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: [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]