Children’s Day — Te Rā O Te Tamariki

Children’s Day is usually the first Sunday in March (Sunday 4 March 2012). It is a special day to spend time as a family and perhaps try things you haven’t done before. This year the key theme will be ‘love and affection’.

For something special this Children’s Day, visit one of our great libraries which are open on Sunday:

• Beside the sea at New Brighton
• In the bustle of the city at the Central Peterborough and Central South City
• Next to the busy Palms Mall in Shirley and Northlands Mall at Papanui
• Beckenham (South Library)
• Upper Riccarton

The vibrant, up to date and family friendly suburban libraries open from 10am to 4pm and the two Central city libraries 10am to 5pm. Come away with an armful of great books, DVDs, CDs and much more for the whole family to enjoy.

Christchurch City Libraries — a great place for children and their parents

Joining the library

• Find out about joining the library and getting a card for your child — it’s free and gives them a passport to a world of fun and information.
• You can start from Day One ... libraries are for babies too.
  Each year about 5,000 Books for Babies packs are distributed to parents and babies through hospitals, midwives and the Homebirth Association. In 2011 Books for Babies celebrated its 20th year.

Visiting your library

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  Connor enjoys his ’Baby’s world’ board book.

  We have a great range of sessions at our libraries with songs, games and stories especially tailored for everyone from babies to those just about to start school. When a child turns four they can come into any Christchurch City Library and pick up a Ready for Reading pack. The pack contains a purpose written book ‘Right on Time’, a jigsaw, a birthday card, and a pamphlet with tips on how parents can help their child get ready for reading.
• Children’s collections include books for older and younger readers, reference books, picture books, jigsaws and more.

• Our children’s DVD collection has over 1500 items, all are described in our catalogue as to whether they are based on older or younger fiction, picture books or are non fiction.

Online resources for children

The Kids section of our website will give you more details about the range of resources we have for children:

• Find out about homework help in the Homework Zone.
• There is fun stuff like quizzes, our New Zealand children's authors interviews and stories and If you like… reading ideas.

Online resources for parents

There are great resources for parents include reading lists to help you choose a book for your child.