Kids' Home
HELLO!
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 Reviews
What are Kids' Club Reviews? Find out here! Get your book reviews published on the kids' blog and win prizes!
Kids' Blog
8 New Non-Fiction on Folk Tales, Myths and Legends!
Hey kids! There is more new Junior Non Fiction available at your local library. The theme for this post is Folk Tales, Myths and Legends, where you will encounter books where you go on magic carpet rides, fight mythological beasts, encounter gods and goddesses and much, much more! Enjoy!!
Star website
AnyQuestions is a free online reference service for all New Zealand school students via live text based chat. They're open 1pm - 6pm weekdays to help you with your enquiries. It's a great place to go to for homework help or for any other topics you'd like information about. Check it out and let your friends know about it too!
Tamariki
Kōhunga Kōrero: Storytimes in
te Reo Māori - at a library near you!
Listen to The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins
Read books in Te Reo Māori and English
Recent additions
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
Zinio: eMagazines to download and keep
TumbleBooks: online books and comics with read-alongs, games and activities
ComicsPlus: streaming online comics
Star Review
Cruise Control
by Samantha Turnbull, reviewed by Leela from Karori, 5 years old.
This is a great book because it shows how important it is to not throw rubbish into the sea. And all the four people of the anti-princess club have their own chapters in the book. And all of the anti-princess club books show that children can do anything they like and be anything they want to be. 5 stars!
What's on
It's sometimes really hard to be brave especially when you have nightmares or feel all alone but there are wonderful books that can help you to feel brave. Come along and meet Wolfgang the Wolf and Clarissa the Cat who are best friends from the Feel Brave series of books...
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
Zoo Whiz: a great site for learning maths, spelling and reading, with a neat twist -- when you complete an activity, you earn "coins" to spend for your online zoo!
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.