Karere 'Kids featured' - 'Kids featured' stories
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Highlights from Books Alive 2025
On the 13th of August a horde of children's librarians, writers, illustrators, translators, and students descended on Wellington for a day filled with book talks, workshops, and presentations. -
Remembering children's author Allan Ahlberg
Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg has died at age 87. We look over some favourite books of his in our collection. -
Winter School Holidays Wrap-Up 2025!
We had a lovely time celebrating Matariki me Puanga over the winter school holidays. Let's take a moment to look back at all the brilliant creations and special experiences from those who joined us. -
Kia ora, Canada: Letters to Huron County Library
It's winter in Aotearoa but it's summer in Canada and we're joining in with their summer holidays with some letters to the children of Huron County Library! -
Out on the Shelves: Rainbow books for kids recommended by our librarians
To celebrate Out on the Shelves, our librarians have chosen some of their favourite rainbow books for kids that we've read and enjoyed. We hope you enjoy them too! -
What's on for Out on the Shelves 2025
June is the Out on the Shelves campaign month, and to celebrate we're running a fantastic range of events for tamariki and rangatahi across our libraries. -
Baby Rock and Rhyme comes to Brooklyn Library!
We're extremely excited to be bringing our popular Baby Rock and Rhyme programme for ages 0-2 to Moe-rā | Brooklyn Library for the very first time, starting on the 7th of May! -
The Prehistoric Earth | School Holidays Wrap-Up!
As term 2 begins, let's look back at all the pter-riffic creations and dino-mite experiences from our April school holiday programme. -
The Fish Doorbell: Help a fish on the other side of the world
Help the fish of Utrecht in their annual upstream migration and enjoy some kids' books about animal migration. -
Top reviews from our Summer Reading Adventurers
We received so many fantastic book reviews from tamariki for Summer Reading 2025 - have a read! -
Our 2024 picks: Kids' fiction, comics, and more
There have been so many fantastic children's books published in 2024, and this is our chance to share our top picks of the year with you. -
Summer Reading Adventure: How to create an acrostic poem
One of the activities we're challenging the tamariki of Pōneke to complete over the summer is to write an acrostic poem for the phrase "Summer Reading Adventure". But what exactly is an acrostic poem? -
Summer Reading Adventure: How to draw lines for an Ozobot
What exactly is an Ozobot? -
What’s on for tamariki at the library: In-person and online!
Looking for something to keep tamariki entertained, whether it’s an outing or from the comfort of your own home? We've got you! -
Beyond the Page 2024: Week Two Round-up!
The holidays are over, and school has started back, but that doesn't stop us from looking over some of the great pictures of the fun things we got up to in Week Two of Beyond the Page! -
Beyond the Page 2024 School Holiday Programme
The Beyond the Page literary festival for tamariki and their whānau is back for 2024! Over the school holidays join us across the Wellington/Wairarapa region to celebrate out-of-the-box storytelling! -
Beyond the Page 2024: Week One Round-up!
We're halfway through the school holidays, so we're also halfway through the Beyond the Page literary festival. Read on for some of our favourite photos from Week One events in our libraries! -
Things that will make you go WOW: World of Wearable Art 2024
Inspired to create your own wearable art? We have some great books to get you started!