The theme is ‘Love your library’. So head on down to your local library and have a chat to your librarian and let them help you find something great to read.
Every year during Library Week libraries all over the country read the same story at the same time. It’s called NZ’s Biggest Storytime. The
book this year is Itiiti’s Gift by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by local artist/author Fifi Colston. If you live in Karori, Khandallah or Tawa then come along to hear the story during storytime on Wednesday 12 August, 10.30am. Or check the book out at a library branch near you. It’s available in Te Reo Maori too: Ko te koha a Itiiti.
Library Info
Back to school!
Hey guys, I hope you are all settling back into school ok. Don’t forget that we are here to help with that homework! You can either come in to visit us at any of our sites and ask a friendly librarian or you can log in to Any Questions our internet homework help. Kids Cat can have interesting links and information for and subjects you may be studying.
If you need any books or DVDs for the cold winter nights check out our new fiction and DVDs.
Matariki at Karori Library
Hey guys! Pop along to the Karori Library @ 11am tomorrow (Saturday 27th) to celebrate Matariki with activites and stories! See you there! Ages 4 and up.
New BookSeekers Clubs!
Hey guys! Make sure you check out our BookSeekers page! We have new clubs opening at different sites and photos of some of our clubs! Check out the nearest club to you! If you’ve never heard of BookSeekers before it’s never too late to learn! If you’re 9-12 years of old join the nearest book club to you! See you at the next meeting!
Matariki Story Times
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
Check out the Cosmodome!
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
Need help with that homework?
Check out our homework help page: www.wcl.govt.nz/kids/help.html . You can also try the Any Questions button above. A librarian helps you search for the answer to your homework questions online. The other cool homework help site is 
World Book Online – all you need is your Wellington City Libraries card to get into this site. All the best with that homework of yours!! Impress those teachers !
New fiction for those winter nights!
Hey guys, we have lots of new fabulous fiction coming in all the time. Check our catalogue to see if the next book in your favourite series is here on our catalogue. Or, if you want to see what new fiction has just arrived in the library check out the Children’s Recent Fiction Picks. Then, if you find the book you have chosen extra extra good, send us a review and nominate it for a Kids Choice! award. Wow! All the cool things you can do! Don’t forget to join one of our bookclubs BookBusters or BookSeekers to meet other kids who like to read too! Who says winter should be dull! Nothing like being snuggled up with a book!
Kids Catalogue Web: Explore Some Birds & Animals!
Hi guys!
Do you often need info about New Zealand animals for your school homework sheets & projects? Then Kids Catalog Web can help! Navigate to the Explore section and choose NZ Aotearoa / NZ Animals. To see all the fantastic web pages on your chosen topic, click on the button of the animal you want. As this is a book catalog, it will usually come up with a list of books on that topic first. Just look for an icon with a spider sitting on a web (it’s on the left hand side of page and has the words see web pages) and click on that for the URLs.
Here’s some examples of the kinds of websites that you will find there…
Animal fact sheets:
New Zealand zoos have fact sheets on the animals that live there. Here’s the Hamilton Zoo site: Just click on Birds, Reptiles or Mammals and choose the fact sheet for the animal you want.
Animal Pests:
Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand is getting more and more stuff added all the time. In “The Bush” section you can check out all our native animals & insects plus their predators. But this section in Conservation is all about the Introduced Animal Pests which threaten our native wildlife.
Penguins:
There’s loads of info about our unique and endangered animals too like the Little Blue Penguin. The Oamaru Penguin Colony website has some great facts plus their life cycle.
Sharks: If you don’t mind the sight of blood – check out this site from the Auckland Museum about dissecting a Great White Shark.
Kids Cat – Easter
It’s only 6 weeks until Easter! Every year we get kids at the library asking us what is the meaning of Easter and where they can find out how to do Easter crafts. Luckily our Kids Catalog Web has loads of great books and websites on Easter. Check out the Easter icon on the Holidays & Festivals pages. Books in the catalog will be listed first (so you can check out what great books are at the library nearest you). But if you need info fast, just click on the spider icon to see the websites.