Kids' Home
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Welcome to the Kids section of Wellington City Libraries' website. You'll find heaps of fun and interesting stuff here. Content changes all the time so bookmark us and visit often!
Kids' Club
What is Kids' Club? Find out here! Join other 5-12 year olds online to review books, find out what everyone else is reading, and win prizes. All book reviews are published online for everyone around the world to see - wow! Start writing your first review now.
Kids' Blog
9 New Junior Comics and Graphic Novels at Wellington City Libraries!
Comicfest may be done and dusted for another year. However the comics and graphic novels still keep coming at Wellington City Libraries. Wellington City Libraries has some new comics and graphic novels in the children's collection. Come on down to your local library and borrow them before they are all gone!
Check This Out
Story Box Library Imagine the best stories being read aloud by some amazing storytellers - that's Story Box Library!
Tamariki
Kōhunga Kōrero: Storytimes in
te Reo Māori - at a library near you!
Listen to The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins
He nui ngā taupānga Māori hou papai rawa! There are so many cool new Māori apps! Try these ones:
Kupu Download from iTunes. Take a photo of an object and the app will tell you the te reo word for it.
Te Reo Māori A te reo Māori language dictionary app right in your hand. Very handy!
Tipu te Reo Māori A fun learning game app for te reo Māori. Download from iTunes.
He aha tēnei? A useful app to introduce simple everyday words. Match each part of the word to hear it pronounced, and complete the word to hear it in full.
New!
Fearless and fantastic! : female super heroes save the world
by Sam Maggs, Emma Grange, and Ruth Amos.
Visit the Kids Blog for more new things.
eLibrary
Check out the eLibrary where the collection is free and available to download 24/7. Choose from eBooks, eAudio, comics and magazines:
Overdrive: eBooks and eAudio
BorrowBox: eBooks and eAudio
RBdigital: eMagazines to download and keep
TumbleBooks: online books and comics with read-alongs, games and activities
Story Box Library: A video library of stories to read along to
Kanopy: streaming movies, including Kanopy Kids
Beemafilm: streaming movies, with Australian and New Zealand content
Star Review
Race to the end of the world
by A.L. Tait, reviewed by Molly from Karori, 11 years old.
When Quinn gets selected to be a trainee mapmaker, his worst nightmare comes true. Suddenly he is sailing the world looking for evidence that the earth is round. Will he and his crew be able to do it? I really enjoyed this book because it was an adventure. I recommend it to children 9+. 5 stars!
Special Notice
Arapaki and He Matapihi - our new pop-up libraries
Following the closure of the Central Library we are excited to invite you to visit our first two pop-up Libraries in called Arapaki (in Manners Street) and He Matapihi (in the National Library). Come check out the great range of children's books and say HI to the librarians.
Click through for the latest updates about the Central Library
What's On
Super Smash!
Read, win prizes, and help The Wellington Firebirds to victory!
From now till 19th January primary and intermediate aged kids can register for the Super Smash Reading Challenge and choose their local cricket team to 'play' for. Log the books you read, watch your team move through the leader board, and win prizes! It's Wellington vs the rest of the country -FOUR!
Booklists
Did you know we have lots of great Booklists? You can find them over on our Booklists page, or browse one below!
Kids' Databases
Language Nut: a fun way to learn different languages for kids and adults. There are songs, stories and games for each language so you'll be adding to your vocabulary without really realising it! (To get started, type in your library card number into the box on Language Nut labelled "barcode".)
Oddizzi: a fun, interactive way to learn about countries. Need to find out about a country or have a topic about the natural world to research? Just login by typing "Wellington" and "oddizzi"
TumbleBooks: TumbleBooks offers picture books, chapter books and non-fiction books, which you can read, or have read to you! There are educational videos and games, animation, sounds and music.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Britannica Junior edition contains thousands of short articles on subjects for school and for fun. From countries, to animals and sports; it also includes pictures, videos, and links to other websites.