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
October/November 2023
December 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
October/November 2023
December 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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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.
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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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CANCELLED – The Vegetable Plot – Live Concert @ Wauchope
CANCELLED – The Vegetable Plot – Live Concert @ Wauchope
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. Please keep an eye out for a replacement event in July School Holidays. Join the mission of Love and Peas […]
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CANCELLED – The Vegetable Plot – Live Concert @ Port Macquarie
CANCELLED – The Vegetable Plot – Live Concert @ Port Macquarie
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. Please keep an eye out for a replacement event in July School Holidays. Join the mission of Love and […]
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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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Paper Spinner Craft – April School Holidays
Paper Spinner Craft – April School Holidays
Customise a paper spinner with your own fun design. Wind it up and watch all the colours and patterns blend together as it spins! Tuesday 16th April @ 10am Laurieton […]
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Superhero Costume Craft – April School Holidays
Superhero Costume Craft – April School Holidays
Create your own superhero secret identity, by making your very own colourful costume! What's your superpower? Wednesday 17th April @ 10am Wednesday 24th April @ 10am Port Macquarie Library Ages: […]
K’NEX Engineering Workshop – April School Holidays
K’NEX Engineering Workshop – April School Holidays
Work in teams to harness the power of engineering! Learn about how to use simple machines to create incredible constructions. Wednesday 17th April @ 2pm Port Macquarie Library Ages: 7 […]
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Mini Builders STEM – April School Holidays
Mini Builders STEM – April School Holidays
Come along to the library and see what you can create and build with a variety of construction materials. Thursday 18th April @ 10am Wauchope Library Ages: 3 - 7 […]
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Manga Mania Art Exhibition
Manga Mania Art Exhibition
Do you like drawing manga or anime characters or pictures? Showcase your art in the Manga Mania Art Exhibition. The exhibition will launch at our Cosplay event at Port Macquarie […]
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Wind Chimes – April School Holidays
Wind Chimes – April School Holidays
Create your own wind chime which makes a beautiful sound in the breeze. Tuesday 23rd April @ 10am Wauchope Library Ages: 5 - 12 years Bookings essential This event is […]
Pom Pom Shooter Craft – April School Holidays
Pom Pom Shooter Craft – April School Holidays
Are you ready to take your indoor playtime to the next level? Look no further than these AWESOME Pom Pom Shooters! Tuesday 23rd April @ 10am Laurieton Library Ages: 6 […]
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Superhero Costume Craft – April School Holidays
Superhero Costume Craft – April School Holidays
Create your own superhero secret identity, by making your very own colourful costume! What's your superpower? Wednesday 17th April @ 10am Wednesday 24th April @ 10am Port Macquarie Library Ages: […]
Powerful Paper Planes – April School Holidays
Powerful Paper Planes – April School Holidays
Capture wind power with an array of hand-crafted paper planes. How far will your plane fly? Wednesday 24th April @ 2pm Port Macquarie Library Ages: 5 years and up Bookings […]
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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?