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Libraries in Warkworth, Wellsford and Mahurangi East have a range of activities and reading challenges aimed at readers young and old throughout the summer holidays.
In the run-up to Christmas there is Christmas crafting at Warkworth daily between 10am and 4pm, on December 16 and 23 (plus a festive movie) at Wellsford from 2.30pm, and on Saturday, December 19 from 10.30am to noon at Mahurangi East.
Santa will be dropping into Snells Beach on Tuesday, December 22 for Mahurangi East’s Christmas Storytime, which will also feature pass the parcel and a gingerbread house.
Then, starting on January 5, Auckland Libraries is urging all kids to “take a ride on the reading wave” with Reading Wave and Book Bingo challenges, which run for a month. There is also a wide range of free activities including Minecraft and Lego at Wellsford, movies and technology at Warkworth and Matalab robot coding workshops at all libraries throughout January.
Wellsford library manager Jamie Robertson says the range of activities during December and January are all designed to be ongoing across several hours to give families increased flexibility.
Adults don’t miss out, either, as Auckland Libraries has compiled a Top 100 books for summer holiday reading. There are 10 different top 10 categories – best of the decade, fiction, non-fiction, 2020 vision, in translation, diverse voices, for kids, life and times, for teens and graphics for all ages. And from Friday, December 18, Mahurangi East is running an adult Armchair Traveller summer reading promotions in association with local businesses
For details on all these activities, and bookings for the robot coding workshops, call into your local library, check each library’s Facebook page or call 0800 695427.
