Te Awe reduced open hours 6 June

Te Awe Library is open for reduced hours on Friday 6 June, from 9am to 5pm.

The Council Service Desk will open at 9am.

Closed for King's Birthday - Monday 2 June

All our libraries will be closed on Monday 2 June for the King's Birthday public holiday.

Out on the Shelves: Book lists for tamariki

By WCL librarians

To start you off on your reading journey, we've put together some book lists for tamariki for Out on the Shelves.

Out on the Shelves logo on a blue sky background, nestled under a rainbow, over green hills

Out on the Shelves is an online resource created by InsideOUT to connect rainbow young people with books and stories with positive rainbow representation. Each June they hold an awareness campaign where schools and libraries around Aotearoa have the opportunity to promote Out on the Shelves, enter (and hopefully win!) their Display Competition, and uplift and celebrate rainbow people and stories across the motu.

To help you kick off your reading journey, we've put together some booklists featuring a wide range of rainbow identities.

These lists may be particularly useful if you've signed up for our Out on the Shelves: Read the Rainbow online challenge!