Did you know there are two WA competitions for youth who like writing and creating stories?

The Golden Pen Award, hosted by Scribblers Festival, is a short story competition for those aged 10 – 17 with up to $500 to win! Entries close 10th May, have a look at the website for all the details and virtual Scribblers Festival fun!

Make Your Own Storybook competition is organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia WA branch and is open to all WA students in pre-primary to year 8. Entries close 5th June, check out the website for more information and handy hints.

We have a new challenge for Lego Club over the school holidays: Send Rachael a photo of a scene from your favourite book, built with Lego!

Email your photos to rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au and we will display them on our library website www.amrlibraries.com

Thank you to our first contributor Nic, who has made a scene with Kai and a dragon hunter, from his favourite book series; Ninjago.

Also well done to Hugh, who has made “a Stormtrooper (star wars) has defected from the Imperial Forces and has built himself a cottage complete with telescope and fireplace”.

Ella has created a fantastic scene inspired by her favourite series Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland.

and then Ella created a fantastic scene from another favourite book; The Enchanted wood by Enid Blyton.

Arturo is also a Ninjago series fan and has created an action packed scene. Arturo says his first photo is ” the bad guy on motorbike and the second photo is the bad guy has been captured and locked in Kai’s vehicle”.

Amelia created a beautiful scene from the book The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl with Duplo. This book was chosen as a Click and Collect title from Augusta Library and is a new favourite read at Amelia’s house.

Thanks again Nic, Hugh, Ella, Arturo and Amelia.

We hope to see some more Lego scenes soon, as the library staff miss our Lego Club sessions!

These school holidays are a little different to others but we are still hosting Lego Club at our libraries, only in a virtual format.

Our Lego Challenge for the holidays is…

Create a scene with Lego from your favourite book!

This could be based on the characters from the story, the world in which the story is based, or you can even change the ending to the story.

Use your bricks at home to build the challenge, then take a photo and email it to Rachael  rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au and she will put your photo on this library website for all to view.

If you have any questions or need help accessing children’s items from the library over the school holidays, feel free to call  9780 5600 and we will help anyway we can.

Happy building!

We all know this school holidays is very different to any other so far. To help keep the kids entertained, have a look at what some award winning authors and publishers have been up to and you will find some FREE activities to try.

The World of David Walliams has some great resources for fans.

Walker Books Kids Corner contains activities from series such as Maisy, Where’s Wally, Judy Moody and Stink, Guess how much I love you and more.

Penguin books have some great book related activities from brilliant authors.

Children’s book author and illustrator Rob Biddulph has a fantastic online drawing tutorial.

Bedtime stories with R.A. Spratt are is a weekly podcast with funny stories for kids from a best selling author.

Learn how to draw a monster, write a short story and launch a book with author and illustrator Matt Stanton.

Matt Cosgrove author of Macca the Alpaca has some great Easter colouring in activities.

Author and illustrator James Foley has fantastic things to try including worksheets, illustrating tips, interviews and fun videos

Lucinda Grifford, author and illustrator of many children’s titles, has created some Easter activity goodies for you to try.

WA publisher Fremantle press have created fun stuff for your book loving kids to do, from some of the best children’s authors and illustrators in our state.

Happy holidays everyone!

The shortlist for Children’s Book of the year was recently announced virtually and we thought you might like to view this video from our favourite authors.

You can place a hold on any of these titles using our catalogue or contact the library on 9780 5600 if you need assistance.

More information on Children’s Book of the Year can be found at www.cbca.org.au

Happy reading!

We really miss being able to bring you all our regular children’s programs such as Baby Rhyme Time and Storytime.

Our friends from the Better Beginnings team at the State Library of WA have produced a fantastic youtube channel with lots of fun rhymes, stories and activities you can share with you child.

Visit www.youtube.com/betterbeginnings to enjoy signing, playing and reading with your children today!

All toddlers and their caregivers are invited to join us at Toddler Tales on Thursday 12th March, 10.30am at Augusta Library and then on the second Thursday of each month during school term.

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

Bookings are appreciated, phone 9780 5602 to reserve your child’s place.

If you are aged between 10 and 14 and love reading, come to the Margaret River Library this Monday 24th February at 4.30pm for Book Chat Club. There is no set book to read, instead we chat about books we have read over the last month and share our reviews.

Book Chat is at 4.30pm on the last Monday of every month during the school year, except public holidays.

Meeting dates for 2020 are:

24 February 2020
30 March
25 May
29 June
27 July
31 August
26 October
30 November

Feel free to contact Rachael on 9780 5602 for more information or speak with the friendly library staff.

Toddler Tales starts again this Thursday 13th February, 10.30am at Augusta Library and continues on the second Thursday of each month during school term.

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

Bookings are appreciated, phone 9780 5602 to reserve your child’s place.