Children

 Your guide to activities and resources for children.

Using the Children's Collection

The Children's section is extremely busy, so please read our tips and guidelines to help you and your fellow library users benefit from the resources available. Also check out our guide to what the labels on the books mean, and our junior non-fiction guides to help you easily recognise and locate resources.

Babies - 3 to 18 months old

Baby Bounce & Rhyme Enjoy sharing songs and rhymes with your baby in an interactive and stimulating environment. Baby Bounce & Rhyme is designed especially for the 3 to 18 month age group with parent participation and engagement essential. Baby Bounce & Rhyme is held on Wednesdays at 10.30 am during school terms.

Toddlers - 18 to 36 months old

Toddler Time Come along and join this interactive programme of singing, actions, rhymes and stories. Toddler Time is designed especially for children aged 18 to 36 months and parent participation is essential. Toddler Time is held on Mondays at 10.30am during school terms.

Pre-Schoolers - 3 to 5 years old

Pre-school Storytime Enjoy stories, songs and craft at Pre-School Storytime. Pre-school Storytime is a programme designed especially for 3-5year olds. It is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10.30am during school terms. Find out how to make the most of Storytime - download the PDF ‘Make the most of storytime'.

School Aged Children - 8 to 12 years old

Wednesday  Club Come and join in after school activities to create unique creations from recycled items. Held on Wednesdays from 3.45pm-4.45pm during school terms. The activities are designed for school aged children from 8 to 12 years old. Sessions are free. Download the PDF to view the current term's activities 'Wednesday Club Programme Term 1, 2016 (744.59 KB)'.

Also for School-aged children:

• Tumblebook Library - Designed for kids, the TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated talking picture books. The collection also includes reading comprehension quizzes and educational games.
• Premiers Reading Challenge runs every year from February to September.
• Nintendo Wii and Board Games: Manly Library offers a range of popular Nintendo Wii games for you to use within the library. The Wii is available after 3pm Monday to Friday (during school terms) and all day during weekends and school holidays. Just ask at the front desk.

School Holidays

Every School Holidays the Library runs activities for School aged children. The Holiday programme is circulated in house and online. Bookings open 3 weeks before the holidays start - book early as spaces fill up fast!  During the School Holidays the regular Childrens activities take a break.

The Summer Reading Club is a national yearly event. Registrations open from December and run until the end of January.  If you are in pre-school, primary or secondary (high) school, you can register at Manly Library to get your reading activity packs.