Kids Blog

Lucky you! Children’s author Maria Gill is visiting the Wellington Central Library during the school holidays.

Who? Maria Gill, author of New Zealand Hall of fame: 50 remarkable kiwis and Call of the Kokako

What? Learn about famous New Zealanders and saving the Kokako, topics in Maria’s latest books. Games, activities and tips on writing and illustration. A free, fun interactive workshop for 6–12 year olds.

Where and When? Central Library, Tuesday July 26th, 2-3 pm

How much? Free! No need to book, just turn up.

See you there!

School Holidays! Two weeks off school! Here’s what we’ve got lined up for you…

Worldwide Weird

What a weird place this world of ours is. How weird? Find out at your local library these school holidays with free strange, weird and wacky stories and activities for 5-12 year olds.

Island Bay Library, Tuesday 19th July, 2-3 pm: Create your own country! Come along & design your own flag, money, animals & national costume. This is your big chance to be King, Queen or President for just one day.

Central Library, Wednesday 20th July, 11 am-12 pm: Believe it or not! The world is full of interesting, weird (and sometimes a bit gross) facts. Can you tell what is a weird fact & what’s make believe? Come & experience some truly amazing things.

Cummings Park Library (Ngaio), Wednesday 20th July, 2-3 pm: Come along to hear our weird & wacky storyteller spin wonderful wild tales from around the globe.

Brooklyn Library, Wednesday 20th July, 2-3 pm: Create your own country! Come along & design your own flag, money, animals & national costume. This is your big chance to be King, Queen or President for just one day.

Kilbirnie Library, Thursday 21st July ,11 am-12 pm: Brazil, Martial Arts & Music! Learn some Capoiera, hear some Brazilian legends & learn a new language.

Wadestown Library, Thursday 21st July, 2-3 pm: Come along to hear our weird & wacky storyteller spin wonderful wild tales from around the globe.

Newtown Library, Thursday 21st July, 2-3 pm: Create your own country! Come along & design your own flag, money, animals & national costume. This is your big chance to be King, Queen or President for just one day.

Khandallah Library, Thursday 21st July ,2.30-3.30 pm: Have you got what it takes? Weird, wild & wacky challenges at Khandallah Library

Karori Library, Friday 22nd July, 2-3 pm: Come along to hear our weird & wacky storyteller spin wonderful wild tales from around the globe.

Mervyn Kemp Library (Tawa), Monday 25th July, 2-3 pm: Have you got what it takes? Weird, wild & wacky challenges at Tawa Library

Johnsonville Library, Wednesday 27th July, 2-3 pm: Weird, Wild & Wacky Challenges. See if you can beat some world records or just have fun trying. There’ll be stories, fun activities & challenges for you to do!

Central Library, Wednesday 27th July, 11 am-12 pm: Library world records! Did you know that libraries are record-breaking places? Come along & find out what records you could break & join in the fun and competitions.

Miramar Library, Wednesday 27th July, 11 am-12 pm: Wacky Library Records Challenge – have you got what it takes?

These events and more are listed on the Kids Whats On page. Check it out!

Did you know the school holidays are only 4 weeks away!? We librarians have been scratching our heads and thinking really hard about some fun activities for you to do in the holidays. Here’s a sneak peek at what will be going on…

What a weird place this world of ours is. How weird? Find out with strange, weird and wacky activities going on at your library. There will be martial arts, world records, languages and strange new countries, weird facts and strange stories. You’ll experience all things World Wide Weird at your library in the July Holidays.

More coming soon… Watch this space!

Yay- the holidays are nearly here! Looking for something fun to do? Look no further – we’ve got loads of fun activities happening in your libraries just for you.

Slinky Slimy Scaly Science: Meet a real live mad scientist, make some slime, discover weird and wonderful sea creatures and more! Science activities for 5-12 year olds at all Wellington City Libraries.

Check out our What’s On page for what and when.

Celebrate your day – Children’s Day: March 6th 2011, Wellington Civic Square and Central Library, 11 am – 3 pm

Special story reading and face painting is happening in the Central Library from 1.45 pm - 3 pm. Fun and free and no need to book – bring the whole family!

There will be loads of fun activities happening in Civic Square 11 – 2 pm- a special visit from the WotWots, a children’s Zumbatomic Zumba class, a special performance of one of Capital E’s upcoming festival shows, face painting, the Balloon Man, story-telling, art activities, sausage sizzle and lots more to be announced.

So get down to the city on Sunday for some fun!

Coming soon…

The free quiz night for 9-12 year olds

(Well… I guess it’s not so secret anymore)

August 20th at 6.30pm at the Wellington Central Library. Get your team of 2-4 super spies together for an awesome night of super fun. Rregistrations open on July 14th, and places are limited so keep checking back here for more info soon.

Her father dropped Lucy off in the children’s section on Saturday, and had gone to check out the latest in Science Fiction when he disappeared.

Lucy didn’t fret, she knew the library was warm and dry, and anyway, she’d seen where we kept our biscuits. We only discovered her at morning tea-time on Monday, when we opened the cupboard, to find that Lucy had spent the entire weekend reading our Pippi Longstocking books and eating our biscuits (though never the two things together, because Lucy would never leave crumbs in a book.)

Lucy has kept us so entertained with her tales of what she’s been reading, and she has promised that as long as we let her live in our biscuit cupboard, she will tell you all about her favourite books too.

So keep your eye out for news and reviews from Lucy Longstocking.

It was so cool to see so many of you today at the central library for Stories@10:30. If you couldn’t come to the library today that’s OK, we have more stories to share on Friday.

See you there!

Kia ora!

This Maori-language play is on at Te Papa on Thursday the 9th of October starting at 6pm. It’s free entry, so grab a parent and drag them down there and enjoy 40 minutes of great Maori theatre!

For more information go to the Te Papa site.

Looking for something to do after stories@7 this Friday? Well, the Botanic Gardens are doing glow-worm tours on Friday the 3rd and 10th of October at 8pm. Kids under 12 are free and adults pay $5.00. The tours meet at the Founders’ Entrance (main gates, Glenmore Street). Visit the Wellington site for more info. Cool, eh?

Interested in stuff about glow worms? Have a look at these books.