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 [...]

Only 3 weeks of school left before the holidays! Yeah!
 
We’ve got some great activities planned for the holidays. October is New Zealand Book Month, so we are celebrating New Zealand books, authors and illustrators. All the favourites will be there- Joy Cowley, Lynley Dodd, Under the Mountain and more!
 
Check out the What’s On page for [...]

Hey guys,
Check out the Books and Authors that won the LIANZA awards:
Elsie Locke Award (Non Fiction) – Atoms, dinosaurs & DNA by Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestley
Russell Clark Award (Illustration) – Herbert : the brave sea dog by Robyn Belton
Esther Glen Award (Fiction) – Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale
Te Kura Pounamu Award (Te Reo [...]

Block out August 23rd for the Wellington Storylines Festival day! It’s happening at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama centre, 11 Hutchinson Road, Newtown, from 10am-3pm.
The free family day will give you the chance to get up close with authors and illustrators from NZ and the rest of the world. Weta Workshop is also going [...]

Yay! The New Zealand Post Book Awards winners have been announced. Here they are-
Roadworks by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock
Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Back and Beyond; New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O’Brien
 
Check out the website for more details.

Voting isn’t just for adults! You, too, can have a say. You get the opportunity to pick the best children’s book in NZ and could win $1000 of book vouchers for your school.
 
The New Zealand Post Book Awards seeks to find the best children’s books in New Zealand and they want to know what you [...]

Now this book is really cool! The Were-Nana by Melinda Szymanik is a crafty tale and is one of the finalists for the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
 
Here’s what the awards’ website had to say:
There’s nothing Simon enjoys more than scaring his little sister, Stella Rosa. And now that the mysterious Nana Lupin is coming [...]

Hi book lovers! Here’s one you’ll really enjoy! This book is so good that it was read aloud at New Zealand’s biggest story time last year with many schools, libraries and LOTS of children across the country reading it all at the exact same time. Wow!
 
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig by Diana Neild
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig lives with his parents [...]

Showtime! 30 New Zealand Stories for Children is a collection of 30 stories about children participating in a celebration of sorts or anything quite unusual. I had fun reading this collection because it had lots of different stories in one book. There are different kinds of occasions, like being on stage, in a wedding and [...]

Another New Zealand Post Book Awards Book! This one is called ‘Every Second Friday’ and is writen by Kiri Lightfoot.
 

The website has this to say about it:
Margi and Totty’s dad is a collector of bits and bobs. Every second Friday they go and stay at their dad’s house. They never know what’s going to happen!
 
This [...]