WHODUNNIT? At Wellington City SPYbraries - School Holidays Wrap-Up
The school holidays have come to an end, and we hope you had as much fun as we did over the holidays solving mysteries, decoding clues, and getting involved in all things sneaky and SPYbrarian.
Wellington City Libraries and Community Centres would like to give massive thanks to authors Avril McDonald and Paul Beavis. Avril visited seven of our libraries in the first week of the holidays, delivering fantastic storytimes in promotion of her new book The wolf and the hocus pocus, and Paul ran a wonderful workshop for older tamariki at Te Māhanga | Karori Library, walking them through the steps involved in creating and illustrating a picture book and getting everyone drawing too!
Have a browse through these photos to see these two authors in action.
Avril McDonald reading to the crowds at Waitohi | Johnsonville Library.
Avril McDonald entertaining the crowd at Motu-kairangi | Miramar Library.
Avril McDonald reading at Te Takapū o Patukawenga | Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library.
Avril McDonald leading a storytime at Te Awe Library.
Paul Beavis leads an illustration workshop at Te Māhanga | Karori Library.
Paul Beavis drawing Nee Naw the fire engine at Te Māhanga | Karori Library.
Paul Beavis and an excited young artist at Te Māhanga | Karori Library.
We hope you all had a great time in our Libraries and Community Centres over the holidays, but don't forget! Our holiday events have finished, but that just means a return to our regular term-time programming. Have you been missing CRAFTerschool? Wish you could have attended just one more session of Let's Go LEGO®? Maybe you've been itching to go back to Tinker or Tech Time?
They're all still running - head on over to our event calendar to see what's on at your local branch and remember to keep an eye on our Facebook Page and of course our Kids' Stories to keep up to date on our regular programmes, special events, and holiday happenings.
Now, that's too much talk about what you can do during term-time, we know you really want to see some of the evidence of what secrets and mysteries were uncovered over the holidays.
Flip through these photos to reflect on some of the nefarious activities and devious crafts that you got up to over the last two weeks!
Two families work on a Golden Ticket Quest clue at Ngā Puna Waiora | Newtown Library.
The Puzzle Room was successfully solved at Korimako | Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library.
An Incognito Investigator at Ngā Puna Waiora | Newtown Library.
Successful Golden Ticket Quest-ers at Te Māhanga | Karori Library.
A mysterious duo join the Bad Guys with their newly crafted investigator gear at Waitohi | Johnsonville Library.
Rangatahi explore Virtual Reality at Island Bay Community Centre.
Incognito Kit crafting at Te Awe Library.
Tamariki investigate retro gaming at Waitohi | Johnsonville Library.
Exploring an MS-DOS game at Waitohi | Johnsonville Library.
Detectives work on a clue at the Puzzle Room at Island Bay Community Centre.
Beebots navigate a maze at Let's Go LEGO®: Gadget Edition at Tawa Community Centre.