… is Stories@7! It’s on again this Friday at the Central Library at 7pm.

Prepare to be wowed by walruses, amazed by alapacas, and entertained by elephants at this animal themed story time.

Come and celebrate the start of the school holidays. See you there!

Hey guys! When Saturday rolls around this week it is officially the school holidays! Yeay! We have some very exciting things planned…..I am sure there are some scientists out there! The theme is Astronomy! If you are aged 9-12 we have rockets to make and launch and fizzing comets to fizz! Be careful! It’s dangerous! Check out when, where and what you have to bring!

If you’d like to have an insider’s view of how the body works, then you should go and check out Dr. Frankenstein’s Human Body Book by Richard Walker. It even has a really cool holographic cover! It’s like stepping inside Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory and watching him create a human being! It has all these really detailed illustrations and descriptions of how the body works. I truly enjoyed reading it so I hope you’ll take some time to check it out yourself.

Hey guys! Pop along to the Karori Library @ 11am tomorrow (Saturday 27th) to celebrate Matariki with activites and stories! See you there! Ages 4 and up.

Get it sorted at www.anyquestion.co.nz

Any Questions is a homework help website for New Zealand school students. You can ask a librarian your homework question and they’ll show you how to find the info you need on the net.

Watch this vid to find out how it works

Never get stuck wondering what to read next again! The Ultimate Book Guide 2009 is here to solve your book problems. It’s like having a librarian by your side. It has over 700 great book recommendations for you. Think of it as a reading map that gets you off to an awesome journey of book discovery. It helps you make choosing what to read next easy as pie . Imagine, you’ll never,ever have a gap in between reading again! So go and check out this great guide in the children’s non fiction area  now!

   Hey guys! Make sure you check out our BookSeekers page! We have new clubs opening at different sites and photos of some of our clubs! Check out the nearest club to you! If you’ve never heard of BookSeekers before it’s never too late to learn! If you’re 9-12 years of old join the nearest book club to you! See you at the next meeting!

Hey, did you know that not all mummies are found in Egypt? Not all mummies are wrapped in cloth and some mummies have been on display for centuries. Some mummies have been frozen for centuries and some people have become mummies by complete accident and some mummies are only as old as you. Check out Mysteries of the Mummy Kids and unwrap their secrets.

When William Shakespeare was 18 he got married! In the eyes of the law Shakespeare was still a minor at 18, so he had to get permission from his dad to get married to Anne Hathaway. She was older than him at age 26.

Shakespeare and his wife Anne had three children: first Susanna, then two years later Anne gave birth to twins in 1585, called Judith and Hamnet. Both Susanna and Judith grew up and married, but Hamnet died aged only 11 years old.

Unfortunately there are no direct descendants of Shakespeare living today as none of his grandchildren produced any heirs.

If you want to find out more about William Shakespeare then do some searching on our Kids Catalogue.

We have lots of cool new books for you to read so you can amaze your friends with the fascinating facts that you know.

How Weird Is It? is an interesting book about strange and unusual things in science. Want to know how to do great tricks on the trampoline? Trampolining is the book for you! Plus books about Ned Kelly (the famous Australian outlaw), woolly mammoths, the environment and much much more in this month’s non fiction recent picks.