Kids Blog

Another great adventure into history with more nasty guys and some super new good guys and gals to help out our night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) at the museum. This time it is the Smithsonian Institute, where all our old heroes have been sent for storage while their old home is updated for computer generated exhibits. Unfortunately our little monkey friend, Dexter, has taken the magic tablet with him and has awoken the evil pharoah Kahmunrah, who imprisons everyone in a container until they give him the tablet. Larry turns up to save the day and is joined by flying ace, Amelia Earheart, Abe Lincoln, General Custer and a giant squid, to overthrow Kahmunrah and his pack of baddies, including Al Capone, and Napolean Bonaparte. Funny, funny, funny.

Kia ora!

To celebrate Matariki we are holding 3 storytimes in te reo Māori. Come along to brush up on your language skills and listen to some beautiful Maori stories!

Miramar Library- 23rd June 10.15am

Newtown Library- 24th June 10.30am

Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library- 25th June 10.30am

Nightvisionz Cosmodome at the Central Library

Hey guys! This week the Central Library’s Young Adult area will be transformed into a planetarium as it hosts the NightVisionz Cosmodome as part of Wellington City Libraries’ International Year of Astronomy and Matariki celebrations. Using a digital audio visual show to simulate the stars you will be able to literally step into a journey through the night sky and learn about Matariki and other constellations with astronomer Ron Fisher.

The Cosmodome is a great experience and will be open between 4–8pm from Tuesday 9 to Friday 12 June and 10am–4pm on Saturday 13 June. Bring a gold coin donation to get in.
Sessions are on the half hour – just turn up (please allow a little extra time as the number of people allowed in the dome during each session is limited and there may be a short wait). See you there!

For further details, visit: www.wcl.govt.nz/astronomy

Three countries in the world have dragons on their national flags.

Wales: The dragon has been the symbol for Wales since the 800s, but the dragon was not put on the Welsh flag until 1959. The Welsh flag features a red dragon with wings, four legs and an arrow-shaped tail. The Welsh call their flag Y Draig Goch, which means “red dragon,” and the motto of Wales is “the red dragon advances.”

Bhutan: Bhutan is a country in the Eastern Himalayan Mountains. Bhutan means “land of the dragon.” Their flag features a white, Chinese-style dragon with a pearl clutched in each paw.

Malta: The Republic of Malta is a group of Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. You have to look closely at the Maltese flag to find the dragon. In the top left-hand corner is the George Cross, a medal awarded by the King of England for bravery. In the middle of the George Cross is an image of Saint George slaying his dragon. Malta was awarded the George Cross for helping the allies in World War II.

Hey guys did you know that you can download stories to listen to onto your computer, burn it to a CD, or load it onto your ipod or mp3 player? Check it out…..it’s free and exciting!

Bookseekers is great book club for all of us who love to read (and who are aged 9 to 12). At the meetings we swap heaps of info about books, authors, films of books etc. And when we review books I always write down the title of any book that gets 5 out of 5 stars. Man do I have a large list of cool books I want to read! It’s also fun to play the games relating to the genre of the month and we all have name tags each time which makes it heaps easier to make new friends!

Check out the BookSeekers page on the website. If you’ve got a cool book to review you can do that here too!