Kids Blog

Wellington City Libraries are running free school holiday activities at libraries around town to celebrate New Zealand Book Month.

Check out these guys who enjoyed making ‘meanies’ and Mrs Wishy-Washy books at Johnsonville library.

No bookings required – Check our website for the rest fo the NZ book month holiday programmes.

Storytelling with Marie tomorrow – dress up as your favourite storybook character to hear Marie’s magic storytelling in the Botanic Garden’s Treehouse at 1.30pm. For children of all ages; bookings are not required. Cost: free.

Hey guys! Our friends at the Botanic Gardens are having a ‘Critter Trail’. Did you know that the Zoo started in the Botanic Garden? Come and see how many ‘animals’ you can find on this fun quest. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at the main gates by Glenmore Street at 1pm. Cost: free.

School Holidays… What are you going to do?         

Wellington City Libraries are running free school holiday activities at libraries around town to celebrate New Zealand Book Month.

Design a book cover, learn how to illustrate like a pro, make dog collars for Hairy Maclary, have fun with food and more!

No bookings required – Check our website for which library, what theme and time.

 The Wizard of Oz is coming to Wellington for a one-off show in the Town Hall’s Theatre next Saturday 3 October.

This is a new interactive version of the classic American fairytale -  rap with the Tin Man, roar like a Lion, wake up sleepy Shakey the Scarecrow and dance with Dorothy.

Come along dressed as your favourite Oz character and bring a new toy or book for the Children’s Hospital Toy Appeal.

The show starts at 10am, is one hour long and is suitable for 2–10 year olds. Tickets are $14 and are available from Ticketek.

Come grab the book from the library to read before you go to the show!

Our friends at the Botanic gardens have ‘Get crafty with Fifi’ happening – so kids, go to the Botanic Garden Treehouse at 10.30am for a fun craft session with TV personality Fifi Colston. Suitable for children aged five and over (you must be accompanied by an adult). Bookings are essential – but no organised groups or block bookings please. Phone the Treehouse on 499 1400. Cost: $2 each

Wow! Earth is a book about the earth… but it’s unlike any you’ve seen before. It is crammed full of incredible stuff to dip into, from magnificent meteorites to cool caves, crystals, and coral reefs, all revealed in a fascinating, exciting, totally different way: it’s like a museum, a search engine, and the world’s most exciting geography field trip rolled into one. Loads of topics, hundreds of pictures, thousands of words, squillions of amazing things to discover and explore…. Find it. See it. Know it.

Wellington City Libraries are running free school holiday activities at libraries around town to celebrate New Zealand Book Month.

Design a book cover, learn how to illustrate like a pro, make dog collars for Hairy Maclary, have fun with food and more!

No bookings required at these fun family events. Go to the website for session times and locations or call 499 4444.

Christian the lion is a cool book that is based on the true story of Anthony and John. They had Christian living with them in London until he was too big…..they decided to release Christian back into the wild. They often wondered what happened to him and then went to search for him again……Would Christian remember them? Get the book out of the library and watch the clip off them meeting up with Christian again.

Are you into creating monster characters in your active imagination? There’s this cool book called How to Draw Monster Battles by Marc McBride that will help put your imagination onto paper. It has lots of good tips on how to draw and create monsters and even has some information about the ones he has already created. It also has a monster lettering template at the back to help finish off your drawings. So go grab a pencil and paper and head on down the children’s non fiction area and check the book out. The call number is J 743.87 MACB. Happy drawing!

For more books on how to draw visit this link.