You will find a wide range of resources for children and teens of all ages, from picture books to chapter books, stories on CD to movies on DVD, magazines, multimedia packs, and information books. Children are welcome to join the library themselves as long as a parent/grandparent is happy to be their Guarantor. This will start them on their own library journey and library services will support them all the way through to their senior years of schooling, and beyond!
Sharing stories and joining in with our library activities will help your child be prepared for starting school. The NSW Department of Education offers an array of advice via the A-Z Parents Guide.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge runs every year from February to September and is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9, in government, independent, Catholic and home schools.
The Challenge aims to encourage in students a love of reading for leisure and pleasure, and to enable students to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely.
JUNIOR FICTION
Our Junior Fiction collection is full of fun and exciting reads. You can browse all the new additions to the collection in our monthly New Junior Fiction list :
May-June 2023
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
TEEN FICTION
Our Teen Fiction collection is always being updated with new and highly reviewed Young Adult stories. To help you keep up with our latest items and to entice readers, we offer the bi-monthly New YA Fiction list:
May-June 2023
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
We also offer our YA LGBT Fiction List. [Last updated October 2020]
Magpies
The Library keeps copies of the wonderful magazine, ‘Magpies’. It has reviews and information on new books plus articles on authors, different genres in children’s literature and keeps us up to date on what is being published in Australia and New Zealand.
A list of ‘Series for Readers in Primary School’ will give you an idea of characters, setting, target audience and narrative frame for each of the popular series.
Early learning calendar
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Emma Memma – Special Event
Emma Memma – Special Event
Join us at the library for a super special event with Emma Memma, featuring a book reading and signing. Port Macquarie Library Monday 28th August 3:30pm All ages are welcome! …
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Storytime – Laurieton
Storytime – Laurieton
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Wauchope
Storytime – Wauchope
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Laurieton
Storytime – Laurieton
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
1 event,
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Wauchope
Storytime – Wauchope
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Storytime – Laurieton
Storytime – Laurieton
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
1 event,
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Wauchope
Storytime – Wauchope
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Laurieton
Storytime – Laurieton
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
1 event,
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Storytime – Port Macquarie Library
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Storytime – Wauchope
Storytime – Wauchope
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
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Connect With Nature Scavenger Hunt
Let's connect with nature! Collect a scavenger hunt sheet from library staff and then search your environment, at home and around town, for your chance to win some great prizes! …
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Flying Fox Craft Workshop
Flying Fox Craft Workshop
Flying foxes play a very important role in dispersing seeds and pollinating flowering plants, and are crucial to keeping native forests healthy. In this workshop you will: • Get crafty …
Nature Sun Catcher Craft
Nature Sun Catcher Craft
Join us at Wauchope Library to create a colourful sun catcher to hang up from a window or a tree! Ages: 5 years and up Bookings essential. This event is …
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Flying Fox Craft Workshop
Flying Fox Craft Workshop
Flying foxes play a very important role in dispersing seeds and pollinating flowering plants, and are crucial to keeping native forests healthy. In this workshop you will: • Get crafty …
Kids Who Code – Un-bee-lievable!
Kids Who Code – Un-bee-lievable!
Come along and help a bee to pollinate the flowers in this fun Scratch! coding project. Ages: 8-12 years Bookings essential. This event is part of our September-October School Holidays …
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Design a Bee Hotel
Design a Bee Hotel
Come along to Laurieton Library and create a safe nesting space to hang in your garden for our very important pollinators. Ages: 6 years and up Bookings essential. This event …
Australian Wildlife Storytime
Australian Wildlife Storytime
Visit Wauchope library for some stories, songs, and a craft, all about Australian animals. Also, hear from the Education team about our local flying fox population and how we can …
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THE PORTAL
Feel like a break from life? We have the latest in Virtual Reality technology that will transport you to different worlds.
3D Printing
Discover, print and share in 3D. We’ve printed prototypes, phone holders, fidget spinners, spaghetti measurers, drone parts, and much more! What can you find to print in 3D?
