Storytime Takes A Break for School Holidays and Returns 29 April
Children and carers enjoyed being read Easter Rabbit stories this morning….. Just a reminder too – Storytime for children aged 3 – 5 years and their carers takes a break during the school holidays...
View ArticleChildren's Book Awards Nominees
Check out all the books nominated for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards at http://cbca.org.au/ShortList-2014.htm including local Freya Blackwood’s illustrations...
View ArticleAndy Jones is on his way......
High energy, humour, entertainment plus, storyteller, joker, musician. Join in this jammed packed, audience interactive show for 5 to 12 year olds (and parents and carers too!) with author and...
View ArticleSchool Holiday Activity: Giant Scrabble and Word Games
What do Madonna, Martha Stewart, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Keanu Reeves and Queen Elizabeth II have in common? They all love Scrabble. In 1931 American Alfred Butts translated his...
View ArticleThe Heat is On - Come and Play Giant Draughts
Warmth has returned to the Library with the Air-conditioning/Heating operational after a major glitch was repaired (thank you EVERYONE). And the competition is also heating up with Giant Draughts....
View ArticleChildren’s Book Week Winners are…
on display. Every year millions of kids in Australia hang out for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Awards. So do their parents, teachers and librarians – not to...
View ArticleChildren's Book Week: Childhood Photos and Books
Come into the Library to see the Children’s Book Week nominated and winning books on display. They can be reserved and borrowed out at the end of Book Week. And just for fun…check out the pinboard of...
View ArticlePirates and Princesses are invited to Storytime
Calling all pirates and princesses. Orange City Library Storytime invites you to themed Storytime sessions on Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th September at 11am. Resident storyteller...
View ArticleStorytime Returns for New School Term
Storytime for pre-schoolers returns for the new school term – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11am from Tuesday 7th October. Please book your place up to one week before by calling the Library...
View ArticleSchool Holiday Activity – I SPY
Louise and Rohan Wythes enjoyed searching for hidden items in the glass I SPY display at the Orange City Library. It is part of the ‘Summer Reading Club’ activities which will be taking place at the...
View ArticleLibrary Literacy Programs Return
Family literacy events return to Orange City Library for the first school term in February 2020. Online bookings open one week in advance or call 6393 8132. 1,2 Books Monday 3rd February & Tuesday...
View ArticleThings to do at Home
While our doors are closed Central West Libraries is open online 24/7 and we have created some activities for you to do at home. Enjoy Eye Spy – Old Tek and Treasures in Nature, Scavenger Hunts –...
View ArticleNational Simultaneous Storytime 27 May
Book in for virtual National Simultaneous Storytime with Children’s Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky by the State Library of NSW reading the wonderful story Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda...
View ArticleFree School Holiday Activity Packs
Get creating these school holidays with free take home Activity Packs from Orange City Library, Orange Regional Gallery and Orange Regional Museum. The Library pack features a Cardboard City Project...
View ArticleSchool Holiday Lego Competition
Children can enter the LEGO Club Holiday Challenge to construct some of the Central West’s most iconic buildings. The buildings may be historic or modern. They can all be created in Lego. Take photos...
View ArticleTake the Storytime Pledge
These school holidays, it’s time to take the Storytime Pledge. A book. A child. A reader. A promise. Join Australia’s science community in standing up (or sitting down) to prioritise sharing a book...
View ArticleOrange City Library Programs Return
Literacy Programs are returning to Orange City Library from Monday 20 July for School Term 3. Hygiene and social distancing restrictions will be in place according to NSW Health COVID-19 Guidelines....
View ArticleCowra Library Storytime Returns
Storytime returns to Cowra Library on Thursdays at 10.30am – 11am from 11 February during school term. We sing songs, read stories and make craft in the children’s area. Storytime caters for preschool...
View ArticleStorytime Fridays at Forbes Library
Storytime returns to Forbes Library on Friday 12 February at 10.30am during school terms and Forbes Library Birth to Kinder program makes a welcome return on alternate Fridays at 10.30am. There is a...
View ArticleNational Simultaneous Storytime
Central West Libraries members will be treated to an out-of-this-world experience during the 2021 National Simultaneous Storytime at Orange, Cowra, Forbes, Manildra and Molong libraries. Space and...
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