading →
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Tūhono 2024 Submissions Are Now Open!
- Wellington City Libraries
- The 1st of April has finally arrived, and so we have officially opened submissions for Tūhono 2024, our annual poetry journal for children and teens! This year’s theme is “Tūmanako | Hope” — check out our last blog post for… Continue reading →
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School Holidays: WHODUNNIT? at Wellington City SPYbraries
- Wellington City Libraries
- The School Holidays are getting closer! And we’re excited to announce our theme and programme for the April school holidays this year. From the 13th to the 28th of April, we invite you to join us for WHODUNNIT? at Wellington City… Continue reading →
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Empowering Brave Voices with author Avril McDonald
- Wellington City Libraries
- Over the April school holidays, Wellington City Libraries will be welcoming author Avril McDonald into our libraries for several storytimes as she celebrates the launch of her latest book The Wolf and the Hocus Pocus and the Empowering Brave Voices… Continue reading →
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Go On An Exploration – New Kids Books in the Collection
- Wellington City Libraries
- This month’s new books for kids are all about exploration! Exploration of space, place, story, and feelings, whatever realm you’re interested in finding more about, we have gorgeous new books to help and entertain you. Take a look at this… Continue reading →
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Ramadan Mubarak!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim whānau Kia ora kids! We know some of you might like to know more about Ramadan.. or some of you might not even know what Ramadan is. Luckily you are in the right place. Libraries… Continue reading →
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Announcing our Summer Reading Adventure Prize-Winners!
- Wellington City Libraries
- The winners themselves have known for a couple of weeks, but the day has finally come — it’s time for us to publicly announce the Grand Prize winners of the 2023-24 Summer Reading Adventure! Of course, everyone who took part… Continue reading →
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Books are Magic: Books about Books
- Wellington City Libraries
- Surprise! We librarians REALLY love books (almost more than cats) and so when we come across a book about books?! Well, we do a little happy dance. Here are a few good ones we’ve added to the collection recently: Once… Continue reading →
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Kaupapa Moana – Seaweek 2024
- Wellington City Libraries
- Seaweek 2024 has just started! Seaweek is New Zealand’s national week for celebrating the sea, and this year it runs from the 2nd to the 10th of March. Here in Aotearoa we are surrounded by the sea, so it’s no… Continue reading →
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Tūhono 2024: We Want Your Poems!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Tūhono, Wellington City Libraries’ poetry journal for children and teens, will soon be opening for submissions! From 1 April – 12 May, we will be accepting submissions of poetry from young writers aged 5 – 18 in Wellington City. In… Continue reading →
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Miracle Seeds, Unicorns and Greedy Peas – New Kids Books in the Collection
- Wellington City Libraries
- There is so much to read, learn and enjoy in the latest bunch of books added to our collection. You can find out why seals are jerks, or what happens when a greedy pea eats all the food. Read about… Continue reading →
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Read to Kurī Starting Up Again at Kilbirnie Library!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Good news for dog-lovers and book-lovers alike — we’re bringing back our popular Read to Kurī programme at Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library throughout Term 1 this year! Every Thursday after school from the 15th of February on, you’ll be able to… Continue reading →
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The Summer Reading Adventure Has Concluded!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Kia ora readers and writers, quest-takers, and Adventurers of all stripes! The 2023/24 Summer Reading Adventure is officially over, and it’s fair to say that we have been absolutely blown away by your exploits over the summer. We will be… Continue reading →
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Cheese, Cryptids, Crime and Cooking – New Kids Books in the Collection
- Wellington City Libraries
- It’s a new year, and we have some amazing and exciting new books in our collection for kids. Among many other new titles available this month, get your teeth into a cheesy picture book, explore the world of cryptids in… Continue reading →
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Dinosaurs!
- Wellington City Libraries
- If you’ve been doing the Summer Reading Adventure then you might have hunted around your local library to find hidden dinosaurs as part of the Library of Adventure challenge. Or if you’ve been hanging out in Pōneke then you might have… Continue reading →
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Free Puppet Shows and Workshops for the Summer!
- Wellington City Libraries
- This summer, we are lucky to be joined by not one, but two prestigious puppeteering theatre companies — Birdlife Productions and String Bean Puppets — bringing us 8 free shows at our libraries and community centres! Read on to find out… Continue reading →
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Look up! – See your library in a new way
- Wellington City Libraries
- One of the activities in our Summer Reading Adventure this season is the Upward Looking Urban Photographer, where we’ve challenged you to look upwards while out and about and notice details that you might have otherwise overlooked. We’ve had a… Continue reading →
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Pūngāwerewere: Spider!
- Wellington City Libraries
- If you’re taking part in the Summer Reading Adventure this year you’ll have come across a few different challenges that ask you to go outside and take a close look at what’s around you. There’s The Upward Looking Urban Photographer… Continue reading →
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Whales, Wildfire, Worries and Wasabi: New Kids Books in the Collection
- Wellington City Libraries
- Another month of fantastic new books in the kid’s collection! So many great titles it was hard to choose which ones to share with you here. You could read about whales, sharks or a two headed chicken! Maybe you’re keen… Continue reading →
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Summer Reading Adventure: Writing remarkable reviews
- Wellington City Libraries
- We’re almost halfway through the Summer Reading Adventure! If you haven’t already heard about the Summer Reading Adventure, you can head on over to our previous blog post for heaps more info, or jump straight into our Summer Reading website… Continue reading →
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The Uppish Hen — Poems from a 1934 Christmas Stocking
- Wellington City Libraries
- In 1934, a young boy named Derek Challis discovered a collection of poems in his Christmas stocking written by his mother. Derek and his mum didn’t live together, but she loved him very much. His mother was one of Aotearoa… Continue reading →
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Percy Jackson is back on screen!
- Wellington City Libraries
- In case you’ve missed it, the new adaptation of the beloved Percy Jackson series just released and our librarians are understandably excited. Earlier this year, the “What Comes Next?” series started by looking at Percy Jackson since it’s a favourite… Continue reading →
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السلام عليكم Arabic Language Day 2023!
- Wellington City Libraries
- السلام عليكم Asalaamu alaikum! The 18th of December is the United Nations Arabic Language Day. Did you know that there are over 300 million native Arabic speakers worldwide? This makes Arabic one of the most widely spoken languages in the… Continue reading →
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The Bad Smell Hotel and Maps of Smell!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Earlier this year, The Cuba Press and Te Māhanga | Karori Library celebrated the book launch of The Bad Smell Hotel by father-daughter duo Rajorshi Chakraborti and Leela (age 11)! The duo came up with the idea of the book… Continue reading →
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Silent Wonders: Exploring Wordless Picture Books
- Wellington City Libraries
- Wordless books? Wordless books, far from being ‘silent’, possess the ability to express a variety of feelings and emotions using only pictures! Colours, shapes and illustrations team up to craft awesome adventures, from wild fantasy worlds to personal heartwarming tales.… Continue reading →
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Read to Kurī at Te Māhanga Karori Library!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Great news for dog-lovers and book-lovers alike — our popular Read to Kurī programme is coming to Te Māhanga Karori Library! On Friday 15th of December, you’ll be able to book in a 15-minute slot to read to gorgeous therapy… Continue reading →
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Te Ara Pukapuka Children’s Walk at Karori Park
- Wellington City Libraries
- This Summer, get into nature and read a lovely pukapuka at the same time! Throughout 2023, Te Ara Pukapuka, our children’s book walk, has travelled all around the city from Churchill Park in Seatoun, to Khandallah Park, Kilbirnie Park and… Continue reading →
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