Dunedin Public Libraries News & Reviews Blog

Waitati’s own Mandy Mayhem read us all stories for Turn Off TV Week at the Blueskin Nursery Cafe. A great group of young and old turned up for hot chocolates, coffees and free fluffies for the kids.

Mandy read

‘The Princess and the White Bear King’ by Tanya Batts

and ‘Bad Jelly the Witch’ by Spike Milligan.

We then got to see and feel lots of different kinds of modern cloth nappies.

Michelle came along from the Nappy Network to show us these and answer any questions. She’ll be at the Mosgiel library on Thursday too!

Michelle highlighted the DCC $20 off nappy starter pack and all the reasons why these nappies are great to use!

Over 70 children and adults attended our recent Storytime session at City Library.

Our weekly sessions can include stories, rhyme, songs, scarf activities and musical instruments.

These activities are important in helping your child develop their language and memory skills, motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination as well as stimulating their senses

City Library sessions are held every Wednesday at 10.30a.m. during term time.

Our website has details of Storytime sessions at our other libraries.

Today the children colored in and decorated Teddy pictures.

The stories read were

Cartwheels in the kitchen

Hairy Maclary, Sit

Pingas Lost Rabbit

Blueskin Library hosted a storytime for Blueskin Playcentre.

We read the following books;

Shoe Baby by Joyce Dunbar

Little Apple byBrigette Weninger

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

The children also made either a butterfly mask or a small butterfly to be worn around the wrist. They also had fun in the playground and choosing a book for the playcentre to borrow.

Stories read at stortime this week at Mosgiel Library were;

Spot’s Easter Surprise by Eric Hill

Swing by Mick Inkpen

Spot’s First Easter by Eric Hill

Five in the bed and the little one said…..

Also the children made Easter Baskets to take home with them. I hope Easter Bunny hops along this weekend to fill them….

We have a lot of fun at Storytime here’s some pictures taken from a recent visit by Green Street Preschool. Aren’t the butterflies beautiful!

This weeks Storytime at Mosgiel Library included the following books..

• Thomas and the Jet Engine
• Peanut
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Today at storytime the children made their very own Thomas the Tank Engine.

• Every Tuesday
• 11:00am
• Children’s Area
• Mosgiel Library

This weeks Storytime at Mosgiel Library included the following books..

• Ducky Dives In!
• Who’s Laughing?
• Don’t be Afraid, Little Ones

The Children also made some bookmarks for themselves - check out their work above! Storytime - suitable for pre-school children and their care-givers.

• Every Tuesday
• 11:00am
• Children’s Area
• Mosgiel Library

Pre-school storytime is a great way to introduce your child to the wonderful world of books and language. Come and visit your library for half an hour of stories, both old and new.

These sessions, suitable for pre-school children and their care-givers are a lot of fun.

Most parts of the libraries network hold storytime sessions each week - our website has more information covering times, days etc.

Grandparents were invited along to a “themed” storytime session in November. Stories, rhymes, songs, musical instruments and scarves were all used to acknowledge the role grandparents play in our lives.

Storytime is held every Wednesday at 10.30a.m. in the Storypit @ City Library during the school term.

Local storyteller Kaitrin McMullan delivered captivating performances to several kindergarten and chidcare centres at the City Library during November.

Kaitrin visits the groups in their centres and then arranges for them to visit the library to expose them to the library environment. You can borrow Kaitrin’s CD “Worms in the pot” from our collection.