Summer School Holidays 24-25
December '24 - January '25
Blueskin Bay Library
Recycled cards & gift tags
16-20 December
All Day
Junk Tree House
13-25 January
All Day
City Library
Elf on the Shelf
Every day until Christmas
Can you spot the Library Christmas Elf? He’ll be hiding all around the Children’s section right up to Christmas Eve.
Christmas Craft
Monday 16th December | 3.30 – 4.30pm
Ground Floor
Make a Christmas tree decoration.
Christmas Card Making
Wednesday 18th December | 3.30 – 4.30pm
Children’s Section
Decorate Your Summer Reading Booklet Cover
Monday 30th December | All day | Children’s Section
Art and craft materials supplied.
Optical Illusion Mind-Benders
Throughout January
Follow our optical illusion poster trail.
Summer Reading Sticker Day
Friday 3rd January | All day | Children’s section
If you want to do the ‘Fill this page with stickers’ activity in your booklet, today’s the day! Stickers provided.
Make a Time Capsule
Tuesday 7th January | 11am – 12pm | Children’ section
Fingerprint Art
Thursday 9th January | All day | Children’s section
Back to School Craft
Thursday 23rd January | All day | Ground Floor
Mosgiel Library
All Libraries
City of Readers Summer Reading Programme
Sign up online or at your local library and pick up your Summer Reading pack. You’ll get a booklet full of activities and challenges as well as plenty of space to write down all the things you’ve read over summer. There are plenty of opportunities to enter into the draw for some cool prizes, and all readers who get their booklet signed off by a librarian by the 2nd February get a final entry into the prize draw.
Years 1 - 8
December 1 - 31 January
Register here: dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/youth/tamariki-pre-school-year-8/city-of-readers-summer-reading-programme
Teen Reading Challenge
Challenge yourself to read 8 books over the summer and score yourself a voucher for a free Hotpick rental.
Go one better by reading outside your comfort zone by reading a book from each of the additional specified categories and you’ll go into the draw to win a $50 book voucher to spend at your favourite book shop.
Pick up a reading record from your local library and take up the challenge!
Runs until 28 February
Com2Tech Summer STEM Sessions
Join us for some exciting STEM exploration! Create sustainable keyboard art, take part in a GameJam, or join a Minecraft Club.
RSVP essential
For more details, and to book, head to: www.tinyurl.com/DPLSummerSTEM25
7 - 24 Jan