News and events for our library community
Held on the last Monday of each month, Book Chat Club is a place for ten to fourteen year olds to chat about their favourite books and reading.
Bookings are required, please phone 9780 5600 or email rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au as spaces are limited.
Happy Reading!
The next Book Chat Club Meeting is Monday 31st May at 4.15pm
Celebrate National Simultaneous Storytime by watching a reading of Give me some space by Philip Bunting – from space! NASA astronaut Shannon Walker will be reading the National Simultaneous Storytime book to us from the International Space Station and you can join in the fun by watching here Story Time From Space Presents — Give me Some Space! – YouTube
Happy Library and Information Week everyone!
Join us for Toddler Tales this Thursday 13th May, 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
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
Phone 9780 5600 for bookings or email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
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
Phone 9780 5600 for bookings or email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
Augusta Library
Phone 9780 5670 for bookings or email auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au
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
We want to let all parents know about a system change that will affect our Junior and Young Adult members.
Effective immediately, all Junior and Young Adult membership types will now be able to use their library cards to access the internet on our public PCs. The library wifi is also freely available and not restricted by age.
If you would prefer your child to not be able to log themselves onto a PC session, please ensure you supervise them at the libraries.
We encourage all parents to have regular ‘internet safety’ talks with their children. Click here to find some helpful links to help with your chats. Then scroll down to the ‘Young People’ section:
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
Britannica Library offers well-researched information you can trust, free with your library membership. And you can search according the the user’s age group, ensuring results that are suitable for all stages of learning!
Britannica offers a safe space to send school kids who are working on projects – or you can just follow your own curiosity and see where it leads you.
Have your library card handy and click here to get started 🙂
Swopbots and Rainforest Coding are e-resources that teach kids how to code in a fun and entertaining way – it’s like playing a game, except you get to make the creative decisions!
To get started, have your card handy and click here to go to our ‘Online resources for parents and children’ page. Scroll down to explore the wide range of child-friendly e-resources on offer to library members.
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!
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au