Karere 'Kids' - 'Kids' stories
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Highlights from Books Alive 2025
On the 13th of August a horde of children's librarians, writers, illustrators, translators, and students descended on Wellington for a day filled with book talks, workshops, and presentations. -
Remembering children's author Allan Ahlberg
Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg has died at age 87. We look over some favourite books of his in our collection. -
Introducing Comics Plus!
Wellington City Libraries have added over 20,000 free, always available comics with our brand-new streaming service, Comics Plus! -
Winter School Holidays Wrap-Up 2025!
We had a lovely time celebrating Matariki me Puanga over the winter school holidays. Let's take a moment to look back at all the brilliant creations and special experiences from those who joined us. -
New Picture Books for July
Looking for some new bedtime story favourites? Here are some new picture books, recently added to our collection. -
Farewell to Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee: Renowned Aotearoa New Zealand author passes, aged 93. -
Kia ora, Canada: Letters to Huron County Library
It's winter in Aotearoa but it's summer in Canada and we're joining in with their summer holidays with some letters to the children of Huron County Library! -
Out on the Shelves: Rainbow books for kids recommended by our librarians
To celebrate Out on the Shelves, our librarians have chosen some of their favourite rainbow books for kids that we've read and enjoyed. We hope you enjoy them too! -
What's on for Out on the Shelves 2025
June is the Out on the Shelves campaign month, and to celebrate we're running a fantastic range of events for tamariki and rangatahi across our libraries. -
Out on the Shelves: Book lists for tamariki
To start you off on your reading journey, we've put together some book lists for tamariki for Out on the Shelves. -
Baby Rock and Rhyme comes to Brooklyn Library!
We're extremely excited to be bringing our popular Baby Rock and Rhyme programme for ages 0-2 to Moe-rā | Brooklyn Library for the very first time, starting on the 7th of May! -
The Prehistoric Earth | School Holidays Wrap-Up!
As term 2 begins, let's look back at all the pter-riffic creations and dino-mite experiences from our April school holiday programme. -
The Prehistoric Earth: April School Holiday Programme
Dive into nearly 50 fun, hands-on and free events at your local library over the holidays! -
The Fish Doorbell: Help a fish on the other side of the world
Help the fish of Utrecht in their annual upstream migration and enjoy some kids' books about animal migration. -
Summer Reading Adventure: Announcing our Grand Prize Winners
The Summer Reading Adventure is over for another year and now it's time to announce the winners of our twelve Grand Prize Packs! -
Top reviews from our Summer Reading Adventurers
We received so many fantastic book reviews from tamariki for Summer Reading 2025 - have a read! -
Our 2024 picks: Kids' fiction, comics, and more
There have been so many fantastic children's books published in 2024, and this is our chance to share our top picks of the year with you. -
Summer Reading Adventure: How to create an acrostic poem
One of the activities we're challenging the tamariki of Pōneke to complete over the summer is to write an acrostic poem for the phrase "Summer Reading Adventure". But what exactly is an acrostic poem?