Lego Club

Join our hour long Lego club session to take on new challenges, Lego provided. Best suited to children over 5 years and bookings are essential.

Phone the library now to reserve your child’s place.

 Margaret River Library

• Tuesday 6 April | 10.00am -11.00am
• Thursday 8 April | 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Phone 9780 5600 for bookings or email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Book illustration and drawing workshop with Gabriel Evans

Gabriel Evans is an illustrator who creates worlds with a paintbrush. He’s worked with some of the worlds most loved publishers including Penguin Australia, Hardie Grant, Walker Books Australia, Scholastic Australia, Simon & Schuster USA, Affirm Press and Berbay Publishing. Gabriel has teamed up with acclaimed Australian and USA authors and received two notable Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year nominations.

During this workshop you will explore the process of illustrating a book, creating characters, developing picture book ideas and hear Gabriel’s journey to becoming an illustrator.

Margaret River Library

• Tuesday 13 April | 3.00pm – 4.00pm For 10 to 14 year olds

Phone 9780 5600 for bookings or email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Augusta Library

• Wednesday 14 April | 10.00am – 11.00am For 5 to 9 year olds

Phone 9780 5670 for bookings or email auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au

The Golden Feather hunt begins!

Join the hunt for the Golden Feather at your local library during the school holidays. As part of the Scribblers Festival, feathers have been hidden in books across West Australian public libraries – will you be the lucky winner who finds the Golden Feather?

Thanks to Scribblers Festival, you can also pick up a RELICS: Bricks of the new world workbook while stocks last.

All school holiday activities are FREE at the Shire Libraries, however bookings are essential and children must be accompanied by an adult for each session.

Regular Baby Rhyme Time, Storytime and Toddler Tales sessions take a break over school holidays. Sessions resume during school term, commencing Monday 19 April.

If you are over 10 years old and love books, come to Book Chat at Margaret River Library this Monday 29th March at 4.15pm for recommended reads and fun book related activities.

This meeting we are dressing up as our favourite book characters!

New Book Chat Club members are always welcome.

Bookings are required, phone 9780 5602 or email rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au to reserve a place

Join us for Toddler Tales this Thursday 11th March, 10.30am at Augusta Library.

Toddler Tales is aimed at children 18 to 36 months old and involves a story, rhymes, songs, craft and morning tea.

Bookings are required as spaces are limited, phone Rachael on 9780 5602 to reserve your child’s place

Be a part of our virtual lego challenge at home by making something out of bricks that can fly!

Email your submissions to Rachael on rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au by the 31st January and you could win a prize!

Come to your Shire Libraries this week for the choice of a free craft pack of either a cup or badge to make and design at home.

Both Augusta and Margaret River Libraries have packs to give away each week, check our website amrlibraries.com at the beginning of each week to find out which pack is available to collect.

Get in quick because pack numbers are limited.

Happy Holidays!

Book Chat Club is for book lovers who are aged 10 to 14 years old and love to talk about books!

Book Chat Club is held on the last Monday of the Month at Margaret River Library and our January meeting will be on Monday 25th January at 4.15pm.

This month we will be having a book swap, bring any books you have read and want to give away, then choose another to keep.

Please book a place by emailing Rachael rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au or phoning  9780 5602.

Come to your Shire Libraries this week and grab a free kite craft pack as part of our school holiday activities program.

Both Augusta and Margaret River Libraries have packs to give away each week, check our website amrlibraries.com at the beginning of each week to find out which pack is available to collect.

Get in quick because pack numbers are limited.

Happy Holidays!