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Top 10 Children’s non-fiction July 2016
Minecraft domination! This game has taken over the top ten this month! Other popular books from the libraries’ non-fiction collections covered Arabic language and Matariki. We’ve been having some great...
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Top 10 Children’s non-fiction January 2017
Ocean dwelling creatures and literature make the grade this month. The clever people at Te Papa can take you on a virtual journey to the deepest depths, the Abyssopelagic zone, this is even deeper...
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Top 10 Children’s non-fiction February 2017
Lego has always been a favourite in the Children’s non-fiction collection, but have you ever considered using your own lego collection to make history? Not only is the 2017 Guinness World records in...
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Top 10 Children’s Non-Fiction March 2017
Great books to get your brains tingling! If you’re building a Minecraft empire or brushing up your acting skills with the Harry Potter script the top issuing non-fiction books have something you’ll...
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Top 10 Children’s Non-Fiction May 2017
Taking centre stage in the month of May… screen-plays and scripts galore! We are heading towards the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book reaching the shelves! Delve back into the magical...
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2017 – children’s events
Kia ora koutou – next week is a great reason to come in and explore the library’s te Reo collection. Māori Language Week 11 – 17 September has some fantastic events kicking off with the Wellington...
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Top 10 Children’s non-fiction September 2017
Empire vs Rebel Alliance… with the next episode just around the corner Star Wars fans are gearing up for another adventure with epic space battles, heroes and villains and new worlds. People,...
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Make, Create, and Innovate in the April School Holidays
Spin a Sphero, make music, code a cart, and rock with a robot! You get to be the engineer, architect, or scientist at your local library during the school holidays. Have a go at the latest programmable...
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Get down to Earth during the April School Holidays
Explore earth science, learn about the environment, kick back and watch a movie, or let your creative side out to play, during the school holidays at Wellington City Libraries. Let’s Go Lego! At...
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Family Lockdown Challenge: LEGO® Building Challenges
Do you have any LEGO® fans in your house? Are you looking for fun ways to fill in your time during the lockdown? Then look no further because we’ve got you covered! We’ve put together some of the most...
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Code Clubs at Wellington City Libraries
Coding is everywhere, even behind the scenes of this very blog! Here’s a snippet of HTML from one of our most popular Kids’ Blog posts from last year — can you work out which one? Did you know that you...
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Get crafty these holidays with CRAFTerHolidays2Go!
School holidays are here, and if you’re missing our usual array of library programmes during the break at COVID Alert Level 2, why not get your ‘crafty fingers’ working with our CRAFTerHolidays2Go...
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Paper Planes Go Global
Do you like making and folding paper planes (sometimes called paper darts)? You’re not alone! Every year in March, paper dart enthusiasts from around the world compete in the Red Bull Paper Wings...
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Puppets & Puppeteers
via GIPHY With puppets and puppetry featuring in our Beyond the Page Festival July holiday activities, we thought we’d explore all things PUPPET! A puppet is a ‘moving doll’. They are often used in...
View ArticleCode Club comes to Te Awe Library!
Did you know that you can learn how to code at your local library? That’s right! In collaboration with our friends at Code Club Aotearoa, we have been running Code Clubs across Wellington City...
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